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Play a Football Position and Party Right Super Bowl Sunday
Last Updated on Sunday, 17 January 2010 09:46 Written by Monica Sunday, 17 January 2010 09:46
There is quite a bit of partying and drinking when it comes to football season. A great sport celebrated with hopeful teams making the Super Bowl. Such was not the case with the Dallas Cowboys but they had a good season.
Still, football and beer go hand in hand as most guys will tell you. So as you prepare for the big Super Bowl, do yourself a Texas sized favor even though Texas does not have a team going all the way this year: do not drink and drive.
Every NFL team has its share of die hard fans and every Super Bowl is watched enthusiastically whether your team is in the game or not. So let’s use some football lingo to make you understand how important it is to act responsible.
Play defense, not offense. Think about the fact that after that party, you plan to go home. Set up a car pool with a designated driver. Take a taxi.
Play Quarterback. If you are the host of this year’s Super Bowl party? Take the keys at the beginning and allow people to stay over if they do not have a sober driver. It is your job to communicate right and wrong to your team and you are in control of the ball. Pass the proper signals on to your guests and have a party to remember because it was a great game, not because someone drove away drunk and caused an accident.
Play Running Back. Help the host out by making sure there is a designated driver set up for your trip home. Make sure the wives are there or that they are treated to a nice dinner or movie out with paid babysitting set up and then they can just swing back by and pick you guys up on the way home. A little common sense can make or break the game.
Play Wide Receiver. Seriously, guys, it is the highlight of the football season but you want to make sure you are around next year because you just know that Dallas or the Texans are going to give it a go, right? So make sure you are not receiving too much. Give the alcohol a wide berth and do not guzzle down one right after the other, okay?
Play Tight End. BE the designated driver. Start a tradition of taking turns and man up as the tight end this year and be the one who declares himself the responsible driver. Have everyone agree to take turns and this year you volunteer as the tight end designated driver. Then next year, when the “boys” go, you can party while someone else is playing tight end. Smart move on your part, don’t you think?
Tags: designated driver, drinking, NFL, partying, Super Bowl | Posted under Texas Rehab | 1 Comment
Cheers to Santa and Merry Christmas
Last Updated on Thursday, 24 December 2009 01:18 Written by Monica Thursday, 24 December 2009 01:18
It is Christmas Eve. Snow and ice abound all over north Texas and could possibly extend to other areas. People are in a holiday mode and well they should be. No matter what our religious beliefs, most everyone agrees that this is a family time of year.
So as we lift our glasses of eggnog to Santa, let us be careful not to overindulge in spirits this year. In Texas we are not all familiar with driving on icy and snow covered roads. It is bad enough that accidents happen normally, do not overindulge in alcohol this evening and have a heartbreaking memory tied to Christmas forever for your loved ones.
As conditions change in north Texas from winter advisories to blizzard conditions, we realize and respect that those north of us are more experienced in these road conditions. Pull up a couch or an air mattress, stay together and enjoy the beauty of a rare sight in our great state, a white Christmas. Cuddling together around the Christmas tree, watching Christmas classics on television, playing board games together. All of these entail making new Christmas memories for the children to remember, adult siblings can bond again and grandparents may be having a last Christmas depending on age.
A memory no one wants at this time of year is imbibing too much in the alcoholic spirits and then driving somewhere, losing control of the vehicle and causing injury or a fatality to oneself or an innocent victim. So if we want to party and give a toast to Santa, let’s show responsibility to our children and respect to our family members; stay inside.
The greatest Christmas memories are filled with children and grandchildren excitedly opening presents on Christmas Eve and Christmas morning. College students have returned home, family members have driven in from across town or long distances just to be together for the holidays. Eggnog and coffee, tea or soft drinks can make for the best beverages as families enjoy the camaraderie of just being together.
So as you lift up a toast to family, to being together, to Santa and to many more Christmases to come, remember that just saying no tonight is going to be the greatest present your family may not even realize it is giving to each other.
Merry Christmas, Texas, and Merry Christmas to all who stop by to read. May you have many more wonderful ones to come!
Tags: blizzard, Christmas, drinking, eggnog, winter | Posted under Texas Rehab | No Comments
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