Scholarship.

So, today I was working on my financial aid package for school this fall. I knew that going to dental school would cause us to hemorrhage money, but when you see the cold hard numbers in writing, only one word comes to mind, and it rhymes with DUCK. Time to brainstorm and research alternative financing.

What about grants, you say? Well, finding free money is like, uhm, pulling teeth.

How about scholarships, you ask? Sadly, I've been unable to find any scholarships for "middle aged white mothers undergoing a career change".

Then I had an idea ....

.... a wonderful, awful idea. Why not create a scholarship for myself? One where all the money goes directly to me.

After all, there's more than just tuition to worry about. There's instruments to buy,


and clinic fees,

and text books to purchase.

So tell all your friends and family to donate today to the new official "Send a middle aged, brunette, Polish-Ukrainian, Bull Terrier loving, hockey playing, mother of 4 to dental school" scholarship. Don't delay!!

(Cash, clothing and alcohol donations accepted.)

F#@K!!

It's snowing ..... again.

Happy Birthday Mitchell!

Our Leprechaun turned 11 years old today! I made him a Rey Mysterio mask cake. I'm not a fan of the WWE myself, but since I need to stay in touch with my boys, I figured the old adage of "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em" applied here. Mitch loved his presents tonight, but his favorite was the Micro WWE Arena that we got him. It's a wrestling arena that has a bunch of 1.5" high dudes that can body slam, "break" things, launch from the ropes, etc. and the whole thing folds up into a carrying case. As you can see, Mitchell also made himself a mask!

By the way, I wanted to send out a belated blog happy b-day to my sister-in-law Jan. Her b-day was last Monday and instead of blogging about her, I spent the time catching up with her on the phone. Hi Jan!

AAAAHHHHHHH!

More Snow!!! I'm done. Just lock me away in my bedroom until spring. I'll be dreaming of things like the scene below:

Mission Update

The Mission 97's took the state title today by beating TI 4-3, but the Midget Minors (91 & 92's) came in 2nd by losing in OT 4-3 to TI. So, after 9 out of 10 Mission teams advanced to the finals, 7 of those 9 now hold the state championship title and the other two teams are the runners up. That's 70% of the club holding state titles, a new state record. Way to go Chicago Mission AAA Hockey Club!

STATE CHAMPIONS!!

This afternoon the Chicago Mission '96 Pee Wee Minor AAA hockey team earned the title of State Champions by beating CYA 2-1! Congratulations guys! It's been a good year for them. They finished up tied for 2nd place in the three state Midwest Elite Hockey League, they're ranked 9th in the nation and now they hold the state title. Unfortunately, this is the end of their season because they are in a "minor" year (1st year pee wees). Regional and national title championships are only held for "major" year pee wees & bantams.

The Chicago Mission Hockey Club has had an unprecedented 9 out of 10 teams advance to the championship round of the Blackhawk cup this year (the 10th team lost in a shootout). Half way through this weekend the Mission 96's, 95's, 94's, 93's and 2 out of the 3 girls teams have taken the state title. We're waiting to hear the score of the 92's game tonight and the 97's have 1 more game tomorrow. Way to go Mission!!