Brackets

 A few weeks ago we all sat down to fill out our brackets!  Even the youngest filled out a bracket!

Even having a family discussion as to what the winner might "win".  It was decided that a restaurant of their choosing would be the prize.

After many late nights and MULTIPLE really bad calls (that's all I will say about that), the end has come!  While none of us picked the National Champion, several of us had them playing Wisconsin.  But only one winner!

Congratulations Ronnie Lee III - you had the most wins in the Adkins Home for 2015!  

(45 wins)

Now, lets get on to Baseball!

Commentators are like Politicians

It's true! Commentators are like Politicians. They talk and talk about nothing in particular (especially what they are getting paid to talk about) and they don't care who is listening to them. We just finished watching the OSU basketball game. Dick Vitale is annoying, I don't care whose playing!

So our Buckeyes who were undefeated before today (24-0) are now 24-1. Wisconsin beat them. It's something about being #1 and playing the Badgers. It was a pretty good game. We've enjoyed watching the Buckeyes play ball this past few weeks. Although today was not quite as enjoyable, it was another good game. You can bet our Buckeyes will be ready for March Madness!

The kids were pretty excited about the game and disappointed after it was over. Honestly, it's not a big deal. So they lost a game, they're still good! Matter fact, they are still REALLY good! We'll keep watching around here, hopefully we won't have to continue listening to Vitale!

Bracket time

It is time! March Madness is here! Now I know many of you could probably care less, but in this house that means it is time to fill out our brackets. Since Ron and I's first March Madness of our married life, back in 2001, we have filled out our brackets. We have always had a friendly competition on who would predict the most wins.

I'm sure Ron would argue and will probably comment on this, but I am pretty certain that I have won more times than not. However, Ron did win last year. My excuse...I have 4 kids, do I really need another excuse. It is just a bit distracting when you are trying to change a diaper, fold laundry, discipline a 5 year old and find a 3 year old while trying to determine who will be the years National Champion of the NCAA. But all that will not deter me, I will once again fill out my bracket and hope for the best.

When we were first married and living in Jackson MS, the winner would receive a Smoothie King from the looser. Which really was more about the fact that the title, "winner" was with it, because honestly we share money and one person purchasing the smoothie is not that big of a deal.

Lately, now that we have multiple kids we usually talk about what the prize will be, but I'm pretty sure we haven't actually gotten/given a prize in a few years.

Do you fill out a bracket? Do you have a friendly competition in your home? Anyone want to help me with a few pointers would be great. I haven't been watching a lot of basketball this season. I do know that OSU won the Big Ten, and I saw a great ending to the Houston/UTEP game this weekend, but that's about the extent of it this season.

It actually makes it more fun to say that I can get the most wins without even knowing what's going on - Makes Ron a little irritated though!