Richard Sherman & John Tortorella (maybe it's a North West Coast thing)

Well, we can sure say this past weekend of sporting events were anything but boring.  And although I don't think I often, or ever for that matter, have given my two cents worth on sporting events or the "Pro's" in the sporting world; but I guess there is a first time for everything EH? NFL's Seattle Seahawks player Richard Sherman and NHL's Vancouver Canucks coach John Tortorella in the NWC (my acronym for North West Coast) surely need to invest in a sun light or something to help reduce their testy attitudes and keep them out of trouble!

Geeze, where do I start?  Who made a bigger donkey's batootie of themselves over the weekend is a loaded question? But what I find most interesting is the underlying information we probably don't know and didn't see that fueled the fire of these two.  From what I have read, Richard Sherman and Michael Crabtree allegedly had a run in off season.  This is Mr. Sherman's excuse for acting like a real doorknob when he had the undivided attention of millions of people...not exactly a wise usage of his twenty seconds in the spotlight (not to mention I would think it may have diminished his opportunities for additional income from sponsorships).  I know, I know, he was pumped with adrenaline.  So was I when I gave birth to my son at 38 years old without so much as a Tylenol, but I didn't run through the halls of the hospital afterward telling all the other Mom's I was the BEST!!! And for the love of Pete, he has his BA in Communication!  The poor little chick interviewing him looked like a deer in headlights and didn't really know how to handle an interview like the one he shouted.  And I know, he grew up in a bad part of Los Angeles, but if you are getting paid the big bucks and have a 3.9 GPA at Sanford, you might want to show a little bit of class...just sayin'!

Now on to John Tortorella who lost his temper after the Calgary Flames started their game with their forth line, AKA the fighters, and left John to decide whether to play his fighters too for the very first face off of the game, or risk his first line of superstars and hope the fighters didn't really want to drop the gloves on the very first shift of the game.  He decided not to risk the big dollar players and as soon as that puck hit the ice all hell broke loose!  Not how, I am certain, he envisioned his team beginning their game on Hockey Day in Canada 2014!  There is a part of me who can understand his lividness, since he probably thinks of his players a bit like his kids and wants to protect them a bit from silly publicity stunts pulled by a team like the Flames who are having a not so pretty season.  But his trying to get to the other teams locker room during the first intermission was a line he should not have crossed no matter how mad he was.  Not only that, but holy cow, he would have been destroyed by a number of Calgary's fighters had they jumped in to defend their coach!  That's like walking into prison and trying to take on Bubba before breakfast! And John is the coach of a team doing quite well this year, he makes tons of money, and is supposed to be their leader.  Gotta keep it in check when you are the coach, and in situations such as these, it is extremely hard to do, or not do in John's case (yikes)~!

What point am I driving at here you might be asking, and why is a stay at home mom writing about these two guys?  First, it shows us what NOT to do even if we don't make millions playing ball or coaching.  Don't waste your twenty seconds of fame bragging on yourself because it doesn't go over well, and when you are a leader of anything from your kids girl scout troop to the coach of the company ball  team...be just that, a leader AKA someone worth following when it matters most! Now here's my advice for both Richard and John, get yourself a little sunshine fix and smarten up!!! And as for me, I will just be glad none of my "finest moments" have been captured on camera to be played over and over on ESPN highlights or Youtube.  And for that reason alone today, I will smile and just move on ;)

New Year, never fear...or something along those lines :)

New Year's Eve 2013 has come and gone...Thanksgiving and Christmas 2013 but a memory now.  Am I the only one who is happy and sad all at the same time?  Life is so strange when you think about it.  As kids we feel like life and holiday's take forever to get here, and it is for the most part by far the easiest part of our lives, but of course we don't know that at the time and refuse to listen when adults try to tell us so as kids. As adults, life goes so fast, holiday's come and go with such a hurry you feel like a run away train with the brakes snapped in half.  And of course, as adults we don't want it to hurry, but rather stopping time or at least slow motion would be our preference!

So you may be wondering where I went to again? Even as I told my mom I was writing a blog today, and she said, "WHAT?"...I went on to explain why I think I am an on and off again blogger. First let me say, I don't make money at this, and I write because of the love of writing...plain and simple.  I am not someone who just likes to hear herself speak, and I don't necessarily desire to be in the spotlight.  I came to a realization today, I am like a well when it comes to writing...you know like a water well.  When I haven't written in a while the water builds up within the well, and once it begins to overflow so does my desire to write to the point where I almost can't stop it from spilling over.  Kind of like a burst pipe which can lay quiet for a while functioning to perfection and all of the sudden for no apparent reason there is a crack with a little leak, then a spurt sprays out...and before you know it, a full blown flood of water is released.  I know, it is weird, and I don't necessary think it is writers block because I can always force something out, but it is never my best work.  My best work is always a part of that overflow that can't be stopped because it comes from deep within me.  It is raw, transparent, uninhibited, and often writes itself if truth be told.  My fingers can't keep up with my mind, and this is probably the fastest my mind ever works...only to pause long enough to reword things which don't make sense or could be said better a different way.  Like I said, I know it sounds strange, and well, it is even to me, but this is the truth!

With all that said, in a nutshell I write because I can't stop it, and I can't control when it comes and goes.  It has a mind of it's own, just like my naturally curly hair does on humid days :) I don't want to be like the school teacher from Charlie Brown that drones on WAA wa wa waaa waaaaaaaaaa and no one listens.  I don't want to write just to hear myself speak.  I want to make sure what I do write has a little value, could maybe make a difference to someone, can fulfill my need to be creative by using the old noggin, and maybe, just maybe entertain a friend or two with my often crazy life so they don't feel alone!!


But hey, it's a new year, 2014, whether we like it or not, so bring on the new wrinkles, the fight to at least NOT gain any more weight this year, and hope for the best in the way of finances, overall health, the things that mean the most to us.   So, never fear people, as fear only holds us back from what we often do best but are afraid to fail at the most.  Cheers to 2014! We might as well since we can't stop time, so smile and just move on :)