March Madness is wonderful, simply put, it’s one of the best tournaments in sports. When you insert 65 teams from Universities all across the United States, almost everyone has a reason to root for at least one team in the field. No matter what happens to my Buckeyes, I always enjoy watching the games. It’s hard to beat watching the intensity of a small school playing with such pride and determination, taking on a powerhouse who is just looking toward the next game. Perfect example was yesterday’s upset of Ohio University over Georgetown. This is what the tournament is all about!
I wanted to post my bracket for public harassment so let me know what you think!
If we don’t win it all this year, I blame you Sports Illustrated!!
Please join Jessica and I for our 2nd annual “Ugly Christmas Sweater Party” on Saturday, December 12th starting at 8:30 P.M. Come dressed in the ugliest Christmas attire you can acquire and enjoy a night of celebrating the holiday season and good friends. We will provide appetizers, beer, eggnog and a prize for the best dressed participant. We look forward to seeing you there!
Our address is 1603 Forest Ridge Dr Pittsburgh, PA 15237.
If you need help finding our house please call me @ 614 – 216-3339
I was browsing the internet the other day when I came across this site “Life of the Georges” and thought to myself, “this sounds familiar”. Then it hit me that this was actually MY site! Whoa, last updated about a month ago? Yes I know I’m slacking on keeping this updated and I got a few angry emails from the LOTG Fan Club and family members.
The main reason I haven’t been updating the blog is due to a few reasons:
1. The other guy on my team at work quit and my boss is on a month long vacation leaving me to be a one man team. Needless to say, life at work has gotten a bit busy.
2. Traveling. Jess and I are in the middle of a busy month of weekend travels. First was Columbus for the USC game, then Niagara Falls for a weekend with the family, then we leave tomorrow for our trip to Chicago for Bob’s and Jess’s wedding.
If you check out my pictures you’ll see the pictures from the OSU weekend and Niagara Falls.
After this weekend I’ll get another post up about the month of October.
Ok so I don’t own a John Deere Tractor but I like to pretend that my Craftsman lawn tractor ( 2o Hp, 46″ cut <insert Tim Allen grunt> ) is John Deere green. Getting a tractor for my .6 acres was questionable but it sure makes mowing the grass a lot more enjoyable and I don’t dread having to do it.
My bff
Last night was a great night for mowing so I fired it up and off I went. After mowing the first half the yard I was getting pretty thirsty so I holler’d to Jess to “Get me a beer!” Of course she didn’t answer, probably would of given me “the look” if she did so I hopped off the tractor, grabbed my beer, and got back to mowing. I mean why else did I get a tractor with a cup holder!?
So let me paint you a picture; I was mowing the grass, in my old shorts and t-shirt, steel stoe boots, with a beer in my hand, head-phones on jamming to some country tunes. I got to thinking about a few things:
1. Boy do I look redneck right about now. Only thing I would change would be Budweiser instead of Miller Light (thanks to Danielle for pointing that out) and maybe some Jhorts (cutoff Jean Shorts) instead of my abercrombie shorts from 10 years ago.
2. My neighbors probably talk about me behind my back. “Our new neighbors must be from the country”. Maybe I could help complete this image by getting our mustang up on blocks in the front yard or something…
3. Am I allowed to be drinking while mowing??
The last point I was pondering continued into today so I decided to ask my buddy, Lieutenant Andy Klotz who claims that “Yes you can. In the ORC (Ohio Revised Code) it states any motorized vehicle. ORC 4511.19 states that you cannot operate any vehicle, streetcar or track less trolly within the state while drunk including public or private property. Good thing I live in Pennslyvania!
While investigating the topic further, I came across the following video which had me laughing pretty hard. Basically this guy was driving his tractor down the road to get his wife some beer so she won’t ”stab him in the face”. Not sure if this video was some good acting or legit but either way, it’s great.
My favorite quotes from this video:
Cop: “trying to stop a Craftsman red lawnmower”
Steve: “Was I speeding?”
“I’ve been drinking all day, hang on just a second”
“Is it illegal to cut grass!?!”
So there you have it, don’t drink while mowing and if you do, put it in a dixie cup so it’s not so obvious!
Lately I’ve been getting a lot of questions on why my blog hasn’t been updated and that I need to start cranking out some posts. Well folks, I’m back at it! I find it hard to always be updating this post, especially in the summer months when there seems to be so much going on.
Since it’s been a while I figured I’d start out with a run down of some of the things that have happened since my last post on June 1st. Here we go…
June 13th, 2009 Jess turns 26 and the Penguins win the cup!!
Jess turns 26!
What a series!
We went to two Pirate games in 3 days. Once with the Sandrus, then once with the Georges.
PNC is a great ball park
Momma and Papa In-law came up to help Jess and I reinforce the deck. Now if it would just stop raining every other day I could actually stain it!
Fixing up the deck
New hand rails
Jess's checking out Andy's new gun. The cheif of Police better carry a big gun!
We survived another year of Jamboree in the Hills. Toby Keith, Alan Jackson, and Big and Rich highlighted the weekend show.We survived!
Hiding from the rain
Beer was in abundance at Hofbräuhaus in South Side
Dad and I went to Canaan Valley for our yearly golf trip with 18 other guys. We had a blast and even though we didn’t play as well as we would like.
He's smiling here, but not after seeing the scorecard...
So there you have it, 2 months worth of activites in less than 400 words! We have a lot on our upcoming schedule and should have lots to write about.
Hope your summer is going great, please leave us a line and let us know how you’ve been!
As most of you know, I recently celebrated my 26th birthday and to be honest, birthdays are starting to be depressing. Let’s face it, the fun factor of birthdays takes a sharp decline once you hit your 21st which gives you all your adult freedoms. Granted turning 25 gives you some better insurance rates but nothing will be beat getting your license at 16, or ”legally” drinking on your 21st.
Here are the highlights on my birthday:
1. Jess pointing out my grey hairs that are starting to come in
2. Worked
3. Had a mini party at a bar that ended by 10:30 and I was in bed by 11
Heck, in college I didn’t start my parties till 11! Is it that I’ve become more “mature” or the fact that there’s just not as much party gas left in the tank? I’m starting to understand why people stop celebrating birthdays all together. Though here’s my new take on age:
It’s just a number.
Do you just give up on life and stay in and watch movies all night on the weekends because you are “too old”. You can’t lose that motivation to experience life at it’s fullest. Nowadays I must admit I love just laying around the house after a long work week, but you have to see the big picture. Our time on the earth is short in the grand scheme of things. You can’t dwell on the past thinking “I miss the college days of playing soccer every night and having fun with my buddies” because by the time you are done day dreaming about those days it’ll be “I miss when I was 26 and being able to go away on the weekends without the kids”. I tell myself to focus on all the good stuff in my life right now and when I think about it, it’s really a great deal. Yeah college was fun and enjoyable, but I was broke and studying all the time. It’s nice having your own money, going on vacations to fun places and living freely with my best friend and wife.
So whether you’re 25 going on 26 or 49 going on 50, age is just a number. You never know, this week could be your last. So before you complain about another week of work or sweating the small stuff, remember to check out your bucket list every now and get out there and enjoy life. Plan that vacation you been wanting, do something spontaneous on a weeknight, say yes to going out with friends when you are tired because if you can’t tell the difference between last week and the week before, you’re doing something wrong!
