What have we been up to?!

Since my last post, Ryan and I have spent the weekends all over the place.  About two weeks ago now we spent the weekend in Waverly for Wartburg's homecoming.  What a fun filled weekend of seeing all of our friends again in the same places we used to hang out, The Fainting Goat, football tailgating, and of course JOE's Knighthawk.  We went up Friday after work and met some people at the goat, before we knew it the place was packed wall to wall with alumni, current students, friends family and the people of Waverly.  We were up early for some tailgating with current player's families and former player's families as well.  Ryan and I both entered a Bags Tournament on seperate teams, he was with Snook, and I was with Hemi (I won't use real names ;)  Hemi and I were taking out teams left and right after our first and only loss.  We ended up getting skunked in the championship game against a couple nobodys and I don't think Ryan and Snook made it past round three of the tournament.  We won our $5 entry-fee back and giftcards to the Goat for $5, which only bought one drink!  The game was exciting until the last quarter when Wartburg had a few turnovers that cost them the game.  They lost 35-21 :(  but again we got to see a lot of old friends and enjoyed watching from the bleechers.

When we got back, our internet was down for one week and so I wasn't able to post anything last week.  That will be my excuse now!  Finally Napoleon, the MediaCom guy, came to the rescue on Friday last week and replaced our modem for now charge :) 

Last weekend we took a little trip over to Omaha to visit Daryl, Melissa, and thier littles ones, Emily and Brody.  We crashed immediately when we go to their house, the kids were asleep and we were exhausted from the 4+ hour drive.  Saturday was up early again to head off to Lincoln for the Nebraska vs. Iowa State game.  Melissa got tickets from a co-worker and all four of us were able to enjoy seats among a very fun Nebraska crowd. 

Tailgating was fun with a live band and RED beer, the air was a little chilly but warmed up once we got into the stadium.  Another exciting game although Nebraska lost due to turnovers, I'm sure most of you saw how the game ended......BOO ISU!  A former Nebraska player was inducted into the Husker Hall of Fame at the game and it just so happened that Melissa's friends new this guy and he ended up coming to the tailgate after the game.  Here is a photo of Ryan with Grant.  I just missed it, but Grant was flipping Ryan off because he had an IOWA coat on but a Nebraska hat. :)

Ryan has been sick lately.  First it was the chills, fever, and cough.  Then he got his virus back on his neck that kind of looks like shingles, and just a few days ago got staph infection in his hand all the way up his arm.  All things are on the regression now, after lots of doctors calls and prescription drungs, hopefully he will be healthy for the IOWA game with Steve this weekend.

I have been working on some new circuits to put up on my blog, so those will be coming shortly.  What I will do is just attach a WORD documents onto the post and you can upload it and print it off that way :)  The holidays are right around the corner.  I will be posting some holiday time tips on cooking, eating and staying away from weight-gain over the holiday season.  I know we all know how to stay away from food!  But, these tips will help make things a little easier as well :)

FUN FITNESS NUGGETS:

 The average American consumes ~12 lbs. of chocolate per year (27,000 calories)

 Coca-Cola sells 1.3 billion drinks a day in 200 countries around the world

 The cooking oil in French fries comprises 30% of the mass after they are fried, only 20% of a french fry is actually potato