Category: Fun & Games

Lotto Dreams

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This is just a fun little day-dreaming post where I list all the things I’d do if I won the lotto, in no particular order:

Pay my parents’ bills so they could live comfortably without worry.

Put money aside for my disabled brother so he could live comfortable without worry.

Put money aside for my other brother just to be fair. ;)

Take my stepson to Disney World.

Purchase a moderately larger home (about 2000-2500 square feet; nothing crazy big) with a full finished basement with a game room (specially a poker table, an air hockey table, a pool table, and a dart board) and at least a few acres of land so I could have a pool as well as put in a large detached mother-in-law suite where I’d foster cats waiting to be adopted.

Purchase an RV so we can travel the U.S.

Buy new carpets and a shower curtain for the master bathroom.

Buy this camera lens for my SLR.

Buy a Samsung Galaxy S4 & an iPad for my stepson.

Buy myself an iPad mini.

Buy my husband a PS4 & Xbox 1.

Travel to Ireland, England, and Australia.

Donate money to charity.

Buy a new 65″ Samsung Smart TV for the living room.

Volunteer at the local library working in the computer lab once I grew tired of traveling.

Buy a new more comfortable mattress.

Buy a new car, but nothing over $30k.

Get a dog, and possibly some lizards & frogs as I think they are cool pets.

P.S. The above doesn’t list the fact that I wouldn’t brag to anyone about my good fortune (mostly out of fear that I’d never know who my true friends were and/or someone who try to harm me or my family) and I’d invest my winnings wisely so I’d never have to worry about money again.

What would you do if you won the lottery?

Milwaukee Brewers

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Miller Park Panorama

Saturday evening we (Joe, my SIL, and E) went to Milwaukee to watch the Brewers beat the New York Mets. I enjoyed our first visit to Miller Park in May, but this recent one was even more fun. We were seated in pretty packed section compared to last time, almost directly across the stadium from before, but the people in our section were a lot less obnoxious. The tickets weren’t quite as cheap as last time, costing us $60 through StubHub for four seats, but still not bad. I’m guessing it’s because we bought them the night before the game instead of a few weeks ahead of time, but who knows.

The thing I love about Miller Park is that it’s not as big as Cellular One field, there are escalators to take you to the upper sections, the food tastes better, and there’s a good view from any seat; although that last point can also be said for Cellular One. However, what Cellular One doesn’t allow is one to roam the park freely if they have upper-seating whereas Miller Park does. I like this since some of the better food is found at the lower levels, including the pomme frites stand where I was looking forward to snagging some mayonnaise fries, but sadly they went out of business. (Side note to Miller Park’s webmaster – take them off the concession stand list!)

Despite the french fry disappointment I still had some great food. Joe got some chicken nachos that had a great flavor (unlike Cellular One’s Stadium Club’s nachos) and I munched a bit on those as well as some peanuts my SIL got, and the awesome waffle fries that came with Joe’s bratwurst. I also enjoyed a small bag of cinnamon roasted nuts which were almonds, pecans, and cashews with cinnamon sugar and vanilla coating. Next time I’m going for the large bag because they didn’t go the cheap route and fill the bag with primarily cashews. In fact there were more almonds than anything.

Between all the snacking I wasn’t expecting to end my night devouring a butter-dipped pretzel twist (picture a cinnamon twisted donut for the shape), but I spied a woman in the row in front of us chowing down on one and couldn’t resist. It came with a side of cheese dip that was actually good too. Normally I don’t eat that much food at a game so I blame it on the Excedrin I secured from the park’s first aid before the game started when a migraine began developing and I found myself without any medication. The caffeine in the pill boosted my appetite or something I think, which I realize is odd since for most people caffeine is supposed to subdue one’s appetite (hence why it’s used in diet pills).

Miller Park at Night

Between all the eating and people-watching I didn’t really pay much attention to the game itself but I’m not a sports buff so I’m sure that comes as no surprise. I do know they won, however! I was just enjoying the atmosphere in our section. A guy sitting behind and off to our left had won $500 of concessions that night so after my SIL teased him about not sharing he bought her a beer which I thought was nice. There were so many wasted people at the game, including a guy sitting in front of us, but luckily they were all happy drunks (including my SIL) so everyone had a great time. I can see us attending at least a few games there next year as it’s the most fun I’ve had at a baseball game (it didn’t hurt that the weather was quite nice that evening too).

My brother the comedian

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Growing up, Brother # 1 would often pester me when I was in the bathroom. He’d run past the door and knock on it, or draw something and slip the paper under the door just to be obnoxious.

A few weeks ago we were visiting my parents’ house and as I excused myself to use the restroom I made a joke to my brother not to slip any notes under the door. Within thirty seconds, this materialized.

I love my crazy family.

And yes, my parents’ bathroom is carpeted, and that carpet is pink.

Louie Louie Louie

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There are so many reasons I love Louie CK, and what a jerk he can be happens to be one of those reasons.

I bought one of his stand-up specials this morning to listen to on the way into work but I had forgotten my password in order to log in and download it, so I clicked the “forgot password” link and got directed to a page that says “Oh my god you’re an idiot. Give us your email address, and we’ll send you a new one.” So I entered my email address and within 30 seconds I get this email:

Apparently you forgot your password? Ok, so here’s your new one, stupid:

EMAIL: —-
PASSWORD: —-

Here’s the login page in case you forgot that too:
http://buy.louisck.net/account/signin

Louis

And the password includes an insult in it. I love that man! Now go download his material. I particularly like the stuff about twenty-year-olds on the Live at Carnegie Hall special. I was laughing out loud like a moron driving on the expressway this morning. It’s similar to this bit from his show, although even more intense, so you should download it now.

Wii redux

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What did the past two weekends have in common? We used our Wii more than usual after borrowing some games from the library.

Saturday the 7th Brother #2 came over and we played a game called Let’s Tap. It’s a really fun Guitar Hero like game except you turn the wiimote over, place it on a box, and tap the box to the beat of the trance music. You gain points according to accuracy and the intensity of your tap compared to the size of the note (bigger is a harder tap and smaller is a lighter tap). While playing there’s all sorts of visualizations swirling around in the background which can be distracting, but cool to watch if you’re not the one playing. There’s also a multi-player race where you’re a stick figure who has to navigate an obstacle course in a Tron-like setting. We really enjoyed that one. The games sells for $13 at Amazon so we might buy it.

For dinner we ordered Dominos which I used to abhor but their pizza really has improved lately. They had a deal going – 2 medium 2-topping pizzas for $5.99 each – so I got half a pizza made Hawaiian style (ham and pineapple) which was really good. I like the zesty pizza sauce they use and the Parmesan bites are damn good. I also love placing my order online and being able to dictate which toppings I want on which half of the pizza. They put PizzaHut to shame (although saying that doesn’t really express how much I enjoyed my pizza since PizzaHut sucks).

This past weekend we borrowed Just Dance 2 and Joe, E, and I had a blast “dancing” (if that’s what you call three uncoordinated people with no sense of rhythm) to all the great songs in there. It’s a fun new way to workout, and my arms are sore! It motivated me to break out the Wii Fit board yesterday which has been gathering dust for nearly a year. It was kind enough to remind me that not only did I fail to meet the weight loss goal I had entered a year ago but that I’ve gained weight since then. Ah well, maybe I can dance it off.