Well, we Raven fans don't have a whole lot to celebrate this past weekend. The Ravens took on the Indianapolis Colts last Saturday night and I'm afraid that was the last time we'll be wearing our purple jerseys for awhile. We did enjoy the evening watching the game with the neighbors. It is alot more fun when you have a whole room of people screaming at the television. Guess it didn't help since Ravens lost 20 to 3. And apparently the good luck brownies didn't help either. But I'm not going to get into any big discussions since Indy fans are tuned into my blog. We are however looking hoping for an exciting game between Colts and Vikings. Good Luck with that Colts! Favre was looking pretty hot in today's game against Dallas. Not that I got to see much of it. I was helping Allison review for her mid term HS exams last week. She has quite a bit of info to cover. Tom had the first shift with geometry and earth science. I was covering health and fitness. And Scott is busy memorizing the states and their capitols. We had to get most of Allison's studying in today though since she and Tom just went off to a 3 hour indoor field hockey goalie camp.
Allison started playing indoor field hockey with our local county Parks and Rec dept. this past week and she loves it. Unfortunately she has to share with the other HS goalie, but since they play for an hour each week, I told Allison it would be a good idea to have some back up just in case she gets sick or has to skip a game. And the girls take turns playing, so it gives each one a chance to rest a bit. It is certainly a lot more fast paced inside a gym then playing on a grass field. And our neighbor was hoping to recruit Allison for his Saturday morning league. So she will have a great chance to keep up her new found skill.
She also devoted a portion of her weekend to helping out with our church's confirmation candidates at their potluck on Friday night. The candidates and their sponsors all get together at church for a huge potluck and afterwards the candidates complete some educational and fun workshops. Allison helped the other high school peers put on the workshops. Plus she had a free meal out of it, but we did donate a pan of brownies for the event. Last year we went with Grandma Bozyk to the event and Allison really enjoyed all the games and activities and figured she could handle it again. This weekend the kids will be making their confirmations, but I don't think we will attend. As I recall, the church was packed for both services(there are so many candidates, they have to split them in half for two different masses). But overall Allison earned herself about 40 hours volunteer time which she puts towards her required service hours for high school.
So we didn't get to celebrate a win for the Ravens this past weekend, but we did celebrate a win for Scott and Tom! Actually, two awards for the Pinewood Derby Cub Scout car race held this past Saturday. Usually our Den holds their race in March, but this year they decided to bump it up earlier so the boys could show off their cars in February at the local mall during the Cub Scout Event. It did not give Scott and Tom much time to prepare. Scott designed a great lego car and Tom was going to attach it to the wooden base. It probably would not have gone very fast, but it would have looked cool. They have trophies for scariest car, most colorful, coolest, best design, most paint and funniest. But then I went and brought home a Pinewood Derby design book and after Tom and Scott leafed through it, they decided to ditch the first idea and go for a speed design. Tom cut out the design, and put on the wheels, Scott sanded and Tom gave it a gold paintjob. Anyhow, Scott's car came in 1st place for his Den, and overall took 2nd place in the championship race. So he brought home two trophies this year! Now Tom has become the official consultant for Cub Scout Dads and sons in the neighborhood and he has one a car sitting here in the kitchen that needs cut out for our neighbor's son. He doesn't have much time to work on it though since he is off to Orlando this coming week. So I know I will have an extra busy schedule coming up. He is taking some holiday time tomorrow to help Allison prepare for her upcoming tests. I will be busy at work on MLK day(double pay!).
Scott also had to work on his cub scout religious medal this week, meeting with our new parish priest to go over his completed workbook. The boys will be receiving their religious medals at Scout Sunday at the end of the month.
Welcome Home Uncle Joe! My uncle returned home from the hospital after open heart surgery. He needs to slow down a bit though. (if that is possible). I went and had my own heart assessment this past week-an ultrasound to make sure my heart valves were working properly. Looks like I got a good report card. And it was quite fascinating to watch and listen to my heart working. How amazing!
In world news, I am sure everyone is following the rescue efforts following the earthquake in Haiti. What a phenomenal task. Michael Bozyk, Dave Bozyk and we can all attest that any magnitude earthquake is no fun.
In local news, our Baltimore mayor was asked to resign after being found guilty of stealing gift cards for the poor, as well as the questionable act of accepting expensive gifts from local government officials for city projects. Rather than doing jail time, she resigned with an $83,000 per year pension. Who says Crime Doesn't Pay? There is a local group protesting, but I don't know how they'll do. According to exMayor Sheila Dixon, she deserves the pension after spending 20 yrs working for the govt. So another council member was bumped up into her place. We'll see how they do.
Stay warm! Kathleen and family