Football Season Is Officially Here!

Hell Yes, this is where we are today, season opener for THE IRISH!

Go Irish :o)

I hope to be able to update this entry later tonight with the news that the Fighting Irish beat #8 Pitt in football.  But this entry is about our great day today.

Coffee - check

Paper - check

Workout - check

Pleasant Weather - check

About 1:15 PM, we headed out to the recently renovated Purcell Arena (previously called the Joyce Center) for the season opener of the Fighting Irish basketball season.  They were playing North Florida, and the won easily (by about 30 points). 

Update: The Cardiac Kids tried to rally, but they came up short, 27-22.  Second week they gave one away :o(

Irish are Golden Tonight :o)

They look like the Irish of Old, great win at 40-14, the 6-2 Irish are now bowl eligible :o)

GO IRISH!

Happy Weekend :o)

Quiet night tonight. Beth went to Chicago today for a Cubs game with her sisters and BIL Tom (he is a great guy). They are not home yet, hence the quietness. It is kind of weird not having her here to greet me when I walk in the door.

My plan was to get out early from work, and run some errands. I was partially successful, did get out after a 9-1/2 hour day, but I had only planned on an 8 hour day today. I was able to get my errands done, consisting of work candy, another mirror for the garage (workout area), and 14 bags of water softener salt (seven for the truck and two for each Mustang for winter preps, the rest for the softener).

On the down side, the work day ended with a group meeting with our VP, and his statement was "I always tell you if this is a coaching session or an ass chewing, and This Is An Ass Chewing." Not a good way to end the day, and the next week or two will be challenging. Not worth going into details here, every job has its challenges.

Needless to say, I feel wiped and am definitely ready for the weekend. Tomorrow will be low keyed, doing things around the house, then watching the Irish successfully take on Michigan. On Sunday we are going to a local Nature Conservancy location for a private guided tour, and then Sunday night it is "DA BEARS".

Hope you have a great weekend planned, I know that the weather is expected to be great here.

Notre Dame Rocked the House :o)

We started the day by heading to White Field for a little tail gate action (note to self, bring more beer next time :o). We got there just before 11:00 AM, and had a really nice time chatting. Here is a picture of Beth, her Dad, and Big Blue.

We were able to hook up with Shane (sorry you had to work today), and shortly after that, new friend Doug came - glad we could meet him.

Then we took the shuttle to the library (that is where Touchdown Jesus is), and had a short walk to the stadium, and then a bit longer to actually get to our gate. It was worth the extra little walk, because we had this view from our seats.

It was really cool that this was the first ND game for Cousin Shane, and equally cool that this was the second game we were able to take Dad to :o)

This was the view we had from our seats that were kind of high up, about even with the goal post. This was the opening drive by the Irish, and they were able to convert for a touchdown. It was really awesome. The atmosphere is something you need to experience if you have never been to a college game (I know I experienced it for four years at Illinois, and home game day is special). We love having the opportunity to go to ND games, and are looking forward to the other two games we get to go to this year.

By the way, the Irish had their first shutout in quite a while, winning 35-0.

GO IRISH!!!

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