7 Things I Learned This Week #78 (giveaway, bats, repairs, Saturday Sampling, Knitting, Petties)

Book Giveaway: The Hunger Games

There is a 2-week giveaway for The Hunger Games over at Happily Blended. Giveaway ends Saturday, July 24. There will be 5 winners so what are you waiting for? Check it out!  To read our review of this book, check it out on our Grab A Book From Our Stack.  We even did our first Vlog about it which we'll post here at the end of the month since we already know it will be our favorite read for July.  If you can't wait to see it though, here's the link to it on YouTube:  The Hunger Games Is A Must Read!

Homerun Derby

David Ortiz won the Homerun Derby! Of course, we are very happy for him, especially since he is on the Red Sox!

Saturday Sampling

This is a great idea I wish I had thought of! Over at Half-Past Kissin' Time with Mrs.4444 she has a link up of "best of the week" posts. You are invited to link up your BEST post of the week, the one you really wish more people would see or one you come across in your blog hopping that you think others should see too. Here is a link to last week's Saturday Sampling.

Brown Bats

At Life On A Colorado Farm I learned that bats eat mosquitoes. Knowing this makes me like them now in spite of their looks.

Car Repairs--YIKES!

$2,577 worth! Yup, last Sunday my power steering went out on my van and then the next day I got it back, the brake pedal was going practically all the way to the floor and taking forever to stop. Then the "brake" light came on to confirm my suspicions. Fortunately, I did not get in an accident and Parma Tire is conveniently located at the corner of our street. My van is a '98 Olds that I got from my dad. This is what our savings are for!

Knitting

From reading Twenty Wishes by Debbie Mecomber I learned that knitting isn't too hard because there are only two stitches: knit and pearl but you have to count. In the book, even a young girl learned to do it.

Best Pet Blog Contest--Nominations

Head on over to The Petties 2010 pet blog awards where you can nominate your favorite cat, dog, pet, and best cause related blogs. Nominations close July 31. The winner gets to choose a shelter or rescue to receive a $500 donation! My pets wanted me to ask you to check out their blogs and perhaps nominate them. The links to their blogs are in my tabs at the top of this blog. I explained to them that there a lots of great pet blogs so not to be too disappointed if they do not win.

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Browns Win-Yippee; Patriots and Red Sox Lose-Boo Hoo

Cleveland Browns

Who let the dogs out? Yesterday the Cleveland Browns finally got a win over the Buffalo Bills! How they did it was amazing! The Buffalo Bills really helped them out by getting a lot of penalties including 9 false starts! Then one big mistake at the end when one of their players tried getting the punt and fumbled it. The Browns special teams and kicker were fantastic! That's why they won this game.

The Browns offense amounted to a running game by Jamal Lewis (over 100 yards) and Josh Cribbs (30 yards). Anderson only completed two passes the whole game! Their kicker, Zastudil, had the Buffalo Bills starting from inside the 5 yard line three times!

I was so glad to see the run the ball when they got down to the end zone in the last minutes of the game instead of trying to pass. I was also happy for the substitute kicker when he made the winning field goal. It was closer than it is when going for the extra point, but the wind was very strong and he was not as experienced as Phil Dawson.

Of course, the Browns had trouble scoring but managed to get two field goals which was one more than the Bills had, winning 6-3. This was a match up between two bad teams. Even at the half, the sportscasters were joking about what a boring game it was to watch.

The Browns were ecstatic that they finally won a game and in the locker room afterward, gave Coach Mangini the game ball since it was his first win in Cleveland. I think they actually played much better last week against Cincinnati when they lost in overtime. Hopefully this will encourage them and at least they won't have to worry if they'll ever win a game anymore.

New England Patriots

Following the Browns game, we watched the Patriots lose to Denver. Denver had the ugliest uniforms I ever saw! They were brown and yellow with stripes all over the bottom half of their legs. I think the Patriots were distracted by them--it's hard to play football when you're laughing so hard. I was very surprised when the Patriots lost in overtime to Denver.

Boston Red Sox

We were shocked to see the Red Sox lose in the first round of the playoffs against the Angels. How could that happen? This is the Red Sox, not the Indians. They blew their lead yesterday just as Gerard predicted they would. I thought no way, they're too good a team to lose three straight in the playoffs, but yes they did. I think I must have jinxed them when I became a Red Sox fan this year when I gave up on the tribe.

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