Baby Sparrow.

Since this has been on my mind all week, I think it's worth making a post for.  A friend of mine, Mrs. Sparrow, who was expecting her first baby Jan 25th, gave birth to her baby boy this past weekend, on Nov 13th, at 29 weeks gestation. I know that they have a long road ahead of him, but from all sounds of it Baby Sparrow is doing great, just very small.   Yesterday, she reported that he was 2lbs 14oz!  So teeny!  So, good friend, if you're checking in on me, I hope you know that you're in my thoughts constantly, and I'm scared, worried, and happy for you.  I hope your baby boy gains weight fast and you get to go home sooner than later!

Biggest Loser Indeed.

I've been slow with my Biggest Loser updates...partly cause I think this season is sucking, and also because 2 weeks ago my #1 was voted off the show.  Part of my reason for watching this show is the weight loss - I love seeing how people's lives are transformed, by the sheer amount of weight they lose, and the mental transformations that they go through.  Some of these contestants come in beat down, feeling horrible and useless - at least that's how they are portrayed.  They go away with confidence and have learned to love themselves again.  That's what I like about the show.  I DO NOT like the game play.  I realize that it's a game show, that they are trying to win 1/4 million dollars, but I wish there wasn't votes and 'strategy' involved.  At this point I wish there was a red line every week - not a yellow line - so that it isn't about popularity or strategy that keeps the contestants around, but sheer weight loss.

With that, my #1 Jesse was voted out...which sucked, because once again it seems like Frado and the other guy (Frado's dad?  hehe.) were calling the shots.  And it happened to be a 'team' week, so their two teams sealed Jesse and Aaron's fate.  I can understand Bob's frustration with these players.  They aren't putting up huge numbers, yet they are controlling the game.

I guess that means I have to shift my #1, if I'm going to stay committed to the show, so my new #1 is Ada.  This last week, her family didn't even send her 'videos from home', so she didn't sit with the group and watch home videos...which was sad.  I did think that the group was nice and made her a video - it was really touching.  Ada has been a strong competitor throughout the show, putting up great numbers every week...although I'm sure this will be considered a threat and she'll be voted off next.  GRRR!!

Bring on the Time Change.

The sun rose at 7:32 am this morning.  The drive into work at 7:40 was beautiful.  The sun was hitting the Flat Irons magically...I on the other hand felt and feel like I've been hit by a truck and wish I could crawl back in bed.  I'm not sick...just tired.

It's weird...I don't think I've ever looked forward to a time change...as this weekend we adjust from Daylight Savings back to "Regular" time...I can't wait!  I don't know what it is, but apparently this year my body is very attuned to waking up with light.  The past few weeks of getting up in the dark has been MISERABLE.  This week I've even gotten to cheat...I had to get up Tuesday, but Wednesday we slept in, cause we thought little-one was going to be too sick to go to school, then Thursday since we had found out that little one WAS too sick to go to school, I got to sleep in again...granted, my sleeping in is only until 7:45...but it feels GLORIOUS.

I never really understood the mantra of "I NEED COFFEE"...and today I finally get it.  I went down to make my morning latte and felt like I was bumbling around and couldn't do ANYTHING without making noise.  1st the coffee machine was out of beans, then it was out of water, then I got my double shot of coffee roasted, and knocked over my coffee cup...so I had to start over!   Finally, I was ready to steam my milk, and I was out of milk and had to go get the new milk out of the cooler outside.  I do love my glass bottles!  I do believe it took me 20 minutes to get my coffee made and get out the door.  Then in my tired caffine-lacking faze, I closed the garage door, waking up little-one, so she and Matt had to get up too.  

So bring it on - getting to sleep until "7:35" (with the time change adjustment - i.e. 6:35) will be a dream.  I think I'll adjust my clocks tonight.

Waaayyy behind.

My biggest loser re-cap has been falling behind!  It's not my fault...well...it is...but I have good excuses.  3 weeks ago, something happened and I missed my recording of Biggest Loser...whoops...but Orange woman was voted out.   2 weeks ago, Halloween was sneaking up on me, and work was sorta busy, so I wasn't finding time to write.  And I can't remember who was voted out that week...maybe the old green man....I think.

I'm a little disappointed in this season to be honest.  I prefer it when the contestants play an honest game and are there for their health.  I do NOT like the drama and the game play and 'throwing' weigh ins - like Stupid Red Team from last year.  Anyways, that dislike has been transferred to Black team this year.  Those two fools are driving me crazy with all their drama and game play...ugh.  And it SHOCKS me that the other team members are pushed around by those two.  They lose/throw a weigh-in, and THEY get to choose who goes home...w/e.  And the one guy is a complete baby about EVERYTHING.  Goodness...I might have to start fast-forwarding through stuff that involves him!  Ha!

With that, the game is now blue vs black...and my favorite, Jesse, is on the Blue team, so for now, it's GO BLUE!  The elimination this week was selecting a member from the opposite team to represent the team for a weigh in...whoever lost the weigh-in, had to send someone home.  And like IDIOTS, the blue team picks the girl that Jillian has spent all week pounding on!!!  Unbelievable.  I can't believe that that they didn't pick the new chick, who is really on week 2 at the ranch.  EVERYONE knows that week 2 at the ranch equals a bad weigh-in...  And of course the black team picked the Red-shirt girl...and even with the opportunity to block the pick, Blue team went with it...and of course LOST.

So that's not the worst...the worst is that blue team had a split vote, between the girl and the nice dark haired man, so the vote went to Black team...  Black team could have voted for ANYONE...but they decided to respect the blue team's vote and choose between the girl and the guy, and of course they picked the man...more competition....at least it wasn't Jesse...  Sorry if that was very confusing - I need to start remembering their names.

Fight it out.

A few years ago my great-uncle Jack and great-aunt Carla celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary.  At the time, someone asked them if it was 50 years of bliss...to which my aunt Carla remarked..."It has been 50 years of fighting it out!"  I love that response; it brings true perspective to a marriage that can last 50+ years!

I've been married a 'measly' 5 years - in comparison to the older generation of relatives in my family..but this post isn't really going to be about my marriage...it's supposed to be about my hubby, Matt.  Matt, among other things, is a fanatic about sports...he can eat, breath, and sleep sports.  When I first met him, it seemed like ESPN  was on his TV 24-7...and if you haven't ever seen ESPN, it's just re-caps (or as Matt says 'highlights'), all day...all the time (ok maybe not all the time but A LOT).  Ugh...I've gotten to where I HATE ESPN...it disgusts me if I walk in the room and see it on.  Anyhoo...my fanatic of a husband loves all sports - minus car-racing - which surprisingly enough is the one sport that my family did watch when we were younger.  I tease him that after a Broncos game it's going to be 'a sports talk radio day'...and he says "yep!".  When Matt moved into a new office last year, his office-mate only listened to country music on the radio...so I asked him how he was getting his sports talk radio fix in...and said he was just having to go without!  Gasp! It didn't last long and now he turns it on really low so he can hear it...I can imagine him leaning really close to his clock radio during the day to hear some sports talk.

All teasing and kidding aside, Matt really does have a passion for his Colorado sports teams - Broncos, Rockies, Avalanche, and CSU Rams...and 5 years of venting to a blank clueless face (me), has forced him to take his sports talk to a new medium.  So, check him out everyone:  http://firstand20.blogspot.com, and enjoy!