Night out with the Caps

Just a few shots from early in the first period of Thursday's game against the New York Islanders. Unfortunately we lost 5-2. But it was a good night out with friends from home.

The new Hi Def scoreboard

Olie Kolzig clearing the puck to the side

Matt Bradley digging for the Puck in the Islanders goal

Joe Motzko called up from Hershey to fill in

Nicholas Backstrom skates for the puck

Fall Colours

Just an couple of pictures from yesterday's walk in the woods. The leaves are only in the first stages of change, but the dry weather we've had this summer will make the change short, and there won't be a lot of colour. The peak should come in at the end of the month.




This one is a shot I played with in Photoshop. You can see the original in a previous post.

It's that time of year again...finally!

After a long break from the great game hockey season is finally here! We went to see the Caps at Verizon Center last night and had a great time even though we lost 2-1. The Caps looked pretty good (especially the defence) and we look forward to a promising season. It was a little strange feeling patriotic singing O Canada and then not rooting for the Canadian team (I justify this by saying that there are Canadians on every team). Chris and I purchased t-shirts with the new (old) Caps logo - we will post pics of them soon.

In other news, Chris and I are still doing Weight Watcher's and both have enjoyed success. I have lost 30 lbs and Chris is down an astonishing 66 lbs. He was also able to stop taking Metformin, a medication his doctor prescribed for diabetes (he was on the cusp). That itself was no small accomplishment! Yesterday at our WW meeting, a woman asked Chris how he was able to lose the weight and stop his medication. She had been at the meeting a few weeks back when Chris was talking about coming off his medication and she was moved to tears (she also has to take medication for diabetes and sees a nutritionist). He is an inspiration, proof positive that change is possible. I am so very proud of him!