Are You Ready For Some Football?

I't's Super Bowl time!!  I can hear the ladies saying UGH ... REALLY?  I was never a sports fan in the old days.  There was nothing more boring than a baseball game.  Football, I could get through if I had enough food to keep me occupied.

When I was 20-something and trying to eek out a living on Capital Hill in Denver Colorado (the neighborhood known for the most murders) I somehow hooked up with the Denver Broncos to become a tour guide for the visiting teams.  At that time it was the Baltimore Colts.  You cannot imagine being that age around that much muscle and good looks.  I was hooked.

It made it SO much more interesting since I actually KNEW some of the players.

The same thing happened with the San Francisco Giants.  I went on a lark to a ballgame and actually met some of the players.  That was pre-Buster baseball.  Once you know the players and watch them come up from Triple A, you feel like they are family.

So today you will find me sitting on the couch at the Chance residence, scarfing up appetizers like a champ while watching every second of the game.  I really don't care who wins, but wouldn't it be fabulous if Kansas City wins after 50 years of NOT making it to the Super Bowl?

In other news, I landed at B & B Cactus yesterday morning very early to miss the crowds.  A very nice older gentleman picked me up and escorted me around the farm, telling me the name of every single cactus in sight.  I can remember NONE of them.  I would love to have this four foot tall version, but think I would have a hard time getting it in the RV door.

Let me be the first to tell you that cactus is not cheap!!  Good heavens this stuff is pricey.  I must admit they do have to take care of it for 3-4 years before it hits the sales floor, but SHEESH!!  I walked through their little garden first to get some ideas.

I ended up with exactly THREE plants.  Don't ask me the names.  I do know one is whale's tongue.  Where do they get these names?  It took me an hour, but the one tall white one is now planted and I didn't even get stuck ONCE!  That's because the nice gentleman told me how to do it.

The next two will be planted this morning before the game.  Here's the good part.  I no longer require drip irrigation in this section.  I don't even have to water them but maybe a couple times a year.  

The bad part ... it's supposed to be freezing with possible snow the next two days!!  YIKES!!

P.S.  The down side of Capital Hill Denver was that my car was stolen the very first week I was there.  Surprisingly, I got it back, only to have it stolen AGAIN one week later.  It was found stripped down to bare metal the next morning.  Oh how I loved that Pontiac GTO!!!  It had dual quad carburetors and a Hurst shifter on the floor.  That's where I got my race car driving skills which I still practice, although without much success in a Jeep!