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Alanmas is now in full swing.
A teeny bit of discord on Friday that was fortunately quickly resolved.
Shovelling can be a tricky business you know.
Anyway, yesterday it was off to watch the Milwaukee Admirals play the Toronto Marlies at Ice Hockey.
Gary had got the tickets for us and WOW what tickets they were.
They were on the very first row just by the goal.
I have never sat so near to the action before and in case anyone is wondering..............the fighting and aggression is not put on. It is very real and we got to see it all..........FAB.
Some of us were not so enthused about the theme of the evening.
It was soon apparent that there were far more people than usual in the crowd.
Way bigger crowd. Lots and lots of people.
Certain sort of people. Very loud, very squeaky, very squealy people.
The place was heaving.
With girl scouts.
Girl scouts who screamed a lot and had contraptions which made a lot of noise when banged together.
Some of us did laugh...........me and Gary actually.
The Statler and Waldorfs among us were not quite so amused.
But, the game and seats were so brill I think Gary was forgiven for booking us up for Girl Scout night.
We were right behind the plexiglass and it was amazing how hard they smash into it ....often face first. We were also able to spot all the sneaky little digs they have at each other when the ref's not looking. You don't get to see that from farther back.
We had a grand stand view for all the fights too. My favourite player of the moment.......Wacy Rabbit ( I kid you not missus) was sent to the penalty box more than once. We have a theory about his name.
His loving parents must have named him that to make him tough and it does seem to have worked.
At the moment Waldorf, I mean Alan, is watching the Green Bay Packers in their first game of the play offs.........I do hope they win........I really........I really do.

Here is the man in question.
The very start of Alanmas. The boxes and paper on the floor behind us are remnants of the second Christmas we have with him.
Lollipop decided she liked to sit in those boxes so we haven't had the heart to take them away.
Lollipop is never one to reject a warm lap or chest.
She does like a shoulder too. She is like a fat, furry parrot.

Our weather continues terribly cold. Something like minus 15C as a daytime high falling to around minus 25C.
I hear the weather is still pants in England. Hopefully it won't go on too much longer over there as I know they have problems dealing with it.
My friend made me laugh. He said he was in Folkestone as a council truck went by and the guy in the back was throwing out handfulls of grit.
He said the poor soul didn't even have a scoop.
So sad.

posted by Sue Banks @ 1:41 PM