Fantasy Football - Week 3

Alas, 2-0 I am no longer. Kurt came along and beat me. Sniff Sniff.
Ha...that's OK...it's all in fun and games.

But..since a few of my players aren't up to par, I decided to take 2 of Shosta's players and trade her two of mine. I feel terrible, though. I'm such a meanie taking my dog's players. See what you did to me, Mom? (Just teasing...but only slightly)

TURD BLOSSOMS (1-1) @ FUDGE DRAGON'S (2-0) Lakeview Turd Blossoms 108 Roscoe Village Fudge Dragon's 81		NASTY MINSTRELS (0-2) @ WARRIORS (1-1) Black Swamp Nasty Minstrels 103 West Loop Warriors 86
KRAP (1-1) @ BROWNS ROCK (1-1) Columbus Krap 57 Cleveland Browns Rock 125		CHEWY LIZARDS (1-1) @ STEAMERS (1-1) Shosta's Chewy Lizards 83 Cleveland Steamers 76
GRAY (2-0) @ BENGALS (1-1) Team Gray 90 Who Dey! Bengals 109

Sigh...The National

Sigh...as always, The National put on a fabulous show. I only wished it would have lasted longer! They are such a magical band live - they really put a lot of heart into their music. And Matt Berninger is a phenomenal singer/showman. He draws you in and allows you to feel all of the emotions he does when he's singing. Now we just have to wait another 6 months to a year to get our "National" fix again. Sigh.

We went to our first "indoor" show here in Chicago, so we were kinda excited to see what the venues were like here. The Vic (where we saw the show) is a pretty awesome place. It's a former theater turned concert venue, so you can go upstairs to the balcony and sit during the concert. Even though I would have liked to get up and dance, it was nice to not have to stand for hours before the show started. Although, from the time we left home to the time we got home, it was only 3 hours! The Vic is only a mile or so away! Woohoo!

Speaking of concerts, we justed added a few more to our plate. October is going to be a SUPER BUSY month of concerts. I think we have something like 8 or 9...WOW. There's no way that we would have been able to see all of those shows in C-bus. And, we are able to see some lesser known bands that probably wouldn't go to C-bus anyways. Ahhh...the joys of big-city living ;o)

Ok...I'm gonna end this...I've already written another one today...no need to inundate you with posts about concerts. Ha!

Take care!

Kurt is home - Yipee!!!

Kurt is home - YIPEE!!!!!!!

I picked Kurt up from the Rosemont El stop last night (it's the first stop outside of O'Hare Airport). I t was so nice to see him again ...we missed each other quite a lot, but we both did fine. I had a few nights where I was spooked, but Shosta took care of me ;o) She's a very alert dog, aware of just about anything going on. But, at night when we were getting ready for bed, she seemed super aware of any little noises. And she checked out the door and the closet before we went to sleep. It's nice to know I have a little guard dog when Kurt goes away.


We've had a relaxing day thus far...watching football ;o)


MICHIGAN BEAT PENN STATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Penn State was ranked 10th, so this was a HUGE win for my team!


Speaking of football....


Kurt's fantasy football team (Lakeview Turd Blossoms) plays my football team tomorrow (Roscoe Village Fudge Dragons). We've sent each other the hilarious "Smack" cards (dissing each other's team), but it doesn't really matter to us who wins ....
(but I'm gonna beat 'em good...)


OK...gotta go. We're going to see The National tonight at the Vic Theatre. This is our first indoor concert here in Chicago, so we are really looking forward to it! AND, they are one of our fav. bands (As if you couldn't tell from all of my other posts ;o).

Take care and have a good week!

Woohoo!

Kurt is coming home tomorrow night! Yippeeeee!

Fantasy Football Scores - Week 2

Woohoo!
Not to toot my own horn or anything, but I'm ranked first in my division!
Congrats to Kurt who won his first game.


Steamers def. Browns Rock, 95-89
Fudge Dragon's def. Krap, 119-115
Turd Blossoms def. Nasty Minstrels, 107-89
Bengals def. Chewy Lizards, 45-34
Gray def. Warriors, 111-82



Kurt and I are scheduled to play this week...we'll see how it goes!

Denver....sniff sniff.

Welp...Kurt's off to Denver this week for a big "geek" conference. Actually, it's a conference for Sequel Server Database Programmers (same thing to me ;o).

Sniff sniff. As cheesy as this sounds to most people I meet, we've never been apart since being married - and we prefer it that way. Neither of us are looking forward to being separated, but I think he's looking forward to going to a big conference. And, it's all paid for by his company. His boss is going as well, so at least he'll have someone to hang out with on occasion. I don't think they are flying together or even staying in the same hotel, but I'm sure they'll meet up at some point.

So, Shosta and I are left to fend for ourselves ;o) Tis' O.K. though. I'm pretty sad, but I'll keep busy with school, work, and cleaning. Kurt and I will talk every night, I'm sure. And if anyone tries to mess with us (I highly doubt it ;o), Shosta will take care of them just fine. HA!

Moving on...

We've had a nice weekend thus far despite Kurt having a nasty cold. We went to the Renegade Craft Fair at the Division St. Festival yesterday. It's a bunch of mod/hipster crafters who make all sorts of cool stuff. If only I had a bunch of money - I would have bought one of everything! There were some amazing pieces of jewelry, but they were all at least $60 and I can't spend that kind of money on myself without feeling guilty ;o) So, WE bought a concert poster instead.

And, of course, we've been watching some football all weekend long ;o)

MICHIGAN BEAT NOTRE DAME 38-0!

Not that I'm excited or anything ;o) Ha ha.

Funny thing...
We've had some nice fall weather lately, but it's been getting down to mid 40's at night. And, since our apartment apparently does not have the ability to maintain a steady temperature (as was evident by the nasty heat in the summer), we've been FREEZING inside! Poor Shosta - it's only half the way through September and she's already shivering! Needless to say, we are preparing for a VERY cold winter. We don't have forced heat, so we heat the upstairs with in-wall heaters. They work pretty well (we used one last night), but it seems like they might be a fire hazard to us. Oh well. We know what to look for in the future. Good water pressure and central air/heat!

OK...gotta get to work.

Have a good week!
I'm sure I'll be posting more this week!

Fantasy Football Scores - Week 1

Howdy!

Our first week of fantasy football is over! We managed to draft our players fine since our internet decided to work again Saturday morning.

Here's this week's scores:

Fudge Dragon's def. Bengals, 102-88
Browns Rock def. Nasty Minstrels, 93-86
Krap def. Turd Blossoms, 95-71
Warriors def. Steamers, 69-68
Gray def. Chewy Lizards, 112-54

Woohoo! My team won!
Not bad for a chic ;o)

New Additions to our League!

This just in....we have two new additions to our league!

Shosta's Chewy Lizards - Shostakovich (yes, I had to make a league for our dog, we didn't have enough teams to draft!)

Team Gray - Belinda


We're drafting soon! And, of course, our internet connection had to go on the fritzes. SO, we'll see how it goes.

Wish us luck!