And Purdue wins again

Posted by Trisha on Sep 29, 2007 in NCAA, Purdue, Sports

We start the season 5-0 after beating Notre Dame 33-19 today. ND fans argue that Purdue is a bad team, a nobody team, just like the other teams ND has lost to. I know this is an attempt to justify their “tough schedule” and their 0-5 start for the first time in school history. They [...]

It’s ON!

Posted by Trisha on Sep 29, 2007 in General

GO BOILERS! BEAT THE IRISH!

Four for Friday

Posted by Trisha on Sep 28, 2007 in blogging

This week’s a thinker! Again, from Belicove: FOUR FOR FRIDAY Q1 – Next Tuesday: Instead of going to work next Tuesday, if you could spend the entire day doing something else–any one or two things that you absolutely love doing–what would you do? Hmmmm, I guess I will flip this to fit my circumstances. Since [...]

Calling all Fantasy Football Guru’s (and maybe not so guru’s)

Posted by Trisha on Sep 27, 2007 in Fantasy Sports, Sports

I am going to give you a scenario. Tell me what you would do. You are struggling at the WR/RB position. Another member of your league is really struggling at the QB position. You have Tony Romo, who has been putting up phenomenal fantasy numbers, on your bench with Peyton Manning as your starter. The [...]

Self-deprecating words

Posted by Trisha on Sep 25, 2007 in General, blogging

I have had the pleasure of “meeting” an author, Susan Heim, who has written a couple of books on parenting multiples. She is also the former senior editor for the bestselling “Chicken Soup for the Soul” series, which I LOVE and have several of! She found my blog through my previous post titled “Online Communities” [...]

I have been published!

Posted by Trisha on Sep 25, 2007 in Internet, Media, blogging, life

I submitted my post “Are first impressions everything?” to a website called Insights & Lessons. It is a website dedicated to contributions from it’s readers. From it’s homepage: Everyone has interesting insights and lessons on different areas of life. Insights & Lessons is a free online community where you can share the lessons you wish [...]

QOTD

Posted by Trisha on Sep 24, 2007 in General, blogging, fun, life

One of the conversations going on in my teins forum is a “What would you do?” type of question. The question asked was: If I told you: Here, all the money you need to cover all your needs, you don’t have to work anymore, the kids are in school and you have free time to [...]

Annual Rummage Sale

Posted by Trisha on Sep 24, 2007 in blogging, community

My church is having a rummage sale this Thursday, September 27th from 9 am to 7 pm, and Friday, September 28th from 9 am to 1 pm. Mens, womens, maternity and kids clothing, toys, shoes, housewares, you name it! There’s even a “Jewelry & Treasures” boutique. Friday is “Bag Day.” Fill a bag and pay [...]

Online communities

Posted by Trisha on Sep 24, 2007 in Internet, Media, blogging

If you’ve read my blog, even sporadically, you probably know that I have twins. When they were 4 months old, and only about 6 weeks removed from the NICU (and just days removed from oxygen and Apnea monitors), we moved to North Dakota where dh got his first job at KFYR in Bismarck. Being so [...]

Random fact of the day

Posted by Trisha on Sep 23, 2007 in blogging

100,000 Total number of students in California who play high school football. 253 Number of girls playing high school football in California.. 3 Number of touchdowns one of those girls (15-year-old Miranda McOsker) threw in a football game to help her suburban Los Angeles high school (Bishop Montgomery) defeat rival Ribet Academy 55-14. 0 Number [...]