Playoff game

Patrick got 2 playoff games this year for football. I took Saturday off so I could meet him whereever they were going since I'm not allowed in the van with the boys. However when I heard that his first game was in Menasha, I definately was going to go. It was too close to pass up.

The crew was dreading this game. When they had Menasha earlier in the year, they got chased off the field. Grant it was a JV game against Neenah. This time there were playing Ashwebanon -- loser go home. It was bound and determined to be an ugly game.

Well, it was not. Menasha took their first possession and marched down the field for a touchdown. They did that on just about every possession -- eating up clock. Ashwebannon could not do a thing until the 4th quarter when it was too late. So Menasha advances to play Pulaski on Saturday.

And of course I got some pictures. I qould post more but I see what those stupid thumbnails are without my glasses.

Bad Day At Appleblossom

Today did not start off very good for me

1. I was awake since 5:00 -- Patrick came to bed about 5:15 so I never really feel back to sleep since I had to get up at 6.

2. I think I'm getting sick. I have this nagging cough and kinda sleepy. At least I'm not dizzy or feverish.

3. Couldn't find my jacket. I wanted my blue jacket since it was going to be warm out. Well, that one and my Badger jacket was missing. I had to go wake Patrick up to ask him where it was -- in the front closet. DUH!

4. Then I get ready to walk out the door and realize my sunglasses are still in my backpack from last night. So I had to drop everything and go back to the bedroom and get them.

5. Finally when I got to work, I discovered that I was sitting in one of the coldest seats in the room --- and I wore sandles (it did warm up)

6.Then when I went to log on the computer, I realized it was shut down and had to reboot -- a good 5 min process so I punched in late.

All of this before 7am

Then we could use no programs at work that were AT&T except for their back up tool. Luckily that only lasted an hour or so.

But the day got much better.

WOrk wasn't too busy

I got out on time

Freedom beat Berlin in JV Football

I got Butch's Pizza for dinner

Patrick put in gas my car.


Oh yeah... only 5 months til baseball. let's hope for a MD world series

Complete Randomness

I was cleaning out the baseball backpack tonight at the final baseball game of the year. There were completely random stuff I saved in there.

1. A bunch of Dr. Pepper Bottle Caps that I was going to eventually check to see if I won the car from all the Dr. Pepper I drank in Hammond.

2. A nail clippers that Patrick had to buy in Hammond because he didn't pack one. I don't even own one so he had to go buy one at Jewel.

3. The receipt from my hot chocolate that I MADE Patrick stop at Starbucks for on our way to the Championship game of the World Series because it was soo cold

4. The wrapper from a tootsie roll pop that Mrs. Jansen gave to me during the Appleton Semi Final game of the World Series.

5. The Ziplock baggie that had a crushed bag of Chiz Nips in it -- it had a bunch of other snacks but I ate those.

I'm sure if I dugged deeper I would find sand and dirt from various ballparks. Before I left, I took out my green Khaki pants/capris that who knows how long they were in there.

Ahhh!! The memories of a fun filled summer at the ball diaomd.

Random Thoughts

Friday I taught in Freedom --- 2nd grade!!! My favorite. I had to give a math test. Several kids forgot to do a page or two. I discovered when I corrected them. I was going to let them finish the tests at recess. When I mentioned this right before recess, the kids told me that it was their problem and to mark them wrong. That is waht Mrs. Schmidt would do. I was going to be nice but I guess not the way they do things in 2nd Grade Freedom.

Tonight Patrick and I went out to dinner. We wanted to go t Arnie and Ed's Drive In in Oshkosh but they were closed for the season. Gee, I wonder why..... Its been unseasonally cold since September. So we go to Frair Tucks for sandwiches. Patrick got his food and immediately went to the bathroom like Ryan would do. He gets back to the table and gives me money and goes sits in the car. He suddenly didn't feel well. Happy Sweetest Day.

New Workout Plan

I decided since I'm down to 2 pairs of jeans that fit me, I better start trying to get back into them. Dieting is not an option around here. Besides I'm not a fan of rabbit food.

So here's the plan.
Sundays -- Wii Fit and Pilates
Mondays -- Pilates
Tuesdays -- Wii Fit
Wednesdays -- Pilates
Thursdays -- Wii Fit
Fridays -- Wii fit and Pilates (or one, depending on my schedule)
Saturdays -- Relax

Also try to do at least 20 crunches and 1 push up a day.

And if I don't stick to it, well I guess I'll have to buy new jeans

Now if I can find a healthier substitute for those miik duds I'm eating all the time at work, we may be even better off.

Love my new Gadget

Patrick loves anything made with apples. I hate peeling anything including apples. So I bought a new gadget that is supposed to do all the work for you. I was kinda leary even though Heather in NY loves hers because Wendy hates her Pampered Chef one.

Well Grandma wanted to make apple squares, since we have all these apples from apple picking. She hates peeling apples. Its hard with her arthitis. So I said I would help. I used my handy dandy new gadget. This thing is the greatest thing than sliced bread. It peels all my apples in no time. Sure some spots were missed because the apples weren't perfect but we cut them off anyways. It can also core and slice but we weren't sure about that so just peeled them.

I can't wait to use it again and I'm not a fan of apples. Even Patrick loves it. I think he wants to use it too.

Apple Picking

I wanted to go apple picking all fall and probably last fall too. Apple picking is on my 1001 to do list and my 101 in 1001 days List. I think I got excited by reading Heather's Blog. She and her hubby go apple picking every fall and she makes greats apple recipes.

Last year as Patrick and I were driving back from Kaukauna, I saw a place to pick your own apples. So a few weeks back, I decided to I wanted to go apple picking this year. I wanted to make an apple pie. I sent out a mesasge on Facebook and Stacy who I used to work with decided she wanted to come with me if we were going that Friday but apple picking season didn't start until September 15. Then I asked Shannon to go. We were first going to go last Friday but it was too busy for me. I had to find Patrick a birthday present and then there was Allison's rehearsal. So we planned on going to today. However, TJ got sick and I really didn't want to meet her and transfer ther germs to us. So I cancelled again. Patrick took me this afternoon.

It is not all that it is cracked up to be. First we had to find the little yellow tags that told us those trees were MacIntosh. Those were kinda of difficult to find. Then we actually had to find ripe ones.

Next year, I'm getting them in the store