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This weeks Question:
What are your non-book guilty pleasures? Like TV shows, food, websites, hobbies, etc.
Hockey
My life pretty much revolves around the hockey. I wish I could have answered this
question before the Chicago Blackhawks got knocked out of cup contention, but that’s
the way the puck bounces. Now I’ll have
to root for New York. Go Rangers – wow,
I never thought I would say that.
My son plays travel hockey.
During the hockey season (August to May), we are at the rink 4-6 days a
week. Now that it’s the off season it
will be 1-2 days. I’m the team’s manager,
so I spend a lot of time organizing the group.
Did mention I got a lot of reading done at the rink when we’re at
practice?
When we’re not at hockey, we seem to be watching on TV. We subscribe to NHL Network, so there is always
something on. I even watch NHL tonight
before school with my son every morning.
Photography
I love taking pictures.
I usually take 100-200 shots at every one of my son’s sporting events. Yes, he actually plays a couple of other
sports in addition to hockey: lacrosse and basketball.
I also love getting photos on our vacations. We were on a cruise a few weeks ago that went
to: San Juan, St. Thomas, Barbados, St. Lucia, St, Kitts, and St. Maartin. I got a lot of great shots.
Pets
Do pets count as a guilty pleasure? I spend a lot of time with them (not to
mention money). I have a 200-gallon salt
water fish tank that I built into the wall of my basement. I have fish that are 15-20 years old.
Next is my cat Tigger, named after A.A. Milne’s character.
Then there are the twins as I like to refer to them; McKinley (dog) and White Sox (cat). They share the same birthday and look as
much alike as two different species could look.
I was at the vet with McKinley getting his puppy shots. Some kittens that had been left there were in
a cage up for adoption. When I found out
that the shared the same birthday, I had to adopt her. Not to mention we only had males living in
our house, so I needed to add more estrogen.
Last are our newest additions, the ferrets: Kane (white) and Toews (brown)
. Here they are depicted with the
Stanley Cup and Conn Smythe Trophy, which Kane won in 2013 and Toews in
2010.
Note: we have now gone full circle back to hockey.
Oh, and I don't really feel guilty about my pleasures.
