#skipscansweep

This is how I showed up to Saturday league tonight. Wore my new Swedish hoodie with the usual earrings & bracelets, but made sure to bring my German Mickey ears. It’s no secret I’m rooting for @teamkapp to win gold at #WJCC2022 so Ate had to make sure I wore something to support #TeamD & last week taught me the hard way that #Germany pants is NOT the way to go LOL. Sending championship winning vibes to my #Adings They are talented enough to stand on top of the podium Rooting for the Moas (Sweden to win gold in the women’s game).
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When I found out one of the new OC curlers was #Norwegian I knew the fancy pantalones had to come out for just a little bit, but I learned my lesson from the Germany pants on Saturday league so I only put on the pants afterwards lol. Rich is married to Gina - one of the Asian women skips during the first week. I hope Gina skips more games. I’m all about #diversity #inclusion #representation & getting more Asian women to embrace skipping.
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What Josh Sutor referred to after Saturday’s game as “German luck” struck again. My superstitious side would say maybe I need a different Germany jacket and we need to keep playing yellow stones; Andrew, my Oskar, thinks it’s all about NOT having hammer & rushing the other team He even bled today & the ritualistic sacrifice didn’t work Hopefully bringing in a ringer sub (Clyde) for the 6/2 game will bring on the W. As much as I want him to sweep all my stones, maybe he should call line& Andrew can sweep - he’s used to it lol.
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Bill, who taught the skips clinic before league, was totally shocked I was wearing a combo of Norway & Germany tonight. He was already like “WHOA WHAT’S GOING ON HERE?!?” when he saw me w/ GERMANY on my chest, I unzipped my jacket to reveal the Norway jersey underneath. He’s used to seeing me all decked out in blue & yellow. I still had the bracelets & earrings, but I’ve been cheering on Germany at World Juniors so gotta represent - Ate loves her Adings & totally believe they can win it all.
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Next week is the last week of Curl SD’s scuffed league & we FINALLY have a #GOATNIKLASEDIN team pic together. It’s the same team I had for the 5U bobspiel - Misty, Bob, & Andrew, & we have a new curler with us - Stephanie. Normally Misty & Bob alternate on who shows up due to child care coverage, but last night they were both available so Bob actually played on Clyde’s team.
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I wanted to be all decked out in #TeamGermany gear to wish Team Kapp good luck at World Juniors so against my better judgment, I wore my #Germany pants & it was a disaster My pants kept on falling off!!! I’m not saying it’s solely responsible for our can’t get rid of hammer situation the first half, but it didn’t help. I finally took them off, put on my usual Hardline pants, scored 4, then stole 3. I don’t think I have ever scored a 3 or a 4 against Clyde ever! And he had a team of more experienced men than my team which had 2 women. Andrew, Bob, Misty & I all started league on 2/3/19 (my mom’s bday) & Stephanie is fresh out of Learn To Curl vs Clyde, Rob, & Mark who are past 5U eligibility, so not bad despite the loss. During broomstacking Rob gave me props for being able to throw peel to score the 4. Yea I’m capable of greatness now, I just need more practice & consistency. Dear body please hang in there! I’m refusing to go away. I’m going to continue making men’s jaws drop during league & I can’t wait for the day when I consistently win games. I don’t think I’ll ever get the level of respect men do especially from Learn To Curl students because there’s always an underlying bias (because I’m a fat Pinay) but winning more would certainly make me feel better. Clyde agreed to sub for one of the OC games in June - mwahaha he’s playing lead for me & has to sweep my stones.
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I don’t think I have enough characters left in my IG captions to write out all the stereotypes and memes about this pic We finally got somewhat of a team pic together (we didn’t do it last week). Once again we still haven’t bought drinks, but we’re clearly capable or hanging in there the first half - we were 2-2 after the half vs a team (family) that plays 2 league games a week for 10 years so to hang in there was awesome. I wish I had video of an awesome Plan B shot I nailed to score 1 in the 4th end. I don’t even know what to call the shot because it hit one of the corners rolled across the house, hit another one and then rolled shot buried behind a wall of red (we were yellow). We will keep working on improving.
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LOL my usual broomstacking MO is to do a show and tell about the bracelets I normally wear and the pictures that speak volumes of their special significance #IYKYK Chances are everyone and their mom will know that story by the end of this league hahaha. At least I’ll always have something to talk about during broomstacking and at bonspiels
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OMFG I am sweeping SO much as a skip! I still want to lose another 20-30 lbs of pandemic weight and I’m hoping I still have this sweeping power after I lose more weight - it’s technique and not just weight But I’m also hoping my sweepers will continue to improve their sweeping technique because skipper has a shoulder MRI coming… and physical therapy on the horizon again. And I just had hip x-rays today after my MSK specialist appointment. My Swedes *cough Crippa and Nik* and their injuries are contagious LOL. What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, unless it’s eye groin JK.
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I feel so bad because I keep forgetting to post this, but better #lategram than never right? Thank you to my second Maureen for the end of league present! We already played the first game of summer league and are already off to a much better start than last league. Maybe one day we’ll be good enough to have official uniforms sponsored by @fireballwhisky Something on fire Likely with a design. The bag smelled SO good!!! Woohoo #Fireballers #cinnamon #saturday #weekend
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