Holidays

So it was a good holiday this year (minus Dec 26th).

Christmas Eve I worked til 4pm and then went home and hung out with Amy for a bit until we went and did the yearly get together with some family friends where we essentially eat and then go play pool.

Christmas Day got up around 6am and opened presents with Amy. She got me a new wallet (actually Bindi got it for me since she ate my old one), the series Generation Kill on DVD (HBO Special), a couple books, some shirts and 3 XBox games: Fallout 3, Fable 2 and Call of Duty.

Then went to the in-laws where they got us a ton of stuff including clothes, a stepladder, a mirror, a Keurig coffee maker and a bunch of other stuff. Then we vegged around the house til about 3pm not wanting to go anywhere. We finally got our butts in gear and went to my Nana's where Nana gave us a target gift card and my Aunt Debbie got me home movies which brought back a lotta memories :)

Then it was off to Amy's Nana/Papa's house where she forced down alcohol down our throats lol! Never would I have thought that she'd make us have a drink lol. Then finally after all was said and done we were zonked and went home and had some cocktails and watched The Office by the stove. Had a great day overall minus the fact that I got forced into work the next day so I didn't get to hang out with Amy and play with my toys. So that's the extent of our Christmas.

Salary cap time?

This is really starting to get old. I know everyone knows that the Yankees are one of the worst spending teams in the league and it just isn't fair to some of the other teams out there who can't even compete with them (I know, I should take into consideration the Red Sox too but NYY is way worse). This is definitely something that is always brought up but I figure I'd take my shot at it too. NYY has just spent 243 MILLION on two players and now theres talk about going after Manny Ramirez or Mark Teixeira...that'd probably put it at over $400 million for 3 players. That's just absolutely ridiculous! So yea, I know it'll probably never happen, but I think that some sort of cap needs to be implemented in order to balance out the league. Granted it may hurt the Sox a bit, but it'll hurt the Yankees more and it'll balance out the league greatly.

CC Sabathia-7 years/$161 million
AJ Burnett- 5 years/$82.5 million
Manny Ramirez or Mark Teixeira-who knows, but it'll probably be some crazy amount

/rant

What should the Red Sox do?

Gonna post up a poll. Just because I'm bored here at work and figure I mine as well see what Red Sox nation thinks that the Red Sox should do this offseason.

Be advised, you can select multiple answers in the poll

It's in the hole!

So yea, its almost 4am, and here I am blogging. Blogging here while working an overnight shift. So I just popped in Caddyshack and of course a call comes in! How dare a call comes in and interrupts me! Lol, just kidding...all part of my job haha. So ya, just been passing the time playing games, watching some tv and plain old nothing. So yup. I could sure go for another coffee right about now.

Zzzzzzzzzz

Things I'm thankful for...

Goes along the lines of Amy and Caitlin's blogs.

Several things I'm thankful for over this past holiday weekend

1)My wife: Amy deals with my goofiness, clumsiness and all my quirks that make me, me and I'm certainly thankful for her!

2)My pup: Bindi may be a super brat and like to eat my shoes (thought that was just a myth about dogs eating shoes, but guess I was proved wrong), but shes cute and loves Amy and I unconditionally.

3)Having a home: Granted having a mortgage sucks, but its still good to be able to leave work at night and go to a place that I can call my own.

4)My in-laws: Everyone talks about the dreaded in laws but mine are great! They do so much for Amy and I, I can't begin to thank them for everything they do for us and have done for us!

5)My health: Got bad allergies, but I'm thankful that I'm healthy!

6My job: Sure I may have long days which might make me grumpy lol, but it's what I love to do! (not to mention it helps pay the bills too lol)

7)My friends: Also put up with my quirks and goofiness. Glad they put up with it!

Stuffed

I still feel stuffed today, the day after Thanksgiving. Ate so much yesterday. Turkey, linguica stuffing, potatoes, peas, cranberry sauce. And to top it off, brownie pie and ricotta pie. So so good but so so filling!

Now, I'm sitting here at work, bored while everyone got up at the butt crack of dawn to get some crazy deal on Black Friday. Definitely not worth the aggravation if you ask me. At the local Walmart here it was said that there were several hundred people lined up to get these wicked good deals. I just don't get it. Really? Is it worth it? You're probably better off just going online when you get up in the morning to get these sales.

Anyways, here I sit, bored as all heck. At least I have a fellow companion who is also working on this Black Friday to keep me company. (Thanks Caitlin!)

Sunday Sunday Sunday!

Another boring Sunday here at work. I'd much rather be home sleeping in my nice comfy bed with my warm pellet stove. But nope, here I am, blogging lol. I guess it's okay that the Patriots are playing at 1 so I can kill some time watching that. I'll probably pop open my book too while I'm here as well. Other than that though, working til 4, going home and getting ready to watch the return of 24! Been a long time coming! Thank goodness its back!