Woo-hoo! Annette received her first flower order last night. She had put her fliers here and there and someone wanted an arrangement sent to Lake Sheerwood.

Take a look at her first flyer. The business is starting to take off.

So, let’s see, it has been a week since my last ramblings. The Kings have won a game and tied a game since the last time we talked. Roenick has started to turn around his season. The Kings are in first place.

There have been a few weird incidents in my life.

I recently submitted a rebate form. After about 10 weeks, I received a notice saying that I hadn’t submitted a copy of the UPC not an original. So my claim had been denied. On the notice, was a phone number to call. I called the number and explained I had two rebates and probably mixed up the envelopes. The nice operator told me that it was ok. Did I have a copy of it? I said yes and she told me to mail the copy with the card to the address on the card. Huh?

I’ve been having fun with my local California Highway Patrol officer. It seems that someone in my neighborhood calls and complains about cars that are parked on Deerhill, a street near my townhome. So, the CHiP left two notices on my car in October asking that my car be moved. These two notices were legit since I hadn’t moved my car due to mechnical problems for over the prescribed 72 hours. Last week, on Monday, a notice was placed on my car. I moved my car to my garage on Monday night. Tuesday morning, I moved the car back to the street. I was warned again. The warning told me to move my car 1 mile. So I drove my car back to my garage and on Saturday night, I parked on the street again. On Tuesday, my car was towed because I had only moved the car less than a mile. F***. $175 later, I parked my car back on the stree Tuesday night. Yesterday, Wednesday, I had another warning. WTF? I have a call into Officer Hoskings to ask why he ticketed me when he had my car towed the previous day. He KNEW that my car had a mile on it. My guess is some smuck in my neighbor is calling in to complain. Talk about a waste of government resources. I’m trying to figure out if I can get the CHP to pursue this guy for false police reports.

Ok, something besides the Kings to begin with today. Yesterday, I signed up for my last class at Pepperdine. It seems just like yesterday that I started the program in April 2002. It seemed like 4 years was forever and I’d never make it to the end. Now, I’m 6 months away. I can see the end. I’m ready for the end.

The Los Angeles Kings are doing very well this year and could be doing much better. Even though they had 18 points in 13 games the total could easily be 20. The Kings lost two games with less than a minute left in the third period. If they had held out for the tie and a trip to overtime, two more points. I guess I can’t complain since they are in first place in the Pacific Division.

Tonight, after the big win in Dallas, the Kings play Phoenix. Go Kings Go!

Ok, maybe a little early for this but they are off to a nice start. 14 points in 10 games. Last night, they beat the Ducks after losing to Calgary. What is most annoying about the Calagry loss is that the Kings could’ve won or at least received one point. The winning goal came with less than 30 seconds left. Arrrrrrg. Annette and I will be at the game this Saturday.

Ok, I’m in SBC hell. Annette has started a flower business and wants to have an 800 number for it. So, about 3 weeks ago, we ordered an 800 number through SBC. We were told that it would be done on 10/14/2005. So, on Monday, 10/24, I called to ask why it wasn’t working. After 40 minutes on the phone, I was promised it would be done by 5pm on Monday. So, today, when it didn’t work, I called SBC. Another 35 minutes and counting, I still have no resolution.

Phone companies. Gotta love them.

So, the Kings avenge their 5-4 loss open night with a 7-2 win in Dallas. Unfortunately, my Tivo didn’t record this game right so I only saw highlights. The strange play of the game had to be Luc’s goal that pass through the net. I guess the goal wasn’t credited until 90 seconds later.

This is a good win since the Kings played the previous night in Colorado. I’m cautiously optimistic about this season since it seems that the Kings are putting it together. The question is whether or not they’ll be putting it together in April.

I’m going to the Kings game on Sunday against the Calagary Flames. I’ll get to honor my mother’s heritage during the playing of the Canadian National Anthem. “Oh, Canada……”

Its been over a week since I last posted. Annette and I went to another Kings game and they won. Of course, in between, they lost to the Detroit Red Wings. So, for the season, the Kings are 4-2 and doing well. They are doing much better than they ended the 2003-2004 season.

I’ve decided to take a flower arranging class because Annette is in the process of opening a flower business. Or, should I say, two flower businesses. One is Business Blossoms and one is Very Bridal Flowers. Between my Pepperdine MBA program, flower arranging, and the hockey games, life has been fairly full. Maybe someday I will not have a list of things two pages long that I need to do.

No new pictures because I’m doing this blog from work at lunch. Maybe I’ll create another post tonight when I get home.

Last night was our first game of the year. This year it is especially exciting since we bought 11 games worth of tickets of our own and this was our first chance to sit in our seats. Although in the last row of one of the 200 sections at Staples Center, we have good site lines since we are at the corner of the rink. To make it better, the Kings skate twice towards us during the games as well as the overtimes and shoot-outs.

Pavol Demitra made the low scoring game memorable. He scored with under two minutes left. I like the looks of the standings right now with the Kings on top. Maybe it will look that in April.

The positives: a win, good seats, spent time with Annette, free T-Shirt
The negatives: flat Pepsi, almost missed third period because of the food stand worker

Maybe I’ll take a picture of our free shirts from last night.

So Thursday night was much better for the Kings. They beat Phoenix 3-2 and looked really good doing it. Our first game is tomorrow and we are looking forward to getting our Kings Rule t-shirts.

Ok, what the hell happened last night? The Kings skate out to a 2-0 lead two minutes into the game and a 4-0 lead at the end of the first perion yet lose 5-4. Egads! I thought the Kings were going to be the new look Kings and win more handly since they acquired new talent. Let’s hope tonight’s game against the Coyotes turns out to be much, much better.

Go Kings Go!