Building A Mystery

Hello, I hope your all doing well. How I miss blogging as much as I use to, but I'm following some good advice from Sandee and just blogging on the weekends for now. My work schedule includes three days a week that I work from 7:30 am to 3:30pm, which means I have to leave the house by 6:45 am. So by the time I get home, cook dinner, take care of some chores around the house, get a walk in on my treadmill, I'm just about ready to hit the hay to get up and do it all over again. I just can't seem to stay up as late as I use to and do anything else I wish to do, must be the middle aged years creeping up on me lol! But that's ok, it is what it is, maybe the more I do it, the more I'll get use to it without getting too tired. Sadly the Patriot's did not make it to the Superbowl this year, but we had a great day watching the playoff game. My brother in law who has the Cancer came over and was in great spirits. He has been fighting his cancer with amazing strength and courage that I have never seen in anyone. A few months ago we did not even think he would still be here with us during the playoff season. I just found out his Doctor has told him that he has never seen anyone walking around with a Cancer count as high as his. So between the Chemo therapy and his will to live, he is beating the odds against him. I almost feel like I am witnessing some type of miracle in the works. And just as I wrote that last sentence, it made me think of this song by Sarah McLachlan, Building A Mystery. It's a mystery to me, but a good mystery. Now all we can do is pray it continues for as long as possible! Now I'm going to enjoy doing nothing for the rest of the weekend. Yup, just some r & r. I hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend with whatever you have going on. I'll catch up with you next week, or you never know, maybe even sooner.
Thanks for visiting,
Janet :)

An Idiot

Hello, I hope your enjoying your weekend. The first week at my new job went really well. The work is very easy and the people are lighthearted, funny and kind. Sadly though I'm finding it is hard to keep up with my blogging while I work full time, but I'll give it my best effort. I would miss all my blogging friends if I did not blog and hear from you. I'll do my best as well to keep up with your blogs too! Tonight I watched the premiere of Season 3 of An Idiot Abroad. It was so funny, so I had to share some clips with you. I think it is going to be their best season yet! I'll be enjoying more good TV this weekend as we watch our favorite football team, the Patriot's battle the Ravens to get to the Superbowl with some friends and family, and of course good snacks! Yes indeed, all in all a good weekend!
Thanks for visiting,
Janet :)

Boston Your My Home

Hello, Well today is the big day! Patriot Nation will be watching to see if the New England Patriots can bring home their 4th Championship title to Boston. I have a good feeling they will. They have a great team this year. I grew up a sports fan by default between my Dad and my 4 brothers always watching the games, lots of good memories from those days. I love living here in the suburbs of Boston for many reasons. One of those reasons being is our sports teams. We have been blessed with many Championships over the past few years, and yes I would have to agree with Rachel Pennellatore, it becomes addicting. A good addiction though, that I would never, ever, want to cure lol! I hope all of you enjoy the Superbowl today as well.
Thanks for visiting,
Janet :)

Go Pats!




5 ways being a Boston sports fan is like being an addict

Sports are practically life here in Boston; fans are known nationwide for their incredible dedication. Bostonians cheer for and defend their beloved teams with fervor so intense as to sometimes -- OK, oftentimes -- cross over into obnoxiousness, leading fans from elsewhere to question our sanity and/or sobriety.

Being a true-blue Boston fan is quite similar to having a raging substance abuse problem: Glory can be as habit-forming as any drug out there, and our hometown heroes certainly know how to keep us all strung out on the drama and chasing the high that victory brings. Here are five signs you or a loved one may have an addiction.

Extreme emotional highs and lows. Boston has come to be a city of champions. With each of our “Big Four” teams bringing a title or two to the city in recent years, we've gotten used to a certain standard of living. But every action has an equal and opposite reaction, as they say: For example, that on-top-of-the-world feeling we had after winning the Stanley Cup was shortly thereafter dulled by the rock-bottom disaster of blowing the MLB playoffs amid rumors of clubhouse drinking. And so the vicious cycle begins anew.

Mental health issues. Boston fans most commonly suffer from delusions of grandeur that manifest themselves in an overwhelming urge to proclaim that the Yankees suck, apropos to the situation or not. Trying to reason with such a Boston fan (telling them that they're actually at a basketball game, for example) will inevitably lead them to conclude that since the Yankees always suck, they fail to see your point. On the other end of the spectrum, we also encounter paranoia and superstition: Bruins players and fans alike refused to shave their "playoff beards," thus contributing to the 2011 Stanley Cup win, and "The Curse of the Bambino" haunted the Red Sox for 86 years after trading Babe Ruth.

Physical signs. Boston fans prioritize watching the game above all else and take losses especially hard. Scientists have proven depression, change in appetite or sleep patterns, mood swings, tremors, and persistent sweating are all caused by anxiety linked to extended Boston losing streaks. Fine -- that's not entirely true, but there’s certainly no lack of evidence that a team slump puts us all in one of our own.

Defense and denial. Boston fans and only Boston fans are allowed to talk smack about our teams. It’s fine for a Bostonian to complain about losing a 10-game winning streak in an overtime shootout, but hear anyone else crack a joke of their own, and -- excuse me, are you the defending champions? I didn’t think so. We also refuse to accept that there is even the remote possibility we might lose a game until we see it printed in the paper the next day. Even then we optimistically sigh that we’ll get ‘em next time.

Resentment and relapse. Boston teams are always raising and dashing our hopes and dreams (see "extreme emotional highs and lows"). We make all sorts of vows and bargain away our souls to whichever deity we’re partial to if we could just win this game, make the playoffs, or sign that player we absolutely need for our defensive line. And after another devastating loss, we swear we’ve learned our lesson and won’t watch next year -- but in the end we know the truth: We could never quit them.

Being a die-hard Boston fan is for life; unfortunately, there is no cure for athletically induced insanity, not even more cowbell. Welcome to Boston!

By Rachel Pennellatore

Tom And Tim Take Two

Hello, It's going to be an exciting weekend for Patriots fans like me. If you haven't seen these video spoofs on Tim Tebow, check them out, I think you'll enjoy a laugh or two. I hope you all have a great weekend as well.
Thanks for visiting,
Janet :)

Mix The Bourgeoisie And The Rebels

Hello, Happy Music Monday! I am excited that Madonna will be doing the half time show at this years Superbowl. Hopefully I will also be watching my favorite football team The Patriots as well. I will get to watch the Patriots live on Christmas Eve because Christa and Dana got Pete and I tickets to the game that day as a Christmas gift, Love it! I have seen Madonna live 3 times and she is amazing. So I'm sure the half time show is going to be, especially with the help of the Cirque du Soleil performers. She can sing live while doing deep knee bends, oh ya, in her late 40's and early 50's, never mind just dance! Brittany and most of the girls half her age have to lip sync while they perform. So for this Music Monday I chose her Music performance from the Drowned World Tour to celebrate her upcoming Super Bowl performance. I still have the confetti she dropped at the end of this song, along with the ticket as a memento from the show :) She has earned the title of Queen in my opinion. Imagine how boring Pop Music would have been the past 28 years without her. I'm glad she has pushed the envelope and opened doors for women where no one else had the courage to do so. That is what I admire the most about her. I hope she keeps going as long as she can and may her music continue to mix the bourgeoisie and the rebels!
Thanks for visiting,
Janet :)



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