That Just Happened!

Last Saturday was Stephtastic’s first roller derby game and the Season Opener for the Toronto Roller Derby league.  

The Ladies Warming Up. You're Welcome, Jamo!

Thank goodness they had the rules in the program

Watching the Game with Jamo!

The Betties are Ready to Rock It!

Each game has 2-30 minute periods and there is an intermission.  To entertain the crowds there was “Box Wars”.  This has to be seen to be believed.   

Stephtastic had 25 people come out to watch her, but there were 5 that stood out in the crowd (me, MPW, Jamo, my Mom and Stephtastic’s husband KB).  Thanks to my creativity and support of her activities, I came up with these to cheer her on…   

Megan at Undomestic Diva  wrote a pretty passionate blog post about toothpaste.  Although it may seem silly, lame, or boring to most, I must admit it got me going.

As some of you know, I have a thing about toothpaste being squeezed in the middle.  I think my neurosis stems from sharing a bathroom with my sister when we were younger.  I feel so strongly about it that the morning of Stephtastic’s wedding I came storming out of the bathroom, “Stephtastic, you used my toothpaste didn’ you?!”  Immediately looking chagrined she admitted it followed by “I’m soooo sorry.  I forgot!”  The photographers thought it was hilarious and shared their own toothpaste stories.  I stared her down and said “Remember, this is your day.  Tomorrow it’s back to the real world.  The one where I punch you for squeezing in the middle, just like when we were kids.” (I’m totally kidding.  I didn’t stare her down.)

I think in any couple there is someone who squeezes from the bottom (me) and someone who squeezes from the middle (everyone else).  The battle wages eternal.  I wish that was all that bugged me, but there are more things…

I hate  when someone leaves globs of toothpaste in the sink.

I hate  when there is so much extra crap coming out of the top of the tube that the cap cannot be screwed on properly.

Like the Undomestic Diva, I hate  bad tasting toothpaste (anything in gel form.  I’m traditional. I like the paste.).  I mean, as I commented to her, it isn’t like a bad tasting food where you can spit it out immediately.  You not only have to keep it in your mouth for 2 minutes, you have to scrub that crap right in there.   And more than once a day.  However, this doesn’t stop me from buying toothpaste if it is on sale (as long as it is a paste).

Yes, I realize that it is slightly ironic that someone who has had some of the most epic dust bunnies ever is that particular about her toothpaste,  but like I said, I blame Stephtastic. 

So Megan, now you can feel less lonely about blogging about toothpaste.  Although, reading yours again I see mine is much more neurotic.

Yeah, That Just Happened!

My sister got married!  

I am so proud of her and Kyle, it was a fantastic day.  Despite being a little gloomy at the beginning of the day, the sun came peeking out from behind the clouds.  Which is fantastic, because how else is her dress supposed to sparkle?  The food just kept coming, and coming, and coming.  I am pretty sure that if I tried to put on my dress now it would not do up.  Loved  the wedding cake (three layers, three flavours) and the delicious pasta appetizer.  Yum!  And the dancing…oh, the dancing.   I literally have bruises on the balls of my feet and my calves hurt like crazy.  I deem it a success.

We were on time all day (even early!).  When the photographers showed up we were sitting in the hotel room eating pizza because our hair and makeup was already finished (thank you Mary Ellen). 

Oh, and I did manage to fit into my dress, but the lady had to let it out some.  I figure that’s still a win on my part. 

It also turns out that a lot of my cousins are reading my blog (shout outs to AJ, Li, and Ash), so I was hearing a lot of “That Just Happened!”   It warms the cackles of me ‘eart, it does.  Leave comments!

I made it through my speech without fainting or vomiting, plus I got a lot of rad compliments on it.  All I could think was “thank goodness that is over”. 

I have no pictures right now, but I managed to rip this one off Matt Bukoski’s Facebook page (one of the groomsmen, who looks like the Brawny towel guy with his beard).  Once I have more, I will post some.

Stephanie and Kyle are newlyweds, whoop-a-dee-doo!

Yeah, That Just Happened!