The weekend started off well enough…On Friday, we went out for dinner with Steve and then for a few drinks afterward. When we got home, Brian laid down the vocal pattern for the Rottenstone song we started a few months ago and haven’t worked on since. So, we might actually be able to finish this song sometime in the near future.
Saturday was a pretty good day–no practice because of the weather and we caught a movie that we’ve been wanting to see for a while. And, as a bonus, Brian and his dad ran cable to my tv in the kitchen, so now I get channels other than 6 and 8.
I talked Brian into skipping church today because I didn’t want to go out in this crappy weather. Consequently, we all ended up sleeping in until 10am. Boy, did I need that. Brian didn’t have practice today either, so he got to work in the shop all day and made good progress on the cherry end table he’s building for our living room. I managed to wrap up the yearly update of my cookbook and plot out my garden planting schedule for the spring.
All in all, a good weekend. That is, until the Steelers got the crap beat out of them by the Patriots. I think all the blame has to go on Roethlisberger. He played another horrible game today. Everyone says it’s because he is a rookie, but I can’t figure out how he was so good early in the season and so bad late in the season. Maybe it was just the pressure of the playoffs. Who knows? I still think the Steelers have finally found “their” quarterback, it’s just a shame they couldn’t make it to the Superbowl this year. Especially since Bettis is talking retirement. That’s one guy who deserves to have a ring. Maybe this will give him the motivation to come back for one more year. The way he played this year certainly shows that he has some more games left in him. I guess this means I’ll have to root for the Eagles in the Superbowl. Normally, I don’t like them, but that’s mostly because of Terrell Owens. Since he’s out, it would be kind of cool for them to win the game with out him. I’m kind of spiteful that way. But, if I were betting on the game, I’d go with New England.