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Katie

My better is better than your better

About Me


Let's talk about Katie. Not much to say, I guess. I'm honest, which sometimes borders on harsh, but that's just me. I love my husband, my 3 cats, baseball, sushi, my Scion xB, and Diet Wild Cherry Pepsi. I was married on August 26, 2006 and the next step is kids - we're due with our first child on September 30, 2008. I let myself down daily. I'm content to sit and watch baseball every night of the week. I love Shiner Bock and Pyramid Hefeweizen. I lived in Minnesota for 23 years, Ohio for 4 years, California for 4 1/2 years and now I've been in Colorado for 2 years. Someday I want to go home to Minnesota, but I haven't really brought that up to my husband. One of my cats is special-needs, one has health problems and one is just a brat. I love flip flops, baseball hats, Tinkerbell, Chris Daughtry, and Bobby Flay. I'm an evolving enigma.
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You Belong in San Francisco
You crave an eclectic, urban environment. You're half California, half NYC.
You're open minded, tolerant, and secretly think you're the best.
People may dismiss you as a hippie, but you're also progressive, interesting, and rich! Where Does Your Inner Californian Belong?

My Interests

Baseball - Oakland A's
I also like the Twins and the Cardinals
Travel
(usually to see baseball)
scrapbooking
photography
hanging out with friends
I love sports, mainly baseball, football & hockey, and I'm learning to love soccer because my husband and one of our good friends are both Rapids fans...but I love going to games, tailgating, all that stuff.
I do a little web-design for a few baseball sites.
I'm really interested in the business aspect of baseball, especially collective bargaining.
I love animals, dogs more than cats, however we have 2 fat fluffy cats - Ellis & Helton, and a fat not fluffy cat, Vinny. Someday I want a yellow lab.

I'd like to meet:

Peyton Manning

Chad Pennington

Jeremy Shockey

Jon Ritchie

Chris Daughtry. Maybe he & Scott can go on "Wife swap".

Steve Gonsalves

Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson

Music:

Dave Matthews Band
Tony Lucca
John Mayer
98 Degrees
Nick Lachey
Green Day
Maroon5
matchbox twenty
Metallica
U2
Ari Hest
Jack Johnson
Kenny Chesney
Toby Keith
Garth Brooks
Kelly Clarkson
Def Leppard
Social Distortion
Duran Duran
and any time I hear "Hey Ya" I'll smile =)

Movies:

Sports ones -
Major League
Field of Dreams
Varsity Blues
Miracle
A League of Their Own
The Sandlot
Russell Crowe movies
I never met one I didn't like
Shawshank Redemption
Bad News Bears (original)
Backdraft
the Spongebob Movie
Friday Night Lights
Pirates of the Caribbean
The Outsiders
Breakfast Club,
Pretty in Pink
St. Elmo's Fire
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
(they don't make teen movies like they did in the 80's!)
Bambi
101 Dalmatians (animated)
The Little Mermaid
Beauty and the Beast
Alladin
the list goes on.

Television:

SportsCenter
Baseball Tonight
sports
Cheap Seats
Ghost Hunters
American Idol
CSI
24
Dog the Bounty Hunter
but my favorite is Spongebob!

Books:

The Notebook
DaVinci Code
Moneyball
Aces
The Outsiders
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Great Gatsby
The Rest of the Iceberg

Heroes:

My brother, my husband, Mike Sweeney and AJ Pierzynski.

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My Blog

Getting older

I met up with my friend Wayne yesterday.  He works for the Minnesota Twins, and has worked in baseball since 1952, and with the Twins organization (mostly in the minors) since 1963.  He's ba...
Posted by Katie on Sun, 18 May 2008 08:54:00 PST

Drugs are bad

When you need them but shouldn't have them. I've been on an anti-depressant to help my moods and anger for about 2 years, but weaned off when I found out I was pregnant.  Technically, it is safe ...
Posted by Katie on Wed, 07 May 2008 02:07:00 PST

Very sad news

Our youngest cat, Helton, has been losing weight.  He is 4 lbs less than he weighed 19 months ago.  We took him in to the vet last week and today the bloodwork results came in. He tested pos...
Posted by Katie on Wed, 12 Mar 2008 06:27:00 PST

So long, Joe

The thing that is crappy about being pregnant is that I cry.over.anything.  So, seeing that I'm trading in Joe tomorrow on my new xB, I've been tearing up all day thinking about getting rid of hi...
Posted by Katie on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 07:39:00 PST

Big news!

For the few of you that haven't heard yet, Scott and I are expecting our first child on September 30th.  We had a successful IUI procedure on January 7th and thus far the pregnancy has been uneve...
Posted by Katie on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 01:26:00 PST

I need a break

From a little bit of everything. Wouldn't it be nice if I had the kind of life where I could do that and not feel guilty or worry about debt?  I really just need a break from my life, or maybe ju...
Posted by Katie on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 02:33:00 PST

I miss you

Maybe more this year than any year before, and only you know why right now.  I love you grandma.
Posted by Katie on Sun, 17 Feb 2008 10:05:00 PST

I love

I love that I'm sitting here on the sofa watching TV surrounded by 2 of my 3 kitties curled up next to me because they want to be.I love that I get to see the Gophers play this weekend.I love that my ...
Posted by Katie on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 06:50:00 PST

One year

It's amazing how your life can change in a matter of minutes, and then again how it can change over the course of a year.A year ago today was perhaps my darkest day ever.  Thanks to friends and f...
Posted by Katie on Thu, 17 Jan 2008 03:17:00 PST

My letter to the Broncos and the Media

December 31, 2007 Dear Sir/Ma'am I am writing to report an incident which occurred following the December 30, 2007 football game between the Minnesota Vikings and Denver Broncos. As I was walking t...
Posted by Katie on Mon, 31 Dec 2007 11:25:00 PST