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Baking soda

Tuesday, January 14, 2013

6:24pm Sassy  
Did you get into the house?  Hope you had a good day!  
I’m out with Mom!
6:38pm Phil  
I did, sipping a scotch now.  Off to Walmart for baking soda and out for dinner! 
Have fun with Mom!
6:39pm Sassy  
Yay! Why baking soda?
       
7:53pm Phil
Arm and hammer, deodorizes the fridge

7:55pm Sassy  
Aha! When does your stuff arrive?
7:57pm Phil  
Packers are at the old place now. Some time next week

7:57pm Sassy  
Hooray!

7:58pm Phil  
Ready to go!

[photo of the inside of his empty house with the hardwood floors and fireplace]
                 
7:59pm Sassy
Wow!
Jeopardy is over – time to drive home!

8:18pm Phil  
[photo of him toasting me with a margarita]
            
8:48pm Sassy
Hiya handsome!

9:36pm Phil  
Wearing my ass out. I’m pooped

9:36pm Sassy  

I bet!  You staying there?

9:45pm Phil  
No, nothing there, nowhere to sleep and I can’t afford to be tired.

House is not huge but it’s nice. Trying not to spend a fortune on a rental. It’s a hoof into DC but it’s good for the pets, and everything closer was either tiny or wouldn’t take the pets and that’s not an option

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Exhibitions

Sunday, January 12, 2014
12:35am Sassy

Blog focusing on ugly skating costumes. Hmm…. http://skatingfugly.tumblr.com

6:23am Phil  

We can move in Tuesday
12:30pm Sassy

Ladies Figure Skating Olympic Team will be Gracie Gold, Polina Edmunds and Ashley Wagner. Interesting.  Odd they didn’t take the medalists. 

2:41pm Sassy  

Good morning kid!  More football for you today?
3:05pm Sassy  
I’m doing chores today, then back to the arena for exhibition skating tonight!  
Have a fun day!

3:07pm Sassy

Time to watch the NBC coverage of the Men’s Final at the US National Figure Skating Championships

3:15 pm Sassy

OMG!  Sis got backstage passes for us!  WOW WOW WOW!  It helps to have a really cute niece.  
4:32pm Phil  
Awesome! Have fun!

5:00pm Sassy
And the men’s competition is over! Wow! Jeremy Abbott, Jason Brown, Max Aaron, and Joshua Farris on the podium! They’ll probably send the first two to Sochi. Wow! Brown’s Riverdance program was awesome! He won the free skate!

8:58pm Sassy
Twelve US Olympic Gold Medalists! Dick Button, Tenley Albright, Hayes Jenkins, Carol Heiss Jenkins, David Jenkins, Peggy Fleming, Dorothy Hamill, Scotty Hamilton, Brian Boitano, Kristi Yamaguchi, Tara Lipinski, Sarah Hughes!  They stopped by for a ceremony to give the Olympic team a grand send-off.
10:44pm Sassy  
What a night!  Great seats, ice level, all the skaters and announcers around us…my niece got the gold medal lady’s autograph!

 The Olympians

Meryl and Charlie

Jason Brown being goofy with Rusty Kath

Brian Boitano doing some announcing

Gracie Gold taking the ice for her solo skate

 Terry Gannon and Tara Lipinksi in the broadcast booth!  We talked to him!  He is my favorite!

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Great skating

Saturday, January 11, 2014
            
10:22am Sassy
Good morning kid!  You back on the East Coast?       
       
11:42am Phil
Yes, warm but raining. Found a house!
[photo of the front of his new house]
11:44am Phil  
Got a great backyard!
[photo of his backyard]
            
11:47am Sassy
Wow! Spectacular! Congratulations! 
I’m off to a project meeting, then back to the arena for more skating!

2:43pm Sassy
Back at the TD Garden for the pairs final!

4:10pm Sassy

Pairs surprise – Castelli & Shnapir first, Zhang & Bartholomay SECOND! Olympics Ho!
4:29pm Sassy
Time for the ice dance free program!

7:45pm Sassy

Enjoying the best food of Japan, China and Thailand @ All Seasons Table! 

8:55pm Sassy  

Back home at last.  You watching football?

9:15pm Phil  
Yeah, friggin Pats

10:56pm Sassy

Wow! What a ladies final! Gold for Gracie Gold, silver for Polina Edmunds, bronze for Marai Nagasu, pewter for Ashley Wagner. Thanks NBC for showing it live!
11:25pm Phil  
Wore out. Had a great day though!
11:27pm  Sassy  
What did you do?
11:39pm Phil  
Drove to the new place, got utilities, bought shrimp and crabs at the market, went to the cigar bar, watched football
11:40pm Sassy  
When can you move in?

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Short programs

Friday, January 10, 2014
            
9:04am Sassy
Happy Friday!  You working today?
I’m at work until 12:30, then back to the arena for dance and men’s short programs!

1:42pm Sassy
Dick Button!  The man himself, signing copies of his book on the concourse.

2:08 pm Sassy
Time for the ice dance short program!

4:27pm Sassy
No surprise – David & White in first place!

9:15pm Sassy
Time for the men’s short programs.  Here’s fan favorite Jason Brown skating to Prince and a standing O!

9:45pm Sassy
They have TWO Zambonis!

9:49pm Sassy
SCOTTY!  How can it be 30 years since he won gold in Sarajevo?!

11:09pm Sassy

Men’s Short – Abbott, Dornbush, Brown – seems right to me!

11:11pm Sassy
What would Brian Boitano do?  Stop on the concourse to let fans take a photo with him!

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More US Nationals

Thursday, January 9, 2014

12:56am Phil  
Headed South to [redacted]! Nice here!

12:57am Sassy  
Why?
Never been.

12:58am Phil  
Neat southern feel. Doing some work. Oysters and beer tomorrow

12:58am Sassy  
Yum
Warmer there?

6:01am Phil  
A bit
            
8:54am Sassy
Good morning kid!

9:21am Sassy
Off to TD Garden to see skating!  It’s Junior Men, Junior Dance and Senior Ladies short program today. Hope you have a productive Thursday!

1:21pm Sassy
Time for junior dance free program finals!

6:43pm Phil  
Enjoy!

8:05 pm Sassy
Time for the Ladies short program! 
11:04pm Sassy
 Gracie Gold wins the short! 
11:26pm Sassy
Saw Michelle Kwan inducted into the International Skating Hall of Fame, waved to Tenley Albright on the concourse and rode the elevator with Nancy Kerrigan! Gotta luv skating events!
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US Nationals

Sunday, January 5, 2014
            
9:39am Sassy  
Good morning kid!

8:31pm Phil  
Busy weekend, pooped
8:42pm Sassy  
I spent all afternoon watching figure skating at the US Nationals!  My niece was enthralled.  So fun to teach her the details.  My photos aren’t great but you can get an idea.  They set up the rink at the convention center for the lower level events.

These are the novice pairs warming up.

8:46pm Phil  

Oh cool! Sounds like fun
8:47pm Sassy  
I hadn’t been in 10 years, was relieved I remember people and scoring etc.  So fun to see pals from all over and famous skaters who are now coaching. We’re going to a bunch of events all week.  It’s also the Olympic trials, so the winners go on to Sochi.
8:57pm Phil  
Oh wow, sounds like a lot of fun!

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Results NORMAL

Saturday,  January 4, 2014
12:43pm Sassy  
Good afternoon!  How goes the house hunt?  Do you have a buyer’s agent?  
I’m off to Mom’s!  Hugs with groping kid!

2:35 pm Sassy
Chicken lo mein at Taipei Gourmet, shared with Mom

4:16pm Phil  

May have found a place. Enjoy Mom’s!

4:20pm Sassy  

Wow!  That’s far out!  Is there a bus or something?
5:29pm Sassy  
What makes it right?
7:31pm Phil  
My wife likes it
8:08pm Sassy  
Got my mammogram results – NORMAL!  Phew.
9:38pm Phil  
Awesome!
Should cover them with cum to celebrate

9:51pm  Sassy  
You have THE BEST ideas.
Would you help me with that?