Remember the Titans

Last weekend for Kevin's Valentine's present we went to see the Orlando Titans, an indoor lacrosse team. I have been surrounded by lacrosse fans and/or players for over 5 years now, and have recently discovered I still know nothing about the game.

When you take what little knowledge I have for normal lacrosse, then make me watch an indoor lax game where the rules are different, confusion will ensue.

Incase you ever find yourself at an indoor lax game here is Nicole's Indoor Lax 101:

1. Indoor lax is very dramatic (I was unprepared for the dramatics of it and missed the 45 second firework show, but on the upside I got the Titan Drum Line and players flames!)

2. Scoring goals in indoor lax is a lot harder then outdoor. This is due to the sumo-wrestler goalie, and a child's toy for a goal. There was roughly a 2 inch gap in which to score.

3. It is VERY VERY VIOLENT.

4. The goalie doesn't always stand in his goal. Sometimes he likes to take small time outs. Apparently this is something to do with allowing more people on the field to score...but to me it just looked lazy.

5. I am not your typical indoor lax fan, and that is probably the nicest way to explain an indoor lax fan. For example, PDA is highly encouraged, which the young couple in front of us demonstrated all night long (this is the family friendly version):

6. One indoor lax game is enough to last a life time, unless you married a lax fan who really wants to go again....

(NB - I know the title for this blog is extremely uncreative, but sometimes you just have to)

Sugar, Sugar?

It is fair to say that we Saltzman's love SUGAR! Dessert is very popular in our house (especially when it is something Mum's made!) So when I challenged everyone to a sugar free week they weren't too impressed. After some more convincing, Dani and Shelly were up to the challenge. Mum and Cori on the other hand....

It is day four, and I am dying. I find that I am sleeping better....unfortunately it is while I'm driving. My afternoon's are becoming a blur, I get super sluggish and if I am being honest, moody.

My self control was tested to the extreme, with Janice cooking up a cupcake storm. How I ever resisted this is beyond me:

So far I have not seen any benefit of doing this. I can only hope that Dani and Shelly fail the test so I can win the prize (not sure if I am allowed to mention the prize here...plus I run the risk of me losing and having things backfire)

I am still on the search for a sugar free desert that tastes good and still qualifies as desert. Maybe instead I'll just pray for monday (our ending day)