A Fan or Fanatic

I spend alot of time at high school football and basketball games (what else is there to do here on the weekend) and have heard my fair share of unkind words and comments from fans over the years. To me a fan is someone who cheers for their team and its players and can yell at the refs occasionally when calls do not go your way :) A fanatic is someone who yells at opposing teams players and coaches and parents and is usually ignorant (as in uninformed) as to what they are saying. I try not to get too caught up in it all, but will admit that my competitive nature sometimes gets the best of me. I've even had the chance to have a "discussion" with an opposing team's parent after I heard him say for at least the fifth time some not so kind remarks about one the high school football players. Of course, being from a town that is known for its religious beliefs, that somehow always gets thrown into the conversation, even if it is not relevant to the "discussion". This past weekend the girls basketball team that I help coach played in a game against a town that is close by so of course there is some history between the two teams. The history being that we've been beating them since grade 8.
There was a fanatic, er fan, sitting across on the other side of the court, yelling at Steve and then she got going on his wife who happened to be sitting close by. It is just amazing to me that a middle aged woman can behave like that in public. Anyways we beat them by 26 and I am sure there will be more fun when we play them again.

This town that we happened to be playing in has some fond memories for me from high school. I was reminded of a little incident with Captain Cougar and some fans in the "barn". That was a crazy night. Basketball in Southern Alberta, you gotta love it!!

An Addition to the Family

We've had a bit of excitement around here. Well I don't know if excitement is the right word for me but I suppose that the kids are. You see about 9 weeks ago the neighbors dog decided to pay a little visit down here while I was at work. We suspected at the time that "something happened". So a couple of days ago out came 1, then 2, then 3, well you get the picture. Now here we are with six little pups. Of course we are all totally attached to them already and the kids are already trying to come up with names for them all.

Playing with the camera

It has finally warmed up outside so I ventured out to take a few pics. I got a book on digital photography for Christmas and wanted to try out some of the tips from it. Aperture settings looked like fun so I gave it a try. This is from the fence along our road to the house. We live down in the creek valley, so often the snow stays on the fences cause it is protected by the wind. Which, oh by the way, is supposed to blow 100 km/h tonight. You know it is bad when the water in the toilet bowl is moving!!

Yeah it is here

My camera came in a week and a half ago, but I've just been too busy with basketball to get around to using it much, I took some pics of Rylan's game and I am pretty happy with the job it did indoors. This is one of the reasons I went with this camera and it seems to live up to the billing. Now that Christmas holidays have officially begun I can finally find some time to take some more pictures. I haven't done any shopping yet for Christmas so Monday is the day to get everything done. I hope that it is not too crazy in Lethbridge (yeah right), my intentions are to get an early start. The big shopping news for us is that Wal-Mart is now open 24/7. I don't think I have it in me though, to go shopping at 3 in the morning.

A Win

The high school basketball season has finally started and our first game was last night. The girls played really well. I've been coaching some of these girls since they were in grade 8 and now they are in grade 12, so it is fun to watch them playing ball in their senior year. It is going to be a fun season!!

Trying to Relive the Old Days

This past weekend was our annual alumni weekend basketball tournament. This is a weekend that on one hand I look forward to and on the other hand I dread. The reason I like it is because I still enjoy playing basketball and believe it or not our games do have flashes of the old days (once in a while). The reason I dread it is because on Sunday I usually feel like I've been run over by a truck and it makes me a little sad because it means next year I will be a year older. The competitive side of me makes my try hard to keep up with the young kids and there were several times on the weekend when my mind told me I could get to the ball before somebody else, but the body doesn't quite react that fast. But it was a fun time and all the bruises and the sore muscles today are worth it.

A Lesson in Patience

My last post was quite a while ago and I am still waiting for my camera to come in!! So apparently Christmas is not going to come too early for me. I am trying to be patient but really... how long should it take? I am going to have to make another phone call soon. On another note I guess since it is December now I can start to think about Christmas for the hubby and the kids (since I've already taken care of myself). There are so many people in town who put up their trees the beginning of November, I swear it is becoming a friendly competition to see who can get their decorations and trees up first. I refuse to even consider it till after November is long gone.