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Congratulations Cardinals, you are the new World Champions! It has a nice ring to it doesn't it? What a great postseason! I come from a family of loyal Cardinal baseball fans and have waited my whole life to see a World Series victory (I was only 3 in '82, so I don't really remember). I do remember being devastated in '87 and I was at the 2004 series when we got swept by the Red Sox. It has been a long time coming and it was very ironic that it happened this year with all our ups and downs, but who cares about all that now because we are the WORLD CHAMPS BABY!!!! Thanks to the team and to the new stadium for making this an inaugural season to remember. WAY TO GO CARDS!
Most of you know that Brian & I are both HUGE baseball fans and are EXTREMELY excited that the Cardinals are in the World Series again. Tonight is the first World Series game at the new Busch Stadium and guess who gets to go--BRIAN! I'm very excited for him, but I must admit I am a little jealous, especially since I have to go to school tonight and take a test on Criminal Law. Not only does he get to go to the game, but his boss is also taking him out to dinner at Mike Shannon's, which is a very nice restaurant downtown right by the park. Last time we went to Mike Shannon's, there were four of us and our bill was well over $300! We both went to game 3 of the 2004 World Series against the Red Sox, but we lost and eventually got swept, so it was neat to go but wasn't that fun to watch. Hopefully, Brian will have a great time and help the Cardinals bring home a winner! GO CARDINALS!!!
For the past month or so, Alena has been constantly wanting to sleep with us at night. It all started when she was sick and teething and woke up in the middle of the night and I brought her into bed with us, from that point on she was hooked. I've tried all types of different things to get her to stop, but she still would wake up and scream until we gave in out of desperation for sleep. So we decided to just get rid of the crib and put the toddler bed up. The first night she screamed for 35 minutes before she finally went to sleep in her own bed, but then she slept until NOON! Then last night she only cried for 15 minutes, so we are making progress! It is very nice to get a good nights sleep, free of paranoia and little feet in my ribs. Hopefully, it will just get better as the week continues, but I still can't believe my little baby is already in a big girl bed!
So I'm sitting here at work today, my boss is on vacation and I'm the only one in the office. I was expecting a nice, quiet easy day to get a few things done and goof off the rest of the time. When got here (10 minutes late, but that was Brian's fault), I opened the door and heard this horrible sound. For some reason our EXIT sign above our door is making this loud, obnoxious buzzing/moaning sound. I have beat on it and yelled at it, but nothing seems to help, so much for my quiet and relaxing day! It will occasionally get quieter and I will think it is going to stop, but it never does and then it just keeps getting louder again--I think it is taunting me! Somebody please MAKE IT STOP!!!
So my birthday was this past Sat. (10/7), I want to thank Amy, Cara & Darren for going out and celebrating with us and thanks also to Joe, Joanne & JD for hosting the after party. October is an absolutely crazy month for birthdays and anniversaries, so I decided I would wish everyone a happy birthday/anniversary in this one blog entry and be done with it. So....
Happy Birthday:
Joanne-10/10
Mindy- 10/13
Kenny- 10/14
Amy-10/15
Jenny- 10/17
Randy- 10/20
Bill-10/22
Happy Anniversary:
Missy & Steve-10/10
Joe & Joanne- 10/16
Hope everyone has a great day and if I forgot anyone please let me know!
This past Sunday 10/1 was quite a day. Amy's daughter Alivia had a play date at 1:00, so Alena and I went over there to play with Alivia, Jack and Brayden. They were all so cute and played really well together, but they were definitely into everything. We had to leave early to get to a first birthday party by 3 and when we left it looked like a tornado had gone through Amy's house (actually I guess it was 4 little tornados). Alena and I met Brian and the boys at Kim's parents house for Lexy's first b-day. Lexy is Jeff and Kim's daughter and she officially turned 1 on Mon. 10/2. Everyone had a great time and Lexy got lots of cute things. All the kids played outside all afternoon and Alena racked up some serious swing time. Needless to say, they all slept very well that night! Happy Birthday, Lexy!
Most of you know I am very into politics. With the mid-term election coming up I decided this year I was going to volunteer instead of just voting and complaining. So Saturday I hosted a "Call for Change" party for moveon.org. There were over 600 parties nationwide calling progressive voters in tight races. I had five other people attend-- a political science professor at UMSL, an occupational therapy graduate student, a teacher @ Francis Howell, a lady that has been a member of the DNC since the 60's, and a longtime Boeing employee. Our group was calling voters in Pennsylvania for there close Senate race between Bob Casey (D) and the controversial incumbent Rick Santorum (R). Our group made over 300 calls, but nationally all the parties made over 212,000! It was so nice to meet other intelligent people to converse with, progressives are hard to find in very conservative St. Charles county. We had pizza, discussed independent film, national and international affairs, and even South Park (new episodes start tonight 10/4). It was nice to know I'm not alone in this area, although it would be nice to meet more people my age that have similar interests, so if anyone knows someone let me know. We all plan on getting together again the weekend before the election, at least I feel like I did something this time even if it wasn't much. Also don't forget to vote on Nov. 7th, Missouri has a lot of important issues on the ballot including stem cell research, increase in tobacco taxes, and of course our own close Senate race, if you have never voted in a mid-term election this is definitely the one to start with--make your voice heard!
Congratulations Cardinals, you are the new World Champions! It has a nice ring to it doesn't it? What a great postseason! I come from a family of loyal Cardinal baseball fans and have waited my whole life to see a World Series victory (I was only 3 in '82, so I don't really remember). I do remember being devastated in '87 and I was at the 2004 series when we got swept by the Red Sox. It has been a long time coming and it was very ironic that it happened this year with all our ups and downs, but who cares about all that now because we are the WORLD CHAMPS BABY!!!! Thanks to the team and to the new stadium for making this an inaugural season to remember. WAY TO GO CARDS!
Most of you know that Brian & I are both HUGE baseball fans and are EXTREMELY excited that the Cardinals are in the World Series again. Tonight is the first World Series game at the new Busch Stadium and guess who gets to go--BRIAN! I'm very excited for him, but I must admit I am a little jealous, especially since I have to go to school tonight and take a test on Criminal Law. Not only does he get to go to the game, but his boss is also taking him out to dinner at Mike Shannon's, which is a very nice restaurant downtown right by the park. Last time we went to Mike Shannon's, there were four of us and our bill was well over $300! We both went to game 3 of the 2004 World Series against the Red Sox, but we lost and eventually got swept, so it was neat to go but wasn't that fun to watch. Hopefully, Brian will have a great time and help the Cardinals bring home a winner! GO CARDINALS!!!
For the past month or so, Alena has been constantly wanting to sleep with us at night. It all started when she was sick and teething and woke up in the middle of the night and I brought her into bed with us, from that point on she was hooked. I've tried all types of different things to get her to stop, but she still would wake up and scream until we gave in out of desperation for sleep. So we decided to just get rid of the crib and put the toddler bed up. The first night she screamed for 35 minutes before she finally went to sleep in her own bed, but then she slept until NOON! Then last night she only cried for 15 minutes, so we are making progress! It is very nice to get a good nights sleep, free of paranoia and little feet in my ribs. Hopefully, it will just get better as the week continues, but I still can't believe my little baby is already in a big girl bed!
So I'm sitting here at work today, my boss is on vacation and I'm the only one in the office. I was expecting a nice, quiet easy day to get a few things done and goof off the rest of the time. When got here (10 minutes late, but that was Brian's fault), I opened the door and heard this horrible sound. For some reason our EXIT sign above our door is making this loud, obnoxious buzzing/moaning sound. I have beat on it and yelled at it, but nothing seems to help, so much for my quiet and relaxing day! It will occasionally get quieter and I will think it is going to stop, but it never does and then it just keeps getting louder again--I think it is taunting me! Somebody please MAKE IT STOP!!!
So my birthday was this past Sat. (10/7), I want to thank Amy, Cara & Darren for going out and celebrating with us and thanks also to Joe, Joanne & JD for hosting the after party. October is an absolutely crazy month for birthdays and anniversaries, so I decided I would wish everyone a happy birthday/anniversary in this one blog entry and be done with it. So.....0.jpg)
This past Sunday 10/1 was quite a day. Amy's daughter Alivia had a play date at 1:00, so Alena and I went over there to play with Alivia, Jack and Brayden. They were all so cute and played really well together, but they were definitely into everything. We had to leave early to get to a first birthday party by 3 and when we left it looked like a tornado had gone through Amy's house (actually I guess it was 4 little tornados). Alena and I met Brian and the boys at Kim's parents house for Lexy's first b-day. Lexy is Jeff and Kim's daughter and she officially turned 1 on Mon. 10/2. Everyone had a great time and Lexy got lots of cute things. All the kids played outside all afternoon and Alena racked up some serious swing time. Needless to say, they all slept very well that night! Happy Birthday, Lexy!
Most of you know I am very into politics. With the mid-term election coming up I decided this year I was going to volunteer instead of just voting and complaining. So Saturday I hosted a "Call for Change" party for moveon.org. There were over 600 parties nationwide calling progressive voters in tight races. I had five other people attend-- a political science professor at UMSL, an occupational therapy graduate student, a teacher @ Francis Howell, a lady that has been a member of the DNC since the 60's, and a longtime Boeing employee. Our group was calling voters in Pennsylvania for there close Senate race between Bob Casey (D) and the controversial incumbent Rick Santorum (R). Our group made over 300 calls, but nationally all the parties made over 212,000! It was so nice to meet other intelligent people to converse with, progressives are hard to find in very conservative St. Charles county. We had pizza, discussed independent film, national and international affairs, and even South Park (new episodes start tonight 10/4). It was nice to know I'm not alone in this area, although it would be nice to meet more people my age that have similar interests, so if anyone knows someone let me know. We all plan on getting together again the weekend before the election, at least I feel like I did something this time even if it wasn't much. Also don't forget to vote on Nov. 7th, Missouri has a lot of important issues on the ballot including stem cell research, increase in tobacco taxes, and of course our own close Senate race, if you have never voted in a mid-term election this is definitely the one to start with--make your voice heard!
