The Bavarians wrapped up the autumn championship ahead of schedule with a 3-1 win over Hamburg whereas Dortmund dropped points owing to a two-all draw at Hoffenheim on Saturday.Pep Guardiola's men overwinter on top of the Bundesliga standings thanks to an uninspired 3-1 victory against the "Rothosen".Bayern Munich needed some time to gain a foothold into the match meanwhile Hamburg staged a courageous performance against the German giants.The Bavarians had to wait until the 42nd minute before Mario Mandzukic broke the deadlock on home soil. The Croatian headed home an assist by Rafinha from the right wing.Seven minutes after the restart Mario Goetze doubled the lead from inside the box.canada goose jacket women The German international made use of Thiago Alcantara's set up to score with a turn shot.Bayern retracted with the 2-0 lead and that was how it came that Hamburg pulled one back at the 87th minute through Pierre Michel Lassogga, who slotted home Marcell Jansen's square pass.However, the front-runners destroyed all hopes of a comeback by Hamburg as Xherdan Shaqiri restored their two-goal lead during the stoppage time when he finished a fast break into the near post corner.Isuzu Auto PartsThus, Bayern stay on top of the standings with 44 points and a seven-point gap to chasers Leverkusen. Meanwhile Hamburg sit on 10th position with 16 points.
Juergen Klopp's men were unable to hold the pace as his squad share the spoils with Hoffenheim.Hoffenheim caught a brilliant start as Sven Schipplock opened the scoring with a lob to beat onrushing Roman Weidenfeller at the 18th minute. The hosts were not done with the scoring and doubled the lead at the 37th minute through Kevin Volland,Lululemon Women's Pants who had all time and space to curl the ball into the top left corner.Dortmund responded just before the break as Pierre Emerick Aubameyang capitalized on a moment of madness by custodian Jens Grahl, who fumbled the ball into path of Aubameyang.The "BVB" finally rescued one point by courtesy of Lukasz Piszczek, whose follow up shot restored parity at the 67th minute.Dortmund occupy third position with 32 points while Hoffenheim recorded their sixth draw to remain on 11th place.Wholesale Lingerie Sexy LingerieElsewhere,nike shox shoes fourth placed Monchengladbach shared points with Mainz following a goalless draw.Wolfsburg climbed into the top five as Stuttgart lost 3-1 to the "Wolves" in an entertaining see-saw match.Winless Nuremberg wasted a 3-0 lead within 30 minutes to tie with Hannover and Augsburg crushed bottom side Braunschweig 4-1.The following fixtures are scheduled for Sunday: Schalke host struggling Freiburg and runners-up Leverkusen encounter Frankfurt.
Tuesday, December 24, 2013
Damian Lillard, aka 'Silent assassin,' hits another game-winner as Trail Blazers beat Cleveland Cavaliers
Lillard was certainly a last-second marksman for the Blazers on Tuesday, calmly and confidently nailing a 30-foot step-back three with 0.4 seconds left to lift them to a 119-116 victory over the Cavaliers before 15,689 at Quicken Loans Arena. It was the second consecutive game-winner for Lillard — who hit a fadeaway jumper to beat the Detroit Pistons Sunday — and provided another remarkable moment in a season that continues to amaze.“It’s crazy that we’re pulling off wins like this,” Freeland said of the Blazers, who possess the NBA’s best record at 22-4.At the very least, it was a crazy outing for Lillard. Going head-to-head against another of the NBA’s marquee young point guards, Kyrie Irving, Lillard played one of the best games of his career, finishing with 36 points, 10 assists, eight rebounds and one blocked shot. He made 11 of 23 shots, including 8 of 12 three-pointers, and flirted with or set multiple career highs.Lillard made the most threes of his career, tied his career-high in rebounds and registered the third-highest scoring output of his career. All the while, he became the first player to finish with at least 36 points, 10 assists, eight rebounds and eight three-pointers since Jason Kidd did so on April 11, 1995. There were portions of the game in which Lillard simply took over — he opened by scoring the Blazers’ first five points, he scored nine consecutive points during one dynamic stretch in the third quarter and he scored six Blazers points in the decisive fourth.
But what made his performance special was the game-winner. And, truth be told, it shouldn’t have been necessary. The Blazers built a 114-105 lead with 2:00 left after LaMarcus Aldridge nailed a turnaround 14-footer, and it seemed as if the Blazers would coast down the stretch.But out of nowhere, Irving caught fire. He drilled a three-pointer with 1:34 left, drilled another with 1:04 left after Lillard lost him in the corner and added a three-point play when he was fouled on a driving layup with 33.8 seconds left. Then Irving tied the game at 116-116 when he drove into the lane — drawing three Blazers defenders — and dished a pretty pass to Anderson Varejao for a wide open layup with 7.1 seconds left.“We let them get back into the game,” Lillard said of a Cavaliers’ late scoring barrage that produced 12 points in less than 90 seconds.But in the end, the Cavaliers (9-15) left a little too much time on the clock.After a timeout, the Blazers in-bounded the ball to Lillard on the perimeter and cleared out of the way to let him work. He sized up Alonzo Gee, who was guarding him one-on-one,disposable wooden cutlery and timed his play just right, faking like he was dashing to the hoop before pulling up outside the three-point arc and launching a step-back three. He released the ball just over Gee’s hand and watched it drop with 0.4 seconds left.
Afterward, in another muted celebration, Lillard coolly flexed,Forklift forks flashed a menacing glare and bumped chests with Aldridge as teammates gathered around.“There is nothing to break down,” coach Terry Stotts said, when asked to dissect the winning play. “Damian had it going … he had a special night. I thought it was appropriate that he finished it like that.”After Irving missed a desperation three at the buzzer,paper drinking straws the Blazers had pulled off another dramatic victory,disposable paper cups improving to 12-2 on the road and 11-0 against the Eastern Conference this season. The Blazers’ 22-4 record is tied for the second-best 26-game start in franchise history, trailing only the 23-3 mark accumulated by the 1990-91 team. And while Lillard, who did a postgame cell phone interview with “SportsCenter” outside the locker room afterward, will justifiably receive much of the postgame hype, he had a lot of help. Aldridge continued his beastly play, recording 26 points,Lululemon Women's Pants 15 rebounds and four assists. Wesley Matthews made three three-pointers and had 19 points and Nicolas Batum overcame poor shooting (3-for-13, including 2-for-8 from three-point range) to finish with 14 points and nine rebounds. All the while, Freeland was an under-the-radar godsend for the Blazers, playing impressively in place of Robin Lopez, who battled foul trouble and sat all but 1:17 in the fourth quarter.
But what made his performance special was the game-winner. And, truth be told, it shouldn’t have been necessary. The Blazers built a 114-105 lead with 2:00 left after LaMarcus Aldridge nailed a turnaround 14-footer, and it seemed as if the Blazers would coast down the stretch.But out of nowhere, Irving caught fire. He drilled a three-pointer with 1:34 left, drilled another with 1:04 left after Lillard lost him in the corner and added a three-point play when he was fouled on a driving layup with 33.8 seconds left. Then Irving tied the game at 116-116 when he drove into the lane — drawing three Blazers defenders — and dished a pretty pass to Anderson Varejao for a wide open layup with 7.1 seconds left.“We let them get back into the game,” Lillard said of a Cavaliers’ late scoring barrage that produced 12 points in less than 90 seconds.But in the end, the Cavaliers (9-15) left a little too much time on the clock.After a timeout, the Blazers in-bounded the ball to Lillard on the perimeter and cleared out of the way to let him work. He sized up Alonzo Gee, who was guarding him one-on-one,disposable wooden cutlery and timed his play just right, faking like he was dashing to the hoop before pulling up outside the three-point arc and launching a step-back three. He released the ball just over Gee’s hand and watched it drop with 0.4 seconds left.
Afterward, in another muted celebration, Lillard coolly flexed,Forklift forks flashed a menacing glare and bumped chests with Aldridge as teammates gathered around.“There is nothing to break down,” coach Terry Stotts said, when asked to dissect the winning play. “Damian had it going … he had a special night. I thought it was appropriate that he finished it like that.”After Irving missed a desperation three at the buzzer,paper drinking straws the Blazers had pulled off another dramatic victory,disposable paper cups improving to 12-2 on the road and 11-0 against the Eastern Conference this season. The Blazers’ 22-4 record is tied for the second-best 26-game start in franchise history, trailing only the 23-3 mark accumulated by the 1990-91 team. And while Lillard, who did a postgame cell phone interview with “SportsCenter” outside the locker room afterward, will justifiably receive much of the postgame hype, he had a lot of help. Aldridge continued his beastly play, recording 26 points,Lululemon Women's Pants 15 rebounds and four assists. Wesley Matthews made three three-pointers and had 19 points and Nicolas Batum overcame poor shooting (3-for-13, including 2-for-8 from three-point range) to finish with 14 points and nine rebounds. All the while, Freeland was an under-the-radar godsend for the Blazers, playing impressively in place of Robin Lopez, who battled foul trouble and sat all but 1:17 in the fourth quarter.
Sunday, December 1, 2013
5-foot-8 North Texas grad who survived Katrina
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when the levees broke in 2005, when Katrina’s flood waters surged and
his family said goodbye to New Orleans and spent two weeks in a
Mississippi evacuation center before coming to live with a family friend
in Haltom City — even then, Lance Dunbar believed his day was
coming.Cowboys fans were thankful that day arrived in time to light a
fire under a dormant offense as Dallas rallied from 14 points down to
defeat the Oakland Raiders, 31-24, and take sole possession of first
place in the NFC East.DeMarco Murray, the seasoned back who has done
this before, got the three touchdowns, but Dunbar led backs from both
teams with 82 yards on 12 carries in the Cowboys’ seventh win of the
season.He entered the game with 68 rushing yards for the entire
season.“I was waiting for this day,” Dunbar said. “I’ve had to be
patient. But I’ve always believed it would happen.”Dunbar finished the
day on the Dallas bench after suffering a sprained knee late in the
game. His status going forward is uncertain, but with extra time off
before the Cowboys play a Monday night game in Chicago, it’s possible he
won’t miss any time.That would be a good thing for a Cowboys offense
that has been searching for a spark of any kind from a back, a receiver …
anyone, really.The spark came in the third quarter with the Cowboys,
still shaking the cobwebs from an improbably awful start, trailing
Oakland 21-14. Dunbar took a handoff from Tony Romo at the Dallas 30,
darted through a hole in the left side, then froze future Hall of Famer
Charles Woodson to scoot into a huge opening down the field for a
45-yard gain.
Dunbar could find no special words to describe the special move he put on the Raiders safety. “Just a jump cut,” he said,Buy cheap Coach Grade Sunglasses, Custom Fit Stripe Shirt and more. smiling. “It wasn’t anything I planned.”Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, who had said after the New Orleans loss that the team wanted to establish Dunbar’s skill as a playmaker, said, “That first move can kind of freeze them; that second one, they’re going in the wrong direction. Dunbar, we’re proud of him. He’s a hard-working kid.”The Cowboys had planned to make more of the Murray-Dunbar tandem earlier this season. Injuries to both derailed those plans, although Dunbar said after Thursday’s win that his costly fumble in the Chiefs loss slowed his timetable.“I have had to earn their trust,” he said.The Cowboys have it. Dunbar’s quickness and shiftiness seems the ideal complement to Murray’s more powerful style.“I love it,” said Murray. “He’s a great back. He deserves to play and get his touches. We were clicking.”Actually, Dallas did not have much of a running game going at all until Dunbar put the Raiders back on their heels. Even when Murray scored his third touchdown of the day early in the fourth quarter, he had just 25 yards on 10 carries. But he finished with 63 on 17 as the Oakland defense ran out of gas.Yes, the NFL’s No. 4-ranked rushing attack was on display at AT&T Stadium. You never would have known it belonged to the Raiders, who were held to 50 yards on 25 carries.The Cowboys aren’t going to become a run-first offense anytime soon,cnbattachment nor should they try to make that happen.Food paper bag wholesale But the useful running component that’s necessary for any team trying to protect second-half leads has been missing in action all too often in recent years.Through 11 games,nike shox shoes the Cowboys stood 29th in rushing yards — the lowest rank among clubs with winning records.It took longer to put away an Oakland team with a 4-8 record and an undrafted rookie quarterback than it should have. But in the process, the Cowboys may have discovered and established an important asset moving forward.Maybe this was Lance Dunbar’s one shining moment in professional football,Sexy Lingerie Factory his only game to lead all rushers and hear the roars of 87,000-plus in a Thanksgiving Day game at AT&T Stadium. Or maybe it was the start of what Dunbar has believed was coming all along no matter how long the odds, no matter how high the waters.
Dunbar could find no special words to describe the special move he put on the Raiders safety. “Just a jump cut,” he said,Buy cheap Coach Grade Sunglasses, Custom Fit Stripe Shirt and more. smiling. “It wasn’t anything I planned.”Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, who had said after the New Orleans loss that the team wanted to establish Dunbar’s skill as a playmaker, said, “That first move can kind of freeze them; that second one, they’re going in the wrong direction. Dunbar, we’re proud of him. He’s a hard-working kid.”The Cowboys had planned to make more of the Murray-Dunbar tandem earlier this season. Injuries to both derailed those plans, although Dunbar said after Thursday’s win that his costly fumble in the Chiefs loss slowed his timetable.“I have had to earn their trust,” he said.The Cowboys have it. Dunbar’s quickness and shiftiness seems the ideal complement to Murray’s more powerful style.“I love it,” said Murray. “He’s a great back. He deserves to play and get his touches. We were clicking.”Actually, Dallas did not have much of a running game going at all until Dunbar put the Raiders back on their heels. Even when Murray scored his third touchdown of the day early in the fourth quarter, he had just 25 yards on 10 carries. But he finished with 63 on 17 as the Oakland defense ran out of gas.Yes, the NFL’s No. 4-ranked rushing attack was on display at AT&T Stadium. You never would have known it belonged to the Raiders, who were held to 50 yards on 25 carries.The Cowboys aren’t going to become a run-first offense anytime soon,cnbattachment nor should they try to make that happen.Food paper bag wholesale But the useful running component that’s necessary for any team trying to protect second-half leads has been missing in action all too often in recent years.Through 11 games,nike shox shoes the Cowboys stood 29th in rushing yards — the lowest rank among clubs with winning records.It took longer to put away an Oakland team with a 4-8 record and an undrafted rookie quarterback than it should have. But in the process, the Cowboys may have discovered and established an important asset moving forward.Maybe this was Lance Dunbar’s one shining moment in professional football,Sexy Lingerie Factory his only game to lead all rushers and hear the roars of 87,000-plus in a Thanksgiving Day game at AT&T Stadium. Or maybe it was the start of what Dunbar has believed was coming all along no matter how long the odds, no matter how high the waters.
Mystery of the month: Will Chip's Eagles own December?
From 2000 to 2009, the heart of Reid's success, the Eagles won 72
percent of their games in the last 5 weeks of the season - a number that
would have been even higher had Reid not been uber-cautious about
resting players after his playoff seeding was set. Pittsburgh also was
at 72 percent. Only the Patriots, at 78 percent, had more wins.The
operating theory, bought into by almost all of Reid's players, was that
their tough training camps somehow prepared them for the rigors of
December. They all said it, and it was a nice narrative and, hell, I
probably wrote it a half-dozen times over the years. They were all
convinced that all of that hitting up at Lehigh got them ready for
something that was happening almost 4 months later. I can still see
cornerback Sheldon Brown standing there and insisting that it was so,
and talking about how he considered it his duty to tell the story to the
new players every year when they were complaining during the
summer.Reid's reputation was made down the stretch every year.party paper straws It
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business is done. If you are hanging around .500 at Thanksgiving, there
is still time - because, again and again, we have seen that a hot team
at the end of the season is the most dangerous of species.After a bye
week of self-scouting and scheming, you have to wonder what Kelly has
coming on Sunday for the Arizona Cardinals. Here is the best guess:That
they will try to play faster.Buy Cheap Coach Grade AAA Handbags,
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games this season - before the score starts to dictate how you play -
the Eagles have run the third-most plays in the NFL. But they can go
faster. We have seen it in smallish doses, the super-revved offense, but
not for long periods of time. Against a team with as much defensive
talent as the Cardinals have, it could be an interesting way to go.
We could guess on other wrinkles, too - more tight ends,www.i-fashion-handbag.com as we saw during the summer; more inventive formation things designed to get the ball to wide receiver DeSean Jackson even more - but all of it is just guessing.Forklift forks Andy Reid, we knew. Chip Kelly, we don't.With all of this, we have been treated to a splendid holiday sideshow - the comment by Arizona coach Bruce Arians that the read-option offense is a good college offense, but that he is skeptical that NFL quarterbacks will be able to run it persistently because they will get killed by the superior defensive athletes in the pro game.Arians is not wrong. Everything about the NFL is risk and reward, and you can see that by the way Kelly runs his offense. The Eagles run a lot of plays that look like the read option. In theory, the quarterback reads what the defensive end is doing and has the option to give the ball to the running back or keep it himself. The reality, though, is that as often as not, it doesn't matter what the defensive end does - the quarterback, be it Michael Vick or Nick Foles, just gives the ball to the running back.The way it looks to a civilian is that, in the Eagles' offense, the quarterback needs to run the ball X-number of times per game, just to keep the unblocked defensive end somewhat honest. But "X" is not a big number. It is entirely doable. There is a risk, yes, but I'll go back to what Buddy Ryan used to say about Randall Cunningham: The hits you take in the pocket are worse than the hits you take running the ball.Again, it is all about managing risk. And two or three or four runs per games into a wide alley vacated by that unblocked defensive end is manageable - especially if the quarterback is smart enough not to be greedy, and to find a soft spot to land before the hit can come at his legs.
We could guess on other wrinkles, too - more tight ends,www.i-fashion-handbag.com as we saw during the summer; more inventive formation things designed to get the ball to wide receiver DeSean Jackson even more - but all of it is just guessing.Forklift forks Andy Reid, we knew. Chip Kelly, we don't.With all of this, we have been treated to a splendid holiday sideshow - the comment by Arizona coach Bruce Arians that the read-option offense is a good college offense, but that he is skeptical that NFL quarterbacks will be able to run it persistently because they will get killed by the superior defensive athletes in the pro game.Arians is not wrong. Everything about the NFL is risk and reward, and you can see that by the way Kelly runs his offense. The Eagles run a lot of plays that look like the read option. In theory, the quarterback reads what the defensive end is doing and has the option to give the ball to the running back or keep it himself. The reality, though, is that as often as not, it doesn't matter what the defensive end does - the quarterback, be it Michael Vick or Nick Foles, just gives the ball to the running back.The way it looks to a civilian is that, in the Eagles' offense, the quarterback needs to run the ball X-number of times per game, just to keep the unblocked defensive end somewhat honest. But "X" is not a big number. It is entirely doable. There is a risk, yes, but I'll go back to what Buddy Ryan used to say about Randall Cunningham: The hits you take in the pocket are worse than the hits you take running the ball.Again, it is all about managing risk. And two or three or four runs per games into a wide alley vacated by that unblocked defensive end is manageable - especially if the quarterback is smart enough not to be greedy, and to find a soft spot to land before the hit can come at his legs.
Thursday, November 28, 2013
Previewing the Oregon Ducks
Last Friday, the Dons opened up their road trip with a 75-74 win over the Montana Grizzlies.party cupcake wrapper
The Dons got the W without senior Cody Doolin, who is not traveling on
the trip due to personal reasons. Kruize Pinkins led the Dons with 22
points as the Dons got a narrow win. After improving to a record of 3-2,
USF travels north to Eugene, Ore. to take on the 17th ranked Oregon
Ducks. Going into the match up, both squads are offensively focused. The
Dons have averaged 86 points per game and the Ducks have averaged 94.5
points per game.At the beginning of the season, just before the Ducks
traveled to South Korea for Opening Night in the Armed Forces Classic,
the NCAA announced that two Ducks were to be suspended for the first
nine games of the 2013-2014 season. The two players, Ben Carter and
Dominic Artis,Wholesale Mens Polos cheap Mens Polos
were caught selling team issued shoes. The suspension also required the
pair of Ducks to donate $1,800 to a charity – the same amount of money
received for the shoes.These two teams have faced off 9 times with the
Ducks ;leading the series with a record of 7-2. The Dons have not
prevailed since a victory in Eugene in 1953. The last meeting was in the
2007 season as the Ducks scored 110 points points in a blowout against
the Green & Gold. This year, both teams are scoring in bunches,
leading to high scores on the scoreboard. The Dons however, have
struggled defensively which could allow the Ducks to score over 100
points for a second straight meeting.
The Ducks will be a very physical team on the floor getting to the line an average of 45 times during their first two games of the season. USF took both Nevada and Idaho State to the line multiple times during their two losses of the season. In order to keep the game close, the Dons will have to stay out of foul trouble and keep the Ducks away from the line.Buy buy cheap Lululemon Outerwear Yoga Clothes, Custom Fit Stripe Shirt and more. Further, during USF’s win over Montana last Friday, the Green & Gold struggled with free throws to put the game away.Polka Dot Paper Straws Today missed free throws will easily cost the Dons the game early in the contest.In order to stay close tonight, Kruize Pinkins, Mark Tollefsen and Cole Dickerson need to make their presence known in the paint. Also, with Senior Cody Doolin expected to miss the game, Corey Hilliard needs to step up his game and protect the ball. Tim Derksen and Avry Holmes will also see more minutes with Doolin out of the lineup. Rex Walter made some defensive and offensive adjustments in Montana after Idaho State shocked the Dons last week. Hopefully the Dons have become accustomed to these changes by today’s game in order to contend against a heavily favored Ducks squad.China Wheel ForksAfter the Dons play the Ducks, they will travel back to the Hilltop and get set to host the inaugural Golden Gate Challenge. This four team event will also include the Sonoma Seawolves (D-2), Vermont Catamounts and Illinois State Redbirds. The Ducks will stay in Eugene as they prepare to host a tournament of their own. The Global Sports Challenge is also a four team event that includes the Cal Poly Mustangs, Pacific Tigers and North Dakota Fighting Sioux.
The Ducks will be a very physical team on the floor getting to the line an average of 45 times during their first two games of the season. USF took both Nevada and Idaho State to the line multiple times during their two losses of the season. In order to keep the game close, the Dons will have to stay out of foul trouble and keep the Ducks away from the line.Buy buy cheap Lululemon Outerwear Yoga Clothes, Custom Fit Stripe Shirt and more. Further, during USF’s win over Montana last Friday, the Green & Gold struggled with free throws to put the game away.Polka Dot Paper Straws Today missed free throws will easily cost the Dons the game early in the contest.In order to stay close tonight, Kruize Pinkins, Mark Tollefsen and Cole Dickerson need to make their presence known in the paint. Also, with Senior Cody Doolin expected to miss the game, Corey Hilliard needs to step up his game and protect the ball. Tim Derksen and Avry Holmes will also see more minutes with Doolin out of the lineup. Rex Walter made some defensive and offensive adjustments in Montana after Idaho State shocked the Dons last week. Hopefully the Dons have become accustomed to these changes by today’s game in order to contend against a heavily favored Ducks squad.China Wheel ForksAfter the Dons play the Ducks, they will travel back to the Hilltop and get set to host the inaugural Golden Gate Challenge. This four team event will also include the Sonoma Seawolves (D-2), Vermont Catamounts and Illinois State Redbirds. The Ducks will stay in Eugene as they prepare to host a tournament of their own. The Global Sports Challenge is also a four team event that includes the Cal Poly Mustangs, Pacific Tigers and North Dakota Fighting Sioux.
5 Men’s Danish Clothing Brands You Should Know
Denmark,
much like Sweden, which was featured in our previous five brands you
should know instalment, is a nation often bandied into that vague
category of ‘Scandinavia’ – an umbrella term that conjures images of
blonde hair, recycling and crippling tax rates.However, the country has
every right to step out of Sweden’s shadow.striped paper straws For
instance,Its people consume on average 321.7 pounds of meat per year –
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Stallone’s ex-flame Brigitte Nielsen, and they even recently won
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after examining their home-grown fashion, it’s easy to see why. This
week, we look to the region of north-west Europe to compile our list of
five Danish brands you should know.
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Wednesday, November 27, 2013
Put Away Those Red And Green Running Shoes
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I was a kid, my parents were all about The Ritual. They excelled at The
Event. Even the smallest, most mundane thing was turned into a Special
Treat, Something Worthy Of Note, or as my father liked to say, somewhat
sarcastically as he skewered the slang of the time, "A Happening."
Merely talking about a future trip, a celebration,pink paper straws a gathering--that was more than half the fun. And we all got good at it.louis vuitton monogram vernis handbags I
can remember my dad and my mom sitting at the kitchen table, talking
about going someplace. They'd describe to each other and, if we were
listening, to us kids the route, what we'd see, places we might stop and
what we'd do there, how the ice cream might taste, the breeze might be
cool, and the way the little puffs of clouds would hang above the
horizon over a certain mountain.yibiao-lingerie In
the weeks before Christmas, my sister Susan and I would lie awake in
the double bed, and she'd say, "Tell me about Christmas Eve." And I'd
begin to weave our-ages old, shared story about how we would get
everything ready. "Mom will make us get up early, and we'll have to wash
woodwork, dust, clean the bathroom, and run the vacuum. Patti will be
allowed to hang all the Christmas cards. We'll get out all the candles
and make sure they're lit right before everyone comes. Aunt Martha is
always first, and she comes in singing Jingle Bells. Aunt June will be
in soon, and she'll have her flash camera ready, and yell at Uncle Jul
all night. We'll get out the relish plates and the potato salad and...Tissue Paper Pom Poms."
The routine was so familiar and so wonderful. Susan could have--and
often did, in places--told the story to herself, but she loved to hear
it. I don't know if Mom and Dad built this into us on purpose, but it
was a great idea. All of us learned from it. We learned to appreciate an
entire experience. That the journey is as important as the destination.
I think it's something to think about when it comes to Christmas, too, and it can help ease some of the holiday pressure we feel as adults. So many times during Christmastime, I felt like I was rushing, rushing, rushing headlong towards a goal, a sort of finish line of December 25th.colorful cotton bakers twine It was hard to appreciate or enjoy anything I was doing to get there. All of the Stuff I Was Doing up to then seemed more like obstacles rather than part of Christmas. Shopping, wrapping, preparing food, baking, spiffing up the house, decorating--all of that was in my way of reaching my goal of Christmas. That was my mindset. When I was able to realize that, in those simple terms, I was--to be honest--stunned. And a little embarrassed. Why hadn't I ever understood that before? And when had all that happened? And, more importantly, how can I fix it? It's important to go back to The Ritual. Recognize that Christmas is not a goal; it's a whole season, a many-faceted celebration. It is made up of a myriad of interwoven experiences and memories and traditions and sensory mementos. Pressure Busting Tip #18 is a reminder that Christmas is a journey, not a destination. It's not just you working and running your head off and then rip, crash, bam, it's over in a half-hour of giftwrapped pillaging. It's the kids making Christmas Calendars the day after Thanksgiving and crossing off the days before they go to bed. It's taking the family out for breakfast and then to a store to pick out a special ornament for each. It's going and getting a tree together. It's decorating the tree and then having a special Christmas-themed dessert with a little red candle stuck in it. Afterwards, you can play "I Spy" and lie under the tree, looking up at the lights. It's hot chocolate with little candy canes hanging on the side of the mug. Or going to find a Giving Tree, then picking out a gift or two for a child or family less fortunate. Tell the stories of your Christmas. And build some Christmas Stories of your very own.
I think it's something to think about when it comes to Christmas, too, and it can help ease some of the holiday pressure we feel as adults. So many times during Christmastime, I felt like I was rushing, rushing, rushing headlong towards a goal, a sort of finish line of December 25th.colorful cotton bakers twine It was hard to appreciate or enjoy anything I was doing to get there. All of the Stuff I Was Doing up to then seemed more like obstacles rather than part of Christmas. Shopping, wrapping, preparing food, baking, spiffing up the house, decorating--all of that was in my way of reaching my goal of Christmas. That was my mindset. When I was able to realize that, in those simple terms, I was--to be honest--stunned. And a little embarrassed. Why hadn't I ever understood that before? And when had all that happened? And, more importantly, how can I fix it? It's important to go back to The Ritual. Recognize that Christmas is not a goal; it's a whole season, a many-faceted celebration. It is made up of a myriad of interwoven experiences and memories and traditions and sensory mementos. Pressure Busting Tip #18 is a reminder that Christmas is a journey, not a destination. It's not just you working and running your head off and then rip, crash, bam, it's over in a half-hour of giftwrapped pillaging. It's the kids making Christmas Calendars the day after Thanksgiving and crossing off the days before they go to bed. It's taking the family out for breakfast and then to a store to pick out a special ornament for each. It's going and getting a tree together. It's decorating the tree and then having a special Christmas-themed dessert with a little red candle stuck in it. Afterwards, you can play "I Spy" and lie under the tree, looking up at the lights. It's hot chocolate with little candy canes hanging on the side of the mug. Or going to find a Giving Tree, then picking out a gift or two for a child or family less fortunate. Tell the stories of your Christmas. And build some Christmas Stories of your very own.
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