The Boys in Victory Green Are Back in Town!
DD and I enjoyed everything the Dallas Stars home opener had to offer this past Saturday--most especially the win!!
As mentioned, for the first time ever, we were able to attend the opening day Victory Green Carpet Walk. After a lunch out (thanks to a gift card and no out of pocket $$ spent), we lined up along said green carpet and waited. And waited. And waited. Things didn't get started until about twenty minutes after they should have.
We got got stuck behind people who kept pressing forward against the "rope" and blocking our view. This really sucks for a short person. And DD has a few inches on me, but she's still on the short side.
But I was able to get my phone mostly in good position that it could see what was coming and I was pleasantly surprised a few moments later.
After being there way early and the things not starting on time, DD and I didn't stick it out for the whole thing. We were both hot and tired and very thirsty, so we left before everyone had walked the carpet. We only missed a couple of faces we would have liked to have seen, but we got the really important ones.
Jamie Benn, the captain:
Tyler Seguin, the super model:
Jake Oettinger, the new number one netminder:
And this dapper fellow here, is Luke Glendening. I thought he just looked so charming with his bow tie.
After our return to the car for some cool air and cool drinks, we returned to the arena. Not to our former season-ticket-holder seats, but close enough. But sadly we were in a set of seats that saw a lot of traffic by lazy people. It ended up being a lot of up and down to let people pass. Lesson learned for future games.
But the game was exciting and we won again a division rival. As is my wont after a win, I got a picture--no, have the whole video!-- of the Reunion Tower Ball lit up in Dallas Stars colors:
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Cleanup in Aisle 9!
Okay, not really, lol.
But my Walmart did get new shopping carts yet again. They're a little unusual, but with a couple of cool new features: A phone holder on the left of the back of the child seat, and a cup holder on the right side of the seat back. As a short person, the push handle is a little higher than I'd prefer, but what are you gonna do? At least all the carts will push properly for a while--no wonky wheels yet.
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The Sun's a Hot Star...
Did you know that Venus and Uranus rotate east to west when all the other planets rotate west to east...?
There are some theories as to why and you can read those here, if you're so inclined.
Uranus also spins on its side, which those who are fans of the original Blue's Clues would know.
I did note that the animation had Venus and Uranus spinning in the correct direction!
As a side note, the original Blue's Clues was a staple in our house for many years as Sonshine was a wee little lad when it first aired.
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A very young Rayna...
Last but not least...
Our family was given sad news last week.
Rayna, our dog of eight years (she's 10), was diagnosed with a very fast growing bone cancer on/in her left shoulder that could easily metastasize to her chest. The best (but not likely) prognosis, even with aggressive measures (amputation and chemo) is two years.
Unfortunately, the cost of treatment for only the possibility of a two year reprieve doesn't make any logical sense. And we still wouldn't know if she's in any pain and how much. Or what her quality of life would be. So the plan is to give her another month of the best life we can offer and then euthanize her over the Thanksgiving week so that DD and I can both be emotional and not have to be at work while doing it.
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