World Series Champions!!

The St. Louis Cardinals are World Series Champions, and I was there! It was so fun experiencing it with my family too. Morty, Nate and my dad made it out to St. Louis for the game!  We got 4 seats together 3 rows up from the Cardinals bullpen. Allen Craig's homerun was literally right in front of us!  A very nice Rangers fan took this video right when we won and emailed it to me this morning!


St. Louis was CA-RAZY after the game!  The streets were LITTERED with beer bottles and cans! At Mike Shannon's Bar you couldn't even take a step without stepping on a bottle or can. I high fived way too many people!  I hope no one has any diseases... The whole game I was up and dancing around so by the end of the night I was completely exhausted.  What an experience. I love my job for giving me the chance to be here. I got tomorrow off so I will be staying out here for the Championship Parade! How could life get any better??

Oh by the way. I text a certain player on the team at 3:30 last night. He responded this afternoon... Then I realized that I made no sense in my text. The grammar was way off. I should have double checked before I sent it! Oh well. It's over now and he responded. Dream Come True! :)

Postseason Magic

Hoping this post will bring the Cardinals luck today as they take on the Rangers at home in Game 6. We need to win tonight to secure a Game 7. I couldn't get work off today so I won't be able to make it. If they win tonight, I will be on the first flight out to St Louis Thursday morning for Game 7! Go Cards!

Pictures from the World Series Game 1 and 2:

 Rally Towel

 My World Series shoes. Only been worn to World Series games at Busch Stadium. Purchased in 2006. 

 One of my favorite parts of the World Series

 Post Game celebration in the streets. People were going crazy after the Game 1 win!

 The All Star game Arch

 Budweiser Clydesdales pre-game. 

Game 2. Sporting my World Series swag that Brian made me get. 

Field Trip

Last Monday I felt like a 5 year old. I got the day off work and headed to the zoo with some friends. Five "kids" in their 20's roaming the pathways of the Oregon Zoo probably isn't the best idea. We ventured to the Great Northwest area first. Is it just new, or have I been deprived of this section of the zoo for so many years? I definitely discovered some fun new parts of the zoo.

This is a snakes view. White is the hottest and blue is the coldest. Obviously Mike's first reaction was to lift his shirt to see how hot his stomach is. Dagny and Max both had cold hands so they stuck theirs on his stomach for a few seconds to see if it would leave a handprint. Sure enough, it did.

The zoo was followed up by Little Big Burger, Blizzards and pumpkin carving. Best day off.

Maui

So... I am going to Oahu with my parents for a football game in December. I've only been to that island whenever I go to Hawaii so I want to try something new. I've been thinking a friend would be a nice addition to the trip. Play with friends on Maui and then meet up with my parents in Honolulu for the football game. So who's up for a few relaxing days in maui or another island? I'm working on getting an Alaska buddy pass or two. Nov. 28/29 thru Dec. 3/4. Or Dec 2/3 to Dec 8/9.

White sandy beaches anyone? With a buddy pass on Alaska you pay 10% of the full fare. 

Taking Everything Literally

Literally coming at you from left field today... As I was sitting at the game on Thursday (Game 4 of the NLCS) a thought came to me. I am in left field. I should do a blogpost right now so I can say I'm really live from left field! But... seeing as how any kind of 3g/4g, edge or anything doesn't work when there's millions of people close by trying to post pics to fb, I was having a hard time posting from my phone and gave up. Remember the days when the whole world wasn't on Facebook so it was easier to post in crowds or even less cluttered... ahhh the good ol' days.

The Cards ended up losing this game. I have decided that I am bad luck. We have tickets to the world series home games if we are in it, but I am concerned my presence will screw everything up yet again, so I don' know if I will be making it out to St. Louis again.

We just have to win tonight! p.s. I am CONVINCED that God changed the game to 5 tonight so I could go to church today. Game was originally gonna be at 1, but with the Rangers and Tigers not playing tonight our game got moved. Last week I chose all 3 hours of church over the Cardinals ( I didn't even bring in my phone to get updates!) and that didn't go my way, so I was reconsidering the need for all 3 hours again today. But now I can go to church and then come home and watch some Cardinal baseball!. The Brewers pitcher has a 12.64 ERA in the post season. Hope we use this to our advantage!

Go Cards!

As Chip would say, Win The Day!

p.p.s. Remember when I was started obsessing over this guy and everyone thought I was out of my mind?? Yeah, who's leading the team in HR's and RBI this series?? David Freese. That's who. I hate all  these bandwagon Freese lovers. I am his only true fan!

Hanging With the Liver

Saturday night after work I was deciding what I was going to do. I had two different options of things going on. So the logical thing was to skip both and call Brooke. Lukcily she was home. Luckily she left me in her home. Luckily she was watching Arrested Development. I was so tired from working that I fell asleep in the second episode (sorry!) As soon as it was over she suggested we go get a treat. I jump (literally) up and exclaimed, "Let's go to random order!" A few months back I was reading the Spirit Magazine on the Southwest planes. This edition was all about pie - mmmm. In one article they were listing the best places in the country to get pie. I decided I would go try one of these places. On the list was Random Order Coffee House right here in Portland. I had never heard of this place so I was a little skeptical, but I have been dying to try it. So off to NE Alberta we went. We got ourselves some pie - I chose peach blackberry pie and she chose pecan. This is what was left:

Next we decided to stop by a friend's birthday party. Fire and Ice was the theme and we both randomly fit the part. We are that good. After the party Brooke was wanting some coke, so we headed to China Town. Backspace had to high of a cover charge so we went to Ground Kontrol and drank (cokes). And played Pac Man. And dominated Pac Man.

Finished the night off with a free donut from Voodoo thanks to Brooke's new roomie who works there. Love hanging with my Liver. 

Southwest Deal

Many of you have asked me about Southwest deals. I don't get discounts and I am not usually one to know about specials going on, but I did stumble upon this today. Two of my favorite things have come together - Groupon and Southwest Airlines. Take advantage of it! It's available from Portland, San Francisco and San Diego!

Southwest Airlines – Portland

$40 Toward a Roundtrip Flight from Portland to Las Vegas

Honor Flight

Oregon World War II vets arrive in Washington to see 'their' memorial

I was working the gates at work when these Veterans came back from D.C. It was an honor to be able to thank them for their service so many years ago. Despite different opinions about war these days, there wasn't a single person in that boarding area that wasn't clapping in appreciate for these men. As they came off the plane, it was great to see the smiles on their faces to know that they are appreciated.  We have the freedoms we do because of them and clapping for 5 minutes was the least we could do to thank them for that. I love being apart of such an awesome company that supports so many amazing organizations!

Go Ducks!

Thursday night I made my first trip down to Autzen for a Oregon Ducks game. It's funny, I've been to the Rose Bowl game two years ago, the Oregon/LSU game in Dallas this year, and I was about to board a plane for the Natty in Phoenix last year, but I still hadn't been to Autzen til this week.

It was amazing!  We stopped at the Duck store at Washington Square first. I wasn't liking what I was wearing so I splurged and bought a jersey and shirt. Then we headed down to Eugene. The whole experience was amazing. NOTHING at all like a BYU game. NOT. EVEN. CLOSE.  From the tailgating, to the attire, to the excitement level of every single fan in the stadium. I definitely chose to the wrong school to go to as far as athletics are concerned. I missed out. But it's alright, I can experience it now.

Although it never rains in Autzen, it started sprinkling right before the start of the game. Then it became heavier. There were a few moments of downpour, but it really wasn't that bad. It stopped for the second quarter. We were all dry by the end of the game. The ducks were losing at the end of the first half, so the superstition in me decided to change things up and go sit with Kelli and Brian for a bit. I stayed with them the whole second half because we were actually winning and I didn't want to ruin that.

Besides the whole LaMichael James getting hurt, it was a fun game. Makes me want to go to more now!  Bring on ASU this Saturday! It's gonna be fun.

Meet Me in St Louis!

This has been the week of sports sports sports! 

Monday I got off work and flew to Las Vegas to hang out with my brothers. Tuesday morning we rose early to head to St. Louis for the Cardinals game that night!

After the traditional pre-game meal at J Bucks, we headed to the rally across the street from the stadium.

We had heard they were giving away tickets to the games and thought we could maybe score better seats. Instead I scored this...

They said the first person to show a ticket from another game would win it. We pulled one out of the bag Morty had and I started jumping up and down waving it in my hand!  I think I was the only one who had one, so there wasn't really a need to freak out about it. I went to the front and collected my prize. Now, what to do with it??

Although we lost, the game was still exciting!  There was lots of rally towel waving. We came so close to pulling ahead so many times. 

After the game we met up with Jennifer for another tradition: Ted Drewes!

I've mentioned their pumpkin pie concrete before. It was delicious as always. A trip to St. Louis is not complete without a little Ted Drewes. I am so glad we got to see and stay with Jennifer. Her trip to Napa this week fell perfectly with my trip out there so that we could hang out, go to the game and watch the sing-off together at night. We love our shows!

Here's to hoping I can get a ticket to the game on Thursday. I am making the trip no matter what. I can't miss the action!