Preparing for a Party

I took off work this afternoon so I could help my wife with her Tastefully Simple open house that she is having tomorrow. Not that I did a lot--a run to the grocery store and trying to keep a handle on the little terror--but it helped some. She did a lot of baking and fixing, so there is going to be a lot of food around here tomorrow. If any of you reading this are in the area, it's from 4-6, so come by, sample, and order something! Lots of great products out there. I personally recommend highly the Twisty Grahams (I always wind up calling them Tasty Grahams!), which are a snack cookie with cinnamon and graham cracker. It's very, very nice. I could eat a ton of them!

Cards are winning 3-1 (update: actually 6-1 now) at last glance, which is pretty good considering the makeshift lineup that I've referred to before and the fact that they were going up against John Smoltz, who can make even good lineups wish they had the day off. Lots of Braves fans in this area (due to the ever-present TBS when we were growing up, mainly) so it's always fun when the two teams match up. They lost last night to Arkansas product A.J. Burnett, though they did rally from down 4-0 to make it interesting before falling 4-3.

Speaking of yesterday, King Felix's debut wasn't too bad. 5 innings, 1 earned run, 2 walks, 4 strikeouts. The two walks came in the first, as he loaded the bases with nobody out, then gave up a single to let a run in. I'm guessing some of that was nerves, because after getting a double play and a strikeout to end the inning, it was much smoother after that. Looking forward to his next start on Tuesday.

Trying to make up some ground in my fantasy league. Started the day 7 points back of Matt, but lots of categories are pretty close. As of right now I'm 5 back, and I've got some trades brewing to help boost that offense, which is what I need the most right now. Of course, I will have no good draft picks next year if I keep this up, but hey, it's all about this year right now!