Another Busy Saturday

Well, hockey is done for this weekend. J's team tried really hard but they were just outplayed by every team they faced in this tournament. J scored the team's one lone goal in their last game and earned himself player of the game. They gave him an adult size L t-shirt as his prize. Even though it is huge on him he proudly wore it home.

I'm really proud of him and the other kids on his team. They kept trying even when it was clear they had no hope of winning. But more importantly, they are good teammates to each other. A couple of kids got hurt during the game (they were fine) but the other kids took the time to check on them and make sure everyone was okay. They also made sure to let their goalies know it was okay after the other team scored goals. They may not win any games but they are definitely winning in the good sportsmanship category.

Hockey pretty much took up the whole day today. This morning I managed to get time to print out my final clue for my Outlander MKAL but I had no time to work on it. I'll be working on it after the kids are off to bed. Tomorrow I get my first clue for my Game of Thrones MKAL. Normally for an MKAL you have a general idea of what you're making -  a shawl, a hat, etc. For this MKAL I have no clue what we're making. All I know is that it takes three skeins of yarn and a size 10.5 circular needle. I'm thinking maybe a cowl but I won't know for sure until the clue comes out tomorrow. Hopefully it will be something easy enough to work on while I'm watching GoT.

GoT is one of the only shows we watch that hasn't ended it's season yet. We watch The Americans and Vikings and both shows have had their season finale. I watch Once Upon A Time but C doesn't, and I still have a few episodes of that left. We've watched the entire first season of DareDevil already. It was excellent! I can't wait for the second season so Netflix, hurry up and get it made! I'm behind on Outlander (again, C doesn't really watch it) so I have a few episodes of that on the DVR waiting for me. We'll have to do some searching around tonight to find something to watch because there isn't even a Caps hockey game on to watch - it was an afternoon game and the boneheads lost. Ah well, the next game will be in DC so hopefully they will win!

Tomorrow is suppose to be a beautiful day so I hope we can get out and do something fun. J has discovered that a bunch of his friends just live across the big road and S had a bunch of friends on the street so we may not end up going anywhere but outside into the neighbour's yard. We do need to go to the pet store and pick up a fist for S's tank that I finally got set up. J wants to go along - I think he thinks we'll get a dog there but this pet store doesn't sell dogs. I think he just wants to see all the animals. S says she wants a betta fish or possibly a goldfish. I don't think she really knows and will decide when we get there tomorrow. Any bets on which she'll get?

Friday night TV time

Once again I find myself sitting down to blog at S's bedtime. It was actually my night to put her to bed (C and I alternate nights) but he's taking J to a hockey game tomorrow night so I'll have bedtime duty tomorrow. And since I'm still snuffling and coughing, it is nice not to have to try to read a fairy book. In theory, S and I could go to the hockey game with the boys, but the last two times we've taken S to a hockey game the next morning she's woken up sick. C says it's just coincidence, but I don't know. She's just about better from being sick and I'd rather her not get sick again.

Today was a pretty boring day around here. The wind chill was crazy cold, and the snow we got last night was blowing all over creating white-out situations. The college and the university on the island closed early and the RCMP were closing roads all over because of white-out conditions. I'm glad I didn't have my car today. If I had, I would have been tempted to go out and getting caught in a white-out situation doesn't sound like fun.

The wind is still kicking up pretty bad. It keeps rattling the screen on our sliding door making me think someone is out there banging on the door. Part of me is afraid to peek out of the curtains because what if it isn't the wind...no, I haven't actually been watching horror movies lately. Maybe I should. :-)

What have I been watching lately? Today I was watching Heroes on Netflix. I realized a few months ago that I never finished watching that series, so I decided to go back and see what I missed. Not much so far. We have a bunch of stuff on the DVR to watch but most of the shows are things that C and I watch together so I didn't want to watch them during the day.

I just got J into bed so now it's time for grown-up TV - Vikings. Season 3 started last night. But since we're on Atlantic time it comes on late here. That happens with a lot of shows - we end up watching it the next night because staying up to midnight when I have to get up at 6:15 (usually) the next morning is hard for me. I'm not as young as I used to be. So I am off to work on my Snow Queen shawl - the first clue came out today! - and watch me some Vikings.