Aaron Ewer

Had to watch today’s game because a buddy of mine from Dallas is somewhere in the bleachers with a crew of friends who went to Chicago for the weekend. Have a ton of work on the computer to get through and I have the TV on across the room so I can keep up with the game.

Last year we were all supposed to go to Chicago for a game and I bought great seats for the first game at Wrigley of the Cards visiting Cubs series. Mailed him the tickets and bought my plane ticket. Then the dumbass booked his flight for himself and his girlfriend at the time and he BOOKED THE WRONG DATES. He and his girl went to Chicago the week BEFORE the game and played tourist - missed the game by a week. OMG! He called in complete embarrassment and sent me back the tickets. So he missed out and I found two local friends at the last minute to go in his place.

Today’s game was a blowout, with several home runs and lots of balls going into the bleachers. I looked at the quick camera shots of the fans but don’t see him anywhere. I wonder if he worked his magic and caught one of those foul balls? He has this way of being in the right place at the right time. Except for the one game I was supposed to go to last year. He’ll never live that down.

I’ve been watching a handful of St. Louis cardinals games and I have to say that although Albert Pujols is a fantastic player and probably the best athlete in all of professional baseball, I am very impressed with Rick Ankiel.

I don’t much like the Cardinals coach on a personal level, but Larussa does a great job coaching and I have to give him credit for both giving Ankiel a second chance and for coming up with an awesome batting order that allows both Pujols and Ankiel to shine.

Speaking of Wood, another one was in the news today. Tiger Woods won the golf tournament that had the whole golf world buzzing these past couple of days.

Yesterday Tiger and Rocco Mediate finished the U.S. Open in a tie and had to play another round today. This in itself is remarkable. Even more so is the fact that today’s tournament became a sudden death playoff and at the very end of the course, Tiger clinched the win when Mediate missed a long par putt.

Congrats to Tiger Woods for winning his 14th major golf tournament today! He’s creeping even closer to Jack Nicklaus’ record of 18 major championship wins and he’s young yet.

With so little time and the cost of gas so high, we’ve taken to shopping online for a lot of things rather than driving from store to store like we used to do. We can do a lot from the computer, like check for the best price and get detailed specs on the products without the hassle of pushy salespeople or, worse, totally absent salespeople and cashiers when you are ready to buy.

The wife found a website for furniture that she really likes called, Furniture From Home, one of the best online furniture stores. They have a good selection and variety of furniture styles. The website has different ways to search for your items of interest, including by color of wood, by style and by room.

When we searched for bedroom furniture there were beautiful sets at very reasonable prices. we are considering a complete new suite for the master bedroom and moving our older furniture into the guest bedroom, which will upgrade it from being a former kids room and holding area for all the junk that needs to go in the attic or put out in a yard sale.

The other kids room will be turned into a home office for the wife and I to share, so we are looking for specific pieces of home office furniture that can be used by two people, each with their own computer, monitor and printer. We are thinking about getting two corner desk sets with matching bookcase hutches and having them both line one wall, with one corner for her stuff and the other corner for mine.

Hooray for the home ice - Pittsburgh finally got their act together and beat the Red Wings last night. To hear the talking heads the win was all due to Sidney Crosby, this year’s “Boy Wonder,” who broke their scoreless streak and fired one into the net, giving the Penguins the momentum back to win the third game of this year’s Stanley Cup Playoffs.

The Penguin’s game winning goal was actually scored by a former Nashville  Predator, Adam Hall. WTG Adam! Miss you, buddy!

Let’s see if Pittsburgh can keep the wins coming when they meet up on Saturday night for Game 4.