hi, friends.
i've decided to change things up a bit and i won't be blogging here any longer.
my new blog is http://moxiefarm.blogspot.com/ if you'd care to visits.
cheers!
Last night was a great game. It wasn't a well played game but for anyone who doesn't think baseball is capable of being exciting, that game could be used as example A to disprove them.
That being said, as much as I love the Twins and were pulling for them to win last night it was the Tigers, who are the more complete team, that would have had a better shot at beating the Yankees in a short series. I do think that both Pettite and Burnett are beatable though so if the Twins could somehow steal one tonight from C.C. they'd have a pretty decent chance to take this series.
I hope I am wrong, but here are my annual MLB playoff predictions:
Award Predictions: AL MVP – Joe Mauer and it won’t be close. He had it pretty easily either way but last night’s win cemented it. NL MVP – Albert Pujols will win easily too. There were some great seasons by NL first basemen but he was definitely the cream of the crop.
AL Cy Young – Zack Greinke but I am not sure why no one cares that the Cy comes from a losing team when it’s such a big deal for the MVP too. Then again, I don’t believe in pitchers winning MVPs so that is probably the difference. Greinke was the best pitcher in the AL and deserves the award based on the logic that the voters use.
NL Cy Young – Chris Carpenter had a bigger impact on his squad than anyone else in the NL from a pitching perspective and that’s why he’s going to win.
AL Rookie of the Year – Andrew Bailey
NL Rookie of the Year – Chris Coghlan
AL Manager of the Year – Mike Scioscia (Gardy will finish second)
NL Manager of the Year – Jim Tracy
i've been back in MN for about 5 days, but somehow it feels as if i never left. except, you know, my friends bought houses and their kids got bigger. but other than that, things are pretty much just as i left them.
i take some comfort in that.
because of the relocation, i'm back on the job hunt. i've got an interview set up with an assisted living facility on monday morning. could be a fun gig and i imagine the hours will work with my school schedule.
<shrug>
cross your fingers for me, eh?
i'm feeling the need to bake again - but my growing waistline is indicating that might not be the best idea. i'll just have to quell that urge for a couple of weeks . . . and then i'll whip up another batch of cupcakes for tiffany and sabrina's birthday party.
i finally got around to cleaning/oiling my sewing machine (thanks, mom!). this should have been done awhile ago, as my friend jennifer had placed an order - and the fabric had been sitting around (waiting to become a drawstring backpack) for over a week.
now that i've finished that project, i think i'm going to dive into a puzzle i've been meaning to work on for... oh... a few years.
actually i *did* finish this puzzle once - i even glued it together and was planning to frame it - but it ended up getting lost during one of my moves. sadness.
when i finish it this time, i'll be getting it up on the wall post haste.
earlier this week it felt like fall was in the air, but i see the forecast high for tomorrow is 91. indian summer? let's hope not. i'm ready for a little scarf action.
it's official.
i am completely, utterly, hopelessly addicted to the show 'mad men.'
this is a perfect example of why i tend to stay away from television. when i find something i like, i don't just casually watch it - i obsess over it, and the rest of my life gets shoved to the back burner.
dirty clothes? what dirty clothes?
who needs a shower anyway?
this show is particularly dangerous to me, as it takes place in the 1960s, my favorite decade, the decade i'm certain i was meant to have been born into (i was misplaced in the 80s, you see. silly, confused storks...).
manhattan in the 60s. all that glamour plus a delicious undercurrent of radical social change.
i want to go to there. please.
