Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Arizona, Cardinals, football, God, Pittsburgh, points, prediction, Steelers, Superbowl
I’m not much for professional football, I prefer college football. For me the Superbowl is all about the commercials, the food, the beer….you get the picture. I tell MFH that it’s about the money. College football is about the glory and the potential, they’re not playing for money (per say), professional football is about the money! Either way, we attended church this morning and it got my mind wondering. If God liked football, who would he want to see win today’s big game? So then I thought about breaking it down this way:
Cardinals: I know that the mascot is actually a bird but Catholics have “Cardinals” too. Score one point for the Cards.
Steelers: The 7th Commandment is “Thou shalt not steal”. Okay, it’s not the same as “steel” (I get that, it’s a metal) but it’s close enough so score another point for the Cardinals.
Cardinals: Based in Arizona, a place that God must really smile upon because the weather is always beautiful and hot. Another point for the Cards.
Steelers: Have you been to Pittsburgh? I don’t want to offend anyone but someone once described it to me as the armpit of America, need I say more. Yet another point for the Cardinals.
Cardinals: A beautiful bird, one of God’s beautiful creatures. Point.
Steelers: Not quite as graceful as a bird, but heavy duty, strong and useful. I’ll give a point to the Steelers for that one.
So, when we add it all up, it’s Cardinals 5, Steelers 1. That’s my prediction: Cardinals will win…..but unless I’m completely crazy 5 to 1 isn’t an actual football score so we’ll say that there will be 4 points difference in the final score, with the Cardinals to win. Plus, red’s a better color on me 
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Arizona, crazy, envy, family, inlaws, jealously, Mesa, retire, retirement, vacation, weather
I apologize for my brief hiatus, I just returned from a trip to Mesa Arizona to visit with the in-laws. AND I couldn’t have picked a better time of the year to fly south because it’s frickin’ freezing up here in Oregon!
All four of us me, my FD & FS and MFH were all flown down by my very generous father-in-law for four days and nights to spend his birthday with him. We had a great time (thank you for asking) and when we returned home Sunday night I fell into a deep depression….it was cold and I didn’t want to go to work the next day.
So, when I did wake up on Monday morning I was a 38 year old woman who became a 15 year old rebellious teenager with the raging (and often irritating) hormonal see-saw style attitude that literally lasted until I went to bed last night. Fortunately for MFH, I’m over it, somewhat.
Here’s my problem: I WANT TO RETIRE TOO (you have to say that in a very whiney, irritating childlike way). My in-laws are living the life that I want and I want it now!! Not in 20 years, NOW!
The in-laws are snowbirds. They live from April through September up here and are in Arizona during the winter (although the winter for them is 7 months!) They are not what you might call “wealthy”, both of their homes are very modest, in fact their place in Mesa is a park model (which is a small mobile home). They have lived financially “smart” and were both fully retired at 61. They live in a retirement community when they are in Mesa, complete with a huge recreation hall, swimming pool indoors and out, workout facilities, and you wouldn’t believe the activities available to them! Water volleyball, glass & wood working classes, concerts (on site), dinners…..the list goes on. Not to mention the friends that they have made down there…..they are from all over the US and Canada. OH, and I won’t even get started on the daily cocktail hours in the evenings, on the deck, in the warm weather……….
Then I come home to reality. My daughter has her period, my son is a backtalking nightmare, my clients are all in bankruptsy, foreclosure, divorce, or are just generally pissed that their homes haven’t sold and all I can do is wish, hope, and pray that someday, somehow I will live long enough to retire. And then I think “I’m going to have to kill myself to get there!”……I guess that’s why retirement is so sweet.
