whoohoo! odin’s team beat appleton 7-0 to take third place trophy in the waupaca super squirt tournament! so proud of the whole team for playing their best and bringing home another trophy!
the team hoists the trophy.
odin accepts his medal.
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52/365. oh nothing, just blowing odin’s mind.
by doing 280 pound leg presses, after running 6 miles. who knows how high i could have gone? ran out of weight.
i’m glad he didn’t ask for 10 reps 🙂
51/365. hockey tournament weekend in waupaca, wisconsin.
the hotel entrance sign doesn’t specify floor hockey sticks, so they must be fair game #probablynot
first game is tomorrow morning at 7:45am. ugh ( you have to be at the arena an hour early ).
50/365. handwork.
odin made these dolls in his handwork class last year. it continues to be one of his favorite classes. i think nurturing the idea that you can create things with your own hands is A Good Thing.
49/365. chess great bobby fischer could solve the “15 puzzle” in 25 seconds.
i’m no bobby fischer 🙂
to put that in perspective, there are over half a trillion ( 15!/2 = 653,837,184,000 )
possible permutations and half of all starting points are not solvable no matter how many permutations are tried! according to wikipedia he demonstrated his 15 puzzle prowess in 1972 on the tonight show, though sadly i can’t find a video.
also, the ernő rubik, inventor if the eponymous cube is said to have been inspired by the 15 puzzle which makes sense since it’s basically a 2D version of the cube.
we’ve had this think fun fifteen puzzle for years and it has been played with so many times by odin and us that the pieces feel smooth and well worn ( in a good way ). it’s just 2”x2” but weighs 3 oz and feels substantial and not chintzy in your hand.
48/365. a fading memory on the fridge.
odin and friends from school attended a comicon at the local library in october 2014. someone was printing “instant” photos and one ended up on our fridge.
the brown splotch is reminder of the day I tried to make carbonated chocolate milk and it exploded all over our kitchen 🙂
47/365. the cute puzzle that has stolen our dining room table.
i think it started something like this, “oh, look at the cuuuute gorilla holding a flower! let’s put the puzzle together. how hard can it be? It’s ooooonlyyyyy 750 pieces!”
we completely underestimated the challenge – months later and we still don’t have our dining room table back 🙂
we mostly eat at kitchen table so it’s not a huge loss but, still, probably should have a dedicated puzzle table.