Sick Week

Good morning everyone. Wasn't exactly the best week over in our house. Actually, overall it was lousy. Tuesday night, I come home from work, and the entire house was quiet. Jill and Mia were asleep.. ok. I learned Wednesday morning they had fevers and were sick. Both fevers were gone Wednesday, but they left behind a nasty cold so I spent my Wednesday taking care of Mia. I hate it when kids are sick. I'd rather be sick then them. They're so miserable and hard to deal with. We made the most of the day together and worked on a nice homemade Valentines Day card for Jill (which she absolutely loved) and watched the Chelsea game together. Great win! It was also the home debut of our latest signing Juan Cuadrado. Not the best form for the former Fiorentina player. Hopefully he improves. Eden Hazard also recently signed a new 5 1/2 year deal keeping him in a Blue shirt till 2020. Probably the best news we can get. He's been real solid and hopefully will continue to aid in getting the team some hardware this year. This week, Champions League first league against PSG. Could be a really good match. I'll be able to watch a little bit of it Tuesday before work.

Thursday, Mia was supposed to go to her school's Valentine's Day party. She was still not feeling the best so we had to skip it. I texted her friend Hannah's mom explaining she was still sick. Mia wanted to give her friend a Valentine still, so we made one up anyways. It read "Dear Hannah, I love you so much. What is your favorite food? Mine is grilled cheese. Happy Valentine's Day. Sorry I'm sick. Love Mia".

Poor kid. She didn't make it to school Friday either. She's been doing better, just stuffed a bit but mostly good. Saturday, we spent the day together as a family. Made heart-shaped pizza and watched a movie. No dinner plans or anything for Jill and I Just family time. Her and Mia got me inside-out carrot cake cookies. Super tasty.

Sunday, nothing too exciting. They made dog treats for Remi after I left for work. We watched the Pens/Hawks game for a while before I left. Damn Hawks won and squeaked by with a shootout victory.

That's all for now. Thanks for reading!

SuperFrank8

Good afternoon. It's been a productive few days, as was the weekend. Saturday was our 6-year anniversary. Yay :) We got up early and headed out to Madison. It was our first visit to the infamous Farmer's Market that completely surrounds the state capitol. At 10am, it was quite packed, but we managed to get what we came for. One item that everyone should really try: the delicious spicy cheesy bread loaf. Just absolutely tasty. We got a few veggies and assorted other things. Had a late but tasty lunch courtesy of a burrito place with my older brother and his familia. It was the very first time I ate black beans but for some reason they were great (in burrito form) I typically go for quasadillas but this was really tasty.

On our way home we discussed "do we want dinner?" but couldn't decide. It was our anniversary and we had no clue what to do for dinner. Well, we skipped dinner and decided to go with a movie night. We went and saw 1 Million Ways to Die in the West. If you've seen Family Guy, or Ted, it's nothing far from that style of humor. Fart jokes, dick jokes, death jokes, "potty" humor, sex jokes etc. Seth MacFarlene wrote/stars in it, so thats all I have to say. It's funny, but it's nothing amazing. The 20 minutes of previews may have soured the experience a tad.

Sunday, I worked the 2-10 but we enjoyed what we could of the decent weather. Sunday night, Jill made a bet. A bad bet, but still a bet. The Blackhawks vs Kings. Game 7. Jill bet that if her Hawks beat my little brother Andy's Kings, his son would have to wear a little Hawks shirt and post it on Facebook. If the Hawks lost, Mia would have to wear a Bruins shirt and post on Facebook. The Hawks ended up losing in over time, so in the end, Mia had to wear my Dad's Kings jersey for a photo. Made more sense then the Bruins one. Oh well.

So over the last week or so it was rumored that the new NYC MLS team has signed Spaniard David Villa, and soon to be picking up Chelsea legend Frank Lampard. I dismissed it, because last year, he was linked to LA and later signed a one-year deal. Phew. This time, not so lucky. Monday it was announced officially that he was leaving Chelsea FC. I was devastated. The one single player that got me into playing soccer again. That got me into Chelsea in the first place, my favourite player was leaving his club. It won't be announced till after the World Cup where he will go, but it appears he'll probably head stateside. If he does, and it is the NYC team, I already told my little brother that we have to go see them play the Fire next year (once again, if that happens) I could watch his goal highlights any day of the week. He was a superb penalty taker and his numbers speak for them selves. 211 goals in his career. Amazing. Maybe I'm selfish like other fans that would love it if he would end his career there, but at the same time, he's got some years left in him. Does he go on and play MORE then he was last season? Today, I'm still thinking about his departure but excited about the fact that it appears that Chelsea may have sealed the deal on a new striker. Mr Diego Costa. He'll be a solid striker that'll be refreshing up front. Only time will tell who else is picked up, sold or go out on loan.

This weekend, house work. Grass cutting, laundry etc. Balancing two projects currently. The Salon logo and a CFC portrait. Both are coming along nicely.

That's it for now. Thanks for reading :)

Jimmy Jazz

Greetings, people. Nothing too exciting to report from the weekend. A rather quiet Saturday for the familia. Mia was crabby most of the morning, so we decided "hey let's go to the zoo, maybe that will cheer her up". Didn't help too much. We tried the sting ray/shark touch thing again and since she couldn't reach the rays, she got upset. I finally was able to pet one of the sharks. Very cool bumpy skin. Totally worth dealing with her crabby attitude to pet a shark.

After that, we went to the sea lion show. Last year when we did it, she loved it a ton. Didn't change at all. She couldn't get enough of the sea lions performing. Clapped for every trick Slick, the sea lion performed. "Let's watch it again!" Nah, we gotta head home. Saturday evening, we had my sister over for dinner. Mia had a lot of fun playing with her. Sunday, I worked the early shift. Tossed the idea of soccer that evening, but the heat was 90 degrees all day, and I didn't want to get super dehydrated on the pitch. I know "well drink water dumb ass" but I wasn't feeling it that day. We tried to hit up the local pool, but after driving through the park to GET to the pool, we could already tell that it'd be impossible to get in the water. So we turned around, and tried the Pewaukee Lake. It was super busy as well, but we were able to park and walk to the beach. Mia didn't like the water temperature, or the crazy amount of people so we didn't last very long. Oh well.

Today nothing too eventful. Mia slept in till 10:30. Sort of through off her day a bit. Visited Grandma a bit, then later Grandpa. Highlight of my day, or maybe LIFE was when I was juggling and heading a soccer ball a bit, and Mia, who was eating grapes at the moment stops and tells me "Daddy, you're a great soccer player". That's the very FIRST time anyone in my life has ever said that to me. I stopped playing soccer nearly 17 years ago because I didn't think I was any good. I know she's 2 years old, but it really made a difference to me. I'm missing the pick up game this weekend because we'll be in Illinois Friday thru Sunday but I plan on making the July 7th game. Seriously hope she stays awake for the game and can watch me :)

Last but not least, a big congrats to the Blackhawks for taking out the Bruins for the Stanley Cup. It was an insane series in a season that almost didn't happen. In the end, with 17 seconds left, the Hawks tied and got the game-winning goal. Very rad. I had to root for them when the Bruins destroyed the Penguins. That was a hard series to tune in to. When your team gets taken out of the playoffs that they could have easily taken. Anyways, glad the Hawks took down the Bruins.

That's all for now. Thanks for reading!