Canadian boxes everywhere and not a box to find!

Well, we went clean up to Toronto this week and TOTALLY skipped the 6 boxes in town, as well as didn't plant one while we were there! Argghhh!

We have a good reason, though. My dad sent us my grandmother from Florida and money to show her a good time and we've been doing just that She's been up here visiting us for a few days now and just having a ball. She's 83 years old and recovering from a spill she had in February, so she's moving slower than usual, but she's keeping up the pace pretty well, with the exception of stairs. While we were in Toronto heading to the subway, she was coming down stairs and going one step, one step, one step, etc. when all the sudden, this OTHER old lady, shorter than her and older, comes flying down the steps past her! She gave this lady a look so crooked as to be mistaken for a jealous 5 year old! I look back at her and, like a mom, tell her in a gentle voice, "It's NOT a race, honey," before we both crack up laughing.

She's also where I (the Sprite) get my goofy sense of humor from. We were sitting on the sofa all relaxed after that long trip to Toronto when Foggy (our youngest cat) jumps up on her lap. She tries to pet her, but Foggy can't sit still when you pet her unless you MAKE her, so she's doing her little ADD dance all over her while Shug (my grandmother) tries to make her happy. Finally, she goes "What is WRONG with you, cat? What do you WANT?" in her little soft Southern accent.

I pipe up with "She likes it when you scratch her more than just petting her."

She says "Well, now why didn't you just SAY all that, cat?" and starts doing it.

Meanwhile, Kevin (the Highlander) goes, "You know what she DOESN'T like?" With a totally straight face he goes, "She doesn't like it when you attach jumper cables up to her ears and attach her to a battery. She doesn't like that at ALL." I laugh to beat the band, but Shug looks at him all serious and we're thinking "D'oh, we went too far."

Finally after looking at him for an uncomfortably long moment, she says, "Exactly when was the last time you TRIED something like this?" Kevin is about to say he was just kidding or something and she adds, with an equally straight face "She might LIKE it now!" as if enough time has passed that our cat might ENJOY being electrocuted!

Man, I LOVE the way the nuts just float to the top in my little gene pool! :-D

Anyway, at some point we really WILL get back to boxing, but for now, I think I'll hang out a bit more with the granny and get back to you all after the holidays. In case we don't hear from any of you, have a great New Year and enjoy those shirts!

The (tainted apple) Sprite & (honorary apple) Highlander

LBNY t-shirts are in!

Okay, everyone, the shirts are now here! If you want to pick yours up, let us know before we mail them out. Other than that, you can expect to see them in your mailbox just in time for Christmas.

Hoping your holiday prep is going less hectically than ours,

The (fluttering about looking for more friends on the Christmas tree) Sprite & the ("Sweetie, the STAR traditionally goes on top of the tree, not Tinkerbell") Highlander

WNY Boxing Rainout Mini Meet

There were so many complaints about the rain and all the misery it brought to boxers a few weeks ago that the Highlander and I decided to throw an indoor mini meet. We were pleasantly surprised to find that most of our guests were relative newbies! Celtic Quinn (an old hand at boxing by now) brought his siblings (Green Star Quinn and Silver Dragon Quinn) as well as his sweetie, Kitten Without Mittens with him. Kitten brought her mom, Falling Leaves, who was also a newbie. Chadams joined us from the Southtowns and Tom of The Phoenix joined us from suburban Buffalo. By far, the person who drove the most miles was DEFINITELY Morgun, who drove in from Massachusetts to visit family in Irondequoit, but swumg by our place for the day.

We really didn't have much planned except the usual (eat, stamp, talk and exchange in varying orders!) and that's pretty much what we did! The Highlander manned the grill and I manned the socializing. Celtic Quinn brought his hostel to our place so we literally swapped the entire set of HH's out to put all his in ours and vice versa. Everyone brought a stamp related to the rainy day theme to either add to the hostel or plant for the day in our yard (thanks for the mini hunt, Morgun!) We were supposed to end around 5, but we all had such a great time that the last of the guests didn't leave until around 8 (not including CQ and Kitten, who stayed over night to work in a little geek time with D & D!).

Anyway, the whole thing rocked and totally reminded me how there really IS no place like home! We always seem to meet the nicest folks in WNY and they all seem to have no problem including newbies in and having a good time. Honestly, I can't wait to hook up again with folks at Desperately Seeking Sun or Suds (whichever we think we can make cheaper!).

Well, I'm off to bed! In the morning, I'll check on those LBNY t-shirts and hopefully be able to get back to everyone with more info than "Uh, should be in pretty soon!"

The (seriously worn out) Sprite & the (already been in bed for 3 hours) Highlander