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Category Archives: competition
The Last Great Race
I’ve been a bit distracted this week, as I am every year during the beginning of March. I’ve been keeping up with the Iditarod, running right now across the great state of Alaska, checking FB updates not only from the … Continue reading
Who Was Right?
Maybe I’m in the minority here, but I could not believe that this clip went viral over the weekend. For full disclosure, Harbaugh (the 49ers coach, in the dark jacket) used to QB for the Bears, and, except for his … Continue reading
Posted in anger, competition, disrespect, fighting, football
Tagged conflicts, fighting, football, football coaches, Jim Harbaugh, Jim Schwartz, unprofessional behavior
12 Comments
Boys vs Girls
I have a tremendous amount of respect for Joel Northrup. He’s a home-schooled Iowa wrestler who qualified for State with the Linn-Mar Wrestling Team. When he got to his first round, he discovered he was paired with Cassey Herkelman of … Continue reading
Posted in abilities, behavior, boys, choices, competition, girls, learning, life lessons, opinions, parenting, sports
Tagged boys, fighting, girls, life lessons, parenting, sports, values
7 Comments
A Season To Remember
As many of you already know, my son plays baseball. This fall he played for the MYAS (Minnesota Youth Athletic Services,) him and his team represented our town. Jason, my husband, coached. He had four 11 year olds, and the rest were 9 and … Continue reading
Posted in abilities, athletes, baseball, best friends, boys, competition, competitive, friendships, minnesota, sports, Uncategorized
Tagged activities, children, emotions, friends, fun, kids, memories, relationships
14 Comments
Happy Monday!
Another weekend passes. I hope everyone had a good one! Ours was pretty good. Saturday Jason golfed, so Bailey and I had a day together, just the two of us. We rode our bikes into town, which is about 2.5 miles. … Continue reading
Posted in activities, art, baseball, bikes, books, competition, exercise, garage sales, happiness, happy, kids, movies, nature, photo's, pictures, sales, trips, Uncategorized
Tagged activities, adults, children, family, fun, kids, memories
13 Comments
Free Chat Thursday
Hello, everyone! I feel like I haven’t written a post on a long time. But it’s only been a week. Some exciting news in this house!! Bailey and his team made it to the Gopher State Tournament of Champions!!!! We … Continue reading
Posted in aging, baseball, birthday, birthdays, competition, competitive, family, fears, feelings, fireworks, fishing, growing up, kids, life, party, sad, sadness, son, sports
Tagged activities, adults, children, family, growing up, happiness, life, people
20 Comments
Fair is fair…or is it?
Well. Where do I start? We’ve had a very interesting last 5 days. As you all now Bailey is on the traveling baseball team for our town. This was something he had to try out for. Something we had to pay for. … Continue reading
Posted in abilities, advice, athletes, baseball, boys, competition, competitive, disappointment, discipline, encourage, fairness, feelings, friendships, humiliation, hurt feelings, kids, life lessons, losing, sports, tournaments, Uncategorized, winning
Tagged activities, adults, behavior, children, choices, differences, emotions, friends, fun, games, kids, problems
17 Comments
Free Chat Thursday
Happy Thursday, or Wednesday night, depending on when you read this! 🙂 Isn’t this picture I used today pretty?! I just thought it was really cool! I might do this from now on. Change the picture, there are so many neat … Continue reading
Posted in accidents, American idol, baseball, competition, pain, photo's, son, tv shows, Uncategorized
Tagged emotions, kids, life lessons, things
26 Comments
Free Chat Thursday
Morning all! I’m just a mixture of emotions this week. I apologize if this gets too negative Nelly on ya! Laura’s post from some time ago , When Tragedy Strikes, keeps coming back to me. I’m sending you to the part II of … Continue reading
Posted in activities, adults, baseball, behavior, cancer, choices, competition, education, feelings, friends, friendships, happy, health, hurt feelings, inconsiderate, life, mom, museums, pretending, son
Tagged adults, behavior, choices, differences, emotions, feelings, friends, fun, happiness, kids, life, love, relationships
37 Comments
A Tale of Two Athletes
Two big-time sports event happened in the last week. The first was the New York Marathon, and the second was the World Series. The first, the Marathon, was won by an American, for the first time since 1982. That American … Continue reading
Posted in America, athletes, baseball, competition, people
Tagged activities, differences, life, people, relationships, simple questions
11 Comments
Playing or strategizing
I’m not sure how many of you watched this television program but Paul and I really liked it. It was Superstars and it had an athlete and a “celebrity” teamed up to do some pretty athletic things. They did things like Kayaking and bowling, archery, … Continue reading
Posted in athletes, behavior, celebrities, choices, competition, competitive, differences, fun, games, life, people, superstars, things, tv shows
Tagged athletes, behavior, celebrities, choices, competition, competitive, differences, fun, games, people, superstars, things, tv shows
3 Comments
Who gets the vote?? Ballot recount.
We all know what a dirty election this past one was. Well, here in Minnesota, it’s still not over. We still don’t know who our next Senator will be. I think we’ve pretty much heard it all. Everyday it’s up and … Continue reading
Posted in adults, America, behavior, beliefs, character, choices, competition, differences, election, fairness, feelings, minnesota, people, politics, problems, responsibility, rules, things
Tagged adults, America, behavior, beliefs, character, competition, differences, election, fairness, feelings, fighting, minnesota, opinions, people, politics, problems, responsibility, rules, things, vote
9 Comments
Workplace Enemies
I work at a place where there are 3 separate offices on the same land. All walking distance accessible. In my office we have about 20 employee’s. Since I have worked here, there have been these two ladies who do … Continue reading
Posted in bad habits, behavior, choices, competition, competitive, differences, feelings, fighting, getting along, hurt feelings, jobs, life, people, relationships, work
Tagged adults, bad habits, behavior, choices, competition, competitive, differences, feelings, fighting, getting along, hurt feelings, jobs, life, people, relationships, work
6 Comments
Vision and hearing tests at school
For those of you who don’t know me or are new to read here, I worked in a public school system for almost 15 years. We moved and I had to give up my job. I loved it though and … Continue reading
Posted in behavior, childhood, children, communicating, competition, deafness, differences, fears, feelings, growing up, guilt, hearing, kids, parent's, past, people, school, screenings, Uncategorized, vision
Tagged behavior, childhood, children, communicating, competition, deafness, fears, feelings, growing up, guilt, hearing, kids, life, parent's, past, people, screenings, vision
8 Comments
Is there a perfect slacker? By Jen Henry
I’ve been re-reading Confessions of a Slacker Mom. This is a short little light narrative read that my mother in law gave me shortly after Catherine’s birth. I think her reasoning was to point out to me that parenting could … Continue reading
Posted in activities, adults, age, behavior, characteristics, childhood, children, choices, competition, control, dancing, differences, family, feelings, growing up, kids, life lessons, parent's, parenting, people, relationships, Uncategorized
Tagged activities, adults, age, behavior, characteristics, childhood, children, choices, competition, control, dancing, differences, family, feelings, growing up, kids, life lessons, love, parent's, parenting, people, relationships
5 Comments
Question of the day
If there was a hard but exciting project to do, would you rather do it by yourself and get all the credit or work with your friends knowing that everyone would share the credit?
Posted in childhood, children, choices, competition, control, differences, friends, kids, memories, people, Question of the day, questions, simple questions, things
Tagged childhood, children, choices, competition, control, differences, friends, kids, memories, people, Question of the day, questions, simple questions, things
7 Comments
Kids Korner
Would you cheat to win?
Posted in behavior, cheat, cheating, children, choices, competition, competitive, differences, games, kids, Kids Korner, losing, people, questions, simple questions, winning
Tagged behavior, cheat, cheating, children, choices, competition, competitive, differences, games, kids, Kids Korner, losing, people, questions, simple questions, winning
8 Comments
My New Obsession
This post is partly due to the fact I have some major writers block and due to the fact that I have unleashed my competitive side. I have never really been competitive about anything. Winning was never important to me. … Continue reading
Posted in activities, adults, behavior, competition, competitive, differences, emotions, fears, feelings, fun, gambling, games, impulses, losing, obsessive, people, poker, problems, things, Uncategorized, winning
Tagged activities, adults, behavior, competition, competitive, differences, emotions, fears, feelings, fun, gambling, games, impulses, losing, obsessive, people, poker, problems, things, winning
9 Comments
Perfect Bowling Score on the Wii
My brother got a perfect score bowling last night on the Wii. I have to give him credit EVEN THOUGH I’M CHOKING ON IT !!!! Way to go Darryl.
Posted in brother, competition, family, fun, happiness, laughter, people, Uncategorized, Wii
Tagged brother, competition, family, fun, happiness, laughter, people, Wii
19 Comments
The Winning side…finally!
This weekend was a great weekend! The boys had their Modified Softball tournament. This is Jason’s 3rd year playing with most of these guys, but they have been officially the Merchants for 2 years. They have NEVER won a tournament … Continue reading
Posted in adults, baseball, competition, fun, life, men, people, softball, tournaments, Uncategorized, winning
Tagged baseball, choices, competition, fun, life, men, people, softball, tournaments, winning
10 Comments
9 year old banned from playing baseball
Here is 9 year old Jericho Scott. He used to play baseball in New Haven, Conn. He has been banned from playing. He was told he’s to good to play and he should play somewhere else because he scares the other … Continue reading
Posted in afraid, age, America, anger, baseball, behavior, childhood, children, choices, competition, control, disappointment, emotions, fears, feelings, fun, games, hurt feelings, Kids Korner, laws, life lessons, peers, people, rules, sad, saftey, scared, things, thoughts, tournaments
Tagged afraid, age, America, anger, baseball, behavior, children, chilldhood, choices, competition, control, disappointment, emotions, fears, feelings, fun, games, hurt feelings, kids, laws, life lessons, peers, people, rules, sad, safety, scared, sports, things, thoughts, tournaments
14 Comments
Kids Korner (SKL)
Would you rather be in a national chess tournament, spelling bee, science fair, art contest, or foot race?
Posted in activities, childhood, children, choices, competition, differences, favorite, fun, games, kids, Kids Korner, memories, opportunities, people, simple questions, things, thoughts
Tagged activities, childhood, children, choices, competition, differences, favorite, fun, games, kids, Kids Korner, memories, opportunities, people, simple questions, things, thoughts
6 Comments
The Olympics
I love the Olympics! I don’t really know why, but I’ve been fascinated with them since I can remember watching them as a kid. I think it’s because they are so good at what they do and what they have … Continue reading
Posted in activities, America, choices, competition, emotions, favorites, feelings, friendships, fun, games, getting along, happiness, memories, opportunities, people, things, thinking, thoughts, traditions, Uncategorized, winning
Tagged activities, America, celebrate, choices, competition, emotions, favorites, feelings, friendships, fun, games, getting along, happiness, memories, Olympics, opportunities, people, sports, things, thinking, thoughts, traditions, winning
11 Comments
Us Girls..Our Views 