... and another cheer for The Character Spot. 
It would be a total guessing game to guess the character so here's the picture...the one that I realized Redstorm was TALLER than Mickey! 
"Mickey" liked that when I pointed it out! 
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So we get a new one for Monday
So we get a new one for Monday
IMG_6451 by https://www.flickr.com/photos/139908285@N07/
So we get a new one for Monday
So we get a new one for Monday
Trying to understand the "wisdom" of Texas UIL officials this morning . Every 2 years the State UIL "re-align's" our Districts determining which schools compete against one another in not only athletic but academic and band competitions. Our school district has been placed in a "strange" place and Facebook is "buzzing" this morning. DD is friends with the wife of the Athletic Director and she's reported he's in total shock; newspaper editor is scratching his head...and parents are taking to "Google" trying to determine WHERE some of these schools are located! 
Looks like Redstorm's freshman and sophomore years will involve a LOT of traveling time for us all...road trips around 150 MILES one way! 
This is from Toy Story; tell me what/where....
But y'all aren't confused with this crop.
but I really like this picture. 
This one may seem very strange
This one may seem very strange
Everyone's thinking, "What were they SMOKING when they had that meeting". Looks like we won't be making many of the away football games for the next 2 years! At least the "must do" games of volleyball will be close; that's what's SO crazy 
about how the schools redistrict. The basketball/volleyball/track/tennis/golf are in a different district than the football & soccer. So Redstorm's volleyball games will involve reasonable travel but, they play half the games on Friday nights and there's no way fans can drive from one to the other when there's 1 1/2 - 2 hours travel time involved. Our poor newspaper editor REALLY has a problem since he tries to cover ALL sports. Soccer season will be a "pain"; that's when we WILL be making those long road trips with Redstorm's soccer team. Guess it's a good thing DH will be retiring; at least he won't have to take off work so we can leave at 2:30 in the afternoons to allow time to get through the Houston area evening traffic.
Annie is correct...this crop is of a birds legs. It's not in AK and not from a shop, attraction or food service.
Our state goes by student enrollment. There are a few schools that we play that are over two hours away. Depends on the day of the week and what sport it is if we go or not.
Is it a real bird? MK?
It's crazy how they determine things for high school sports.
Our travel time will be close to 2 hours. There are 2 "routes"...1 involves 2 lane Farm to Market Roads which are SO dangerous, especially during bad weather and the other would involve taking I-45 North THROUGH HOUSTON during Friday evening traffic...which is bumper to bumper for MILES. They certainly weren't thinking of "children's safety" when they did this. 
That's even stranger than Texas' way!
Yes Ma'am, this is a real bird but he's not in the MK either.
Luckily we don't have any really big cities to deal with. Our traffic is I 93 north on Fridays with people from Mass and NH trying to get to the lake in the summer and the mountains in the winter. We have a back way we travel to Maine so we don't deal with any of that traffic.
Epcot or HS?
Hopefully there aren't many games on Fridays.
; the good side of that is the kids don't have to be at school at 8 the next morning, the bad side is the traffic. Redstorm's soccer games will be mostly on Tuesdays and Thursdays with an occasional Monday thrown in. I-45 North, on Friday's, is a nightmare. 
Like in NH, the "city folk" are all "getting out" to their country homes and/or lakes PLUS all the traffic added with "Friday Night Lights". The heavy starts around 3 in the afternoon and goes until 9 or 10 at night. A normal 20 minute commute easily turns into 1 1/2 hours. I'm guessing they'll use the "back roads" for the trip but then safety is in question. They're dark, curvy, sometimes slow traffic, numerous deer ... not a "good drive". At least her fall volleyball games will be locally...35 mile trip is the longest but, like I said...no way we'll be able to get to the football game AFTER she finishes.
...he's not in a park.
Football games are ALL on Fridays
My little birdie is not in Epcot or HS either
10 at night is just crazy.
Resort? WL/WLV?
Wow your traffic lasts a long time.
It gets pretty bad in Houston; we have some friends who work in Houston who don't get home until 8 PM. Thank goodness the "5 o'clock traffic" in small town Bellville lasts about 5 MINUTES! since it's obvious it's outside by "the woods". Waiting for DD's and DGD's, one evening this bird scared the you know what out of me when I turned around and saw him perched about 2 feet from my table! This is to the side of the Trout Bar...around the back pathway that leads (used to...it's closed now for "expansion" )to the Villas.
Yes Ma'am...it's the silly putty under the Etch A Sketch! 
