Dodger Game

Saturday night Aimee got to go to a really good baseball game at Dodger Stadium.

Not only were the top two teams in the National League playing (with the Nationals' Stephen Strasburg pitching and Bryce Harper making his big-league debut) but it was also bobblehead night.

If that wasn't enough, the game featured a bottom of the ninth comeback and then a walkoff home run in the tenth inning by the league's leading home run hitter.

Bruce Show

Thursday night I went to the L.A. Sports Arena for a Bruce Springsteen concert.

Somebody had called me with one extra ticket that I could use by myself if I wanted.  So I did.

You'll see around 2:30 of this video that while I didn't know the people I was standing next to
Bruce sure seemed to.

I'm glad I moved from my seat in the rafters to a seat closer to the stage.  Even though I was behind the band, it was a good spot to see the show.

Car Trouble

Here is how our day started.

Just after 6:30 Aimee was on her way to work - except that her car didn't start.

We thought about jumpstarting it with my car but I thought it might be more than
just the battery since there seemed to be plenty of juice and the problem came on
quite suddenly.

We called AAA for a tow to the shop and maybe some bad news about the starter
or the alternator.

Fortunately it was just a very low battery that needed to be replaced.  The AAA
technician was able to drop in a new battery right there in our garage and now Aimee
is back at full strength.

Except that she was considerably late for work today.  I suggested she show them
this video if anybody thinks she just overslept this morning.

Softball Tourney

On Sunday Aimee participated in an all-day softball tournament.  This event is held every year to raise funds for SIDS research.

Aimee's team was sponsored by Disney and they did pretty well.  They ended up playing five games over the course of the day, coming up short in the championship game.

That made for a long day for Aimee.  She left the house at 7:30 a.m. and didn't make it home until 7:30 p.m.  Fortunately she had a fun time and met some new people.  Good thing she wasn't too worn out because she had another game the next night.

Tomato Time

Here's Aimee putting the final touches on this year's tomato crop.

We went to a nearby nursery recently that had dozens of different tomato varieties available.  We whittled down our list to six favorites and went with one of each.

So far they are doing very well.  After a couple of weeks and lots of morning sun the plants are more than a foot tall and starting to flower.

We also planted a couple of herbs and they are also going strong.