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No Vikings today...they are on bye week

So I thought I'd post some pictures instead.

So on Sundays we watch the Vikings. We trade houses...sometimes Kimmie and Thomas's, sometimes Mom's, sometimes Jedi and Buskers. So last weekend it was Kimmie and Thomas's house.

Christles pre-maturely celebrating a victory...he always does this. Even when the odds are way off he celebrates. He celebrates when his running back gets 4 yards. I think he just likes to celebrate. He also likes to say he crushes people when in reality...he doesn't. LOL It's pretty funny though so...there you go.

This is what we do during the game. Check our fantasy league on yahoo. We check the scores, check the updates and talk smack about who's winning and who isn't. (this is Kimmie, Thomas and Jed) Even when we are watching our own game we are watching the scores from other games and then talking more smack. Damn it's fun though.

This is Christles...celebrating once again. LOL Even Thomas thinks it's funny today. LOL

Afterwards we did a little singstar. This is Thomas in his quiet, mousy kind of girly voice he uses when singing Whitney Houston's "I wanna dance with somebody" I love it when he sings this song because he beats Kimmie and it's funny.

This is Kimmie singing...she really gets into it. I mean really gets into it. She makes me laugh.

This is Traci...she gets into it to. She laughs at Kimmie and Thomas as much as I do. :) The best is when her and I sing Baby Got Back...because Kim will be in the background singing I mean rapping too and shaking her ass. LOL

This is Kitty. I mean Harwin (Har-bal and G-win put together...get it? got it? good) I call her Kitty because everyone I know gets a nickname and I like Kitty better than Harwin. LOL That drives Kimmie crazy. Too bad Kimmie. :) Kitty just sits there when we sing looking at us like we are on crack or something.

We Are the Champions...

of the world...actually no, but my team is the Champions of our kickball league!!!!! Seriously! We won the whole f'in thing! The champions! We started off with losses at the beginning of the year then picked up our game later on. Some highlights...winning a 14-0 game and winning after playing for 14 innings.

Last night was intense. Our first game we won because the other team forfeited. Boo...So we just practiced on the field and basically played a game by ourselves. It was fun and it kept me warm. Oh, did I mention it was like 35 degrees and raining for most of the night? Yeah, so that was lovely. Anyway the second game we won. I believe the score was 5-2 or something like that. Then we played for the Championship and ended up winning in the last inning (we play 8 innings) because our lead-off kicker, Jerrod who we call J-Rod or I call him Booter (because he kicks really well) kicked a really nice line-drive and ended up getting all the way home. It was sweet! There were a couple of mistakes by the other team so he kept advancing the bases. The best was he was running to home plate and the chick was going to throw it at him and hit him (yes you can do that) and he saw that. So instead of getting hit, he slide to home plate on his belly, missing the ball and then crawled to touch home plate and we won! IT WAS AWESOME!!!!!

Mom took a picture of our team but I couldn't find her camera last night so I couldn't post it but I will.

Express Hockey Game

a couple pics from the Hockey game on Friday night in Tonna town. We beat the North Iowa Outlaws 2-0. It was a sweet victory.

my and my cuz Jamie. 

Jamie, Tina Louise and Traci.

Last Dome Game

some pics from the last Dome game on Sunday.

9th row, 3rd baseline.

Just some little Mauer fans. Cute eh?

Final lineup for the last game.

ahh...the Dome

the whole Twins team.

Kubel hitting a homer.

running home

The homer!

My companions for the day. Gener and Jordan.

Vikings vs. Packers at the Dome: A Chick's Perspective

Last night's game was nerve wracking. I'm just going to start with that. Nerve-wracking because we couldn't run the ball...at all. And by that I really mean they stopped AP. They gave him ther ball 25 times and he could only get about 50+ yards. We won though 30-23 (I predicted 24-21 on facebook) and are now 4-0 which means we have a higher percentage chance of getting to the playoffs. I'll take that.

• Favre did well. Threw the cannon as usual. Threw to everyone. That was cool. Berrian even got some action...which was good because he hadn't been getting much at all from Favre in previous games. Favre went for 271 yards and 3 TD's. Sweet eh?

• AP wasn't his normal freight train self but I have a sneaking suspicion that the Packers designed their defense to stop him...well they didn't stop Favre did they? ha ha AP did get a TD though so that's something.

• Jared Allen...ahh...Jared Allen. He was an animal. 4.5 sacks, a forced fumble and a safety. Awesome! He was all over Rodgers like stink on shit. hee hee He's da man! Enough said.

• Winnie had an interception. That was sweet. I called it by the way. (see previous post)

• Sidney Rice had some sweet plays yesterday. My favorite was the second on-side kick that the Packers tried. The kicker did a good job of getting the ball up but Rice did a better job of jumping over the Chicago phone book to get the ball. Damn that was sweet!

• 8 total sacks for the Vikes. Damn that's good. Nice job boys.

• Kluwe had some nice kicks. They went within the 20 yard-line...I think about 4 or so of them did that. That gave the Pack really bad field position. Hee hee ha ha

So that's about it.

Vikings Chatter

So I'm sitting here at little Kimmie's (that would be my little sister's house) with the Fam and friends watching the Vikes vs. Packers game, (Me, Thomas, Kimmie, Christles, Jimmy, mi Papa, Jedi and Busker) and there have been a lot of comments so I thought I'd post some.

• "He's going to be on him like stink on shit." - Chris
• "Okay Jared Allen, time for a sack and a fumble." - "Holy shit, I called that!" - Jen
• "Okay, they are running all over us, time for an interception....Ha ha Winnie, you da man! I so called that shit! That's twice now. I'm lucky tonight. I should go buy a lottery ticket!" - Jen
• "Jen I'm crushing Chris." - Kimmie (referring to Fantasy football)
• "He sniffed his butt." - Chris
• "You know that was kind of funny...Rodgers got some sandwich action from #69 and #96. ha ha" - Jen
• "They grabbed it out of AP's hands, they basically gang banged him and stole the ball." - Chris
• "I wonder what Madden would say (Favre just threw a td)...'Favre can play on any team!'" - Chris
• "Hey, did you know Brett Favre is playing for the Vikings?" - Dad
• "Jared Allen's looking for a new ho...found him...Aaron Rodgers." - Chris
• "Don't run in the middle, that's where everyone's at...you fool." - Dad

Fall Softball - Co-Ed League

So...yesterday was my last fall softball game for co-ed. I played with Reno's. I asked Traci (my little cousin) to take some pictures of me because, let's face it, there are none. Unless I take them of myself which doesn't happen much lately because for some reason it makes me feel narcisistic so I just haven't and nobody else takes pictures as much as I do. So anyways, I had her take some. Here are the results. Finally, physical proof that I play ball. :)

 

Me in the dugout...I know I'm a dork...most days I don't care. :) Isn't that why you love me? or like me?

 

patience is a virtue...sometimes I have it when I bat. I work the pitch count and usually get a good hit or walk. It's nice.

 

Hitting the ball...really hard. Yep, that's me. I hit it hard. See that guy with the bat in the background that's Josh, he is smiling because I just got a hit. :) Next to Josh is Sean, then Shelly (she has beautiful red hair) and then David.

 

That's me actually getting another hit. She how I'm actually not swinging up, that's a good thing. Means I'm not going to pop it up. :)

Playing first base...just practicing before the game though.

 

Look at that look of fierce concentration...actualy it's because the sun was shining directly in my eyes and I couldn't see the ball coming off the bat. Very dangerous. I didn't like playing first because I was scared I'd get hit in the face. Lovely.

 

Vikings vs. 49ers: A Chick's Perspective

K...so we almost lost that frickin' game. I almost had a heartattack watching the last couple of minutes. Seriously. I was screaming and hollaring and jumping up and down...more poor little sister and friends. I'll never be able to watch a game with them again...well I might but I'll have to wear duck tape on my mouth.

• Brett Favre is probably the hero of the game. Yeah, that last pass was sweet. I was freaking out. I'm like, "it's good...but did he have both feet in. Show the replay. Hurry up show the damn replay. Wait, who the hell is that? I don't recognize that player!" Then I watched it and freaked out because he had both feet in. It was sweet! We would have lost otherwise but saying that doesn't mean I'm in the Favre camp. He is going to be a hurtin' unit this week. He can't be throwing that much for the rest of the season he'll never make it if he does. Especially if he runs 30 yards downfield and throws a shoulder-block on guys and gets hit as much as he did.
• Percy Harvin's 101 yard kick-off return return...I so called that. Seriously, ask my little sister. I said Percy's gonna run it back for a td. That was sweet.
• Jared Allen had a sack. Ha ha...sweet! (p.s. Little Kimmie bought me a Jared Allen shirt for my birthday...she really does love me.)
• My favorite kicker, Longwell aka Money had a good day. He kicked a couple field goals one of which was a 50+ which gave me extra points for my fantasy league. ha ha I don't count the blocked field goal as his fault though.
• Um...what else. AP was held back today...that's too bad. I think he had 85 yards on 19 carries or something. They put the hurt on him. He'll come back and get 'em.
• Our defense didn't do too bad...I expect more from them so I was a little disappointed but they are the best. They'll bounce back. Winnie was doing well as was EJ. Those boys are a part of every tackle. I swear.

So that's about it for my perspective this week. Any other thoughts?

Weekend Update: Pictures

Just an update with tons of pictures from my weekend.

Tara with her second place Florida White rabbit at the State show.

Gracie at the Pizza Ranch. Isn't she cute? Plaid shirt, dark blue leggings, matching shoesies and some piggy tails.

Jack...mad at me because I wanted him to look at me instead of me taking a picture of the top of his head.

the Pita Sammwich playing. Too cute. Look at those little fat cheekies? Kissable.

Football at Jimmy's house. Christles with the Greenway jersey, me with the Carter jersey and Jimmy...ahem, with no jersey.

Keddy with Gus Gus the rabid, crazy, constantly wetting himself doggie. LOL He peed a couple times in the house when we were there. He gets so excited he wets himself. LOL

Went to Busker and Jedi's for the second half of the game. LtoR: Busker, little Kimmie and of course me.

A huge-ass pumpkin in the garden surrounded by some other ghords. I am going to have so sweet kick-ass pumpkins to carve. Oh yeah!

My Le Creuset pot...I got it today. Oh yeah! I'm so excited I'm going to do a Gus Gus and wet myself. Now I can make Beef Bourginone. Well, in all fairness I could have made that dish before but somehow I just didn't want to without this cast iron red-headed beauty. Oh yeah...bring on the beef stew. It's going to be tasty for 4 reasons. 1. I am a good f'in cook. 2. I have this lovely pot and 3. I'm going to get really good beef from Byerly's. 4. It's got bacon in it...nothing is bad that has bacon in it.

Because sometimes I'm a little OCD here is a picture of the lid with Le Creuset in it. :)

Isn't it beautiful? I think so. My mom thought I was crazy to ask for this as a gift. It was expensive but I figured why get a couple things that I could just buy myself. Why not ask for something nice that I really want and will use constantly.

Weekend Activities

I played in a Softball Tournament in Dodge Center this weekend. It was super fun! I believe we ended up getting Third place which isn't bad. We could have won the whole thing but our bats couldn't find the gaps. Dang it!

I played pretty well. I think overall I was maybe 6 for 9 or so with a couple walks. Not too shabby. I fielded well too. One inning I made all 3 outs in left field. It was pretty cool. Two of those catches were super hard too. As in I ran as hard and fast as I could, almost broke my ankle in the crappy-rolling-hills-filled-with-holes-and-valleys-field both times but caught 'em anyways. I was happy with myself.

On Sunday I made this awesome catch. This guy got up to bat and just nailed it, a line-drive out to me. I had to run backward and realized that I wasn't going to get it so I turned around and ran straight back, looked over my right shoulder jumped and caught it. It was seriously sweet! I was so excited! It's not everyday that you get that opportunity or are actually able to catch it. I just wanted to scream, jump up and down like a flaming idiot but I held back...but inside I was freaking out. LOL

We ended up 3 and 2 so that isn't bad. I played with a bunch of people I didn't know but it was cool because they were really nice and now I know them so when I play them in Co-Ed league on Tuesdays I can say hi and heckle them. LOL

Oh, you know what else? They didn't mind my potty mouth and dirty mind so that was good. It's nice to be able to fit in with a group of people you don't know. :)