LETS GO CUBS! GO CUBS GO! HEY CHICAGO WHAT DO YOU SAY?!
Showing posts with label baseball. Show all posts
Showing posts with label baseball. Show all posts
Monday, October 24, 2016
cubs are world series bound!!!!!!
holy crap - in my lifetime after over 70 years, the cubs are going to the world series!!!!! they are going to play the cleveland indians. this all starts on tuesday. i'm so excited to watch it all! i've seen my blackhawks win multiple times in my lifetime. and the bears technically won in my lifetime too (i was born in '86 and the bears won the Super Bowl that year). now the cubs just need to do it!!!!!
Friday, April 15, 2016
sports!
Baseball
so baseball season has just started and i can't wait to see how the chicago cubs are going to do! they are supposed to do really well this year. so we shall see what they do. hopefully they will go really far! though already they have lost kyle schwarber for the rest of the season. that's a blow. his bat is a huge bat that we could have used. but i'm not worried, i think we have enough bats that it won't be a problem not having kyle. and honestly i think the outfield will be better with someone else out there. not to say the kyle isn't a good outfielder, he is, but i think there are better outfielders on the team. but that's just my opinion. i really hope the cubs go to the world series. and then they better win! and then i can go to the parade in chicago for the win!!!
Hockey
hockey season is ending and the hawks are the playoffs once again. they had a great season until some injuries that really got to them. and corey crawford being out did not help! crow is a great goalie and we really missed him while he was gone. yes to all the haters, crow is a great goalie. and if you didn't know before, i think our record while he was gone just shows how much we missed him. i don't know how the hawks are going to do this post season, but hopefully it will go well. we have a great team. panarin and kane kicked ass this season! panarin should win rookie of the year and kane should win MVP. but again, that's just my opinion. but the ducks and the kings have a great team also. so hopefully we will go to the cup again and win!!!! four wins in my lifetime would just be amazing! and i'm not worried about the hawks losing the first game of the playoffs.
so baseball season has just started and i can't wait to see how the chicago cubs are going to do! they are supposed to do really well this year. so we shall see what they do. hopefully they will go really far! though already they have lost kyle schwarber for the rest of the season. that's a blow. his bat is a huge bat that we could have used. but i'm not worried, i think we have enough bats that it won't be a problem not having kyle. and honestly i think the outfield will be better with someone else out there. not to say the kyle isn't a good outfielder, he is, but i think there are better outfielders on the team. but that's just my opinion. i really hope the cubs go to the world series. and then they better win! and then i can go to the parade in chicago for the win!!!
Hockey
hockey season is ending and the hawks are the playoffs once again. they had a great season until some injuries that really got to them. and corey crawford being out did not help! crow is a great goalie and we really missed him while he was gone. yes to all the haters, crow is a great goalie. and if you didn't know before, i think our record while he was gone just shows how much we missed him. i don't know how the hawks are going to do this post season, but hopefully it will go well. we have a great team. panarin and kane kicked ass this season! panarin should win rookie of the year and kane should win MVP. but again, that's just my opinion. but the ducks and the kings have a great team also. so hopefully we will go to the cup again and win!!!! four wins in my lifetime would just be amazing! and i'm not worried about the hawks losing the first game of the playoffs.
Monday, February 16, 2015
travel cross stitching
so i do a bunch of traveling. whether it's going to my dad and family in wisconsin, going to my moms every weekend for sunday dinner or visiting my siblings out west - i travel a bunch. and when i travel i at least take one cross stitch project with me. and i just thought i'd share the different things i use to take my projects with me everywhere.
the first thing is the bag i use to carry everything. the bag is actually a baby diaper bag. and i just love it. it has a million little pockets besides the big main pocket. and it just works perfectly for cross stitching. i can put my scissors in it's own pocket without worrying that i will poke myself when i dig for them (which happened a bunch before. hehe). my pencil sharpener gets it's own little spot. i just love the bag! with no issues i can pack some of my cross stitching books plus kits, hard box string containers and hoops of all sizes. and the best part about this bag is that since it is a baby diaper bag it is easy to carry around. needless to say i love it and think it's well worth getting a baby diaper bag to hold all your stuffs for cross stitching. it's perfect to take everywhere and can hold a bunch of stuff. here's a picture of my bag.
the other thing i wanted to mention is my string holder. when i've already started a project kit that gives me all the string, i never know what to do with the string when i'm done using it. for example i'll be doing a leaf and i only need one color for 10 stitches. what do i do with the left over string?! well i've figured out what to do is use baseball card holders to hold my string. no joke. i went to a local office store and bought baseball card page protectors to hold my string. so when i'm doing a kit and i know i'm going to use a certain color again, but i've already cut it off the original holder from the kit, i just write on a piece of paper the number of the color of the string and then stuff the string in the little pocket. i think it's a great way to hold all the string after i've cut if off of the holder from the kit. i use this mainly just for my kits. for all my other projects, i use my regular bulky box plastic string holder. here's a picture of what i'm talking about.
the first thing is the bag i use to carry everything. the bag is actually a baby diaper bag. and i just love it. it has a million little pockets besides the big main pocket. and it just works perfectly for cross stitching. i can put my scissors in it's own pocket without worrying that i will poke myself when i dig for them (which happened a bunch before. hehe). my pencil sharpener gets it's own little spot. i just love the bag! with no issues i can pack some of my cross stitching books plus kits, hard box string containers and hoops of all sizes. and the best part about this bag is that since it is a baby diaper bag it is easy to carry around. needless to say i love it and think it's well worth getting a baby diaper bag to hold all your stuffs for cross stitching. it's perfect to take everywhere and can hold a bunch of stuff. here's a picture of my bag.
the other thing i wanted to mention is my string holder. when i've already started a project kit that gives me all the string, i never know what to do with the string when i'm done using it. for example i'll be doing a leaf and i only need one color for 10 stitches. what do i do with the left over string?! well i've figured out what to do is use baseball card holders to hold my string. no joke. i went to a local office store and bought baseball card page protectors to hold my string. so when i'm doing a kit and i know i'm going to use a certain color again, but i've already cut it off the original holder from the kit, i just write on a piece of paper the number of the color of the string and then stuff the string in the little pocket. i think it's a great way to hold all the string after i've cut if off of the holder from the kit. i use this mainly just for my kits. for all my other projects, i use my regular bulky box plastic string holder. here's a picture of what i'm talking about.
Friday, October 19, 2012
things and stuff
hey everyone. sorry it's been so long since i've written. i do apologize. things have been a little crazy for me. i will do my best to update much more often, like the old days. hehe.
i must write about dragon con a little bit. it was awesome as always. this was my second year going and i have no thoughts of stopping. there were some awesome costumes (as always). this year one of the guests of honor was RA Salvatore! sadly i didn't get to meet him, i tried but the line was too long and i never made it. but i did get to see him up close and personal. i did something new this year, i went to the walk of fame. which is where the celebrities go and you can get their signatures. saw katee sakof, jonathan franks, levar burton, michael dorn and felica day (just to name a few). i didn't get any of their signatures but, i did get lou ferigno's. if you don't know who he is, he played the hulk for the tv series. he is huge! and he was very nice to me. last year i had gone to his panel and he was so positive i couldn't help but like him. so i just had to get his signature this year. i made some new friends this year. so that was cool. and thanks to twitter, i get to stalk them. hehe. no one wanted to take my picture because of anything i was wearing, but at the Ta'veren tee's booth (wheel of time), they took a picture of my two wheel of time tattoos. that was pretty awesome. the girl recognized matt's saying on my arm right away and asked to take a photo. then when she was done i showed her my neck tattoo and she asked to take a photo of that. so that made me smile really big and feel all cool. so over all, dragon con was tons of fun! go to my flickr page and you'll see all the pictures i have.
so i posted about being on twitter and instagram now. yeah i'm addicted now. i check it all the time. i've already posted on twitter over 200 times. hehe. whats cool is when people i don't even know follow me on there. makes me feel like what i have to say is important. i know it's really not, but it makes me feel that way.
the wheel of time's a memory of light prologue came out for everyone to read. you had to pay like 4 bucks, but you could read it in full if you wanted. so of course(!) i did. it rocked! i can't wait until the book comes out. i'm really sad it comes out the day AFTER my birthday, jan 8th 2013. but, you better believe i will be buying it on 1/8. i actually might take the day off so i can read it all day. that may seem silly to you, but i wouldn't be able to handle working when i could being reading that book. that is how much i love those books. i can't believe they are coming to an end. i love the books so much, two of my tattoos are from the series (as mentioned above). i'm debating whether i should pre order it or not, i've never done that. so i don't know. but i WILL have that book. hehe.
cubs sucked this year. bears are rocking it. sadly i have nothing to say about hockey for they are locked out. and i don't think we will have a hockey season at all. so i'm going to go to a college hockey game at soldier field. notre dame, wisconsin, minnesota and miami ohio are going to be playing. so that should be fun. all of those school's have a history of having good teams. at least i'll get some kind of hockey. and i get to go to soldier field. i haven't been to it since i was like 8. so i'm excited for that. but sadly that game isn't until February.
well that's all for now. i will do my best to update more often.
i must write about dragon con a little bit. it was awesome as always. this was my second year going and i have no thoughts of stopping. there were some awesome costumes (as always). this year one of the guests of honor was RA Salvatore! sadly i didn't get to meet him, i tried but the line was too long and i never made it. but i did get to see him up close and personal. i did something new this year, i went to the walk of fame. which is where the celebrities go and you can get their signatures. saw katee sakof, jonathan franks, levar burton, michael dorn and felica day (just to name a few). i didn't get any of their signatures but, i did get lou ferigno's. if you don't know who he is, he played the hulk for the tv series. he is huge! and he was very nice to me. last year i had gone to his panel and he was so positive i couldn't help but like him. so i just had to get his signature this year. i made some new friends this year. so that was cool. and thanks to twitter, i get to stalk them. hehe. no one wanted to take my picture because of anything i was wearing, but at the Ta'veren tee's booth (wheel of time), they took a picture of my two wheel of time tattoos. that was pretty awesome. the girl recognized matt's saying on my arm right away and asked to take a photo. then when she was done i showed her my neck tattoo and she asked to take a photo of that. so that made me smile really big and feel all cool. so over all, dragon con was tons of fun! go to my flickr page and you'll see all the pictures i have.
so i posted about being on twitter and instagram now. yeah i'm addicted now. i check it all the time. i've already posted on twitter over 200 times. hehe. whats cool is when people i don't even know follow me on there. makes me feel like what i have to say is important. i know it's really not, but it makes me feel that way.
the wheel of time's a memory of light prologue came out for everyone to read. you had to pay like 4 bucks, but you could read it in full if you wanted. so of course(!) i did. it rocked! i can't wait until the book comes out. i'm really sad it comes out the day AFTER my birthday, jan 8th 2013. but, you better believe i will be buying it on 1/8. i actually might take the day off so i can read it all day. that may seem silly to you, but i wouldn't be able to handle working when i could being reading that book. that is how much i love those books. i can't believe they are coming to an end. i love the books so much, two of my tattoos are from the series (as mentioned above). i'm debating whether i should pre order it or not, i've never done that. so i don't know. but i WILL have that book. hehe.
cubs sucked this year. bears are rocking it. sadly i have nothing to say about hockey for they are locked out. and i don't think we will have a hockey season at all. so i'm going to go to a college hockey game at soldier field. notre dame, wisconsin, minnesota and miami ohio are going to be playing. so that should be fun. all of those school's have a history of having good teams. at least i'll get some kind of hockey. and i get to go to soldier field. i haven't been to it since i was like 8. so i'm excited for that. but sadly that game isn't until February.
well that's all for now. i will do my best to update more often.
Thursday, June 14, 2012
sports on the radio
so i'm a listener of espn radio and the local chicago sports station 670 the score. i don't listen to them all the time, but i've been listening to them pretty often. during the stanley cup (as some of you know i'm a huge hockey fan) the playoffs were barely talked about if at all. no matter what time i was listening to the radio stations. and after the kings won, it was never mentioned. i couldn't believe it. this is a big event for the sport and your not going to talk about it?! all the radio stations talked about was basketball and baseball. now don't get me wrong, i understand that both of them are much more popular then hockey in america, but still, there is a following of hockey here.
and now there is a new development regarding lance armstrong and his doping acusations (U.S. federal prosecutors closed a two-year criminal probe and now the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency has filed formal charges against him) and mike and mike in the morning (espn radio) didn't talk about it at all this morning. all they talked about was lebron james for the game he is playing tonight (the game isn't even played yet) and the perfect game that was pitched yesterday. again, a perfect game is big news and it should be talked about. but besides that, all i've been hearing about is lebron james and i'm just sick of it. let it go. either he will win or he won't. wait until either have happen and then analyze it.
a friend of mine was saying that the day after the kings won the cup on espn.com the front page had a picture of a boston player holding the cup and the article was about the contenders for next year. really?! let the kings live it up for at least a day. just one day.
so the point of this post is that i don't understand why sports radio stations (for i don't have tv and so can't complain about the tv shows - that's right i don't have a tv) don't talk about all sports. don't call it a sports show if your only going to talk about baseball/basketball. then call the shows the BB- sports show. hehe. get it; baseball/basketball sports show. so yeah. mainly this is a rant that sports shows should talk about all the sports that are out there: hockey/golf/tennis/soccer/rugby/baseball/basketball/volleyball.
and now there is a new development regarding lance armstrong and his doping acusations (U.S. federal prosecutors closed a two-year criminal probe and now the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency has filed formal charges against him) and mike and mike in the morning (espn radio) didn't talk about it at all this morning. all they talked about was lebron james for the game he is playing tonight (the game isn't even played yet) and the perfect game that was pitched yesterday. again, a perfect game is big news and it should be talked about. but besides that, all i've been hearing about is lebron james and i'm just sick of it. let it go. either he will win or he won't. wait until either have happen and then analyze it.
a friend of mine was saying that the day after the kings won the cup on espn.com the front page had a picture of a boston player holding the cup and the article was about the contenders for next year. really?! let the kings live it up for at least a day. just one day.
so the point of this post is that i don't understand why sports radio stations (for i don't have tv and so can't complain about the tv shows - that's right i don't have a tv) don't talk about all sports. don't call it a sports show if your only going to talk about baseball/basketball. then call the shows the BB- sports show. hehe. get it; baseball/basketball sports show. so yeah. mainly this is a rant that sports shows should talk about all the sports that are out there: hockey/golf/tennis/soccer/rugby/baseball/basketball/volleyball.
Thursday, April 5, 2012
go cubs go!
today is opening day for the cubs. dempster is pitching. we shall see what kind of season this will be. it's a rebuilding year (isn't every year?). i say we will at least hit 500. i know that's probably too hopeful, but you never know. hey i'm a cubs fan - forever optimistic.
there was a comic on 4/1 that had a cubs fan wearing a jersey, saying 'this is our year for sure!' a girl pointed to his jersey and said 'i get it. april fool! right?' the cubs fan hung his head and said 'no...'.
4/8 edit: so i heard this story from a friend of mine and thought i would share it with everyone. i guess bill murray was at the cubs opening day game. and he's a huge dempster fan. so he signed a ball for him and dempster was given the ball. well dempster didn't realize the ball was signed and pitched with it in the beginning of the game. well a rookie came up to back and got his first hit ever. so of course he wanted the ball. well when he was in the dugout looking at the ball, he noticed that it was signed to dempster. way to pay attention dempster! as far as i know, dempster wasn't given the ball back. guess bill murray will have to sign another one for him.
there was a comic on 4/1 that had a cubs fan wearing a jersey, saying 'this is our year for sure!' a girl pointed to his jersey and said 'i get it. april fool! right?' the cubs fan hung his head and said 'no...'.
4/8 edit: so i heard this story from a friend of mine and thought i would share it with everyone. i guess bill murray was at the cubs opening day game. and he's a huge dempster fan. so he signed a ball for him and dempster was given the ball. well dempster didn't realize the ball was signed and pitched with it in the beginning of the game. well a rookie came up to back and got his first hit ever. so of course he wanted the ball. well when he was in the dugout looking at the ball, he noticed that it was signed to dempster. way to pay attention dempster! as far as i know, dempster wasn't given the ball back. guess bill murray will have to sign another one for him.
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