10/10/10

On the COOLEST date of the year we may have had the NICEST weather.  WHAT a GREAT day to be outside!  The skies were blue and the sun was warm ~ almost hot at times in the Muney Lot in downtown Cleveland.
Mike picked the best day EVER to have Cottage's Browns tickets.  We rode in with Chad and Nick and joined the CRAZIES in the Muney Lot, getting there by 8:30 and found the party was already in full swing.  We play 8 home games a year and people have old school buses, RV's, vans, campers, and an assorted lot of random vehicles all painted up Orange and Brown.  There were tents and tables and cornhole boards and grills all over.  People were flying their Browns flags and others were selling t-shirts, necklaces, hats, and orange boas.  The Boy Scouts were there selling something to the tailgaters and a little boy was selling his homemade ducktape wallets.  It's unbelievable that these people do this week in and week out and then spend more money getting bigger and better tailgating gear. 

To tell the truth, it is the best part of Browns games.  I can't remember the last time I went to a game and they actually won.  It's hard being a Cleveland fan...

There are 3 things that made today great.  However, due to the significance of the date, I will count them down, Top Ten Style:
10. I ate 2 1/2 Entenmann's crumb top doughnuts. (been eyeing that Entenmann table at Giant Eagle for a long time...)
9.  I learned they make whipped cream vodka.  How wrong is that?
8.  I took a nap, in bed.
7.  I got to hang with Mike all day long.
6.  Mike made the BEST macaroni salad ~ it tastes just like his mom's!
5.  The sun was shining ALL WEEKEND LONG.
4.  The boys cleaned the house while we were at the game.
3.  While playing cornhole, I SCORED on Nick Markijohn (more than once).  To explain:  He IS a "sponsored" cornhole player who has won a number of cornhole championships.  And, to make it even better, he was already mad because I called Chad (his usual and better partner) as my partner for the day.
2.  I BEAT my husband at cornhole.  He and Nick were playing against Chad and me.  And I scored against him a few times.  I guess my beating him was hard to take, because it didn't happen the next time we played. And probably never will happen again.  But that's ok, because it happened once.

and last, but not least, the TOP thing that made today great:
#1
Becky: "One beer please."
Beer Girl: "May I see your ID?"  (no better words could ever be spoken)
B: "Sure"  (because I happened to put it in my jeans this morning in case I died and no one knew who I was)
BG: "Wow, I never would have guessed that was your birthday."
B: "Thanks, that almost makes spending $8.00 for a beer tolerable."

I'm hoping she thought I was younger than the ID said and not older..but since I create my own reality, that's where I'm taking this story.