Tracey's Wedding

Saturday night, Cindy and I went to Assonet, Massachusetts to Cindy's cousin's wedding. We had lots of fun but I was having major Red Sox withdrawals. So many people, men and women, were checking their cell phones for updates on the Sox score. When we left the wedding at 11:30, the game was tied 6 t0 6. We got home, changed into our Red Sox gear, and started watching the game. Apparently, Terry Francona has been smoking too much crack because he decided to put Eric Gagne into the game in the top of the 11th, with the game still tied 6 to 6. Eric "Gag Me" Gagne completely wrecked the game and started the Indians scoring frenzy. The Indians ended up kicking our asses 13 to 6. So, we are going into the game tomorrow night, with the series tied 1 to 1 and Dice K Matsuzaka is going to be pitching for the Sox. We are having some more people over tomorrow night, so hopefully we are going to knock the feathers off the Indians' heads!!! Go Red Sox!

Here are some pictures from the wedding. The first picture above is of the happy couple, Tracey and David.

Sox game pictures

Friday night Cindy and I had some friends over for the first ALCS game. Our neighbors Shelley & Dana, our friend Steph, Cindy's parents, and Cindy's brother Paul and nephew Matt came over to watch the game. I'm happy to say that the Sox kicked ass and won 10-3. Unfortunately, the Indians got revenge and whooped our asses 13-6 the following night. Here are some pictures from Friday night.

Still a bunch of IDIOTS! (even without Johnny Damon and Kevin Millar)

The one thing that I have always loved about the Red Sox is the personality of the whole team. From the time when the team tied Pedro Martinez to a pole, to Manny Ramirez hiding in the Green Monster, the Red Sox always know how to make us laugh. On Friday night, after the Red Sox won the American League East, the Sox closer, Jonathan Papelbon, showed up on the field in his tight black undies to do his version of the Riverdance. He got Youkilis, Lopez, and a few others to join in on the dancing action. This is a fearless team, who is not afraid to do anything! This is the team that is going to win the World Series! Something tells me that my Mom probably wants to take Jonathan Papelbon after seeing him in those hot, tight undies!

AL EAST CHAMPIONS BABY!!!

Yeah, that's right...our BOSTON RED SOX are the AL EAST CHAMPIONS!!! We can now relax until game one of the playoffs, when the nail biting starts all over again. A special thanks to the Baltimore Orioles for hanging in there and defeating the dreadful Evil Empire in a come-from-behind win. Thank you Mora for bunting in the winning run when Kevin "Cowboy Up" Millar failed to drive in the winning run.

David Ortiz is starting to hit homeruns again, Manny finally decided to play, and Dice K has finally started pitching like we pay him to pitch. To Dustin Pedroia, Josh Beckett, Jonathan Papelbon, Mike Lowell and Hideki Okajima...thank you for playing the way you have all year and let's keep it going!! To the newcomers Jacoby Ellsbury, Clay Bucholz, and Brandon Moss...thank you for playing your hearts out and allowing the Fenway Faithful to fall in love with you young'uns! Let's go Sox! Make us proud in the playoffs!!!

Halloween decorations

I hung lights in the windows and put lights on the tree out front. There are purple lights on the tree above the orange lights, but they didn't come out in the pictures. I also hung a ghost and a spider in the tree on our lawn. Let me know what you guys think.

Updated dining room pictures

Cindy finished painting the dining room closet and her parents came over Sunday afternoon and hung the curtain rods and curtains. We still have to get new blinds, paint the hutch and put a new light fixture over the table. But, it is coming along quite nicely.

The pool is closed :(

The Pool Company came yesterday, put the new pool cover and closed the pool for the Winter. It absolutely sucked because it was 90 degrees today, I was off and it would have been sooooo nice to be able to jump into the pool :(

Here are some pics...

BEFORE

AFTER