Today, the news spread like wildfire at work–Brett Favre is retiring. It was kind of amusing, the radio here would not play music for about 2 hours. It was like all life and work stood at a stand still until it was confirmed that Brett was in fact retiring. Good for him. He’s been playing football for 17 years. I say if he’s tired, just let him retire. He gave us some great years. We did think at work its kind of ironic, it was announced on the 4th!
So am I strange that I hate SuperBowl Sunday? I hate that it seems like nothing else can be on TV or nothing else can be going on today. I only watch for the commercials because you everyone is talking about them tomorrow. But even in the last few years they have started to suck. I guess I will just watch a movie on Netflix or maybe look through the new recipe book my sister Lisa suggested Pillsbury Annual Recipes 2007.
Okay, that was my little bit of encouragement for the Packers today. I am not a sports fan. I think living 2 miles away from Lambeau field really did it for me. On home game days, what I remember about being younger was you really couldn’t get anywhere 2-3 hours before the game and 2 hours after the game because of the traffic. You know those are the times that I really didn’t want to be home or wherever I was. But I do have to say I hope they win today, they are a good team with great fans. I am so sick of hearing about the Packers because everywhere you turn here, someone is talking about them, dressed as them, or looking at something green and yellow. Maybe the town is where I get my obsessive personality from. I just deflect it away from the Packers and onto other things.
So in honor of the Packers today, I will not watch the game (they always lose when I watch). My best and I are going to watch a movie or go to a movie. I figure the theaters will be empty!
Go PACK Go!
I do not follow sports. I do not care to. But I have been hearing stuff lately about the Mitchell report. Andy told me Bud Segal spent about 40 million on this report. All I know about this report is that a lot of famous ball players are on there for taking stuff like like steroids, HGB, maybe even prohormones. But really, what is the point in this? Are these people going to be kicked out of baseball? No. Are they going to get fined? Maybe. But what really is going to happen is that their reputations are down the drain. Okay, that’s enough sports talk for me for the rest of the year!
I may not love to work all the time, but I love the perks that working for insurance company get me. On Thursday, my husband and I had to spent $175 (to be technical $173.56) dollars for doing pretty much nothing. We had tracked our sleep patterns for about 2 weeks and got $55 dollars for that. I had taken an ergonomics quiz for $25.00. We had a fruit and water intake for 2 weeks that you could earn up to $60.00. All in all, you can earn up to about $250.00 every six months to use on health related stuff.
Last year, Andy and I bought a treadmill. It was originally like $900.00 then on sale for like $500.00 and we both had a $100.00 so we only ended up paying about $300.00 for a nice treadmill. Other items you can purchase are clothing, a grill, a swing set, massages, etc.
This time around, we decided not to go for a big purchase. We just went over to do Dunhams I got a workout outfit (pants, shirt, bra and jacket) for like a hundred bucks (it was Nike). Andy wanted dumbbells. I really do look forward to using the items. Here is a picture of the stuff we got. And it was free. (Well Andy says we have to pay like $35.00 income tax on it, but whatever.)
I joined a pool today for the Packer/Cowboy game. This is regardless of the fact that I had no intention of watching the game. I spent the night talking on the phone and catching up on shows. I did just turn on the game 24 to 27 so I quickly turned it off. Andy did tell me Favre was hurt, but I wasn’t watching at that point so its not my fault. Really it isn’t. Oh well. Funny thing is that I do not even really understand how the game works. I assume someone would tell me if I won.
I can’t believe it. I actually watched a Packer game and they won. I got a little worried at the beginning when they didn’t start off too good against the Detriot Lions, but the Packers came back. I think what actually did help is that I fell asleep for about 10 minutes in the fourth so they could hold onto the win. But still, I don’t like football. I would rather spend time reading or surfing the Internet, or blogging! But I do like to watch Brett Favre. He just looks like he’s having a great time, smiling all the time.
Every year, the Packers offer a lottery for the upper seats at Lambeau field. Last year, I gave my tickets to my father because we didn’t have extra money because of our wedding. I ended up getting the Packer/Bears games. I think I could have come up with the money for these tickets because I could have made money ten-fold with those tickets. This year I think we have the Cowboys tickets or the Lions tickets. Andy is holding onto the tickets to see if the Packers keep doing good because the better the Packers do, the more money we could get for the tickets. We will just have to wait and see.
I have been skiing once. I fell a lot. I recently watched a “Girls Next Store” episode that made me want to try something else in the snow–snowboarding. It looks like so much fun, and maybe easier for me than skiing. But first I would need to look into buying one of the burton snowboards. Personally, I would have no idea where to even start looking for a snowboard. It is much easier for me if all the equipment that I need is located in one store or on one website. The descriptions are very vivid and explain exactly what each snowboard is designed for. I do not feel as bothered reading descriptions as I am when I am being bombarded in the stores by salespeople trying to work for commission. This winter, I am going to see if I can talk Andy into snowboarding. You only live once!
Those do not mix. I find this very amusing. I live in Green Bay. I know of one Packer playing based on watching the games and that it Brett Favre. But tonight I impressed myself. We went to eat at a resturant called Fratellos, which is new to the area. Well when we getting up to leave, there was a couple waiting to be seated. I though the woman was overdressed in a short gold mini dress and that is why I actually noticed them. I turned to Andy and said oh my god, that’s AJ Hawk, outside linebacker or something. But you wanna know how I knew who he was! He does the promo at the beginning of movies at the movie theater around here telling people to shut off their phones.