Hello Friends!I finished reading the Host today and it was pretty interesting. I found it to be a little bit predictable, but still good. But now I have a dilemma that I face every time I finish a good book... I do not have any idea what to read next!!! PLEASE HELP!!! I like romance, mystery, WWII, Nancy Drew (read a lot of those in my younger years) and just darn good books! Suggestions PLEASE!!!!
Ryan is such a big "helper"! His new task that he likes to help with is Laundry. And he does a pretty darn good job :)
As promised her are some random pictures of me and Rickey Henderson over the years... They are in no particular order... I'm feeling very nostalgic lately so please bear with me :)
This was the cover of the Padres magazine... This was opening weekend about 1996... I think. I introduced Rickey to the crowd during the lineup! Rickey was handed one of his jerseys on the way out and gave it to me! He was very surprised to see me there!!!
This was Kid's Opening Day in Oakland 1994ish... I threw the ceremonially opening pitch - Rickey was, of course, the catcher and the ball bounce several times before reaching him and I was several feet in front of the pitching mound :) haha
Rickey just happened to be doing an interview with some Japanese news people and after he was done came over and took some pictures with us... I want to say this is early 90's - before 1993.
This was September 2001 - I was 17years old and really able to see how cool these experiences were! I again got to introduce Rickey to the crowd before his first at bat. It was awesome!
This is the FIRST ever Hi Rickey sign. I was 5 years old - I think that the Hall of Fame should consider putting this baby in the display :)
Rickey had a small stint with this league playing for the San Diego Surf Dawgs. He was the only big name and they only one who could play ball. I was out of high school by this time so it was like 2004ish.
Opening Day at Petco Park! My Dad surprised all of us with tickets to the game and somehow we found out that Rickey was there and someone took us down to see him. It was great to catch up with him! He told us that the was coaching Little League - Can you imagine having RICKEY HENDERSON as your kids Little League Coach???
So I lied in my last post - This was actually the Bronze BASE that I presented Rickey (Man, How many bronze bases are the Padres going to give Rickey???) The thing weighed a TON and Rickey lifted it like it was NOTHING!Today at 11am, Rickey Henderson was elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame! I plan to be there this July for the induction ceremony! I'm so excited!
I'm going to ask my Dad for some pictures of me and Rickey from back in the day so I will post those soon.
The Saturday after Christmas we went to Disneyland and renewed Ben's annual pass! Then we went again on New Year's Eve and New Years Day... Lot of Disneyland in a short amount of time. Here are some pictures of the fun!
This blog is going to be a little bit long and I apologize for that, but I promise you it's worth reading! Especially if:
Apparently the first thing he saw was the Cheetos and then he saw the tickets and was kind of confused for a second. He took out the tickets and asked What is this? I said CHARGERS BABY! He was shocked - He told me later that for a split second he was bummed that we were going to Tim's but then it sunk in that we were going to the game and he was SOOOO EXCITED!!! It was great! Best surprise I've EVER done!!!
Then we decided to go to our seats! They were great seats! About 2 sections over from the goal posts - we were right at the end zone. As our usher was showing us our seats he pointed out a man to me. I STARTED FREAKING OUT! I couldn't speak - I just started hitting Ben and whispered LOOK! LOOK! LOOOK!!! One of Ben and my FAVORITE show is The Unit on CBS. The main character on that show Dennis Haysbert plays a guy named Jonas Blaine. 
And it just so happened that he was standing 2 feet away from us! I was so star-struck. He was talking to someone, but could tell that 2 people were totally staring at him so he turned around and looked at us. Ben shook his hand and said "Hi, I know you came to watch a football game, but we're huge fans and we don't want to harass you." Jonas "Snake-Doctor" Blaine then told Ben "Bless you!" He has a really rich voice in real life that was mesmerizing. I shook his hand next and said something really stupid... "I'm usually not this star-struck, but we are huge fans!" What a dumb thing to say to someone! He was a very nice man though with huge hands and a very friendly firm handshake! Did I mention how attractive he is? Very :) We didn't want to be annoying to him so we didn't ask to take a picture with him, but I did get one of the back of his head :)
Notice how his jacket says "The Unit" on it! SO cool! And one of him in his seat!
He seemed to be a super cool guy and that was one of the best parts of the night!The place was PACKED! There was even a line to get into the Men's bathroom - that is virtually unheard of!
To make a long story short - the game was GREAT! LT made a touchdown RIGHT in front of us and that was super exciting. Since it was so pack the crowd was going crazy! It was great! We definitely messed with the Colts offense a few time because we were so loud! Scifres our punter did such an amazing job! He would kick the ball perfectly EVERY SINGLE TIME! Amazing! We were behind by 3 in the 4th quarter and Nate Kaeding had to make a field goal. This usually doesn't make me nervous, but Nate has a record of chocking in the post season! But luckily he made it and we tied the game pushing us into Over Time! I was a nervous wreak! I had to force myself to watch! It was a GREAT OT! The Chargers seemed to be doing everything right! When Sproles got the touchdown to win the game the stadium erupted! It was AMAZING and something I will never forget! Ben almost passed out from cheering so much and my throat is super sore today, but it was totally worth it!
After the game we went and found Dennis Haysbert's seat... Pathetic I know, but he is sooooo freaking RAD!
Yes, Ben is holding Snake-Docs leftovers :)
CHARGERS BABY!!! ROUND ONE IS OVER AND WE WON!!! Let's get ready for ROUND 2!!! WHOOOOO HOOOOO!!!!
Tonight Ben and I saw Valkyrie. We both really like World War II movies and this one was great! We really enjoyed it! It, of course, is a bit sad, but it was well done. I would highly suggest this movie to anyone. Ben gave it an A- and I gave it 4 our of 5 stars :)
So I finally got my Jazz dance class grade! I loved this class - I only missed 1 class (thanks to Shelly the nail bitter) and I really liked my teacher and classmates. I learned a lot, but unfortunately did horrible on my final! I was trying to be too funny and ended up forgetting everything I had planned about 8 counts into the dance :) Whoops! But today I got my grade and I feel good - Oh I feel so good! UH!
So I have to admit that I did not think the Charger could pull this off!!! Ben was really excited about last night's game all week and I kept telling him not to get his hopes up! They had a HORRIBLE season (except for the game against the Jets - AWESOME and I was totally there!) Anyway- I did not think they could pull if off but low and behold last nigh they KILLED the BRONCOS (52 to 21)! I really hate Jay Cuttler (the Broncos QB) He is such a baby! Anyway - the Chargers seem to be peaking at the right time and I really hope they can WIN the Superbowl!!!
Ryan loved this toy - it shoots balls up in the air and it's really funny to watch his reaction! He actually got one from both sets of grandparents (spoiled rotten kid!)
It's kind of a new tradition but every year for the past 3 or so years we go to dinner at Benihana's Christmas night. I love doing this because the food is so freaking good!!!
