Go Sanjaya!

It's so awful, we can't look away. Am I the only one hoping this idiot goes all the way? I mean seriously, the longer Sanjaya is on this show the more reason I have to continue watching. He's so bad, so awful, I literaly can't bring myself to look away. The rest of the contestants are adequate singers (bald guy, black white guy and big hair guy aside) but this Sanjaya has it all. Yeah, he can't sing but he has Weird Al and William Hung on the ropes for best comedy singer. With his rooster mohawk last night, how can he lose?

Meet Me In St. Louis, Louis

I won't meet you at the fair, but my Spartans will be more than happy to meet you at the Frozen Four. That's right, my MSU Spartans beat Notre Dame last night 2-1 to advance to the Frozen Four. They'll be playing Maine on April 5th. I couldn't be more proud of this team, they've really turned the season around. In any event, you will all be happy to know that we got out of Van Andel well before midnight last night. No overtime for us, thankfully. I don't think my blood pressure could handle MSU in overtime.

Late Night At Van Andel

We had an interesting night at Van Andel Arena last night. It was the NCAA hockey Midwest regional, the first game was between big time underdog Alabama-Huntsville against #1 Notre Dame. Game time was 5:00 and the Irish came out ready to play, scoring two quick first period goals. But then they sat on their lead and never quite got back on track for the rest of the game. Huntsville scored two second period goals to tie the game. I thought for sure that ND would get the go ahead goal in the third but it never happened. That meant we're going to overtime.
For those of you who don't know anything about playoff hockey, overtime means we play 20 minute periods until someone scored. And 20 minute periods we did play, nearly two of them. The first overtime came and went and I was shocked that Huntsville had more chances to win the game than Notre Dame. Over 15 minutes into the second overtime (35+ minutes of OT and 95+ minutes for the game) Ryan Thang scored the game winner for Notre Dame. We'll see them in tonight's regional final.
And yes, do note that we're playing in period #5. Also note the Irish out shot Huntsville 53-30. Huntsville's goalie did a standout job last night keeping his team in the game.
Now, on to the second game. Our Michigan State Spartans were set to take on Boston University at 8:30 last night. Unfortunately because of the first game, our game didn't start until after 10. That's bed time as far as I'm concerned.
And bed time it was early in the game. Not only was Janna tired but our Spartans looked tired, falling down early 1-0. Notice Janna's slick MSU hockey jersey. Our Spartans tied the game up at one in the first and came out roaring in the second period to take a 4-1 lead. After the second, I joked around that if this game went into OT there would be a lot of unhappy people in the building. Janna was not amused, I think she would have been outraged.
No overtime was needed though, the Spartans netted one in the third period to take the game 5-1. Post game handshakes for one and all.
And our Spartan heros salute their fans after the win. We'll be facing the Irish at 8:30 tonight at Van Andel. I hope that Notre Dame comes in tired after playing two overtimes but we'll see. Our Spartans ought to be tired, their game began shortly after 10:00pm and didn't end until 12:30am. Needless to say, we got home after 1 and I'm still tired. But I'll muster up the energy to cheer my Spartans on to the Frozen Four tonight. Whether or not Janna will be able to muster energy remains to be seen.
One more pic of Janna in her awesome MSU sweater.

Lawn Mower Issues

It's almost time for lawn mowing season. Only one problem, my lawn mower is broken. Anyone know where I can get it repaired? Better yet, does anyone know of a repair place that will pick it up for me? Believe it or not I can't get the mower in my Monte Carlo and Janna can't get it into her little purple people eater.

Swiming Hippopotamus Club

Janna has joined the Swiming Hippopotamus Club which meets at the MAC every Tuesday and Thursday. What is the Swiming Hippopotamus Club you ask? It's a swim class for pregnant women, apparently it's supposed to be good for them or something. Needless to say, Janna enjoys her classes and I enjoy taking her there. It helps that while the hippos are stomping around the pool I get to do my workouts. What we won't do for little Stuart eh?

Oh and for those of you who are thinking to yourself something like 'I told Janna not to marry that Jewish jerk,' Janna and I chuckled about me putting together this post. I'll hear none of it from the peanut gallary.

Our Weekend Getaway

We went to my folks beach house this weekend and much fun was had by all. It was cold and snowy on Friday and Saturday and of course it was beautiful and sunny on Sunday, the day we left. The driveway was snowed in so we were stuck leaving our car at the road and walking nearly a half a mile to my folks house with a suitcase, food and a dog.

But a nice fire awaited us at the end.
And a lovely sunset on Saturday evening can't be argued with.
What's this that Seamus sees? Why it's a heard of deer right outside the back porch, less than 10 feet from the house. Needless to say, Seamus was very bothered by the giant dogs, they didn't seem interested in playing with him.

And with that we leave you with some other shots taken on Sunday morning. Notice that as the day gets older the lake looks like one might actually enjoy swimming in it.

And thus ends our little weekend getaway. We can't wait to have everyone come up for a visit this summer. I see a Birn beach day coming in June or July.