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Football 2011

Jon Sung — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 13:01:54 +0000

I’m in my third season of playing fantasy football and I thought it worthy to share my success thus far from the last 2 seasons.
In my first year of playing, I won the Championship. This feat had never been done before in this league that has been taking place for a number of years now. In my second season, I made it to the Super Bowl, but because of a roster line-up mistake (a.k.a Coaching Error), I ended up taking 2nd place.

This is the third season now and I think I’ve proven myself to the rest of the league that I’m a worthy opponent when it comes to this game.

Here’s the magnificent trophy that I got to display in my rookie year!

Social Network

Jon Sung — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 16:55:51 +0000

With all the different social networking solutions out there, I thought I would just let the folks that visit this site to know that this is where you can connect with me.
- Facebook
- Foursquare
- Twitter (@thejonsung)
- LinkedIn

A great app that I found very useful is TweetDeck that consolidates all of my social activities into one nice dashboard. Very cool

2010 Recap

Jon Sung — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 14:05:08 +0000

Well, it’s been far too long since I’ve had a chance to write a new post here, so now that the house is empty, I have some time to provide a quick recap of what a busy and quick 2010 it has been.

Spring

Congratulations to Christine on her marriage to Dan! I got to fly out to Denver to celebrate the great occasion! Colorado is still one of my favorite places to visit.
Ethan makes his first trip to the ER for a dislocated elbow he got at day care…turns out this is called nursemaid’s elbow, which is quite common. I could have saved a boat load of money by taking him to urgent care rather than a hospital. (Lesson learned)
I got to witness the aftermath of a cow eating it’s own placenta after giving birth to a calf just hours before…I had no idea they did that. What was even more interesting is the cats in the barn took part in the feast too

Summer

Congratulations to Jeff on his wedding! This time the whole family flew to Minneapolis to celebrate ! Our first time flying with both kids and it actually went pretty smooth! Kids loved visiting Mall of America as spent most of the day watching Taylor and Ethan’s reaction to seeing Dora and Sponge Bob.
Ethan’s second trip to see the Dr. was a result of a kitchen chair falling back and hitting him right above the eye. Luckily, the Dr. was able to mend the cut with skin glue as opposed to stitches
Angelina and I did the P90X from start to finish and even though we did not follow the dietary guidelines of the program, it definitely shed pounds and made me stronger.

Fall

It’s been a great football season, I played in 3 fantasy leagues this year and made it to 2 championship games. I won one and lost the other, but I think overall I came out with winnings.
The Bengals were disappointing this year after winning their division outright just last season. I was grateful to at least see 2 games at Paul Brown Stadium though. One against the Saints and the other against the Browns.
Ethan had his first Halloween trick or treat this year and he dressed up as Yoda. Taylor was a little fairy and Dad and his friend Mike spent the cold evening pulling the kids in their radio flyers and going door to door (with beer in hand of course).
Visited the Schapacher Farm again this year to pick out pumpkins and take a hay ride. This is the second time we’ve done this now and I think it going to grow into a custom for this family.
Grandparents came to visit over the Thanksgiving holiday and just had a great time spoiling the grandkids.
Started to play indoor soccer again on Monday nights with guys from work. It’s been a blast to compete again.

Winter

Ethan’s 3rd trip to the ER from falling at daycare and hitting his head on the corner of a bookcase. It was pretty bad gash, I’ll have write a separate post on that one. He needed 7 stitches on that one.
I’ve made it through my first year working at Kroger and it’s been a great experience so far, especially making new friends and relationships.
Christmas was celebrated at our home this year and the kids got quite a bit from Santa. We were able to have all the kids over on Christmas Eve from Angelina’s side of the family
NYE was very low key for us this year, I ended up with a case of strep throat and passed it down to Ethan and Taylor. This was the first time 3 out of 4 of us got antibiotics at the same time…lucky for Angelina, she didn’t get it.

So it’s been a great 2010, I can only be thankful for the blessings I received this year. Here’s looking at 2011 and hope we win the lottery…

Aie Yah

Jon Sung — Fri, 28 May 2010 00:30:56 +0000

I Love Popcorn

Jon Sung — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 02:41:28 +0000

Not exactly sure where Taylor learned this from, but this was taken at Wal-Mart while shopping for Christmas gifts. I picked up a large bag of popcorn from the snack shop as we were leaving and well, the video should explain the rest…My daughter loves popcorn I guess.

How do you spell OHIO?

Jon Sung — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:28:05 +0000

I’m all about doing things in life that lead to great stories. Here’s one worth telling because I’ll never hear the end of it from those who know me. On Saturday, Sept 19, my good friends Coop, McNew, Cupp, Plunkett, Daley and Blackburn attended our annual trip to Ann Arbor, Michigan to catch a Michigan football game. Needless to say, this has become quite an event we look forward to each year for some tailgating in the morning, lots of beer, football, great food and company. Well, being that all of us are Buckeye fans (with the exception of Coop, which is the reason we get to go to the game in the first place), it never feels quite right to cheer for Big Blue. Well, this year we decided to pull a fast one on Michigan soil. We decided it would be awesome to get a picture by spelling out O-H-I-O in front of the block M at the Stadium. Now, when you combine the risk of getting your butt kicked because of what we were about to do along with being hammered, a lot of confusion and fear sets in, which can cause a guy to lose sight of where and what to do…

This first photo was our first attempt and as you can see…I was supposed to be the “I”.

From September 2009

Our second attempt was a SUCCESS, except this time, I was told to be the “O” so I wouldn’t screw it up…

From September 2009

Laugh it up….again, I live to be able to tell stories

Any Given Sunday

Jon Sung — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:00:49 +0000

The Cincinnati Bengals are finally having a year that’s been a long time coming. First place in the division and a 7-2 record going into Week 11 of the 2009 season. Clearly I attribute the team’s success to the newly appointed cheer squad. They come out in full uniform every Sunday ready to root their team on! WHO-DEY!!!!!

From November 2009

Halloween 2009

Jon Sung — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 03:21:18 +0000

We had a very good time this Halloween. 2009 marks the first time Taylor experienced Trick or Treating. I walked her around our street with our next door neighbor and his son and it was everything you can imagine for a father taking their kids out on beggar’s night. We hit probably 15 houses in about an hour and then Taylor’s little legs started to get tired of all the walking. It didn’t take long for her to catch on that she was getting free candy.

Here she is…the terrifying pink triceratops!

From Halloween 2009

Ethan was a zombie.

From Halloween 2009

Growing up fast…

Jon Sung — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:22:59 +0000

Here’s Ethan as of today. He’s on the verge of taking his first steps. He can pull himself up with ease and just has that look of wanting to take off. I give a couple weeks and we’re going to have a couple of mobile ones to run after now. Taylor has been successfully going to the bathroom on the toilet lately. We’re talking about the full size ones, not the training versions either. If we’re not careful holding her, she’d fall right in.

From The Kids

Sung Sense of Humor

Jon Sung — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:53:43 +0000

It’s these moments that make it all worth it…