Just Like a Prayer

One Win Can Take Us There
Just Like a Muse to Me
We Need a Victory
Just Like a Dream
You Are My Favorite Team
Just Like a Prayer
Come Back to Fenway, I'll Meet You There!

Our Father, who art at Fenway...
Baseball be thy game.
Thy Kingdom come,
Playoffs need to be won,
On Earth, then on to the Cask 'n' Flagon.
Give us this day, a perfect Papi,
And forgive us our losses,
As we forgive those,
Like Bill Buckner.
And lead us not into desperation,
But deliver us from losing.
For thine is the Power,
And the Glory,
To beat the Indians,
Now and forever.
Amen

8 Friends and 3 Kids

Yesterday the Hub and I went to The Stacks house to meet the new baby and spend time with friends. It was such a great time despite the disappointing Sox loss (effin' Gagne. I cringed when I saw him coming in and said some not very nice words at the TV).

Here's Cameron James sleeping like a little angel. He is SO tiny!

















David took a liking to Mr. Potato Head's glasses.

















And gleefully pushed Brady around the living room.






Brady opened his presents and really liked his new truck full of cars.






We brought food to the new parents of two. I made homemade spaghetti and meatballs (ok Prince made the spaghetti), and mushroom turnovers. P. Sophie and the Doc brought the treasured Yuengling, salad, garlic bread and dessert: an ice cream cake and humongous Red Sox chocolate chip cookie. Brian made some homemade potato skins and Erica some yummy cookies. We had quite the feast!

It was great to see you all, and way too short.

Happy Birthday Brady!

It seems like just yesterday we were visiting newborn Brady in the hospital, and now he is two!













I can't believe how fast his first 2 years went and he's not even my kid!













Keep smiling Brady. We love you!


















Brady's 1st Birthday

Gotta Love October Baseball!

Oh, how I love baseball, and baseball in October is even better.
The Sox are up 2-0 over the Angels, and the poor NY "Empire" is down 0-2. The Curse of the A-Rod strikes again.

Anyways, with all the excitement I found this fun clip of the magic that was 2004.


GO RED SOX!!!!

America at Home

It's a little late, but I'd thought this was cool to share.

Photo Assignment Week Across the Nation.

Check it out, send in a pic or two and maybe you'll get in the book.

Two Step

Celebrate we will
Because life is short but sweet for certain
We're climbing two by two
To be sure these days continue,
These things we cannot change

The Hub and I celebrated our 2 year anniversary a little over a week ago. Life has been fun, challenging, rewarding, unpredictable, and all that much better together.

Hey my love do you believe that we
Might last a thousand years
Or more if not for this?
Our flesh and blood it ties
You and me right up
Tie me down

I suppose we won't be climbing two by two forever. It'll be fun having some little ones running around, but for now I'm quite content doting on my friends' kids (and handing them back when they poop!).

Hey, my love, you came to me like
Wine comes to this mouth
Grown tired of water all the time
You quench my heart and you
Quench my mind

Celebrate, you and me, climbing
Two by two, to be sure
These days continue, things we cannot change

The Price is Right?

If you're familiar with The Price is Right this is pretty amusing (on a couple of levels).
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Happy First Birthday!

Happy 1st Birthday David! Sending lots of love to our favorite Godchild.

Are You a True MassHole?

From the Author: "Okay, so you're driving down the Pike and coming towards Boston, and you're wondering which exit to take. Allston? Copley? Straight on to Logan and beyond? Dude, you're better off taking the T.

Ah, Massachusetts. A wonderful state where the capital itself seems to forget there's a western half of it. And the home of the Big Dig, or should I say the "it seemed like a good idea at the time" tunnel project."

This is an amusing quiz to check out. Having lived on both sides of the state I think Western Mass is underrepresented in it, but then again, I guess its used to that. Don't worry, I still remember there's more state left after Worcester.

Dude! You're 86% from Massachusetts!

Dude! Me and Sully and Fitzie and Sean are gonna hit Landsdowne tonight after the game, hang out at the Beerworks. I'll pick you up at the Coop at 6.

How Massachusetts are you?
Quiz Created on GoToQuiz

From the author: "Personally, this is what I like about MA...we're proud of our state, but we can't pass up a chance to make fun of ourselves. Hope you had fun! And just so you know: You can't park your car in Harvard Yard, simply because there is no parking lot there!" :p

"How Massachusetts are you?" was created by Jonc

P.S. If you see the next quiz after taking this one as "Are you a TRUE Red Sox Fan?" I wouldn't recommend it. I scored a 100% but it was corny, and they didn't even ask what the 7th innning stretch song was or what Rem Dawg's full name is, or any Sox history. Anyone could pass that thing.

Those Classy Yankee Fans

So Roger Clemens, future Hall of Famer, was booed off the mound today at Yankee Stadium. After pitching a perfect 1st inning he got taken out during the 2nd after allowing 8 runs, however only 3 of those runs were actually earned. I thought Yankee fans were savvy enough to realize the difference, but perhaps it's that they just don't care. Of course, these are the same fans who have on multiple occasions booed Alex Rodriguez, only the best player in baseball. If he knows what's good for him he says adios at the end of this monster season and sticks it to them. Any other team would be worshiping the ground he walks on instead of being fair weather fans.

Just my 2 cents...

Oscar the Cat

So a couple weeks ago I took Milo and He-Who-Had-Yet-To-Be Named to the vet for their rabies shots and Milo's pre-neuter exam (Milo was starting to get "those feelings" which resulted in a confused kitten and an offended and combative Darla). As the receptionist took out Milo's file she asked what "Grey Guy's" name was so she could start one for him. With much chagrin I told her we hadn't found one that suited him yet. She cast a pitiful glance at the little guy as if to say, "poor thing, they didn't even give you a name." I felt bad so I asked her if she knew any good names for a grey male cat, but she just shook her head.

We had already gone through a ton of names that either didn't fit him or one of us nixed, but again we went through a bunch of names the next day and agreed on Oscar. That was one we hadn't thought of before and it seems to really fit him. If only we had thought of it the day before so I didn't have to go to the vet with a poor nameless cat.

A few days ago I saw an interesting article about another cat named Oscar. What do you think: spooky or sweet?


-The Gang Watching the Birds

What Cats Do Best

And Then There Were Three

Well we finally found a solution to our Milo-Darla problem. Now Milo has a new little playmate to occupy his crazy energy, and Darla is quite content.

The new little guy is pretty sweet. He is only 7 weeks old, and tiny teensy so he has to be supervised around Milo who gets a little too rough sometimes.
All in all things are getting a little better though. I've heard grey cats (some people call them "blue" cats) are supposed to be pretty intelligent. If little guy was a girl I'd probably call her Athena (the grey-eyed goddess of wisdom) but here we are again, not sure of what we'll name him. He looks like a little wolf. Any suggestions, once again, are welcome. I like Kai (means ocean/sea in Hawaiian) but S said there was some guy in his German class with that name (said the Doc would remember). I also like Ash but would want a full name for it and Ashton just makes me think of Ashton Kutcher. He's a funny little guy.

What's Cuter Than a Baby or a Kitten?

A baby AND a kitten!

David loves cats and ever so sweetly gave Milo a pet on the head.

It's the MOST Wonderful Time of the Year!

Spring and baseball season! Even though it snowed today and the Sox lost their first game, it's still the best time of the year if you ask me!
Now all we need are tulips and Ws.

Only 2 games in and I miss you already Trot! Your wife was so nice too that time I chatted with her and Kristin Mirabelli for a while. You'll do quite fine hitting in front of Travis Hafner and Victor Martinez.


-Trot's last game in a Red Sox uniform






I can't wait for the warm weather to finally grace us with its presence; then it's on to the Gardens where the swans (the two Juliets) will return and the flowers will bloom. My favorite place in Boston...

Also, can't wait to see the Newbie tomorrow. It's Daisuke Matsuzaka's official debut as a Boston Red Sox. How do you say good luck in Japanese? And does he even need luck for that matter?


We'll see.