Happy Super Bowl Morning Peeps!!! How are you today?
I am fabulous, in a green robe wrapped in a yellow blanket sitting on my yellow chair that points to my yellow wall (see pic on the right)...and p.s. I have a green couch, the irony is I bought the furniture b/c I like the colors, not b/c of my deep rooted love for the Packers.
SO, this is my blog to tell you my Packers story. Of course it starts where every great story starts...
Once upon a time....
Growing up my parents watched football and they cheered for the Packers, as did my Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles, etc. I remember watching football w/my parents and asking questions about how the game worked - especially trying to figure out the 10 yards in 4 downs and why the downs kept starting over. But the most important lesson was, we LOVED the Packers, Vince Lombardi, Bart Starr, Paul, Hornung, Ray Nitschke, Reggie White, etc. I can't say we watched the Packers every Sunday b/c I grew up in MN and if the Vikings were on at the say time, we didn't/don't get to see the Packers or if the MN games were blacked out due to lack of ticket sales we didn't/don't get to see the Packers. BUT guess what, when you go to college in WI you can watch ALL the Packer games....and that is what I did.
I went to college in Eau Claire and in WI football on Sundays (or Monday's...anyone remember the 49ers Monday night game in 1996!) is the most important three hours of the week. When I lived in the dorms you could hear a pin drop in the hallways b/c EVERYONE was watching football in their rooms or at the bars. We drank lime and/or lemonade kool-aid b/c it was green and yellow. In 1998 we decorated our college kitchen in Packer posters and had Packer cling-on's on the window, we LOVE the Packers!
Brett Farve was a name we said often and were so excited for the Packers 96 Super Bowl...which they won, it was so exciting.
Then the 97 Super Bowl against the Bronco's, super fun to watch and exciting to be at the big game again, but a loss. This is always next year, right?
Then 98, 99, 00, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07....we cheered the Packers and LOVED the Lambau leaps, LOVE Donald Driver, Al Harris, etc. AND each first game of the season my mom calls me and says "I'm thinking Super Bowl" ;) 2007 season ended w/Brett throwing an interception in the NFC Champ game, it was devastating. 2008 started w/Brett retiring, crying, leaving the Packers, it was such a sad day. I remember talking to my mom the day Brett "retired" and she said "we now have to put our trust in Rodgers" AND that is what we did and never looked back.
08, 09, 10 all started the same way w/a call from my mom saying "I'm thinking Super Bowl". All were great seasons, each year we enjoy new players: Crosby, Jennings (amazing!), Nelson, Hawk, Matthews, Clifton, Woodson, Williams and of course Rodgers.
Tonight is going to be a great night for football, two great teams w/great history and I can't wait to see the game AND I can't wait for next September when my mom calls me and says "I'm thinking Super Bowl"
AND we lived Happily Ever After!
GO PACK GO!
xoxo B ;)
P.S. I don't think I made it very clear in this blog o'mine, but I LOVE #12 the most...however, I think I have made it clear on FB, Twitter...lol ;)
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