Move Over Brett

Looks like one of your records has been equalled. But Peyton's a good guy too so don't be too worried. I still like you both!

Full Responsibility

Prior to yesterday the Packers had beaten the Vikings 5 straight times: twice in the 'Dome and three times at Lambeau. So it's not the fake safety or the missed field goal that cost us the game, it's what was missing from the Metrodome yesterday: me and Nick. That's right, after attending two years in a row, we skipped this year's game and watched from home. So it must be our fault, right?

More Brett Favre Stuff

So Eric Magini's (Jets coach) wife had their third child today, Brett Favre's birthday. The child's middle name is Brett. Magini says that doing so was part of the contract negotiations to get Brett to come to New York. Also interesting: his other two children's middle names are also after football players. I thought that was interesting; you can read the article here.

I am not happy with my Packers right now. If they lose to Seattle this week I will be pretty upset. I am also cheering for the Jets, there's a little more to be happy about there.

It finally happened

Looks like Matt Millen has been fired.

This was a long time coming.

Quarterbacks

I really enjoyed this article about quarterbacks of yesterday and today. I'm also looking forward to my "Brett's a Jet" SI later on today. The Packers are still my favorite team but Brett is still my favorite player.

Score!

The Packers beat the Vikings! The Favre-Rodgers comparisons were a little annoying, but not too bad. I thought all the "Mr Rodgers Neighborhood" signs/comments were much worse.

Off to a pretty good fantasy start too. I won two games and lost one. I only lost by 5 points - I had enough bench points to win too. Oh well. The first week is such a crapshoot. Joseph Addai didn't do that well, but after Brady went down I'm glad I picked him (I was debating between the two of them in the #4 slot; in that league QBs score 6 per passing touchdown).

DirecTV

Yesterday was our first Sunday of DirecTV and NFL Sunday Ticket. Since GB is playing tonight, it was a good chance to mess around with all the features and not worry about missing "the Game" (although it was odd not to watch them). The verdict: it's lots of fun. We mainly watched Jets-Dolphins (never thought I would say that 2 months ago) and Steelers-Texans. My last minute pick-up of TE Anthony Fasano should get me points for a second consecutive "coach of the year" award - 83 yards and a touchdown! However, all of my fantasy games are too close to call until after the GB/MIN game tonight. Nick and I did both survive in the survivor pool, which is significantly shrunk thanks to the Indy and Charger losses.

Yay for football!

Tomorrow, Tomorrow

Lots of football, tomorrow. It's only a day away. Since Green Bay plays on Monday night, my "game of the day" will be Jets-Dolphins. Scary. I'm also looking forward to the Colts-Bears, but I need to watch a daytime game as well.

Also: Many thanks to Rob and Katie for a fantastic party last night! :)

Countdown

1 week and 7 hours until Packers football. Aaron Rodgers v Tavaris Jackson. GO PACK GO!!

Oh So Close!

One of my two fantasy football teams has been drafted!! I'm not completely happy with all my picks, but I'm thrilled to have a team again. Football season is almost upon us!!

Football!!!

Yay to football!!! Yes, it was a meaningless preseason game in which I hadn't heard of most of the players, but I was watching it on time delay and fast forwarded through all the boring parts (commercials, etc). I'm looking forward to watching all the games from the comfort of our basement with my new Direct TV Sunday Ticket :)

Also, congrats to the Twins for being on top of the division! Still another 2 months left but it's fun to have that spot for the day :)

Leave the Poor Man Alone

The media is never happy.

When Favre was still playing, they only talked about him retiring.

Now that he's retired, it's all about whether or not he'll come back.

Sheesh.

Bigger question: if they retire his number and then he comes back later, would he be allowed to wear it?

A Post Without a Theme

1. Will winter ever end? Yesterday we had one tiny snowpile in front of our house (by the curb from the snowplow); today Nick had to shovel twice.

Bye-Bye Lawn


The skyline driving into downtown Minneapolis tonight

2. Went to Horton Hears a Who last night. It was adorable! A great kid's movie.

3. The Packers get the MNF game opening weekend! That would be an awesome game to get tickets to.

4. The new bathtub has been filled once and attached to the wall. Progress!

It's Over

ESPN

Brett Favre Tribute

It had to end eventually, but it's still a little sad.

Bittersweet

The game today was pretty bittersweet - on one hand, I was a little sad because we elected not to have a party this year and because Green Bay wasn't in it. On the other hand, it was actually the best SuperBowl in the last couple of years, the Patriots lost, and there were a few good commercials. My favorite was Shaq as a jockey, although the Jeter/Manning one was good as well.

Congrats to the New York Giants!!

Trapped

A tale of a football-less Sunday.

It's like the preview for what the rest of winter is going to be like: no football. This one isn't so bad because I know there will be a game next week. But after that, it's a huge blank slate until the regular season starts in September. At least this year there isn't a huge amount of talk about Favre retiring (knock on wood).

Nick and I got up and went to church, then tried a new resturant for lunch: Salsarita's. It was pretty good but a little expensive for two lunches. Nick liked that the tortillas tasted like the ones we got in Cozumel. Then it was over to Lowe's to rent a Rug Doctor! I was still pretty wiped out from girl's night so I fell asleep while he did it. When he finished, he went out to the ice house. I woke up and cautiously made my way down to the sunroom - the carpet is still wet! So I'm trapped in this room unless I want my socks to get soaked. Guess we won't be moving any furniture back today!

ARG!!! Disappointment.

What a terrible showing by our offense today. I was happy initially to see that Driver was able to make some big plays, but when it really counted they couldn't get it done. Good luck to the Giants against the Patriots in two weeks!

Interesting Article

Guess the Giants will have sort of a home field advantage later today when they play the Packers. Somehow I don't think it will be much help. Go Pack Go!!

Upset Weekend!

While Nick was busy at the fishhouse today, I stayed at home and watched the Chargers upset the Colts and made two scrapbook pages. He came home with a pizza and we sat down to watch the second half of the Dallas-Giants game. It wasn't a great game but the Giants managed to win! That means they get to come to Green Bay next week. The teams I was rooting for over the weekend went 2 for 4, but the most important two won so I can't complain. Green Bay beat New York 35-13 in New York in Week 2 - hopefully a good omen. Go Pack Go!

After the game, we played the concluding round of Empire Builder. Nick had a better train and was consistently about $30 million ahead of me, but I caught up at the end and managed to beat him by $20 million when his cards stalled out. Go Karin! To finish the weekend, I'm going to make one more scrapbook page and Nick's going to play his computer game. Here's to a good week before the NFC Title game comes around!

More Weekend Details

Nick is doing some work and I'm still up and feel like posting so here's some random blabbings. Last night Nick went out to the ice house - still no fish! Better luck next time! I finally got the right paper and was able to finish up the pontoon pages from our camping trip in June. That gets me caught up through our first Vegas trip of the year and leaves me with only about 20 pages left in the blue scrapbook. It's a monster too - almost 100 pages! I think the next one is going to be a little smaller because that bugger is heavy (yes, I just finished a book set in England).

Today (Saturday) I got up early and started cleaning. Our house is now sparkling clean, and with the exception of my Christmas cards and our wreath, completely de-Christmas-itized. A little sad, but only 10 more months til I can get it all out again! And the wreath and cards are going to hang around for a while longer because they're easy to clean up and I like how they look. Nick and I then made a run to Costco to get some food, then came home and played Empire Builder until the game began.

Our Spread - Only the butter didn't come from Costco!
Amazing but true: 6 people ate 95% of that veggie platter!


Keeping a stiff upper lip - this was after the Seahawk's first touchdown!

Ryan Grant gave me a scare early on with his two fumbles that were converted into touchdowns, but after that the game was all Packers. I knew Brett was going to come out throwing and when Greg Jennings caught his first touch down pass I knew it was all clear sailing until the end of the game. It was great! We watched most of the Patriots-Jaguars game afterwards - wish the Jags would have played a little better in the second half and taken care of business!

When football was over, Nick and I sat down and finished our game of Empire Builder. He beat me, but I put up a good fight (had about $215 million). I demanded a rematch and managed to dominate the entire time, leaving him with one city unconnected and only about $150 million. Guess we'll have to play again to determine the ultimate champion - darn!

Ok, guess our day wasn't all that interesting, but I had fun writing about it. Big football day tomorrow - good luck to the Colts and the Giants!