Happy Valentines Day to All!

Happy Valentines to everyone! Marlee Grace enjoyed her Valentine. She got a new outfit which she is wearing in the picture and also some new pajamas and her favorite was the Valentine's M&M's! She loves those M&M's! Anyways....Hope everyone had a good one.

Marlee Grace is growing up so fast.....

Just the other day we were playing in the house and she looked up at me and said, "Mon daddy...". And I thought did she just tell me to come on??? Then she grabbed my hand and took me to the backdoor and said, "I wan go outsie daddy." It was so funny. So we went outside and played on the swing and ran around with Chipper (Our yellow lab).

She is getting so big and just amazes Shelley and I everyday. She tells Shelley, "I wan tak a bath momma." Or "I want bite." Or "I want nack (snack)"

And she loves to dance and sing. Anytime music comes on she breaks it down and dances and sings. I have some videos on youtube of her dancing and posted on on this blog last week.

I hope all is well with your families and God Bless!

Schilling Gone?

Yesterday I got an email on my phone that Curt Schilling may miss the 2008 season with a torn shoulder! What a bummer! I like our rotation with Beckett, Dice K, Schill, Lester and Wakefield. I really wish we could have gotten Johan now, but not at the expense of Jacoby "Taco" Ellsbury.

No doubt this will be a blow to our rotation, but as 'ol Schill' has shown us before (i.e. the 2004 ALCS vs the Yanks) he can battle through some injuries and adversity.

Best wishes Curt!

OUR LITTLE GIRL!

How great is this video?

We are getting ready for her audition for American Idol 20!

Super Bowl Sunday!

Welcome to Super Bowl 42! It's time to break out the hot wings, coacktail weenies and cold drinks. It's time to get ready to watch over 50 million dollars worth of Super Bowl commercials that I can't stand and it's time to watch the Patriots absolutly destroy the Giants and make history by being the first team to go 19-0 in a season! I'm pulling for the Patriots for several reasons. Like my brother said on his blog, http://matthaines.blogspot.com/, I'm rooting for the Pats because of:

1.) Tom Brady - He is a Michigan Man and he dates supermodels for a hobby!

2.) I hate any team from NY!

3.) I can't stand Eli Manning because he is overrated and living off of daddy and brother Peyton.

4.) Because the Pats are from Boston and that is where my beloved Red Sox hail!

I'm not a diehard Pats fan but I did decide to rrot for them when Brady went there. I don't live and die by the Pats like I do the Red Sox, but I really dont have an NFL team so I figured why not root for a Michigan Man?

My predition? Pats 38 Giants 20

Sorry I have been MIA lately....

I apologize for not making any posts lately. I have been busy and just havent had the free time to post. More to come soon....

LSU wins BCS title!

Well Michigan found a way to beat OSU! Except it wasn't Michigan vs. OSU, it was a "Michigan Man" vs. OSU. Les Miles won his first BCS national title with a beatdown of the Buckeyes! Congrats to the Tigers and to Coach Miles! I couldn't think of a better team for you to beat to win the title!

Update on my Fantasy Football Championship Game

I lost by 1 point!! Are you kidding me? 1 measley, lousy and little point? Why? Because Vince Young hurt his widdle quad muscle and had to come out of the game! He was 1 point short of me winning the title for the first time in 7 years! I could have won if he got 1 more rushing yard or 14 more passing yards or even if his reciever would have caught a TD pass right in his hands! (As my ex-youth minister, when I was a child, Wes Cantrell, or my brother Matt, would say; It hit him in a bad place! THE HANDS!!

I could have won if the Bengals RB, Kenny Watson, would have rushed for 1 more yard! There are so many ways I could have won! But I guess I have no one to blame but myself. Why?

Because I decided to sit Plaxico Burress and Brandon Jacobs, both members of the New York football Giants, because it was very unknown if 1.) They would start the game at all. 2.) If they did start, how long would they play or contribute?

So I sat them both and they put up 36 points combined! I decided not to start Jacobs because he had been hurting and it was thought that he may rest as well as Plaxico.

Well it cost me the title but I will live because: MICHIGAN BEAT FLORIDA AND I CAN TALK SMACK TO MY BOY CHIZ UNTIL THE NEXT TIME THEY PLAY!

A class act goes out on top!

In my opinion, Lloyd Carr went out the way he should have gone out; A WINNER!

He was a winner on and off the field. He caught alot of heat for being conservative. (Starting with me) He was told the game had passed him by and he was too old. But let's just review a few of his accomplishments for one second:

1.) He coached Michigan to a 122-40 overall record.

2.) He coached Michigan to their first national title in over 50 years!

3.) He coached a team that sent over 100 players to the NFL.

4.) He coached a team that ran a clean program and was never placed on probation or investigated by the NCAA.

Lloyd Carr's players will be the first to tell you that he is like their second father. He instilled class, discipline and a love for Michigan football to each and every one of his players!

Here's to you Coach Carr! Thanks for ringing in 2008 on a great note for all of us "MICHIGAN MEN"!

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