Time Goes By So Slowly...

Sorry we haven't been around in a while. Well... sorry I haven't been around in a while... not so much we. My new job is taking up most of my time right now. I just can't seem to get my classroom the way I want it. I rearranged some things again today so maybe this will work. If I could get it where I want it, I wouldn't have to stay at school until 5:00 every night moving things around. Anyway... to other news....

This is going to be a short post. Not much is going on right now... ya know... that whole OFF-season thing. BUT!!! All is well because hockey season starts back in a little over a month. AND...

WE HAVE PRE-SEASON HOCKEY TICKETS!!!

Okay... well... they're not Penguins tickets, but at least they're hockey tickets. If we can't watch the best Staal (that's Jordan, for those of you who don't know), we'll settle with one of the others. Don't hate us because we're Carolina fans... forgive us please. We like Eric Staal and Cam Ward though and Raleigh is one of the closest hockey towns to where we live (given the six hour drive). Nashville is actually closer, but we don't really know a lot about the Predators, and they are a Western Conference team so they aren't going to play the Penguins as much.

BUT... good thing for us... the Predators are going to be playing the Hurricanes in the pre-season!!! That not only means a trip to Nashville for us, but a trip to Nashville in which we get to go to a hockey game AND get into bars because Guardian is now 21 (and we haven't been to Nashville since she turned 21!) Slasher and I are also huge country music fans, so we're excited about seeing some live acts downtown!

It's going to be great and it's a great way to prepare for our (Slasher, Guardian and I) first full hockey season! Can't wait!

Until next time... peace, love & hockey!

XOXOXO

32 days till the return of hockey!

Go Pens!

~Pansy (with love from Guardian, Enforcer & Slasher)

Pre-season Now?

I'm sorry our blog is not at full potential. I wish I could say that I have all kinds of free time to write, but I don't. So much has went on in the past two weeks and I have been extremely busy. New job, huge expectations, lots of moving around... you get my drift.

I took a job as a 3rd grade teacher approximately two weeks ago... it was an interim job, which basically meant that if the teacher that had that class before me wanted to come back from maternity leave, I would be out of a job. School started back on Wednesday of this week... on TUESDAY, the principal (aka my boss) calls me into his office and informs me that he's moving me to 5th grade! Now don't get me wrong... I was totally stoked. It meant I now have a permanent job and I was only going to be teaching two subjects. The downside... that was about 1:00 on Tuesday... kids would be there at 8:00 the next morning... oh, my. Sooo. I had to pretty much disassemble one room, take down all of my stuff, pack everything up in my car and move it all to the outer buildings and assemble another room. All the work I had did in two weeks in one room, I was going to have to turn around and to in a few hours in the new room. Much thanks to my mom, Enforcer and Slasher though because I totally could not have done it without them. Needless to say, I was a little stressed... BUT now it's the weekend, I'm pretty much settled in, I've met my kids, and I'm ready to get this school year started- the right way! Wish me luck.

It's been a long week (or two) and we've not been around much. I keep trying to get Enforcer to post some stuff, but she keeps whining her way out of it. I'm gonna have to lay the smack-down I guess!

Anyway... pre-season is soon... very soon... and I'm pretty dang excited about it. My students really have no idea about hockey so I'm trying to get them interested in it. I have my Penguins magnets and pictures up in my classroom and I plan on getting a rug for my door. I can't wait. I have to get that first paycheck first though.

Penguins tickets go on sale on September 12th and I'm prepared! Enforcer, Slasher and I have our work schedules laid out and have the Penguins schedule highlighted to correspond with our days off! We can't wait to go to Pittsburgh!

Anyway... I have lesson plans to work on and work to get together for my students. I hope all of you are doing well. Maybe once I get settled in I'll be able to post more.

Until next time... peace, love & hockey!

XOXOXO

~Pansy (with love from Guardian, Enforcer & Slasher)

Happy Birthday Mr Captain...

It's your birthday, sleep if you want to ... And if you want to sleep with the most coveted trophy in sports, that's okay too.

We wish we were that trophy!

Max Talbot and Pascal Dupuis' days with the cup are up. I must say, I'm surprised with Talbot's. I think it's great that he spent a lot of time with the benefits. That's awesome! I'm betting though, that there was some behind the scenes action that they didn't tell us about. He got to party with Marc Andre and Kris Letang... what's better than that? Oh yeah, the fact that he did it with this...

Mathieu Garon, Marc Andre Fleury, Sidney Crosby, Kris Letang and Chris Kunitz all go up in the next couple of weeks. Keep a look out for that.

Hope everyone is doing well. We know we are. We just wish there was more to talk about. Is it pre-season YET?!

Until next time... peace, love & hockey.

~Pansy (with love from Guardian, Enforcer & Slasher)

PS. Happy 22nd Birthday Sid!

New J-O-B...

Since my dearest cousins and I decided we should start a blog, I seem to be the only one writing on it... Apparently I need to remind them of the password so they can give a little insight into their worlds...

A little insight into my world:

My computer was down for about a week so I haven't been catching up on posts.

I got a new job. I'm a 3rd grade teacher now. Wish me luck.

Because of my new job... I've been in meetings all week. They've been long and boring and I've taken in so much new information that my brain is exhausted by the time I've come home.

I've had good intentions of blogging but it just hasn't happened.

Lots of new "Days With The Stanley Cup" posts are up so I'll link to them here in case you haven't seen them:

I don't remember if I linked to Brooks Orpik but here he is.

The love of my life, Jordan Staal, has had the best day yet in my opinion. Is it just me or does he seem like a bit of a camera hog? There were like a million pictures of him with the cup compared to two or three photos of everyone else. I can imagine him walking around Thunder Bay with the cup going, "Take my picture here... Oh this looks like a nice spot... Wait, let's do one on my boat." Love his heart. He's precious.

Matt Cooke and Mike Zigomanis were next. Matt Cooke's kids are so cute! I love kids. And is it just me or is Matt Cooke actually a pretty good looking guy when he's cleaned up?

Gonchar's day with the cup is up as well. The article is pretty simple and Gonch apparently didn't do much with the cup. I like the fact that he lives on a private island. Maybe I could go visit someday.

Talbot and Dupuis should be going up sometime tomorrow. I can't wait to see what all Max Talbot got into with the cup. It should be interesting.

Tomorrow is comprised of many more meetings for me. People talking about stuff that I have no idea about... so I'm going to be staring off into space wondering when hockey is going to start back. I must say though... I did buy lots of Pittsburgh Penguins magnets to hang on my filing cabinets in my room. Since hockey is a virtually unknown sport around here, I'm sure I'll be getting lots of questions about those. I can't wait! :)

I think it's just, like, 58 days till season opener? Right?

Man I hope so.

Until next time... peace, love & hockey.

XOXOXO

Go Penguins!

When's pre-season?!

~Pansy (with love from Guardian, Enforcer & Slasher)