GAMES:
This week's "Ten on Tuesday" was all about games and on that note - last night Mike & I played a couple rounds of Golf, some baseball & then went bowling ... on the
Wii. We've been playing Zelda on the Wii since Christmas but this was the first time that we had played any of the sports games. I think I actually liked them better than Zelda.
Mike & I officially became Mii's - a Mii is the avatar or character you assign to your name to. They look like little "Lego" people. Fun, fun, fun!
Golf was by far the most fun. I have no idea how realistic the game
is to actually playing but it is fun - nonetheless. Mike won - I usually hit the ball way to hard & it went sailing off the green. Baseball was much harder than I thought it would - I only hit the ball a couple of times and got on base once. Mike did better - he hit a homer!! I did much better at pitching - Bowling was great fun too - as a matter of fact - I think bowling & golf are my 2 favorites.
Unfortunately I don't think I'm going to burn too many calories doing any of these sports but they sure are fun!
Speaking of sports ... these pictures are for John & Todd. I guess I'm eating "crow" or should I say "hawk"
f
or dinner!!!! Seattle got out snowed, outplayed & out
fanned! Green Bay definitely had more versatile selection of fans!
I think the bulldog with the Cheesehead Hat on is priceless!
I don't think you can even bring dogs into any of our stadiums in Seattle! Hey look John - He's wearing
#4.
Not that Seattle didn' have their share of strange looking fans too!
Crazy boys!
BOOKS:
I just finished up another great book for our Bookclub. It is
called "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen and I would highly recommend it for anyone looking for a good read. The book chronicles on man's life and focuses on the incredible bond between animals & man.
The story is told by 93 year old Jacob Jankowski who is looking back on his life while waiting for his family to come and take him out to the circus for the day. Jacob is very excited to go see the circus because he had spent a good deal of his life working as a veterinarian for the "Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth. The Benzini Brothers was a traveling circus during the Great Depression and Jacob, though a series of unfortunate events, ends but spending a a large part of his life traveling with th circus and ultimately being defined by it.
Has anyone finished reading Ishmael yet?
A couple of night's ago Mike & I went and saw, "There will be Blood" and it was incredible! I don't know if anyone else has seen it yet so I won't say too much about the story but the acting is so good and the story / screenplay is very well written.
Daniel Day Lewis is so believable in this movie role - Just an around GREAT movie experience. It is definitely giving "No Country for Old Men" a run for its money as my top favorite movie of the year. I enjoyed the movie so much - I might even buy the book, "Oil" by Upton Sinclair.
Family Fun:
Well, it's time to get started with some serious planning for our Family Reunion which is tentatively planned for August 16th. I guess the next step is to rent the Community Clubhouse out at Cultus Lake so that we can get the DATE nailed down and then we can think about all the other bits & pieces that we need to do.
Here is a list of items I have come up with that will need to be on our TO-DO LIST - if anyone can think of anything else we will need to take care of please let me know AND if anyone wants to volunteer to help arrange or take care of please let me know.
- Rent the hall
- Invitations (make & mail)
- Activities
- Food
- Track down possible hotels, RV camps etc for those that might need or want them
- ???
Have a great day!
- N -
Ishmael is queued up (after "The Reluctant Mr. Darwin" - a fascinating read) and "There Will Be Blood" is lined up for the weekend (unless we can find the elusive "The Savages")... we are still Wii-less however.... and what is with the Green Bay Packers....suddenly I am hearing about them everywhere.....love s
Posted by: Sandra | January 17, 2008 at 06:22 PM
I'm half way through Ishmael and it is an interesting book, many thoughts have come from it !!!
I'm looking forward to what will happen int the back half.
I will volunteer my services for the invitations and mailing them out , Hey SArah I will need a little help with this, you up for it??!!!!!
Nancy I liked when you were on holidays as Monday to thursday I have the daycare going so it is my little sanity saver to log on and check out your blog and you were updating every day it was great, I loved the pictures of the eagles Livy thought it was amazing , and I have to tell you , you gave me another laugh out loud experience while reading about you snow escapades!!!!!!!!!!!!
jen
Posted by: jennifer sullivan | January 17, 2008 at 07:00 PM
Well I guess Jen has publicly volunteered for the invitations...how can I say no. Not a problem. As far as activities...what kind do you think we need??? I would like to volunteer to be in charge of a family cookbook. Todd's family did this at a family reunion and it was kind of neat. I would have to e-mail or call all of the family members (I would have to get that list from you Nanc) and get their favourite top 3 recipes from them and compile a family favourite collection!!! A little souvenier from the day.
I have just started Ishmael I am a few chapters in and very intrigued. In fact, Todd just asked me if I was going to watch ER and I said no!!! I am going to read (you have to know that is pretty big for me). All part of the life overhaul!!!
Looking forward to Sunday at 3:30 Favre Forever!!!!! Thanks for the good pics
Posted by: Sarah B. | January 17, 2008 at 09:58 PM