Cubs Game/Life Update/Acceptance Speech--A lot of stuff, I know! :-P

I couldn't post right after the game because I was busy, and then I got banned from the computer by Mom because I was spending 'too much time' on the computer. 'Too much time' depends on who's talking. I say two-three hours is too much. Mom says one hour is about all I need per day. [Yes, but not one hour six times per day- Kiwi's Mom] Hmph. So, anyway, about the ball game. We drove up to Milwaukee Friday afternoon. I had so much fun. The Cubs lost, but then again it was for the better. The Cubs were already going to the play-offs, but we'd either have to play the New York Mets or the Milwaukee Brewers, and we prefer the Brewers. If you're a good Cubs fan, you'd know what the Mets did to the Cubbies in '69. I'm not allowed to repeat such horrible happenings. So, even though my Cubbies lost 5-1, I still enjoyed it. Monkey had wanted to buy cotton candy really bad, since he doesn't remember what it's like, and he was convinced that it was $8, since it's 'expensive'. So he brought the money, but they couldn't find any cotton candy. So while Monkey was sitting there, watching the game (as best he could), my Aunt Jackie snuck up behind him and sloooowly lowered the bag in front of his face. You should have seen it!! He was sooo cute! His eyes got really big, and he got this disbelieving grin on his face, and he looked at Aunt Jackie, and looked back at the candy. When he took his first bite, his eyes got even bigger, if that's possible, at how it just melts in you mouth. It was so cute! I hope we have pictures of that!
We had a great experience for our first major league ball game. We were rather far back and high up, but we could see well enough to distinguish some of the players. Did you know... Alfonso Soriano is usually the only one wearing the shorter knickers? But Felix Pie wore them too when he came out that night.
Right now I'm really disgusted. Those Cubs players need a piece of my mind! Has anyone seen the past two games??? Why did Lou Pinella send Fukodome up to bat when he couldn't even hit the broad side of a large barn last night?? Why didn't he put in a pinch hitter? Rrrrgh! And Soriano. Oh, Soriano! What happened to your hitting? *sighs and shakes head* All I can say is that they had better shape up tonight, otherwise they're outta the play-offs!

The Saturday after the game, Rapunzel and I went to the botanical gardens and the Milwaukee Art Museum with our aunts and uncles. I wish I could have spent all day at the museum. I got to see original Renoirs and Monets. It was neat.
For supper, we went to a Thai restaurant, where my parents & brothers met us. I've never had Thai food before. It was very good. I can't remember what I had--something with the word 'pud' in it. It had shrimp, noodles, and bean sprouts and an interesting sauce that was very sweet with a distinctive peanut flavor. 'Most everything came in three levels of spiciness; Coward, Adventurous, and Native Thai. Rapunzel and I shared one at a Coward level, but I tried some of Aunt Jackie's Adventurous stuff. I love spicy foods, but that was just murder!! Uncle Steve (Jackie's husband) had some stuffed shrimp and white rice at the 'Adventurous level. I took some of his rice, since everyone had more than enough to share, but accidentally got a little itty-bitty bit of sauce. Yow, that was hot! By the end of the meal, Uncle Steve had to ask for some milk, along with the boys, who got some of the 'contaminated' rice. He turned so red! It was funny.

Now, on to something more serious: I was awarded two awards. One from Judi, thanking me for pushing her to update, and the other from Catfreak70, thanking me for showing her how to do this. I thank both of you for these beautiful awards. I feel so honored that you thought of me! Thank you from the bottom of my heart! Now it's my turn to award awards.
The first goes to my dear friend Dagmar. She got me interested in the blogging world. And if it hadn't been for her, there would be at least three fewer blogs in the world! Thank you, Dagmar!
The next goes to....(drumroll, please)....HMS Avalon!! She's got a great blog going, a great story being written, and gave me an excuse for starting a 'Comment Blitz'. Even though she doesn't post as often as she should, we still love her!
Matt deserves one, also. He's got a cool free music blog going, and he helped out with some side-splitting comments in our Comment Blitz.
Let's see. Miss Judi, of course, for the same reason she gave for nominating me! And for continuing that suspense-thriller story she started. Thanks, Judi!!
Last, but not least, Catfreak70. Like the others, she's got an awesome blog. And she's a great friend of mine, even though we're now three hours apart!! :-D

Thus ends the 2008 Best Blogger Awards. I'll add Owan, Zoe, and Heather to this later, but I'm supposed to be getting off right now and don't have time to!! Sorry, y'all! I promise I'll add ya later! ;-P

But one last thing before I go! Our new church is having a Barn Dance tonight! It sounds like a lot of fun, and I can't wait to go. There's going to be square dancing. I wish I could remember how to square dance! Our homeschool group did line dancing a few years ago, and two of the weeks we 'learned' square dancing. If we had had a few more weeks, I probably would have gotten the hang of it.
So, I need to go now, and do something. I don't know what it'll be, but I'll probably find something.
TTYL!
~Kiwifruit

P.S. We started school on Monday. It's really boring. I've got History, Literature, Writing, and Biology so far. Ugh.