Vikings Game

First Vikings home game with the purple moses was more exciting than I had predicted. The metrotoilet was rocking with optimism, beer was up $1.00 a glass presumably to help pay the $25million salary for the purple moses...but still cold, and sunny weather perfect for tailgating.



Yes, that is Alex in a 49ers shirt. He has never liked the Vikings and is always razzing his mom for drinking way too much purple kool-aid every year. We sat next to a group of season ticket holders so there was allot of camaraderie and laughs all around. When we first sat down, they were chanting "super bowl...supper bowl". Ahh..there are some vikings fans I can relate to - blindly optimistic.

First touchdown of the game



I don't remember it being that loud in the inflatable toilet since 2000 when we had Moss and Carter on the field.

Half-time show including the US Marine and they were defiantly more entertaining then the third quarter of this game.



Our purple friends who were chanting "supper bowl" when we first sat down quickly changed their tune to "fire chilly" and yelling profanities like "different effing quarterback...same effing team" My son took the opportunities to razz them when the 49ers took the lead



If he inherited anything from me, it's my BS gene

It all came down to one last play of the game. Vikings trailed 20-24 with seconds left on the clock.



Thousands of people had already left the dome including the emotionally spent fans behind us who left with 1:44 left in the 4th quarter because they wanted to beat the crowd. What a bunch of dopes! I told them that we still had 3 timeouts and one of the best QB's to have played the game, but they just grumbled and said it wouldn't be worth their time to stay. They missed one of the best finishes in Vikings history. It was a great throw by the Favre master, but the catch was OUTSTANDING



How he was able to get both feet in the endzone is beyond me. It was so loud in the metrotoilet, you could not hear the start of the skol vikings song (which is played after every touchdown). Everyone was giving high fives and hugs - it was amazing. The 49ers challenged the play and when the ruling came back that it was indeed a touchdown - we celebrated again!





The best part, however, was that apparently Favre delivered more than a touchdown pass! He and Peterson managed to bring in a new four-foot fan that day!

Love This Little Girl!

Football Pictures

Update

I’ve returned from my hiatus. Because I couldn’t stop obsessing about my odd love octagon, I had to take a break from blogging to do a lot of soul search and praying. I prayed so much that I assume when God heard my voice, his only reaction had to be “are you serious….you again?” Although I haven’t stopped thinking about our....whatever it was, I’ve stopped obsessing about it and I have started to move forward.

The fall semester at college is underway and my classes are so interesting!!! I love school! I have a professor who is a fast-talking laugh-riot southern man. Alex has started the 3rd grade and I was really worried when I first met Alex’s third-grade teacher, but all is well so far. Alex really needs someone to draw those boundaries in big bold ink and she seemed so sweet, I figured Alex would walk all over her for sure, but she has done a fabulous job and Alex really likes her. He started football this year which has been…interesting. I really encourage him to participate in sports because of all of the lessons like discipline, hard work, and good sportsmanship that athletes can learn. Alex is not a very aggressive kid and really struggles when things do not come easy to him or he’s not the best at whatever it is that he’s participating in. After the first week, he wanted to quit, which to his disappointment, was not happening under my watch. Saturday came his first game and he really wanted to be a no-show, but after the first quarter, he was having fun and even managed to stay on his feet during the third and fourth quarter!! He is a little worry-bug and when one of his teammates said “you’re my enemy” he was in tears after the game insisting that this kid “hates him”. At church on Sunday, however, this child ran over to Alex to chat about the game so all is well. He takes everything so personal and is so tender-hearted about some issues, it really is exhausting sometimes. I’ll have some pictures from Saturday’s game to post tomorrow.

For Today

Warning: Don’t leave your child unattended in the bathtub

How gross is this? I was folding laundry in the bedroom when I heard a "splash". Apparently, chewy thought he needed to see what a warm bubble bath would feel like



My favorite part, however, is when I was standing there yelling at the dog, both just looked confused as to why having a dog and a boy bathe together would present a problem.