What a Fun Super Bowl! Congratulations to Philly!

I hope everyone had a great weekend. I continued to heal, I cooked a vegetable soup (which I pureed early this morning, so it's ready to eat), and I watched football. Whoot! Anytime Kansas City gets spanked, I'm happy. Way to go, Philly! I'm totally delighted with this result, and it wasn't just by a point or two, it was 40-22! HUGE! Rumors have it that Kelsey has said he's retiring and has asked Taylor Swift to marry him. Who knows? If that's what they decide to do, then more power to them. Everyone deserves some happiness in their lives. 

So, are they engaged? The rumors are all over the place and 
nobody seems to have the actual information. All I have to 
say is they should do what they want to do. All pressures 
aside, they seem to be compatible, but they're both high 
profile people, which can be deadly to any relationship. 

It was anything BUT happy on the football field yesterday. At least if you were a Kansas City fan. Since I am absolutely NOT a KC fan, I was ecstatic. It's not often Kansas City gets spanked, and they were thoroughly spanked by Philadelphia. Also, I'm sure my friend Shiremom's Dad was over the moon with this win. It's like he's been waiting practically his entire life for Philly to win the Super Bowl, and now they finally managed it. 

I was quite pleased. As a Denver Broncos fan, 
who has KC in my own division, anytime they 
can get spanked, I'm happy. This was a MAJOR 
spanking, and Philly did it with style, great 
plays, and sharp details. It was great fun! 

It was a fun game to watch, although the half-time show was a bit "meh". I enjoyed the dancers and the various ways they had them interact with the singer, but the singer was very much a one-note show, and didn't really deserve a Super Bowl halftime slot. "yawn" Since many people look at the half-time show as an opportunity to grab a snack and a beverage, maybe a boring performance didn't really matter. 

My veggie soup was a bit bland, but looking over the 
recipe again, I realized I was supposed to puree the 
whole thing, which I didn't do. I did that first thing 
this morning, so it's ready now. Hopefully the flavors 
will be deeper. 

I made a huge veggie soup in the crock pot yesterday. I ate some of it last night and it was a bit bland, but looking over the recipe again, I was supposed to have blended everything together into a puree in my blender, so of course the flavor profile wasn't quite there. I did that at 5:30 am this morning, so now my soup is totally ready to eat for the next week or so. Those little details - LOL. 

I have the main tape on my breast, and another 
tape covering up my armpit where they took a lot 
of biopsies to see if the cancer had migrated there. 
Fortunately, the cancer hadn't, so we caught things 
in time. Still, I have a lot of tape and stitches and I 
want to get my life back again. 

I see the Doctor again on Wednesday, and hopefully I'll get the all-clear to remove the surgical tape and return to the swimming pool next week. I'm getting really tired of treadmill only, and I'm not fond of the tape either, but I didn't have any directions regarding it, so I've been leaving it alone. I'd love to get it off my skin and allow my wounds to fully heal. But I think I'm doing pretty well, considering it's only been four days since the surgery. I'm just a bit impatient - LOL. Have an excellent Monday and I'll be back tomorrow. Slava Ukraini. 

Sunday - It Was An Excellent Day and An Excellent Game!

I hope those of you who love American football had a chance to see the Super Bowl last night. It was an excellent game - very well played by both teams, and totally down to the last few plays to achieve a winner at all. In fact, the game went into overtime, a rarity in Super Bowl history. I was hoping that San Francisco would pull it out. As a Denver Broncos fan, I find it impossible to cheer for Kansas City, despite their playing superb football over the years. DH, on the other hand, was cheering for Kansas City since San Francisco is a rival for his beloved Minnesota Vikings. So, we were a "house divided". One of us was bound to be disappointed. 

Both teams played really well and it was a totally entertaining 
game that went into Overtime for the win. That's the way I 
love to have my Super Bowl games. Two well-matched teams 
that play up to their abilities until the final whistle. 

Still, even though I'm disappointed in the final score, I'm far from disappointed in the game itself. It was outstanding, and I was glued to the TV, for the ads and for the game play. I didn't even mind the few gratuitous TV shots of Taylor Swift in her box, and Usher ... OMG, Usher was fantastic! Total entertainment from step one onward, so many guests appearing with him, and so much awesome music. DH was left totally cold - he doesn't care for Usher's musical style. I was enthralled, and several of my nieces and nephews were also commenting about how much they enjoyed the half-time show. 

Usher was the half-time headliner, and he totally brought 
it! His guests included Alicia Keys, Ludacris, and Lil Jon, 
along with cameos from will.i.am, Jermaine Dupri, and 
H.E.R. You could easily tell that Usher has been performing 
in Las Vegas for a while (I think he's been headlining 
there for more than a year now). That Vegas gleam and 
swag were everywhere, and it was a finely tuned 
machine. A truly well-done show. DH doesn't much care 
for Usher's style of music, but my nieces and nephews 
were totally over-the-moon at the show, as was I . 

So, all in all, it was a fantastic Sunday filled with football, food, music and minor arguments about whether a play was a good one or not (depending on which team we were supporting). I'm without football for many months now, so will have to concentrate on ice hockey instead - LOL. Certainly not a tragedy since I adore my Minnesota Wild ice hockey team. 

This is going to be a fun repair. Now that I have it 
totally disassembled and cleaned, I have to graph 
out the design and then start reweaving it. I'll have to 
pull out two vertical rows to give me enough beads 
to reweave the center element correctly, but I don't 
think that will be a problem for the total look. It's 
the best I can do, since the missing beads can't be 
replaced. I'll make a careful count before making the 
final decision, however. If I can avoid pulling rows 
out of the pattern, I'd prefer it. 

I started on an interesting project during the afternoon, A customer dropped the piece off on Friday for a total reweave. It's old - I'd guess mid-1950's, maybe even earlier. It's using beads that haven't been made for decades, and I have no good replacements, so I'll have to pull two rows out of the piece to make up for the few missing beads. It won't affect the end result by much. It's a fun challenge. I spent much of the pre-game chat pulling it apart, separating the beads by color, and washing them thoroughly. They were a bit of a mess, and I might wash them once more just to make sure I got all of the gunk off. I then tried a trial run with the thread that DH thought would be a good size. That didn't work - that thread was too thick for the project. So he took the spool back to his workshop and brought me one that was the dimension I asked for (1 mm instead of 2 mm thick), and that works much better. I started graphing out the pattern, but then the game started and I got involved in the game instead - LOL. 

So, that was my Sunday - football, beading, a load of laundry, a thorough kitchen clean (including washing the floor - it desperately needed it), and a relaxed day of food, beads, and football. A perfect day all around. I have movies coming up that I HAVE to see ("Despicable Me 4" and "Kung Fu Panda 4", and I loved the Budweiser Clydesdale horses (and the dog) appearing once again during the "Big Game" commercials. What a great Sunday. Now it'w back to reality once again. Sigh. Enjoy your Monday and I'll be back tomorrow.