Super Bowl 51

Whether you tuned in to the Super Bowl for the game, for the commercials or just because you wanted to be social and it happened to be on, you cannot say that it was not interesting to say the least. I am aware that some of you may have tuned in to the Puppy Bowl instead, so let me know in the comments if that was as interesting as the stuff that happened during the Super Bowl.

In case any of you don't know, Breaky and I are huge sports fans in general. I have become a bigger football fan after I married him, but I definitely grew up in a household where football and baseball, especially, were on the T.V. frequently.

DogCPK hopes that one day the Detroit Lions can make it to the Super Bowl!

Let's get started with the obvious big topic of conversation. The actual football game. If you don't care about football you may want to skip this part.

Oh. My. Lanta. Can we say comeback? A huge lead blown by the Falcons. I do have to say, the first half and parts of the third quarter, I was rather disappointed by the Patriots. Blown passes, shoddy offense, this was not the game I wanted to sit around and watch! I wanted a good, close, nail-biting game. The surprise comeback was unexpected, but man did it produce some drama! Unbelievable. Now, to the debate of overtime, which by the way, is a first for a Super Bowl. I like the college rules of overtime more than the NFL's, but at this time at night, my head was pounding and I really wanted this game to be done and over, mostly because I knew in my heart the Patriots were going to win. My position was solidified when the Patriots won the coin toss. Sure enough, Patriots sneak by a victory in the Super Bowl 51. While I admit, I am not the world's biggest Patriots fan, nor am I a fan of Tom Brady, respect has to be paid. Great comeback. Congrats.

Ok, enough football talk. This is the part where I make comparisons to the parties we throw in the CPK house to "normals." Obviously there were dogs who provided an unending stream of entertainment. Duh. Next came the conversation about the kick-ass leggings my friend wore to the party. Widowmaker leggings from Blizzard's Overwatch. Which then prompted a discussion about how much leggings would be to make and customize versus how much they run for. Next came the lengthy discussion about the merits and complaints about Nintendo's Switch console. Legit, about 20 minutes. By this time I have had a few drinky-poos, and honestly, didn't have enough information to contribute to the debate, so I kinda spaced out. Next came the convos about Dota 2 and HoN tournaments my husband was a part of these last few weeks. Oh, and of course my husband's colorful commentary on the game. He just cannot turn off his casting. He can't. I love him for it.

Photo Credit to Jacki! 

"They need to review this, I think his knee was down, watch!"-BreakyCPK

Now, to the commercials.

Can anyone else match my excitement about Stranger Things Season 2?







Honestly, I love this ad. Everyone else at the party missed it (probably because of the Switch debate):






And I think universally, the favorite commercial of everyone that attended the party:

Halftime:

A huge shout out to Lady Gaga and her performance at the Super Bowl. As the daughter of a choir teacher, I have been taught and lectured about how to tell if someone is really singing or not. Singing and dancing at the same time is not easy. Breath control is essential. That being said, even with the world's best sound system, breath, background noise, changes in pitch can all be noticed in a performance if you are live.

Lady Gaga was live. She had back-up music/singers in case something technical went wrong, and to add to her volume to be heard, but she was legitimately singing. I shouldn't have to be so impressed that an artist sings live, but that's the world we live in (I'm looking at you Madonna...).

14 Days of Valentines

Last year, I did a cute little 14 days of Valentine's for Breaky.

Heavily influenced from Pinterest, I printed off a bunch of little fun, punny, sayings with a gift attached to it that I left on his desk every day starting on February 1st until Valentine's Day.

I, for what ever reason, only have pictures of 9 of the little gifts I gave. I took pictures which were a little grainy, so I put beneath the pictures what they said. I wish I remembered what the others had said. I know one had to do with soda and other things I may have just had around the house. Really shoulda taken pictures. Oh well, here are 9/14 of the 14 days of Valentines I did for Breaky.

"You're all that and a bag of chips"

"I Mint to tell you sooner, thanks for being my Lifesaver"

"You O-Fish-Ally have my heart"

"You make my heart bounce"

- side note, this became Dog CPK's favorite ball until she destroyed it a month later

"Life would be Un-Bear-Able without you"

"You stole a piece of my heart"

"Doh you want to be my Valentine?"

"It's a Joy being married to you!"

"We make a great pair"

I tried to find where I got the templates for the notes, so if someone recognizes the pattern, I would love to give credit. I had it on Pinterest, but once it was all over, I deleted it. bad me.

This year, we agreed that we would be giving each other gifts that we made. Since (sometimes) Breaky is known to read my blog, I won't tell you what I'm planning, but it is adorable. 

Oh, and we are going out to dinner the week of Valentine's day. <3 

Things heard from the CPKave with and without context

One part of being a wife of a streamer is hearing the stream or cast, be it just one side of it, usually from a distance, as his studio is downstairs (also known as the CPKave) and I stay upstairs if I am home when he's streaming. Sometimes, out of context, what I hear is well....interesting. Honestly, now his streaming or casting is just background noise.

But sometimes, things come through:


Warning-Not so nice language below:

"OOOOHHH my balls"


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"I killed myself! YES! I did it!"




"NO!... FUCK"

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"FUCK" "holy...... ooooo" *THUNK* <silence>  almost a whisper "No....nope, I think I'm done with this game tonight" I heard this one at around 11:00 pm while in bed. I almost had to get up and make sure Breaky was still breathing. 





"DON'T AGGRO TURTLE!"


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Breaky-"I'm decapitated....wait, that's not the word." Me trying to play Bioshock "You mean incapacitated?" Breaky-"Yes, that's the word"


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"Oh darn, we won" in a very disappointed tone


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I will continue to keep track of things that, on my side, seem pretty hilarious out of context.

2016 a Recap

Everyone is giving 2016 a failing grade.

Why?

Probably has a lot to do with the election from Hell, or the numerous amounts of celebrity deaths. Or maybe for personal reasons it was a difficult one. I know, I've had years like that (I'm looking at you, 2012).

But for our little family, it was a jam-packed year full of change, growth, scary unknowns and additions.

In March, we added to our little family by welcoming "DogCPK." She was a rescue from our local Animal Rescue Project. As you may tell from the picture, she is blind in her left eye, and therefore was "discounted" (ugh, can we just talk about how ridiculous that is. She's a dog, not a discounted tee shirt for sale, Jesus). We cannot imagine our life without this little ball of energy. She goes from 0-100 with 0 being snoring and snuggling on the couch and 100 being going bat crap crazy and running and jumping on everything and everyone because she loves them so much.

In April I started my blog with my first blog post. Who knew I would actually stick with it! And a few people read it, which is pretty cool :) 

In May I got a new job in my field in Kalamazoo. I work in higher education and I'm going to leave it at that. I do try to make an effort to keep my two worlds as separate as possible. I will say the movement was an upward one, and was good for my career as well as our financial situation.



In June I turned....*whispers* thirty. That's right. I am an adult. Like, a super duper adult.


In September I got to see one of my favorite bands of all time in concert, in my city! Also got to see my roommate from my Freshman year of college.

Also in September, Breaky announced he was going freelance. This was the scary part for us. But exciting. I can deal with budgeting a little more stringently if it means he can pursue his dream. I am very proud of him, and things are just getting better.

We had a kick-ass Halloween party, again. Always a highlight of our year.

There is obviously a ton more, of which you can read back through my blog for an update of sorts. While 2016 for us was overall pretty good, we are looking forward to 2017. More blog posts, more adventures and more beginnings.

Happy New Year everyone!