Jets/Wild: 'Everyone's in a giving mood'

It's hockey night on Arlington with Kendra, Ness and Reb. We're watching the pre-game and waiting for Spicy Noodle soup.

Newsflash: Our MDMA Fantasy Hockey League just scored its first point of the week. Thanks Sekera, it was looking pretty bleak at 14:0. Watch out Bangerz, we're coming up from behind.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DOT BALL! (Do you read our blog?) #DotBallNeedsToReadOurBlog We celebrated at Union Sound Hall last night, it was a Daft Punk tribute and we had a really good time even though it cost $20 to get in. Some of us are more tired than others, but that hasn't stopped us from continuing the celebration. The box of wine is out.

Kendra would like to suggest Josh Harding for the Olympic team. I'm (Reb) still boycotting the Olympics due to political reasons, but I second this motion.

It's been a weird day. It's a balmy -2 outside and the wind is 14km/hr.

We may be second last in the Western Conference, but the Jets have the highest games played so far this season. Way to go for just showing up, boys!

I truly thought that "OMW" stood for "Oh, my word!" Because I am really a 76-year old woman. Also, I will never use LOL, ever.

Bogo has the flu.

Discussion around who has to take off their hats during the national anthem. Do women have to take off their hats too? When I last went to the legion on mcdermot, the bartender told me I could leave my hat on and that the rule only applied to men.

Stacy Nattrass was in Winnipeg Youth Chorus. Vanessa has told a few people who know Stacy to pass along the message to try singing in a lower key so more fans can sing along. The people's key of G, Stacy!

Frolik is looking up in the stands from the bench. Is he looking for Vanessa and I? Wondering why we're not there? Frolik Navidad! We'll see you soon on New Years eve. "So good looking".

I wonder if there's a false expectation that all the Minnesota players are "really wild" and "love winter"- Kendra. "How wild are the Wild? That is the question".

"I didn't know they reveal the game plan", Kendra. "Isn't the game plan just to shoot and score?", Ness.

GAME ON. Aaaand 2 minutes in and Danny Heatley scores 1:0 Wild. Aquarius: "The best way to proceed is with faith and intuition."

Wright gets 2 min for boarding and this sucks for the Jets. Not a great impression so far.

Frolik and Kane come up the ice. Shorthanded goal! What?! Frolik totally 'loosened the lid' for Evander. It's 1:1 and that feels better. Vanessa is upset that Frolik didn't get more accolades from the announcer. But that's why I love Frolik: he's understated and doesn't mind sharing (also a hockey/relationship analogy).

A little scrambly now but Thorburn fights for the puck and Olli scores! 2:1 Jets.

Fontaine just scored though. Claude's face says it all. It says: "I can't even". 2:2.

Where is our soup?

Koivu just scored (bad for Jets, good for Fantasy Hockey). Pavelec just had a meltdown and destroyed his stick. Nobody was helping him out on his team. "What's his sign? Must be fire". Nope, he's actually an Aquarius. Please come back, Pavs. Don't leave angry!

Montoya now in net and the SOUP ARRIVES!

wheeler scored and we are eating and there has seriously been enough action in this period for a whole game! becca comments on olli's hair "look how long it is".

byfuglien scores and there have now ya been seven goals in this period! 4-3 jets.

Prediction: double digit scores for both teams this game.

Would anyone out there be willing to rent us a bus and drive us around so we can all watch the Winter Classic together in Ste Annes? Yesterday we went looking for people to make out with on New Years. Maybe we should have been looking for a chauffeur instead. 

30 seconds into the 2nd period and nobody has scored yet!

Jokinen gets a penalty, it's a questionable one, of course. "It's time for another short-handed goal", K.

I put on liquid eyeliner last night and it only took me 10 minutes. That's like a 33% time saving from the last time I put it on. We're considering naming 2014 the year of the liquid eyeliner.

Koivu scores again. It's, once again, a tie game.

fantasy hockey update, 14-4. pav back on the bench which is a good sign. ya as for the liquid eyeliner, i kendra have never worn it. i seem to do a lot of crying, no real reason but i have problems with eye makeup for that reason. (Editor's note: they make waterproof liquid eyeliner).

i think this whole 'rivalry' jets wild is not a real rivalry, they all love each other. jen funk said too in minnesota all the fans were so nice.

fortune cookies, rebecca: 'be prepared for the truth.' kendra 'be tactful what goes around comes around' ness is still painting her nails.

happy birthday patrick sharp!!! amazing story about how he scored at 12:27.

we are going to have a winter classic 24/7 marathon on monday night! also ya still thinking of what to do for the wc, for those wondering the flights from winnipeg to detroit are about 800 right now but they are long flights, like multiple stops and the driving distance from detroit to ann arbor is about 45 mins.

four mins left in the second, still 4-4 tied.

pale pink may have been nail colour of the year.

someone tweeted about olli's hair - so great.

we aren't sure about tangradi, becca comments 'good thing his girlfriend is such a lucrative shoe designer'

'this is the only week of the year where minnesota's jersey's are in season. they look like christmas sweaters' - becca

vanessa fortune 'you have an active mind and a keen imagination.

third period coming up. oh ya and it's snowing!!

where is mark stuart? also stoner isn't playing. 'stoners everywhere didn't even notice his absence'

oh ya we started a new christmas tradition 'selfies to strangers' where we sent a pic of becca and i wearing holiday goggles to a person who had texted her simply 'haans'.

Anyway, fifteen minutes left. Thorburn is playing like a rock tonight.

Sometimes we look back on our previous blog posts and re-live history. Apparently I've always loved Timmonen and used to floss more frequently.

I'm declaring another 100-Day Flossing Challenge 2014. Starts Jan. 1.

Text from Jen Funk: "What's up with Buff's crotch laces tonight?" Between Buff's sloppy crotch laces, Olli's bloody eye, and Pavelec's temper tantrum the Jets are having a rough go at it tonight. 

Wheels pokes in a goal, no whistle! 5:4 Jets. Too tired to get up and high five this goal. 9 minutes left in the 3rd. Frolik with a penalty for merely gliding gently into Backstrom (goaltender interference). "Cutest guy in the penalty box".

We can hear Jen Funk screaming Go Jets Go in the arena. Nino Niederreiter is the funnest name to say. Try it: "Nee-no-Nee-der-ry-der". It's like a Seussian character.

1:50 left in regulation and it looks like Minnesota might pull Backstrom.

EMPTY NET GOAL! "Did Montoya score?" Apparently Montoya has a 4-0 record this season against the Wild. So why didn't they play him right off the hop?

The Jets have won this game. Good to get back on track. Kendra loves the Tim Horton's commercial and we all want to find a guy like that one day.

Love, Nervoustime xo

Saturday with Gerry

The NT Crew & Gerry, Ste Anne, MB Dec. 14, 2013

Welcome to another Nervoustime roadtrip to Ste Anne  Manitoba.

A big hello from Nick, Lauren, Tracey, Kendra, Rebecca and Jen. We're sorry Vanessa is having way too much fun in the city and Darcy is running errands and the nervoustime dog is nervous at home. Hey Smoko!

Gerry, Ste Anne's best bartender has brought us all drinks, and free toques and hats. What?! Our official bar. And it's happy hour every day from 3-7. We're sitting by the fire place.

#fireStaceyNattrass

We have to talk about Albert.

Kendra's Nervoustime resolutions for others:
-Rebecca needs to watch hockey at least for the olympics
-Jenfunkneeds twitter

It's Dallas @ Winnipeg. Many of us around the table are a bit hungover from last night's festivities which included bourbon and 1am tobogganing. We're drinking standard.

Jen would like to say that she prefers the new Dallas green (jerseys).

Jen just accused me (Reb) of stealing Tracey's hat which couldn't be further from the truth. We traded.

We've all entered to win the local contest for Jets tickets. There's also a contest called Bartender's Delight where you can win all sorts of booze? Why everyone doesn't live in Ste Anne is beyond me.

Seguin just scored - snap.

"Jennifer Hanson... you were here for the Jazz Festival this year, I think.  Why didn't you just stay.  We could have made a modern Global commercial (aka the CKND Goals for Kids commercial from around 1991). Come to think of it, we should have Goals for Kids back too.  The Jets' jerseys miss that big rectangle proudly supporting our less fortunate children.  Any how: RED DRESS, HANSON, GO JETS GO you just scored."

Nick is a bit nostalgic. Things change.
And Halischuk scores!!!!!

We're thinking about JenFest since it's only 6 months away. Wonder if any of the Jets would like to come. Their all invited.

Stupid Dallas scores. Nick's going for a disappointment cigarette. Isn't that the horrors of addiction.

Wow they just dumped Scheifele into the bench.

Check this out. Funny small town shit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozDDYcyrCNE

Gerry has the same last name as one of us. Guess who.

Lauren likes Little. Rebecca, "A Little goes a long way"

Discussion on warm winter boots. Sorels or Mukluks? Recommendations please! My toes are constantly freezing this year, and I have invested in wool socks. We're making ourselves at home here - boots off warming by the fireplace.

Let's curl! Ste. Anne bonspiel coming up in January. Forming a nervoustime curling team for sure. Might be a battle over who is lead since we are not that good. Kendra curled in high school and won a trophy so she is obviously the skip.

We encourage you to read this. Just a partial list of reasons to love hockey players: http://www.buzzfeed.com/mrloganrhoades/24-reasons-why-hockey-players-are-actually-big-cuddly-sweeth

Hockey/love analogy: never be afraid to show your softer side to your teammate.

2nd period fanfare! Now some of us are drinking caesars. With pickle juice!

Are there any Oilers fans who read our blog? How do you feel about Horkoff playing for Dallas? "Its weird" - J Funk. "It's weird that they traded him to another western team".

Jen and Darcy are maybe contemplating getting a llama for free through kijiji. Must be picked up this weekend.

The bar is filling up for Happy Hour!  "I am enjoying this hockey game so much I wish it was 6 periods long"- J Funk exclamation.

Thorburn is back in the penalty box. Chris Thorburn 4 Life. Apparently he had a "talking to" before the game about getting too many penalties. Like being sent to the principal's office.

penalty coming up to the stars. there was that one open net chance that trace and i both think we could maybe have got. jfunk 'i don't know about your hockey skills but it's so fast'

so the ceaser's are pretty great. ya so the free llama, another reason to visit ste anne. or even stay for the rest of your life. how long do llama's live? conversation turns to the sriracha shortage, jen believes it is because subway is buying all the product.

four on four 'i love this! wide open spaces" - jen. 'it's the only hockey that darcy likes'

the crowd is getting innnnnn to it. shoutout to all our friends at the game. things we have with us, lotion, advil. what a survival crew and we are thinking about nachos. it's just doritos with cheese sauce but the cheese sauce is broken. weird. so far the only downside to the day. another five on three failure from the jets, two down. still a bit of a power play.

oh and hey to vanessa at the winnipeg youth chorus reunion. we did some great aladdin soundtrack singalongs this morning, and when we moved to the little mermaid jon didn't even know the movie!

discussion of the albert.

i'd like to see a john albert goal and would consider going to the albert again if they renamed it the royal john albert.

trade kane!

discussion earlier about how what a dream it would be if patrick kane was ever a jet and then rebecca could proudly wear her bootlegged kane jersey she got from her cousin. "It was free!" - Rebecca. "The antithesis of Evander's flamboyant & rich lifestyle".

You should know that you can get really good Chinese food at the Ste Anne Hotel.

wheeler scores!!! interesting chicken wing plan 'we will have lots of different chicken wings tonight' says jerry however they are unavailable for preview today. trace predicted the goal.

ugh jamie benn. the guy we are playing against in fantasy hockey has him. however, i will say in the spirit of christmas i did send him (who is a stranger to me really) a photo of ryan kessler (who he has on his team) wearing a christmas sweater.

jen funk - do you think i could learn to play the accordian from youtube?


wheeler again...............that seems like a fun play i want to do a shot, tracey 'what would wheeler drink?'

man just remembered eating pho # 1 a couple weeks ago. so so so so good.

trying to decide which coast of costa rica to visit, trace recommends the west. quepos & manual antonio park. i had heard of a town called santa theressa that i wanted to go to. if anyone has been to costa rica and has a fave please let us know!

ugh jamie benn again. 4-3 stars....jen wanted a 6-3 game. 'i meant the other way'

darcy arrived! just in time for spring rolls.

free llama link:
http://manitoba.kijiji.ca/c-pets-livestock-for-sale-free-llama-W0QQAdIdZ551961556

oh no! they pulled pavelec on his free bobble head day. are fans going to toss theirs on the ice?  maybe for wheeler's hat trick.

damn. 6-3. Montoya not having much better luck.

floss sticks vs. mint floss regular?  always get free floss & toothbrushes when we go to the dentist and regular lectures that we should all 'floss more' we are actually flossing now; after the free popcorn and chinese ribs. nervoustime promotes good dental hygiene.

afternoon setback. the truck wasn't working today. unable to get lumber supplies to construct our toboggan run ramp. we have plans. seriously. sketched out on a piece of paper.

kendra killed our wave. it did go twice around the table. trying to keep the game momentum going.

This new movie Grudge Match looks so bad and it will probably be the Winkworth dad's choice to go see on Christmas day as a family. "It's Rocky vs Raging Bull" - Nick.

"Score a goal!" - J Funk yells. 7 minutes left in the 3rd.

I'm (Reb) trying to teach everyone about only typing 1 space after a period, which is met by some resistance from Blackberry users.

Darcy is so skinny the fat analyzer gave him a error reading.

Tracey and Rebecca have a hat-sharing agreement.

The average size of a snow disc is 26". Discussion around tobogganing continues.

Olli Jokinen scores with 1:30 left in the 3rd! 6:4 Dallas. EMPTY NET! Nervoustime.

The real hero of the night is the guy who is quickly repairing the broken fibreglass panel. First star nomination for that guy!

Votes for Dallas original Green: 4
Votes for Dallas new Green: 4

(There's no such thing as a neutral vote. No apathy!)

Jets lose 6:4 final.

Everyone's invited to Jen Funk's for tobogganing! But you'll have to text us for her address.

xo Nervoustime

Blind-Sided: Hockey Late Night on Arlington

Late night updates courtesy of Nervoustime Kendra & Becca. We're watching Game Centre Anaheim @ San Jose. Just got back from a party. We drew each other without looking at the paper. Why did I put on liquid eye-liner if the guy I have a crush on didn't show up?

Kendra has a Sharks shirt at home and wishes she was wearing it right now. We're slightly buzzed and not agreeing to any trades tonight.

We're currently up by 7 points in Fantasy Hockey but if anyone can come up from behind with 7 points it's Tomas Hurtl. Thank you to the following for awarding us so many fantasy hockey points this week: Marleau, Subban, Koivu (obvs), Mason Raymond. Kendra's Dad said Raymond would get us 20 points this year - he's already achieved this. Two thing Kendra's Dad is always wrong about: NHL stats; and relying on the Bible to form his opinions on sexual orientation.

Shout out to Steve, who is our fantasy opponent next week. No, we will not trade you Josh Harding. We will not be trading Josh Harding to anyone actually. So back off, HowsMyAssTaste.

If you were dating someone who promised to take you to a Jets game, but you've stopped talking (with the exception of trade requests), should he still take you? And, perhaps more importantly, should you even consider doing fantasy hockey trades with said individual?

It's 3:2 San Jose. 7:10 left in the 3rd. Happy to have witnessed Alex Grant's 1st NHL goal ever. He's been playing for 6 years. Now they're saying it was his first NHL "shot". Just like Hainsey! Horoscope pending: Capricorn. "If you came to a choice or a decision wisely and you felt good about it, there's no reason to start questioning it now".

"Take the shot" - our hockey/relationship analogy of the night. "Just like Wayne Gretzky - 'You miss 100% of the shots you don't take'". Ben LOVEJOY (what a name) ties it up and it's 3:3.

kendra now on, logal couture on the ice, when i was in san jose he was who i thought was the cutest shark. imagine if hertl scored six more? well....we are so happy we won at fantasy hockey, last year i only won once, with becca and ness we will after tonight have four wins.
three mins left in the game. i think thornton is also cute and he looks like he's been tanning and it's a tie game!!!!!

rebecca just sent me a tweet evem though i am sitting beside her and we are eating cookies! shout out to nathaniel and julien the twin babies i am hanging out tomorrow who are my fave twins since the sedins. also shoutout to donovan, guy we met at a party who was like 'oh i know a hippy, like the best hippy....he lives on ruby and....and..." becca responds that's her father!

i am actually wearing a sweater from american eagle, i love it. almost one min left......

overtime is like hockey's way of telling you to have another cookie. time out anaheim. so ya this game looks like it is totally going into overtime becca 'who's got niemi?' i don't remember.....

and overtime!!!!!

It took 15 minutes to apply this eye liner.  We're into the 2nd bottle of red.

Penalties in overtime is unnacceptable. Perry in the box. I call him "Joe-nas" (as in, not 'Yo-nas') - Kendra. 'When has this broadcaster ever gone outside to play hockey'?

Congratulations to the Riders on their recent Grey Cup win. This reminds us that we have a lot to catch up on: Rob Ford; NHL class action suit re: concussions; NHL selling out to Rogers (here's what Don has to say about it: "I didn't fall off a turnip truck").

Shoot out:
Couture: no.
Bonino (out guy!): Saved by Niemi.
Pavelslki (1 for 4): Scores! "A la Patrick Kane". Review of the goal.
Perry: And Niemi is not letting it in.
Boyle: No. "That's alright, Dan", Kendra.
Palmieri missed. The Sharks won. We won. Happy Saturday.

ooooh sharks win! just heading to light the menorah

xonervoustime

friday night jets vs flyers: nervoustime unplugged

Not sure what's better: Jets winning; or seeing our Auntie fist bump the Jets Suits guy.

hey from arlington! special hello to the car who waved at us. discussion of taco bell as a gateway drug to weed. rebecca 'i don't want to go on record about drug use but i've never been to taco bell'

score is 2-1 flyers. i saw the media at city hall today and wondered if they were giving a key to the city to claude giroux, however, they are lighting the christmas tree. what's up rob ford???

thanks to my cousin kev for getting tickets to the hawks/jets game on thurs - two sets of nervoustime sisters will be in attendance, can't wait!

but let's get to the present, crowd seems to be torn over who to cheer for, everytime becca hears 'timonnen' she thinks half of teemu half of numminen.

apparently you can't bring peanuts to the mts centre and they just saw their cousins. the guy in the suits.

nice little and ladd friendship. i sort of want wheeler on our fantasy hockey team which is gearing up for it's third win of the year!!!

first period over.

our food is here! spicy noodle :)

We just want to say how horrified we all were watching that Chicago fan pour beer on Pardy's head. Who does that?! I pay $9.25 for my beer and I would never spill it on anyone's head. I'm a classy lady dontcha know. Rumor is they'll be handing out helmets to fans before the next Chicago/Jets game.

Sometimes Movember is just too much. It's still at the 'awkward' stage.

Shout out to the RivertonRifle!

We're extremely cautious about Fantasy League trades despite the Full Moon.

we have unplugged the computer - 'nervoustime unplugged' - second period, still 2-1. the food was so so good. and the leftovers!!!!

second period over.

apparently derek meech has circulatory issues - we love you derek, i still have to get my lake jersey, number seven! thank you to jen funk for the idea.

third period!!!! love to jokinen. mention how much he is loved by both winkworth sisters.

byfuglien has the most ice time of any jet.

i wanted to comment on my earlier one goal every three minutes as the most realistic / possible surge - the jets did it last friday while opening the game against nashville which i was at and it was amazing!

amazing work by the ladd little line now, and mason has a beautiful helmet.

alfredson a scratch for the wings tonight. becca 'if they win two they might sit him out, like selanne'

we are leading 20-17 in fantasy hockey.

discussion of carey prices' garth brooks goalie mask. the crowd is into this one!!!

bogosian's out with a lower body injury and thorburn is off to the penalty box, unrelated

haha becca 'it's five on one and frolik still has the puck' he is such a great player!

we want to hang out with him and pav.

becca thinks ladd is hurt

we have some parting words for tim burke: rebecca, 'it was never meant to be. and i say let's sell the bombers and lets get the jets to start a rugby or cricket team of some kind. and they can play at the investors group field. but they'd have to let you go in and out, because cricket games can go for days!'

six mins left!

now it's a power play!

BIG BUFF scored! I don't even care if Ziggy has him! TIE GAME! Jubi-fuckin-lation. Assist for Olli who is now 2 points from tying his previous season's points. Kane also got an assist. This is great news for Ziggy.

Vanessa might be sleeping.

Over 30 shots on goal for the Jets tonight.

Last Nashville game there was a chant "We want Six" (as in 6 goals), but got misinterpreted for "we want sex". Either chant is fine by me.

"The Jets always play faster when they play the Flyers" - Kendra.

Not only does he have the longest eyelashes on the team, Scheifele is also playing super duper tonight. The pace of this game has been incredible. Maybe it's the full moon?

We hope Tracy and Gene are looking at the moon in Thailand tonight.

48 seconds left. It looks like OVERTIME! AGAIN!

OT: lots of action. No goals, however.

In 5 years, Kendra predicts we could build a whole Fantasy Hockey League with the players named Braden and Mason.

We are going to another shootout and here's hoping the Jets can keep this streak alive!

"Laces out, ladies. Laces out." - Text we just received from Jen Funk.

Shootout predictions: Ladd, Olli and Byfuglien. Coburn, Hartnell, Schenn.

First up: Setoguchi: Snaps it IN! 3 for 3 in the Shootout for Devin.
Next up: Lacavalier stopped by Pavs.
Second Jet: Ladd: Waited too long and Andrew's streak ends tonight.
Next: Giroux: IT'S A TRICKLER. It's a goal for Philly.
Jet: Jokinen: Misses.
Next up: Read: Miss.
Jets: Wheelers: Backhand denied.
Schenn: Fires high and knicks the post.
Little: SCORES! 2 for 4 in the shootout. Beautiful shot. "A little goes a long way"
Timonen: IS STOPPED BY THE INCREDIBLE PAVELEC.

LACES OUT WINNIPEG.

The best part of the game is that we just caught our Auntie fist bump on TV.

xoxo Nervoustime

chicago vs winnipeg - win win

hello hockey fans. we are watching chicago winnipeg, one nothing for the jets, frolik navidad with the assist. beautiful day in winnipeg i even arrived with wet hair. other announcement the tall grass apple cider has arrived. this is becca ness and kendra. sadly missed are megan and karla - love you two. gsp is at the bomber game and will be texting updates.

so many penalties

discussion of halloween and how we are all to tired to go to a party at midnight. chicago goal and oduya was on the ice. noel rocking the poppy.

thank you to colin sharples for sending us the most creative trade request of the year on in our fantasy hockey league.

• Conversation started Thursday
• 

  10/31, 11:11am

  Colin Sharples

  Dear team nervoustime members, I will begin by wishing you all a HAPPY HALLOWEEN! I come to you today representing team Grateful Weener. League Champion season 2012-2013. Team GW would like it to be know that there is great interest in acquiring a young lad by the name of Nathan. Nathan MacKinnon.
  MacKinnon likely has a great future in the NHL as do the large majority of first over all draft picks. The owner of GW knows he is likely a prized possession to team nervoustime and he is willing to compensate you quite handsomely in a trade that would involve multiple players.
  The current offer on the table is last years Calder trophy winner for rookie of the year: Sir Jonathan Huberdeau, and offensively gifted defense man from the Edmonton Oilers Justin Shultz. Both players are only in there second season in the NHL and their value will continue to grow in the years to come.
  I would encourage you to examine the top 300 dynasty rankings from the reliable source The Hockey News.
  McKinnon is ranked 38th over all and Huberdeau is ranked 39th.
  Both are extremely talented young players. Shultz is a young stud and would pair up in a deadly fashion with your other shiny new toy PK Subban.
  Whatever you decide the owner of Grateful Weener sends his utmost respect and best wishes for the rest of the season. That is all. Pip pip Cherio!
  http://www.thehockeynews.com/listings/47-Keeper-League-Player-Rankings.html
  
  
  back to the game. currently one one. who are we cheering for in this game, becca 'i am cheering for everyone, that road stretch was pitiful.' becca not feeling bogosian or clitsome this season. 'clitty's drying up'
  
  'bet they wouldn't let us in with that sign' - becca and ness are going monday to detroit!!!!
  
  mark stuart 27 blocked shots this season 'we all know 27 is a lucky number'
  
  ps - we didn't take that trade. nathan mckinnon is a keeper for nervoustime. we did get a response from our pk trade so we have him now and i kendra now have a habs flag on my front door. thanks ziggy!!!!!
  
  rebecca is making homemade chips!!! crawford may be injured. the jet fans are being assholes. now they are ok. oh they are cheering khabibulen. whatever, i say go hawks.
  
  end of the first period.
  
  went to prairie sky and suddenly it is four one hawks.  i bough the book mudbound, vanessa bought dawn of the dead emery boards and rebecca got a ring. vanessa got a ring as well.
  
  dwight is here! first nervoustime boyfriend in attendance since 2009.
  
  he doesn't like hockey 'i don't even know who is playing.' vanessa begins explaining the teams. how there are three guys from manitoba on the hawks.
  
  thanks to prarie sky as well for the halloween candy.
  
  montoya in now.
  
  none of us have seen the life of pi
  
  everyone in the audience is wearing a scarf.
  
  discussion of the avalanche goalie and bean dip. dwight doesn't know about blogs or didn't even know vanessa was involved in such a thing.
  
  it is such a lovely day!!!
  
  can the jets come back? becca says yes!
  
  does anyone know the bombers score? ness 'do we care enough to check' no. yes, the home jerseys were white n jets 1.0 ness 'i hate our new jerseys so much. they are so ugly and i can't believe they cost so much money.
  
  the hawks are going to meet obama and bolland isn't going just cause he says he is a leaf now we don't know if frolik is going?
  
  discussion of bridesmaids.
  
  8 minutes left in the 3rd. 5-1 hawks. overtime feels like a distant dream.  KG feels that 3 minutes is a comfortable amount of time for each goal. 4 goals in the last 5 minutes we deem improbable. Becca is going to imagine it anyways.
  
  homeland anyone? "Brody forever" - KG
  We cannot mistake the ability of the Chicago Blackhawks for the ability of the Jets" - Ness
  
  
  Final Thoughts:
  "sometimes a girl's got to buy herself a ring" - Ness Nervoustime
  "miss you, Karla and Megan" - KG
  "Bring back Teppo. And Chris Thorburn 4 Life" - Becca
  
  
  
  
  
   

first nervoustime with karla!

hey from tracey's place. gene just arrived, becca on her way and we are watching jets stars. score, one nothing. interesting is dallas shouts out 'stars' during the american anthem. none of us have actively watched dallas games before and don't know if that was a pre true north thing or not, karla is checking with her friend who is a stars fan.

gene and trace are heading to thailand and cambodia. discussion of packing. gene just got a camera. we are doing terrible at fantasy hockey this week - congrats to the riverton rifles. currently down 25-14. just adding trace and gene to blackberry messanger, just like it's 2009, maybe with that the penguins will win the cup?

karla really thought we were watching a blackhawks game tonight. we have it on game centre and will watch the 3rd.

dallas power play. tracey is making a bread salad and karla hates tyler seguin. turns out he tried to sleep with one of her friends who 'was at a party with the bruins and was hot enough to be there. he said he liked black girls. she said no'

one nothing minnesota and the chicago first period is over. we can all smell the garlic.

breaking - patrick kane hit on one of karla's friends cousins 'there wasn't a racial element so good job patrick kane'

isn't everyone glad karla is here??????? 'i know a lot of americans. i also know people who like baseball. which is terrible but i will let it go' - ps - karla does writing online and has forever.

karla 'i know your wedding was terrible in many ways' i was like, 'what?' she was like 'remeember when that guy from germany made you really uncomfortable?' oh ya, our fake cousin fred. pd - i loved my wedding, karla was just mad i stole her 13th birthday party 'i got so drunk at that wedding, i got really sick'

vanessa is at a social.

it's 1-0 winnipeg. it's also 2-0 minnesota. and our food is ready!

dallas scored. our food is great. discussion of clitsome. thank you so much to deluca's for making such great food. looks as though nervoustime overtime may be coming up.

shout out to the people we met last weekend in st. annes.

discussion of our trip to st. annes, karla 'that is the most manitoba experience i can envision except you didn't fish at any point'

small town bars will drive you home. karla announces brunkheld would pick you up. she then gets into drive through dacuquis. only in texas? tracey wants to go to austrailia and drink in the passanger seat.

still a tie game in texas.

2-1 for the chicago game. rebecca knows four people at this game 'they are my mother's contemporaries. i bet they are wearing jerseys. we should go to dallas. they have great music. how far is austin?' karla reminds us she is in thompson and no one is farther away then her.

rebecca notes kane is playing, gene notes he has the goal, and we discuss his earlier rumour as 'banged up'\\

we miss you thorburn!

we have two edits to the anthem:

all thy sons command to 'all of our command'

'god keep our land' to 'we'll keep our land' - rebecca comment 'it helps build accountability'

rebecca 'i tweeted the prime minister today and he didn't respond'

karla 'everything he has already done is enough'

"We're switching to the Blackhawks game as soon as this is over" - Kendra. 2 min left in the 3rd period. God help us if we're headed into another overtime.

Discussion of team dynamics. Who likes who? We know Pavelec and Frolik are best friends. Maybe Frolik will convince Pavs to date an older woman?

"Frolik Navidad". Kendra thought that was an original idea by her sister, but it turned out to be a pre-existing youtube video. Add that one to the playlist. Along with the Stephen Harper on Stephen Harper interview.

Too many men on the ice. How many times do I have to blog about this?

Shout out to Catie Ellis and Jeff Scott on their wedding day! What a beautiful wedding, mazel tov you guys!

We miss Ron Hainsey right about now. Does the penalty get held over in regular season overtime? After some discussion, we decide no but we are wrong and actually it does. "Well all the more reason not to get a stupid penalty at the end of the third", Tracey.

Shooter predictions: Kane (Kendra), Frolik (Karla), Olli (Rebecca).

"The Dallas Stars green is the same colour as the Riders green", Trace. Little Otto was wearing Riders socks today at the wedding. Hello to Julie and Graeme if you read our blog!

Quick chat about differentiating between 'Graeme' and Graham' in spelling and pronunciation.

It's overtime NERVOUSTIME. It was tough to watch Pavs being interviewed after the last game. He was so disappointed in his team mates (I think he dislikes Clitsome) and you could tell their was some animosity in the locker room. He's also really cute when he's angry.

Kendra and Karla are picking Dallas shooters now. Because we are headed for a SHOOT OUT. SHIT.

Latest trade option: Malkin (us) for Subban and Marchand (The Sheep). We have proposed the trade and nobody's responded. We think his real name is Rob. Please answer our email The Sheep.

Riverton Rifles who are you? Are you the guy I had a crush on in the mid-00's who worked at the Toad?

When I use the hashtag MDMA it really stands for Manitoba Dynasty Something Association. We don't actually do MDMA. Just in case any cops are reading this.

1st Dallas shot: Benn. Fail.
1st Winnipeg: Jokinen!!!!! Good effort but no cigar.
2nd: Chiasson. Nope.
2nd: Ladd GOAL!!!
3rd: Who was that? Who cares? He missed!

JETS WIN IN THE SHOOTOUT!

fantasy hockey tips, for everyone.

for the last three seasons i, kendra, have been in a fantasy hockey keeper league and have done terribly. last year, one win. the year before, i have no idea. i never paid attention or played an accurate line up, aka the player everyone can't stand. hold up, they couldn't stand me. this year, i got becca and ness on my team and we've been paying attention and making friends with the guys in our league and this week we won our first game!! the win inspires me to highlight my top fantasy hockey tips, or what's worked for us.

1) you need a huge guy - we have malkin. everyone wants him so we sometimes get trades. we won't let him go.

2) it's all about the lines - we picked up bickell cause he had been playing with kane and toews. still a good point generator.

3) pull your goalie - on this week we won we didn't play our main goalie lundqvist but instead played josh harding, who got us some points. goalies are the most magical of all hockey players as you will never know what happens with them. we are so proud of josh harding.

4) talk to your family. for some reason i picked up josh harding on a whim but my cousin kevin had him too who is a fantasy sports expert according to me and i listen to everything he says. so ya, you need to check in with people. when i was going to pick mason raymond i texted my dad who told me he would get '20-30 points' - turns out how he's doing now my dad is wrong about that. other things my dad is wrong about: it would break my heart to even get into it, moving on.

5) injuries: we have volkoun on our team who is on ir = the thing with that is he isn't on our salary cap but we can still put him in whenever he comes back. any player coming off of an injury, in my view and experience watching, always does well.

6) waiver wire: how it works in our league is you can pick up anyone from waiver wire but it's in order of people who've picked last. we got so buzzed and excited the other day we picked up mark stuart. but cancelled = you save your picks for when you need them

7) ron hainsey = congrats on your two goals. you are amazing. but you are still too expensive to draft....

8) salary cap - our league has a salary cap and that is really true to life. we can be like 'olliiiii what's up?" and then another will respond 'too expensive' almost akin to when we are considering staying out a bit longer. budget is helpful and there are always points, and life experiences, to gain if you can stay under budget. i am figuring anyone under 3 mill is a steal and those are the guys that want to get the points for a higher salary in the future, so get them on your team.

9) don't let anyone else bother you = for the last two years i didn't know anyone in my league. i've slowly been meeting them and they are all really nice. you will learn a healthy competition but to root for each other

10) know your competition - if you have a guy who will make a ridiculous trade because of emotion, do it. maybe they have the same birthday as eric tangradi. find that out, and my all means do it, they are thinking the same of you.

11) always keep a jet = we took frolik, he's our fave, but yes, it's always important to have a guy on the team you are cheering for.

will post more tips as they come = first win tonight, hopefully not the last. thanks to becca and ness for their help in this win and zig for being a great guy to beat and for getting us involved in the first place.

xo love kendra