It's good enough for Red Green!

What do I mean by that??? The duct tape, of course!!!! Between Jenny & Puck, the down comforter on DD's bed has developed some large tears that were leaking down, which was finding it's way all over the house. Quite annoying. So, rather than take the comforter off her bed, or try to patch it with the only kind of patch I've got in the house (a denim one for DH's jeans), I decided to Red-Green it. *grin* If you don't know who Red Green is, I strongly suggest you check your local public television station listings, as he's on PBS. Really rather funny, if you like sarcastic red-neck types. And this red-neck is from Canada, no less. A real hoot!!!! Check him out. Suffice it to say, Duct-tape is the only tool ever REALLY needed in Red Green's world. And it worked just fine for this little repair. *wink*

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In other news, DD's game yesterday went rather well. We played against the squirt team with the brat (the one who likes to throw temper tantrums on ice, but who has a rather nice break-away). We've never beat them. Still haven't. But yesterday..... WE TIED!!!!! Final score was 4 to 4. As usual they had a LOT more shots on net than we did, but I don't know exactly how many, unfortunately. The brat in particular was in a rather pissy mood, as Dad told him to play defense, instead of Brat's favorite position of Offense. Not that the brat listened, of course. He wound up hounding DD for goals. He got 1 goal on her (2 other kids had the other 3), but DANG was he gunning for her. And the kid's going to get knocked out by her if he's not careful. He had some really nice shots on Dd's goal, but she had a hell of a lot nicer saves. Unfortunately, a couple of times when she was down on top of the puck after he shot, he'd slap her with his hockey stick. And the refs weren't picking up on it. Other times he'd get into her face (and in her box) yelling at her & calling her names. We told her that if he's in her face, not only is she allowed to talk trash (encouraged, in this case) right back, but if he gets physical, she's to take him down. (Not to beat the crap out of him, though I'd be strongly tempted, but to knock him on his ass.) And he's smaller than she is, which is a bonus. But DANG does that boy hate DD. And DD certainly isn't fond of the Brat, either. Ironically, in this situation it makes her a better goalie. She's so adamant that his shots won't get past her, because she can't stand him, that she gives it her all if he's got control of the puck.

Anyway, the game ended in a tie, which made all of the rest of us pretty happy. That's the best our team has done against this squirt team, yet. And their team finally had a really good "fight" against us in yesterday's game. Before it always seemed as if they could come on ice knowing they'd win. This time they had to fight for their goals & their saves.

Following the game, the brat was in tears over how he didn't beat this team of "loser girls". Dad/Coach was at least polite enough to shake hands & tell our team what a good game they played, but the brat refused to acknowledge our team or shake hands, after the game ended. One of our coaches made a point of going up to the brat, shaking his hand (gloves off, hand out, unrefusable without appearing totally rude) and telling the child how important it is to display good sports-man-ship, whether winning, losing or tying. This little brat has been known to come off ice after beating our team loudly proclaiming what a loser team of girls we are. Well, we may be girls, but certainly we're not losers. And one of these days that little brat is going to eat his words.

The other team's goalie for yesterday's game was a long-time friend of DD's. "A" and DD were in the church nursery together at 2. A's mom & I used to discuss potty-training issues with each other, as both kids were going through the same thing at about the same time. They used to play "king of the hill" on the little plastic slide in the nursery. They were always trying to best the other in how good they could slide down that slide on their feet, or jump off. LOL And now they were both goalies, tied against against each other. They're still competative, but it's funny because they enjoy it. And they get along great, when they see each other. And one of these days, A's mom & I are going to have a blast embarassing the two of them, reminiscing about the potty-training days. *wink* LOL

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The weather is considerably warmer here, with the last few days being above 0, even up into the positive 20's. It's been nice, and comparatively balmy.

Unfortunately I know a lot of you in the states (and Canada) are getting a beating by Mama Nature, and I hope you & yours are staying safe, and warm. My thoughts & prayers go out to those of you dealing with nasty storms & extreme temps & such.

Have a Blessed Day!