My first REAL Patriots game!

My amazing boyfriend bought us Patriots tickets for this year! I was so excited because this was my first Patriots game (besides the preseason game which doesn't really count). I love football and couldn't wait to watch the Pats play right in Gillette Stadium.
Here is our ticket. Going to a Patriots game is not a cheap event. Its $117.00 PER ticket!! The Pats were playing against the Baltimore Ravens. I guess I love to watch my teams play Baltimore.
Gillette Stadium is a nightmare to drive to so we decided to take the train in to see the game. The problem is there is only 1 train that goes there and back. So if we missed this train we would have been screwed and would have had to drive down. Blah!
This is us at about 15 minutes on the train. Love how blue David's eyes look in this picture!

This is what we looked like an hour into the train ride. I swear the train was only going about 10mph and we still had another 15-20 minutes on that train. We finally got there! It was such a beautiful day to see a game. Couldn't ask for better weather.The view from our seats. Another view from our seats. Look at how many people are here. Totally packed. Here comes the Pats! If you notice the cheerleaders are wearing pink. Some of the football players were wearing pink today too. This was to support Breast Cancer awareness month!

Here they are!The beer cost $7.50 per bottle at the game. Some people were buying three or four of these during the game. That is just crazy! I only could afford the one.

The game was amazing! It was a close game and there were so many penalties called against the Pats.Half time! We were only behind by 3 points!!

The Pats cheerleaders. They were doing some kind of dance here. But there were not as good as...this guy right here. He had the best dance moves I have ever seen. :)The game went into overtime. This is the best shot I could get of Tom Brady. Notice how tiny he is compared to the rest of the team.


With the score tied and into overtime, the Pats where in field goal range. The win depended on this kick to be good. Did the Pats pull it off???

Duh!!!!

Everybody gets hugs at the end of a game! aww <3>

One of the best games I have ever been too! So glad I got a chance to go!

Booed Manny at Fenway

Somehow I was lucky enough to score tickets to the Red Sox vs Dodgers game at Fenway Park! Probably the biggest, most talked team to come play us at Fenway. Why is this the biggest, most talked about game of the year? Why did my ticket cost me a small fortune? And why did I want these tickets so bad?

Manny is back at Fenway !

That’s right, Manny is back. Since we normally don’t play the Dodgers in the regular season, this was the one game I wanted to go to since I received the Red Sox schedule. Let me just tell you, these tickets where not easy to get. But I was lucky enough (and slightly rich enough) to get 2 tickets to this game!


Yes I am in Standing Room. Yes I paid more then $20 bucks for these tickets. Yes I had to buy tickets to 2 crappy games just to get these. But was it worth it? Absolutely! I was going to be at Fenway eating a hot dog, drinking a beer and booing Manny! Mwhahaha!


The first thing I noticed at Fenway was the large amount of Dodgers fans that made the voyage. They were everywhere!

Some fans, like this guy, were very creative. This was probably the coolest thing ever!

Other Dodgers fans decided to bring large annoying signs showing their love for Manny.

We were early enough to catch the Dodgers batting practice. We were able to spot Manny pretty quickly because he was the sloppiest looking player on the team.

Actually our view from the standing row wasn't that bad! I actually was pleasantly surprised!

Up in our section there was plenty of Dodgers fans for us to point out that Manny isn't all that great and that one day they too will get sick of his antics.

This is how I felt about those darn Dodger fans!

Since I never been to a Red Sox game that lost and Dave has never been to a game that the Red Sox won, we knew this was going to be a close game. And we were right.

Some geek on the Dodgers made a homerun. I wasn't too thrilled.

But then the Red Sox hit a homerun and I was happy.

All through the game the score went back and forth. I DID NOT want to lose this game with all these Dodger's fans surrounding us.

The last inning and it was a tie score. Little Dusty P. was up at bat. I crossed my fingers!!

Did he do it????



YES!! Little Dusty P. brought got a run in and the Red Sox win!!!!!

What a fantastic game!! Eat that Manny lovers!!

Fell in love

So I guess Match.com really works.

I have been using that site for a year looking for that someone special.

He was worth the wait.

Said goodbye to Jenn

Jennifer February 14, 1981-April 14, 2010

I was sad to hear that my coworkers niece, who I knew personally, passed away suddenly. It was very sudden and it broke the hearts of a lot of people. To lose someone so young is very hard.

When I first heard the news, I really thought it was some kind of cruel joke. How could a 29 year old girl just die in her sleep? It made me feel for the first time in my life, like I was not as invincible as I thought I was. It really changed the way I feel about those I love. I always want the people that I love to know how I feel about them because you never know when you might never see them again. The cause of death was Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy (ARVC) which is a generic heart disease. The scary thing about this disease is that there in little to no symptoms. The only way people find out that they have it is sudden death. It doesn't matter how old or young you are. If it runs in the family, there is a chance that you may have it. Its a very scary and serious disease. Jenn was full of life and followed the motto "Carpe Diem" meaning "Seize the Day". A motto we should all live by.

Details ARVC- Learn more about this devastating disease. ARVC.Com - Research center to find a way to better detect and cure this disease.

Said Goodbye to Annette

Annette

June 9 1946 - March 18, 2010

Annette was a co-worker of mine. I have known her for the past 8 years. My co-workers are really close so it feels like we lost a member of our family. She lost her battle to liver cancer that she has been fighting for the last year.

Annette was a wonderful, caring, thoughtful woman who was not afraid to say how she really felt. She had a sense of humor like no one I ever met. She was not afraid of making herself look like a fool just to get a laugh. We would often joke about her potty mouth.

I know now that she is up in heaven and not in pain anymore. She will be missed greatly.

Donations: Daffodils for Cancer

Ran a mile non-stop!

I finally jogged a mile non-stop for the first time in my life. I am so proud of myself. I love this training program (the Couch-2-5K program)! Not that jogging 20 minutes straight wasn't hard!

First I forgot my ipod and Nike+ at my apartment. So instead of going straight to the gym after work I had to go home to get them. It wasn't so bad though because I changed for the gym at home and used my nice clean bathroom before I went. Driving to the gym I had a knot in my belly. It felt like the knot that I had when I was driving to get a tattoo. Would I be able to run this mile? Would I quit like I always did? I will be so p-off at myself if I can't push myself.

When I finally got to the gym I was happy to find that it wasn't as crowded. I was able to find a decent parking spot and get a treadmill in the back. When I did my warm-up walk, I tried to pump myself up. I wanted to clear my head and think only of this 20 min jog. I stretched and then it began. I kept my pace at 3.8mph to avoid burnout.

About 3 minutes into the run, I felt like quiting. 3 MINUTES!! But my legs were tired and felt heavy. I just ignored it and hoped it would go away. I jogged 8 mins on Tuesday and I wanted to quit at just 3. Not going to happen. But the idea of doing this for another 17 mins made me want to slow down to a walk. This is what happened when I jogged a mile in sports. I would always see the entire mile I had to do instead of the step that I was doing. Then I would stop and walk until my coach yelled at me to keep jogging.

But something happened. At about 5 mins in I got my power. My legs felt lighter and I just jogged. I was even able to bring the speed up to 4.0mph. When I looked at the time again I saw the time tick away. I can do this! I focused on the song on my ipod and that fact that I could not quit.

When I was almost a mile in (about 13 minutes) my friend Mike came over to talk to me. Not now I thought! I was able to hold a brief conversation with him and lucky for me he didn't linger. I wanted to catch my mile on my camera video. I wanted to enjoy my first mile. To savor it and relish in pride.

When I hit the mile I tried to film it, but ended up not saving it. I did the mile in about 17 minutes. It was a slow mile, but I jogged the whole time. Once I hit that mile my mind went completely blank. Nothing went through my head at all. I finally finished my 20 minutes and did a cool down walk.

I felt really strange leaving the gym. I wasn't thinking of any thing. No work. No ex husband. No family stress. No money problems. Nothing. It was the strangest thing. It was like I was in shock. I felt like I couldn't possible be the one who ran 20 mins straight. I am not a runner...

I really thought when I hit that mile at the gym that I would cry and be super emotional. But the one thing that I thought was 'That wasn't so bad'. Why couldn't I do this in high school during field hockey?

All those times in field hockey when I had to be benched because my coach felt I was to out-of-shape to play. I remember when the coach pulled me aside and told me that I made the team but would not play in every game because I stopped and walked the mile we had to do everyday. I then tried to argue with the coach, saying that I even though I walked some of the mile I still did it faster then this other girl on my team. She was always the last to finish the mile. My coach said that because she jogged the entire time was the reason she would be playing more then me. Didn't seem fair to me at the time. I felt that I was a much better player but because I couldn't jog one friggen mile I was being punished.

But now I can finally say to myself that I ran a mile. I did it and will do it again. I love this running program!

This post is dedicated to Coach McGivney, for making me feel like crap all these years for not jogging a mile non-stop.

Went to Universal Studios Florida

I finally got to go to Universal Studios in Florida! Ever since I first saw shows from Nickelodeon, I wanted to go down there to be a part of it. Despite being very excited about going, there was a few issues:

1) It was extremely cold. It was cloudy and there was no sun to keep us warm. It was the coldest that FL has been in a long time.

2) I went with 2 other couples and was the odd person in the group. I felt awkward and alone 60% of the day.

But besides that, I had a pretty good time.


We went to see the new Simpson's attraction that took over the Back to the Future ride (boo). This ride was in 3D and was pretty cute. If you are a Simpson's Fan, I would highly recommend it. If you are not a Simpson's fan, you probably will not get or like this ride at all.

Because we went the first week of the year, the Christmas lights were still up! It was beautiful to see all the decorations!
If it wasn't so gosh darn cold, I would have loved to walk around Seuss Landing more. There was alot of cute little shops.

I got to see a sneak peak of the Harry Potter park. Here is the Hogwarts castle!! It was beautiful and so life-like. I can't wait to go there when its all done!

The Jurassic Park section was closed due to the cold, but I still managed to run into a dinosaur there. I should win an Oscar for my performance! I made it seem real! And yes....I really am that pale.

We did alot of great rides at Universal, but the Hulk roller coaster was my FAVORITE!! We waited almost 2 hours in line. But the worst part was that there was a cheerleaders convention going on, and there was a group of cheerleaders CHEERING in line. So let me do the math here...

Being freezing cold + waiting in line for 2 hours + twenty 16 year old cheerleaders cheering on the top of their lungs = My own personal Hell

But was the ride worth all that?? Absolutely! It had so many twists and turns going on. I loved it!
Besides all the rides and attractions there is a TON of places to shop! We had dinner at Jimmy Buffets Margaritaville! It was really awesome there. If you can get past the cheesy Jimmy Buffet songs then its worth the trip. Best drinks I have ever had. I recommend the Pink Cadillac drink if you ever go there. It was like drinking Koolaid!

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Universal Studios: Bigger roller coasters and better 3d attractions then Disney has, but lacks the Disney magic and customer service skills. I would defiantly love to go back here! But next time I am going with a boyfriend.

Margaritaville: Very campy and cute. The food was great and the drinks were awesome. Our waitress was fantastic!