We purchased a new washer and dryer Friday night at the Home Depot. We got a top end LG front loader washer and dryer. They are expensive but an incredible upgrade in technology. No more agitator wringing my clothes into knots. The model we have also washes with steam, which is supposed to clean better. It also has a quick steam fresh cycle for quickly removing wrinkles. In addition it uses far less water and soap. Plus it’s way bigger than our current top loader model and can even handle a king sized comforter, which we usually had to take to a laundromat. They will be delivered on Wednesday and they will haul away our old ones.
On Saturday, the Badgers beat Penn State pretty easily, despite the low score. They only inched up to 15 in the BCS standings though. They play hated Iowa this weekend and haven’t beaten them since 2002. They look like a lock for the Capital One bowl on New Years day in Orlando, as the 3rd place finisher in the Big 10.
Couple interesting things in the game. First, at the end of the first half they had 23 seconds left and were kicking off. They sent the entire team 10 yards offsides and smothered the return at the 8 yard line. Of course, Penn State accepted the penalty and forced the Badgers to kick again. They did the exact same thing and this time Penn State had a holding penalty so they had to re-kick. This time they stayed onside and actually forced a fumble which they recovered but the clock had expired. Why did they do this? Turns out a rule change this year starts the clock when the kicker kicks the ball, instead of when the return team touches it. Taking advantage of this rule they were able to run out the clock instead of giving Penn State a chance to drive for a score. Man, Paterno was pissed! Of course, he was more upset when he got taken out on the sideline in the 3rd quarter, breaking his tibia and having ligament damage to his knee. He left on a cart with his leg in a brace. He’s still one tough mofo at almost 80 years old.
As for the Packers…. I’m not even sure what to say. I haven’t been that pissed off watching a game in a long time. Just sickening. And the worst part is that I can’t even give my friends that are Bears fans any crap…
Bowling Saturday night we actually won 2 games, maybe we’ve turned the corner, going 12-2 the last 2 times. I struggled quite a bit the first 2 games, not able to convert easy spares and wasn’t able to carry many strikes, shooting a 175 and 193. Fortunately I recovered in the 3rd game for a 260 (strike, spare, strike, spare, 8 strikes to end it) and a 628 series. I’m maintaining a 207 average in that league.
Hockey last night we came from down 3-1 to tie it in the 3rd period and won it in the shootout. I played defense and had an assist and had one goal against when I blocked a shot with my skate only to have it deflect right onto the stick of an opposing player who subsequently scored.
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