On Sun, 22 Jan 2012 18:21:20 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>
>"Evelyn" > wrote in message
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>>
>> Tonight we had the remains of the Mulligatawny soup. It was still
>> just as awesomely good. Later around halftime, we'll have some jumbo
>> shrimp cocktail. I cooked and shelled and cleaned them yesterday, so
>> they are all ready for game time.... (which has just begun).
>>
>> I don't much care for football since I never learned the scoring
>> method or the rules. Hubby however, is glued to the TV and rooting
>> for the Giants, the one NY team playing. He's really a Jets fan, but
>> they lost and dropped out a couple of weeks ago.
>
>We are exhausted. Apparently every ill mannered person in South county is
>in Walmart today! At first I was happy when I saw lots of produce. But
>then we noticed some things that expired on the 15th of Jan. At least we
>were able to get most of what we needed. Went to Albertsons to get the
>rest. Still didn't get it all so will have to try the Albertsons near the
>dance studio for the rest. Was actually amazed at how much we were able to
>get. The last time we bought food after a snowstorm, there was precious
>little to be had.
>
>We had lunch at Taco Time. Angela is having a gluten free kid's meal.
>There isn't a lot of food in it so no doubt she will want something else
>later. I bought a tiny pizza with a lot of different cheeses on it. Will
>probably not have anything else since I'm not very hungry.
>
>I don't even know when the football was on or if it was on yet. I try to do
>my best to avoid it. I grew up in a house where we didn't watch it at all.
>I knew nothing about it. This led to them getting angry with me when I was
>in high school. I was the team mascot. Actually there were more than one
>of us. Several of us wanted to do it so we took turns. The problem? I had
>no clue when to cheer. I had to stand down with the cheerleaders. They
>told me just to stand there and do what I was told.


I'd be willing to try and learn, but my husband gets so involved with
the game, getting him to explain anything is nearly impossible, not to
mention getting an answer to a question. I am turned off by the
sheer violence of the game itself. Every year there are kids that
die and are crippled by football. Seems a terrible waste to me to
get a concussion or become a cripple due to a ball game!

Evelyn