Entries Tagged as 'elgin'

Barbecue at Doug & Naoko’s

September 6th, 2005 · No Comments

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Barbecue in Elgin

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Dallas Playing Horseshoes, Elgin, IL

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Jordan Playing Horseshoes, Elgin, IL

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Aunt Glenna, Uncle B.B., Danny, Jordan, Naoko, Doug, Elgin, IL

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Vincent, Elgin, IL

I have a lot of photos from the weekend in New York, but haven’t had the time to go through them yet. Yesterday I got into O’Hare and Lori came out and got me so we could go out to Elgin and meet everyone there. Doug & Naoko were having a Labor Day barbecue. Joey brought horseshoes and a tournament began. Dallas & Jordan lost in the first round to their aunts Gail & Glenna, but Cory & I, who have never played before, went all the way to the finals. We were then handed our asses by Joey & Marietta, who had obvs been practicing at home.

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Superbowl Sunday

February 7th, 2005 · 8 Comments

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Superbowl Party, Elgin, IL

On Friday Greg was going around trying to get the squares filled in on the office Superbowl Football Pool. I didn’t want to participate, I don’t really gamble. I told Greg that I didn’t even have $5 in my wallet, which I didn’t. He was persistant and said he’d spot me $5. So I wrote my name in a square.

Same thing with Mhirra. She didn’t really want to get in on it and only had like $2. Greg said he’d spot her a couple bucks if she played. She quickly scribbled her name in a square as she picked up her phone to answer a call. Mhirra sits in the cube on the other side of Greg’s wall. I sit one cube away.

Guess who won $100 after the 1st quarter? Mhirra. Guess who won $100 after the 3rd quarter? Me. Guess who didn’t win anything? Well.. I don’t want to rub it in!

Most people at the party I went to were cheering for the Eagles.. but more than anything they were cheering for their numbers on various pools. I sure was. I wanted the Eagles to win, but when it came down to it I didn’t really care and I wanted ME to win!

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