The 25th Hour ~karenjcardoza.com~

Although I’ve turned the corner after the Jets game and our sweet 19-10 Cassel-Debut win and am now thinking of the upcoming weekend, I have been talking lots of Pats football all week. Yesterday afternoon, I did an interview with The Producer of Pigskin Pundits and this afternoon I posted my  own current podcast.

I’ve had a super busy week and have needed to take my bike back and forth to school every day because we’re down a car which is in the shop.  I’ve also added going to the gym at 5:00 AM to my repertoire so I think my body is telling me that I need to get more sleep. It’s pretty early, but I’m going to listen and hit the hay as I can barely keep my eyes open.

Good night, kids… and … Go Pats!!

Camp! 

Today’s report. Today’s podcast.

It’s been a great, but tiring week complete with 10 Training Camp Reports, 7 podcasts, numerous site updates and hours of eating, sleeping, and drinking Pats under my belt!  Thankfully, we all had the day off today,  and tomorrow night, Al and I are getting together with a big group of people for the Springsteen concert at Gillette. It was exactly 5 years to the day that we were there for his last show.

I finally got my house back in order, weeded through a week worth of mail,  did tons of laundry and ran a few errands so I’m beat.  I’m dying to just cuddle my girls and read a book. In fact, I think that’s just what I’m going to do right now. Goodnight!

It’s been a GREAT week!  Patriots training camp is in full swing, and I got together with 3 friends to catch up earlier in the week; two that I don’t see nearly enough and one that I’ve reconnected with after years and years. It’s not that we had a falling out, it was just that life took us in different directions and we just lost touch.

Bella had her eye follow-up yesterday and her eye is healing well so she’s free of the satellite dish and is a very happy girl. Over all she managed well with the collar but it’s such a relief to have it off to return to life as normal.

I’ve also had some “luck” with some technology issues that I’ve need to take care of. I’ve added an email subscription box to each of the sites so that folks can subscribe to receive content delivered to their in-box if they prefer that over rss. While setting that up, I discovered that 3 of my feeds weren’t working right and fixed them just in time for the start of camp. (Thanks for the help, Ed!) Also,  for some reason, the podpress player is magically working on my podcast page once again. I don’t know how it suddenly started working but I don’t really care, I’m just glad it is!

One of the best things that has happened to make my life so much easier is that Patsfans and Patriotsplanet agreed to subscribe to my rss so that my Training Camp Reports would be automatically posted on the forums there rather than have me cut and paste all over town. It really does cut down on my workload when I get back from camp. Speaking of which, the first training camp report has been posted and yesterday’s podcast has been as well.

MrsB151: Welcome to Camp!

Game plan for today is to unplug and take advantage of the gorgeous day to work in the yard and around the house. After all of that rain, my zucchinis are like baseball bats and the tomatoes are ripening all at once. I’ve got weeds to pull and laundry backed up. We’re heading to a party this evening and another tomorrow.

Tomorrow is a double session day at camp but I’ll likely only make the morning session. At that, I probably won’t even have time to post a report right after because I’ll have to rush to make it to the Christening  on time.

Hope you had a great week as well!

I didn’t make it to camp because it was closed to the public but here’s a quickie show for Day 1.

MrsB150 First Day Wash-Out

If the ground isn’t too saturated tomorrow and they hold public practice I’ll be there. Keep your eye open for daily posts and podcasts.

Go Pats!!

As you know, I’m a garden nut and in addition to my new compost bins, I purchased a couple of rainbarrels to use to collect water for my organic vegetable garden and potted plants.  I’m attaching a soaker hose to the one near the garden which I’ll snake among the vegetable plants and will open as needed. The other one is on the other side of the house and I plan on using it to fill my watering can for my hangers and pots.

I ordered them back in May and got them last weekend when they became available for pickup. I finally borrowed a hacksaw to cut my downspouts and just missed a huge downpour today by about 15 minutes.  I’m sure there will be plenty more and I’m glad that my lawn, garden,  and flowers got a good soaking  but it would have been nice to grab that run-off from the roof  as well to use on a dry day.

I recently did a quickie Muse with Me Podcast about being green.. You can listen (and watch) the enhanced show #7  here:

Muse007: On Being Green

I’ve been super busy offline but hope to get another one done this month at some point.

Meanwhile.. I’m waiting for a nice rainy day to fill those barrels and maybe  catch up on my reading.  (Actually, I’ll even take a sunny day with no commitments to just sit by the pool!) As a friend mentioned to me today, I never seem to have as much free time in the summer as I think I will.  Hopefully, that day will come soon!

…but I’m ok with that!  I’m still in catch-up mode but the relaxing is coming soon, I can see it!  I took the girls for another early morning walk at Lincoln Woods which was a great way to start today. When I got home, they napped and I set to work in the yard. My flower beds and garden are fully weeded and are looking fiiiine!

Later, I put together the two compost bins and moved my compost heap back. I’ve got a nice blister as the result of my efforts but tis ok with me. It’ll be nice to have the compost contained and easily accessible from the bottom when it’s ready rather than having to dig up entire piles to get to the good stuff.

Then I ran some errands: library, school to feed my fish, Jacob drop-off(s) and pick-up(s), etc.  We got some rain tonight which nixxed my evening walk at the Monastery with the girls but was welcome just the same. I love the green look of spring and early summer.  It totally puts me at peace and makes me smile.

This evening, I finally did a quick PatriotWorld Podcast. I’ll do another as soon as the Training Camp schedule is released and there’s more going on. Now that Pats news is focused on the future, I’ll be tuning in once again.  I haven’t turned on the NFL Network or listened to any sports talk radio all offseason. I like to focus on the positive so I steered clear of the Monday morning quarterbacking and debacle news.

Tomorrow, I plan on walking the girls, staking some plants, getting my laundry on the line early and hopefully spend a bit of time relaxing and reading by the pool.  It hasn’t happened yet, but getting things accomplished makes me very happy.

For anyone who is interested in seeing the Patriots off to Arizona this Sunday, there will be a rally at Gillette Stadium. Here are the details:

GOVERNOR PATRICK TO GIVE A SUPER BOWL SENDOFF AT GILLETTE STADIUM SUNDAY

Entire Patriots team to participate;

Event open to the public with free admission and parking

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - A trip to the Super Bowl deserves a super sendoff, and that’s just what the AFC Champion New England Patriots will get at 10:00 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 27 when Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick gives a sendoff celebration at Gillette Stadium.

Patriots fans are invited to see their heroes off in style prior to the team’s departure for Arizona to take on the New York Giants in Super Bowl XLII. The entire team, as well as head coach Bill Belichick and owner Robert Kraft, will greet fans from the Gillette Stadium field just before boarding buses to the airport.

The event is free and open to the public. Parking at Gillette Stadium is also free. Gillette Stadium parking lots and gates will open at 9 a.m. for the 10 a.m. sendoff. Please note that tailgating will not be allowed in the parking lots on Sunday.

WHAT: Super Bowl Sendoff with Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick

WHEN: Sunday, Jan. 27 at 10 a.m.

WHERE: Gillette Stadium

WHO: Governor Patrick, Robert and Jonathan Kraft, Bill Belichick and the 2007 AFC Champion New England Patriots.

My website is up to date with AFC Championship Game coverage and the latest on the Superbowl. I’ll be updating each and every day with the happenings in Glendale, since I won’t be heading out this year. Some other great places to check out for awesome coverage are:

Complete Superbowl coverage from Patriots.com

Event Guide

NFL.com’s Superbowl coverage

Some Great Blogs:

http://www.azcentral.com/members/Blog/bowledover08

http://www.azsuperbowlblog.com/

http://www.boston.com/sports/football/patriots/reiss_pieces/

http://www.boston.com/sports/football/patriots/double_coverage/

http://blog.pfwonline.com/

Heading to the Big Game? Join the Pats TG Yahoo Group

This week’s podcast is up, covering the Charger’s Game and some early Superbowl information. Watch for a couple of Pre-Superbowl shows next week. I’m also catching up on tailgate write-ups and posted the one from the Jaguars game here. The Chargers Tailgate will be up tonight. Meanwhile, TGIF.. I’m getting butterflies and am so excited about what’s to come!

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