Super Bowl Champs!!
Colts win!! Colts win!! Wooooohooo! Yes indeed, the Colts have won the Super Bowl. It was somewhat of a win-win situation for me as they were playing my 2nd favorite team, but I just couldn't cheer much for a team with Rex Grossman as their QB. Plus, the Colts are just so gosh darn lovable. I mean, how can anyone cheer against such good guys?? The leadup to the game (and after of course) have been a lot of fun. The town is just Colts crazy. Banners and signs everywhere, buildings lit up blue, tailgate parties (inside of course due to the icebox outside). Of course the game was just amazing. I was hoarse for about a day after. Don't tell the NFL, but the screen we were watching on was larger than 55" (seriously, what's the deal with that crazy rule).Monday was the welcome home celebration for the team. It started with a freezing cold parade through downtown (orginally scheduled for 4pm). This was delayed about 2 hours because of their plane getting in late and some last minute plan changes. The parade ended in the RCA Dome for a big rally. We (me and some friends, Chrissy had some last minute orders come in at work so couldn't go ... bummer) skipped the parade part so we could forsure get a seat in the Dome. Good thing we did, we got there about 4:30 and the upper deck was almost full already. We managed to find some seats near the 50 yard line about 15 rows from the top. Not too shabby. They ended up letting about 45,000 in. There was more room, but at some point i guess the fire marshall said they didn't want any more people in there despite some open seats. It looked like there was a pretty amazing turnout for the parade, despite the bitterly cold weather and long delay. The rally was a lot of fun. They replayed the game while we waited. Eventually, the team arrived to quite a reception. That place definitely gets loud! There was a short program where some of the team and few others spoke ... here are some highlights (sorry for the quality, remember i was in the nosebleeds):
The crowd (waiting patiently):
Coach Dungy, Jim Irsay (Owner) and Bill Polian (President) ... and a certain Vince Lombari trophy:
Some of the team (incl. Manning, Wayne, Mathis, etc.):
the defense:
Here are some videos i uploaded to Youtube (some of the audio got out of sync when i uploaded, not sure why ... i'm a Youtube newbie):
--- the trophy enters
--- the team enters
--- Coach Dungy
--- Peyton Manning
--- The Defense
--- Marvin Harrison & Reggie Wayne
--- Dallas Clark/Tight Ends
--- Dominic Rhodes/RBs & Hunter Smith/Special Teams
In other news, Hazel had some dental work done today. a recent vet check up found the reason for her bad (really really bad) breath -- some rotting teeth. we think it's meth mouth from when she was on the streets. she must have been quite the wild one in her day. she basically need a good cleaning and have 2 of her "tiny" molars removed (i guess there are large and tiny molars or something). she seems a bit out of it, but has been seeming to get better steadily. the vet thinks she'll be totally back to normal in a day or so.
The stair project is almost done! i finished the sanding last weekend and got them stained. that was a lot of staining ... 4 hours i think. my wrist was killing me the next day from all the rubbing. i'll work on getting 2 coats of shellac down this weekend -- then done! i'm fairly happy with how it's turning out. the stain is a bit darker looking than the floors (the soft pine stairs took more stain the harder oak floors), but not too bad. a lot of the imperfections that i couldn't sand out were decently hidden by the stain too. it's so fun to see how they look now compared to when we got here! that was a lot o' freakin' work though. so ... much ... sanding. glad that's done. it's also nice to not have the plastic sheeting hanging from the ceiling anymore -- the living room looks so much nicer without that, although it gave it a modern, industrial feel if you like that sorta thing. i'll try to get updated pics soon.
and you know what i forgot to mention ... we got new living room furniture about a month ago. i'll try to get pics of this soon also.
ok, done for now. stay warm (we got about 7" of snow yesterday, how bout you?).
posted by Chris and Chrissy Miller @ 9:49 PM
2 Comments:
Yea Colts! I was wondering if you made it into the dome.
I'm so glad for you that the floor project is almost completed! Can't wait to see them stairs!
Only a little snow yesterday. Cold though.......
Love ya, Mom
we're looking for you...
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