The Cubs WON last night! They WON!!! WooooooooAhhhhhhhhhhh!
This is the first time in 58 years that the Cubs have played in a post season play off. There aren’t a lot of people left who can remember them winning, so this feels like a miracle to most of us. Heck….the last time they made it all the way to the World Series was in 1908.
If you love the Cubs, you have learned to deal with disappointment, but that makes this season all the sweeter! Die-hard Cubs fans feel vindicated for their faith after a lifetime of loosing.
GO CUBS!!! GO CUBS!!! GO CUBS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Daily Archives: October 12, 2003
A Quiet Day
We were planning on going out to brunch this morning, as a late celebration of my birthday. One of my all time favorite restautants is Pappadeaux, a Cajun place that is part of the Pappas brother’s chain. There are two in the Chicago area, and I’m relieved that none of them are any closer than 30 minutes, or I’d LIVE there.
We visited Jamie and Speedbump for New Years two years ago, and I discovered that they have ALL the Pappas restaurants in one place. I thought I’d died and gone to heaven. There are at least six restaurants that feature seafood, barbeque, steak, Mexican, Cajun and Italian. Each restaurant features one cusine, and has “pappa” built into the name (Pappadeaux, Pappacitos, Pappas Brothers, etc.)
At any rate….we were supposed to go to brunch this morning, but it seems a cold has set in, and no one was up for it. That’s a first! We’ve spent a quiet morning. DH has been watching the History and Sci-Fi channels, I’ve been reading mail and blogging and Mother has been knitting and watching HGTV.
One of the problems associated with a change of plans like this is always…..what will we do for dinner. Today, it seems we are in luck.
At LAST!
The Arr!! has returned home for the winter. Friday night, Dear Husband went to Chicago to spend the night on the boat. He left the truck and trailer at the boatyard and then took his first EL ride to get to the boat. That alone was an experience. It seems the train didn’t stop at his stop the first time around. He stayed on and did the entire trip around the Loop to get to his stop.
Neither of us have ever ridden an elevated train, so it follows that we’ve never purchased a ticket, either. DH put a $20 bill into the dispenser for a $1.50 fare, thinking he would get change. Instead, he got a little credit card worth $20 of rides! I’m going to make him take me to Chicago to ride the EL and go Christmas shopping. That’s going to be one expensive elevated trip! lol