Weekend Round Up

Friday evening I started the weekend off with a Bucket List cross off: I rode a horse! You can read about that here: Bucket List Cross Off : I Rode a Horse!

After said horse ride my husband and I went to our friends’ house where we had a nice visit and catch up around the fire. (Cake Mix Cookies)

Saturday morning I rolled out of bed very sore. I can see why cowboys walk the way they do. I did my Ripped in 30 DVD. (Seriously, I had better be in the best shape ever when this is done as it’s kicking my arse.) My husband was off this weekend so we laid around and watched some Veronica Mars Season 3.

Then we got ready for OUR HOCKEY SEASON OPENER!!! I have to say I got really nervous packing my hockey bag. I got so nervous I could only choke down toast for dinner. Once we got to the rink, we watched our league’s opening ceremonies complete with a real life Canadian Olympic Silver Medalist and bagpipes! (I get teary-eyed every single darned time I hear bagpipes.) My husband played the game before me, they lost but I am certain my husband had fun; and there is always next week!

Then my team took to the ice. No matter how nervous I get, as soon as my blades touch the ice, I calm down. (Probably because I am now concentrating solely on not falling on my arse so I no longer have time to worry about anything else.) I was placed on Defense and I had a lot of fun. We had quick shifts so we didn’t get ridiculously tired. I loved being back on Defense. I took power skating this summer and I played summer hockey with our league where they mix minors and majors, which I think helped a lot. While I was feeling rather useless during summer hockey with the majors flying past me, I was told repeatedly it would help my game come winter when I am playing with only the minors: I have to say, they were right. I felt more confident playing this Saturday then I have ever. I felt good. I am not fantastic by any means and I am not boasting or anything, but I feel confident I can play with my fellow players. I do not feel like I am lagging behind like I did last winter season (Which was also my first season playing ever where I was incredibly frustrated that I didn’t come out of the dressing room as a NHL caliber player, which if you saw me I could barely stand in my skates let alone skate, hahaha.)

We ended up winning 2-0, thanks to our stellar goal tender and our team seeming to jive right off the bat. (Which is awesome as it can take a bit for team chemistry to happen). I brought a plate of cookies for my new teammates, which I am told were quite rewarding after a vigorous hockey game. I had to use covert efforts to smuggle the cookies in to the arena and keep them hidden long enough to make sure my team was able to get some. I have learned if you walk into an arena full of adults with a plate of homemade cookies, the vultures come swarming and you are lucky to make it out alive let alone with enough cookies to share with YOUR OWN TEAM. :P 

Sunday morning I rolled out of bed and tackled Ripped in 30 again. I hate Jillian Michaels, but I also love her. In the afternoon, I was a wild woman: I fell asleep on the couch while my husband watched American football (Zzzzz…..)

When I got up, I tackled a Pinterest recipe for dinner. (Pinterest ADDICT right here!) That you can read about here: And then we watched the first hour of the Emmy’s which is fun but I feel the commercials are way too long, I have the attention span of a gnat. (I don’t actually know if a gnat has a short attention span or not, but it sounded good at the time.)

That sums up my weekend folks!