Oh The Madness

I don't know about you, but March has been crazy around here.  We have been really watching basketball a lot around here.  Between Tom and me, Jaycee was sort of doomed to know more about basketball than most three year olds.  She is a trooper though.  She knows when the Jayhawks and Shockers are playing.  And since we don't have cable, we went to Pacific Coast Pizza one night to watch an early game.  She was chiming in and cheering with us for KU, she even got the people around us to high five her and she would cheer "He made it!!!" when they would hit their free throws or other shots.

This year, I was very excited to fill out my bracket and compete against Tom.  We've been married for almost 12 years now and every year it's the same thing.  I compete against him to see who has made the better picks.  Mainly I just like having the bragging rights.  Sometimes I have a system, but other times I just like their jerseys or like one player on the team.  Other times I pick teams to lose because I don't like one player on the team.  I really have no special way of picking my teams.  I am always hopeful for my Jayhawks, but some years I have to face the fact that they just don't have the strongest team.

Right now this is how my bracket looks. 

Notice all of the teams that I've crossed out.  That means that I didn't do too well picking which teams would advance.  I'd like to say that there's a science to how I pick, but mostly I just picked teams that I knew something about and ones that I would compare with WSU and KU.  I didn't do too well this year.  But I am really excited that WSU has made it to the Final Four.  I have no other ties to the school except that I live there.  It makes me proud to see a team from my city in the Final Four.


Now that March is over, the madness is coming to an end, but I hope that your brackets look better than mine!!!  So excited to watch the games this coming weekend.



the Ehrlichs

Spring Break Highlights

This year we have really been looking forward to Spring Break.  I think that we have needed the break from work and the normal day to day stuff and just time to do some things that we don't normally do and to enjoy being around each other.   I had some lofty plans for the break, but alas the weather was not my friend most of the time, so I will list some of the highlights:

Watching Basketball with My Husband

Kid's Consignment Sale

Tax Refund

Rain

Sleeping In

Rain

Reading a New Book (for fun can you believe it?)

More Rain

A Day of Thrift Store Shopping by Myself

Rain Again

Chick Fil-A with My Family

Another Kid's Consignment Sale

More Basketball with My Husband

Girl's Night In (My Favorite Things Party- more on this in another post)

Hunger Games

KU Jayhawks Going To The Final Four

That about wraps up our break.  While the rain did spoil some of the things that I wanted to do, we still had a great time together and just enjoying the time off to do absolutely nothing if we wanted to.  Believe me, one day we did just that.  After a day, I kind of got bored, but I still didn't plan so much that I still couldn't enjoy our time together.  I will have to say that watching the KU vs. North Carolina game was a great way to end the break on a high note.  We still have our brackets up and going, but I think that no matter who wins from here on out, Tom and I will be dead even so that means that it's a draw.  We still have the bracket up on our basement door for "Tournament Central" as Tom calls it.  I could say that it is a little crazy to have that huge bracket up, but actually I really love that we can both share that together.  It is quite the bonding experience for us. 

Oh, well it is back to reality and I will write more when I get a chance.

the Ehrlichs