Oilers in Nashville

Jeff and I went to Nashville to see an Oilers game. It was a good time, and I was so excited to be at an NHL game again. Now there are some key differences between going to an NHL game in Edmonton and one in Nashville. I will limit my comment to these two cities as they are the only one's I have seen NHL games in. So in Edmonton you see kids ask their parents about rules etc., in Nashville there are key rules written in the program. In Edmonton people yell at the ref's, cheer and boo on their own with no direction from the announcer and are just all around rowdy. In Nashville, well they still cheer and boo in response to goals, and sometimes in response to ref's calls, but it just wasn't the same. Not the same at all. When the announcer has to encourage people to cheer, it's just different.
Anyway, we saw the odd Oiler fan there, and everyone who was wearing an Oiler jersey or team Canada jersey all smiled at each other and would talk to each other, but there was no distinct group of Oiler fans anywhere. So Jeff and I were surrounded by Nashville fans, all season ticket holders. Well, the first time Edmonton scored Jeff and I yell really loud and then we were like uh-oh. Everyone turned and looked at us. It was dead silent around us. Well then they all found out we were from Canada, so they got used to us cheering, especially since the Oilers won 5-1. Considering the Oilers were just on a loosing streak and the Predators were on a winning streak it was especially sweet.
Here's a top three list:
3. Hearing the Canadian National Anthem in another country
2. Listening to a lady with a very Southern accent yell "Go Pred's!", it sounded like "Go Chris".
1. Watching "Gnash" the Nashville Mascot get stuck while he was repelling down from the ceiling rafters. They had to pull him back up. Apparently it happened at the last home game too.

EEEEEEEW!

Here's a story I think you all will enjoy. So the other day I woke up after working a night shift, threw on my robe that I had left on the floor and came out to find Jeff. So I was sitting on a kitchen stool talking to him, and he all of a sudden says "Stop, don't move.". Well he was staring at the collar of my robe with this look on his face that told me I had something to freak out about and he was trying to prevent the freaking out. So I started to freak out, without moving of course. I was yelling "What is it? what is it? Get it off of me!!!!!!", then he grabs the first thing at hand which was a plastic bag and picks something off my robe. I continue to freak out, now jumping up and down and he tells me it was a banana spider. Well then I start to cry and throw off my robe and shake it out and shake out my hair while looking for more spiders. BY now Jeff thinks this is pretty funny and can't stop laughing at me.
I told my brother this story and he said "well that sounds like what you would do when you were 6, or 7 or 8."
That'll teach me to leave my robe on the floor.

Wedding Day

Our wedding was wonderful. It was perfect, even the little things that only we would notice, were no big deal. We loved every minute of it. We were so glad for everyone who could come and share in our day, and for those of you who couldn't, check out the pictures. We partied until 1am. Then we went to the Sheraton where I had to wash my hair three times to get out all the hair spray and then we fell fast asleep. It was fun but exhausting. Thank you to everyone:)

Here is a top 5 list of the things we will never forget:
5. The HOG rally that weekend, there were Harley's everywhere.
4. That my dad got all sentimental and made me cry right before I walked down the aisle.
3. Uncle Corey winning musical chairs.
2. The best man catching the garter and the boquet, what does that mean exactly?
1. Being announced as Mr. and Mrs. Jeff and Ruth Robertson . . . I mean Karen.
Our priest told us that in his experience there is always one thing that happens at the ceremony that makes it unforgetable, well that was the one thing for our ceremony. Jeff likes to call me Ruth now to make me laugh.

I'm not too good with pictures ont he computer yet, so sorry that I didn't rotate them etc., I didn't know how and Jeff wasn't home tonight. Here they are.
http://public.fotki.com/JeffandKaren/wedding/