Didn't You Have Lasik??

I am having my right knee replaced tomorrow morning, so I asked Craig for a blessing tonight. He went into the bedroom, opened the top drawer of his bedside table, and brought out this:

Yeah, I guess a bottle of Gorilla Glue does somewhat resemble a bottle of consecrated oil!!

Fortunately he realized his error before he poured glue onto my head!

Thanksgiving Fun Continues

Thanksgiving may be over, but our family is still having fun together.

We celebrated Sarah's 33rd birthday tonight with a cake from O'Rear's Bakery - a favorite since childhood!

 I made two more pies this morning - apple and lemon meringue - bringing the pie total to 7 just this week!

 Braden loved the lemon meringue - he licked the plate to get every last bit!

Adelaide wrapped herself in my sleigh bells and ran around the house, making a merry noise as she went.

Braden wanted a picnic lunch. Nothing is too much for my grandson, so we brought in the picnic table and a chair, packed him a lunch, and let him eat in the living room!

Afterward, Aunt Sarah and Braden played a game of Go Fish in the dining room.

Aunt Lisa and Adelaide played before Lisa left for the Indianapolis airport.

Trinity cuddled on the couch with Aunt Vanessa and Uncle Curt while watching the Purdue/Indiana football game.

JC played his dad and Uncle Kyle in Star Wars Monopoly - JC won the free parking spot.

And he spent some time on the player piano, playing so Adelaide could dance.

She also conducted the music with my conducting baton.

Happiest of Birthdays, Sarah!

Knee Replacement Surgery Scheduled

Last Monday I saw Dr. Daluga, an orthopedic surgeon,  about my knees. The original appointment was made after my first fall before Halloween to talk about moving my knee replacement surgery up from June to Christmas break. But then I fell again and hurt my "good knee" (the left one) two weeks ago, and so he looked at them both.

In his opinion, the bigger problem is not the arthritis/bone on bone. In fact, he says there is still plenty of room between the bones. The real issue is that the kneecaps are off-track (which Sarah and my sister Jenny have both had surgery for, so it seems to be congenital.)

He said that both knees need to be replaced, and surprised me by saying that the injury to my left knee is secondary compared to the state of my right knee. He felt the left knee would continue to heal, and that I would be a "star" at surgery. I asked him what that meant, and he replied that I was young and that the surgery would improve the quality of my life more than it would for an older person.

He then asked if I hurt when I went up stairs. I responded that I rarely did so, and then only if I had to because it was too painful. He nodded, and asked about getting out of chairs.  Painful and difficult. I tend to sit and not move, even in the classroom right now (thank goodness I have a classroom full of sweeties who don't take advantage of that!)  Having my knee(s) replaced will take care of those issues, and I will feel like a normal person again, according to Dr. Daluga.

So, we made the appointment for Wednesday, December 1 (just 5 days away!) and I have been in the throes of getting ready. Jess and Lisa have been wonderful about cleaning the house, and I have been working with a sub for school and writing sub plans.

I feel like I am on a roller coaster - you have to ride it through all the scary parts to get off, but I am also feeling some relief that the decision is made. Dr. Daluga says I will be driving in two weeks and feeling well by Christmas, and I am hopeful that he is right.

A nice plus is that Dr. Daluga is from Pontiac, Illinois. He knew my last orthopedic surgeon as well as the hospital. We talked a bit about the Illini, and it turns out that when Bruce Weber (head basketball coach for Illinois) coached here at Purdue, he was Dr. Daluga's next door neighbor! Always nice to find an orange and blue connection!

Turkey Day!

Wednesday evening I came home from school to discover that the holiday festivities had not only taken over the kitchen, but spread to other rooms of the home. Case in point:

Yes, that's my spa tub. One of my favorite spots in our entire home, overtaken by two turkeys and three pans of bread drying out for stuffing fixin's. (Bailey, Sarah's dog, slipped in with me, and nibbled on a pan of bread before we caught her. Fortunately we had more bread to replace what she snitched!)

Here we are, all 25 of us! Lisa had the idea to put two tables in the living room, and it worked beautifully. I love my family.

Some of the men in the family - James (aka "Other Son"), Curt (who carved the turkeys for us - we had THREE of them!), Todd (who we always have to kick out of the kitchen after the meal because he will wash dishes until midnight if we don't), and Kyle (who arrived with a moving truck which he drove between two blizzards to get here!) Cole is missing - I think he'd already loaded his plate.

 Three tables in the living and dining rooms plus the kitchen table and kitchen island, groaning with food!

A shot of the dining room. Pooma, Judy Selen (Emily's mom), JC (he really wanted to eat off the china but was afraid he would break it. I told him I didn't care if it got broken, and to join us. He did not break a thing!), Rick, Leslie, Jenny, and Mom (the matriarch of the family, she said our Thanksgiving prayer for us.)

 Maybe I should say there were 26 of us present for the meal??

 Adelaide with food on her face. Love those poochy baby cheeks - I now understand why grandmas like to pinch their grandkids' cheeks!

Braden insisted that he, too, had food on his cheek and that I needed to take a picture of it. Here he is pointing to it. Don't strain your eyes trying to find it - there isn't any!

 Feasting together - also joining us (backs to the camera) were Sherree Galbraith (one of our Sunday dinner regulars) and her sister, Courtney. Sherree and James are dating.

 Now it's the folks who are groaning from all the food!

 After dinner, we had a lovely poetry recitation by Trinity who read a selection of Thanksgiving stories and poems, including one she wrote herself. "I'm thankful for family because they always call me to see if I'm okay."

And the turkey tryptophan kicks in...

 The sleepiness knew no bounds and affected all ages!

 Lisa shows Leslie, Jenny, Rick, Sherree, and Courtney a funny clip on the iPad.

Vanessa (who LOVES crafts) resurrected a holiday tradition of making something together after the Thanksgiving meal is over.

She brought us the materials to make the cutest hot chocolate mug ornaments!

We also made some bird ornaments. Trinity helped me make one for her Great Grandma, and then we made a matching one for her to keep. She told Granny Slash, "My mom says we will hang my ornament first on the tree every year in honor of you." I think my mother was really touched.

 Surprise, Ashley! You never know when the camera will nab you. Vanessa got her smile on, while Judy wields the hot glue gun.

Meanwhile, back at the ranch... a new generation learns the joys of the iPad.

I think this was one of the best Thanksgivings we have ever had. Why? It was family-centered and all our family was together. It just doesn't get any better than that.

April Fool in November

I posted this on Wednesday morning's assignment board. The 5th graders, having had me as their teacher last year, knew it was just a joke, but I had some VERY long-faced 4th graders who began to dutifully copy this all into their assignment books! Truly I thought it was so tongue-in-cheek that they would know it was just in fun.

Then, our principal and assistant principal really got the morning off with a bang with they did the morning announcements as pilgrims, complete with a call from Squanto about the Thanksgiving Day menu. It was HILARIOUS - we laughed until we were nearly in tears!

Linda Fields (principal) and Julie Marstall (assistant principal).

Our 34th Anniversary/Lisa Arrives!

Big day today! Craig and I were married 34 years ago in 1976 in the Washington, DC Temple. Hard to believe so much time has passed!

And.... Lisa arrived! Jessica, Craig, and I drove down to Indy to pick her up at 5:00 PM and then we headed to Clarks Hill to one of our favorite out-of-the-way restaurants, Clarks Hill Fish and Steaks. I don't like onion rings, but I cannot resist their hand-battered and dipped ones. Lisa and Jessica both agreed they were the best they'd ever had.

Craig and I had the prime rib special, Lisa the ribeye, and Jess the catfish. 

When the bill came, Jessica snatched it away and bought our dinner. And Lisa gave us some vinyl lettering about families to put on our walls. Thanks, ladies!

Of course, we had to have our picture takes on the fish and steak benches. Our bodies are blocking them, but they have to be seen to believed!

Happy Anniversary, Craig! I'd marry you again in a heartbeat. And Jessica and Lisa, it was wonderful having you here to join in our celebration!

Jessica is Home!!

And I am not the only one who is thrilled.

When Jessica walked in the door last night and cried, "Hi, Mom!!", Zeus, who had been snoozing in the dining room near the kitchen door (where he can keep an eye on any food that might be available)  reacted immediately. His head snapped up at the sound of her voice, he heaved himself upright, happy-bounced/tottered through the dining room, and even took a short cut between the pillars under the arch instead of going around them like he usually does in order to get to her more quickly!

It was obvious he recognized her voice immediately and that he, too, was thrilled she was home. I haven't seen him move that fast in a long time.

Come Again??

We are studying FRACTIONS in Math. Just that word alone is enough to send fear into the hearts of my 4th and 5th graders! Teaching it around Thanksgiving helps - I've learned that if you turn the topic into pies for the upcoming Isenbarger Family Thanksgiving Dinner and make up stories about Kyle getting 6/7 of the cherry pie, with Lisa telling him that she gets 2/3 of the second cherry pie, and then how Jessica chimes in about... You get the picture. Stories of divvying pie up amongst our large family take some of the intimidation away from fractions. (No, I am not kidding. My class knows all about our family pie preferences for next week!)

I was working with Matthew, a cute-as-a-bug 4th grader who is advanced enough to participate in the 5th grade Math group. He's an earnest boy, always tries hard, and serious about school. He was struggling somewhat with converting unlike fractions into like fractions by multiplying them by a fractional form of 1 (3/3, 5/5, etc.)

The problem was:

2/3 = 4/6

He could not figure out how the first fraction was converted to the second. I asked him what fraction that represented 1 might change it. Suddenly his face brightened, and he looked up and said, "Oh! I know! Two tooths!"

Then he looked at me with a "what did I just say?" look, and we both got the giggles. Even funnier, he could not think of the word "halves" for the life of him, which made us laugh even harder!

Kudos to Sissy!

This is my FAVORITE relative, my Aunt Sissy. (Also known as Dr. JeanWeyman, but we've always just called her Sissy.) Throughout my life I have looked up to her as an example of someone who is kind and caring, who doesn't care who you are and what you do, but will generously help you out anyway. She's my Dad's baby sister (he was 23 when she was born and serving in World War II) and only 13 years older than me.  She's always walked on water in my book!

This picture and the following text were just posted on Boston College's web site. Congratulations, Sissy!!

CSON’s Continuing Education (CE) department was recognized for its excellence in programming by the Learning Resources Network (LERN). LERN is an international association for lifetime learning professionals and organizations.

CE’s RN Refresher program was given the Best Programming Award at LERNs 2010 international awards luncheon. Boston College was selected from a field of 80 entries from four countries. The award recognizes the revision of a course and certificate model into a series of courses that form an individualized curriculum. The approach allows the learner to structure the content, sequence, time, and pace to meet his/her individual learning and schedule needs.

Pictured: William A. Draves, President, LERN and Jean Weyman, Assistant Dean, Continuing Education, William F. Connell School of Nursing, Boston College

More Rain

Craig came home at noon today. Surprised, I asked him why, and in response he held out his hand. It took me a moment to realize what he was holding.

Chalk up a broken tooth and the loss of a bridge to our recent trials.

Off to the dentist tomorrow! And in the meantime, soft, warm/cool foods only for the guy.

When It Rains...

This hasn't been one of my better weekends...

 I went home early Friday from school with the stomach flu and still have it so I stayed home today. (Good thing is I have lost 5 lbs! But sort of the hard way... :D)

 Zeus took a turn for the worse Saturday, but is still hanging in there. His nasal tumor keeps breaking open and bleeding. When we first discovered it, there was blood everywhere - walls, floors, carpets, baseboards... I called the vet who reassured me that, just because he was bleeding that didn't mean this was his end and that we just needed to get the bleeding under control. We've started him back on his Chinese pills that have worked so well in the past. I am also hand feeding him at the vet's recommendation. The thought is that he is bumping the tumor on the sides of his bowl when eating which breaks it open, and this will keep that from happening.

Then, this morning I was going upstairs and my left knee gave out again. It's been hyper-extending for several months, and I fell a few days before Halloween, hurting my back more than my knee. I saw Dr. Morris and we decided it was time to schedule the knee replacement we had originally planned for June, 2011. (Ironically, it is the OTHER knee that needs replacing!)

Fortunately I fell forward this morning instead of falling down the stairs. There was a very sharp pain and a loud snapping sound, and I knew I had just done something bad to my knee. It looks as though I either tore the meniscus or a ligament. Craig came running to help me downstairs and I had to slide down on my backside because I could not put weight on my leg. I told him to go teach his class and that I would call the doctor. Dr. Morris was out of the office so I spoke to his nurse.  She advised me to go straight to the ER because I would need an MRI, but it turned out there was too much swelling for one. An xray showed there were no broken bones, but there is a lot of fluid. We have to wait until it goes down or have it drained. I'm on crutches and in an immobilizer and see the orthopedist November 22.

Oh, did I mention I have 25 people coming for Thanksgiving??

My Daughter, the Teacher

Sarah has been running the APEX program at Clear Creek Amana High School for the past three years. Although her B.S. is in Health Education, Illinois did not require her to student teach. Her principal at Clear Creek likes her work in the APEX lab enough that he wants her in the classroom as a fully certified teacher, so she is currently doing the coursework to get her Iowa certification for Health and Social Studies.


In the meantime, she continues to meaningfully impact her students, some of who are working on honors/AP classes, and others who are doing remedial work and trying to graduate. This is cut and pasted from her blog. It is clear to me from reading it that her students know she cares about them.

Seated around my 'throne' are 3 of the tough loves in the senior class. When they graduate, I will cry. Hard. Clay, Jake and Feijo. 2 of these boys have been with me EVERY year and semester since I started with the district. I will Cry. Hard. Fiejo promises to fail so he can come back and keep me company. I asked him not to.

Those same boys have begun a campaign to get me nominated as Teacher of the Month for November, which happens to be my birthday month. Love them. Here is a sampling from Clay's 2 page essay:

Mrs. Coleman made many students the fine men and women they are today. She was delivering babies before she taught but now she is sculpting those same children's minds that she helped give life to. Mrs. Coleman was worthy of this award before this was even a real award because she has taught people lessons in life since she was a small child. If Mrs. Coleman were to punch you in the face you would have to fight off the strong urge to thank her.

 For real. He turned this in to my principal. Oh. My.

Notice the poster on my desk- it is filled with Chuck Norris quotes turned into Mrs. Coleman quotes. For example: Mrs. Coleman once won a game of Connect 4 in 3 moves;  Mrs. Coleman doesn't mow her lawn (TRUE), she stands on her porch and dares it to grow; and Chuck Norris makes Mrs. Coleman jokes. And, in true teenage form: To Mrs. Coleman, the "F" word is forgiveness.

That last line states volumes of how even her toughest students realize that she cares about them. Deeply.

Kudos, Sarah. I've said before that you are my hero; looks like I am not the only one who recognizes the beautiful, caring person that you are.

For the UHS Soccer Lovers in the Family

For those of us who played or watched Urbana High School soccer - a nice article on Coach Blackman (the only soccer coach Urbana has ever had) and his son Adam. Adam was just named 2010 Area Soccer Player of the Year.

Coaching might run in Blackman family

Tue, 11/09/2010 - 9:49pm | Tony Bleill 

URBANA – Is the world ready for another coaching Blackman?

It better be. One day, you might very well see Randy Blackman's son, Adam, guiding his own soccer team.

"Oh, he'd be phenomenal – if he didn't go crazy and kill somebody," Randy Blackman said with a chuckle. "He would be outstanding at it."

Blackman, the guiding force behind a successful Urbana boys' program that most recently went 17-4 and cruised through the Big 12 Conference undefeated, is known around the area for his demonstrative sideline demeanor. And he isn't afraid to make bold coaching moves. (More on that later.) But Adam, The News-Gazette's Area Player of the Year, is cut from a different cloth, to some degree. His competitive fire is just as bright – white hot – as his father's, though Adam tends to keep his hidden better. But when it comes to soccer acumen, Adam knows what he's doing. His technical skill is impressive, but so is his understanding of the game and its components. Those aspects of his resume are borne from a passion for the sport. He soaks it up.

"The best way to put it," Randy Blackman said, "is he's a soccer junkie."

When the Tigers' season ended with a bitter shootout defeat against Centennial in the regional final, Adam Blackman said he "forced" himself to take a week off. Then he was back at it, honing his ball skills and eagerly awaiting the start of the club season.

"I don't even want to think about not being able to play," he said.

When he plays, Blackman displays an all-around game that was developed through good coaching – and not just from his father, who coached Urbana along with Adam's club team for three years. Randy Blackman said Adam's technical skills are partly attributable to the youngster's former Little Illini coach, Trey Bradberry, a 1996 all-stater at Centennial.

Combine that guidance with a stellar work ethic, you find a player who can excel anywhere on the field. In his early years at Urbana, Blackman played more of a defensive role on senior-laden teams. During his sophomore season, Urbana won the Big 12. Two years later, the Tigers did it again, this time with Blackman being the top scorer – 27 goals – and with an entirely different supporting cast from those 2008 champs.

"He did it his sophomore year with a completely different group of kids," Randy Blackman said. "And he does it his senior year. That's just hard to do, go undefeated with no ties. It's been an awful difficult thing to accomplish."

So, it was no surprise that Randy Blackman showed extreme confidence in his son during the team's most tenuous time. After 120 minutes of scoreless soccer in that regional final – Adam had played all 120 as a midfielder – Randy chose to put him in the net as goalkeeper for a penalty-kick shootout that would decide his team's fate.

Adam did just fine, stopping two of the Chargers' five attempts, but Centennial advanced after winning the shootout 3-2.

"He showed in practice he was the best at stopping shots," Randy Blackman said. "He actually did a great job in goal – he made one really incredible stop and he's really good at it. I think our goalie would be the first to tell you that Adam is better at PKs than he is.

"That was the one position he hadn't played in high school."

If nothing else, it was an unusual way for a star midfielder's prep career to end.

"I don't have any regrets toward the game because I played all 120 minutes and goalie, and I put everything I had into the game," Adam Blackman said. "Sometimes it just doesn't fall your way. It's funny how it ends like that. But we did everything we could. It just didn't happen."

Actually, his soccer career is far from over. Blackman is pondering his college options, which include interest from Eastern Illinois and Western Michigan, along with several Christian schools. Blackman is considering youth ministry as a line of work.

In any event, coaching could be in his future. Can't you just wait to see what he'll be like on the sidelines?

"I don't see him doing it because he knows how much time and energy go into it," Randy Blackman said. "He's seen a close view of how hard I have to work for my program to stay strong. I'm not sure he would ever do high school. But club, I could possibly see him doing that."

Get ready, Dad.

"(Coaching is) one of the things I'd want to do if I go into teaching," Adam said. "That's just another way to get involved with the game."

Players of the Year
YEAR     NAME    SCHOOL
2010     Adam Blackman     Urbana
2009     Jacob Bushue     Centennial
2008     Richard Kayede     Urbana
2007     Jonathan Hinds     Centennial
2006     Corey Kallembach     Centennial
2005     Nick Leigh     Urbana
2004     Michael Marten     Judah Christian
2003     Joe D’Amico     Centennial
2002     Tony Cook     Monticello
2001     Nic Wedig     Centennial
2000     Jason Curtiss     Centennial
1999     Wally Musumeci     Champaign Central
1998     Kirk Strebin     Danville
1997     Tavis Bones     Champaign Central

2010 First Team
NAME    SCHOOL    POS.    YEAR
Adam Blackman    Urbana    M    Sr.      
Andy Drackley     Centennial     G     So. 
Ben Flodstrom     Centennial     M    Sr. 
Dennis Forrest     Danville     M     Sr. 
Jonathan Lukusa     Urbana     F     So. 
J.J. Malone     Blue Ridge     F     Jr. 
Ian Park     Hoopeston Area/B-H     M     Sr. 
Jordan Sizemore     Fisher/GCMS     F     Jr. 
John Tabb     St. Thomas More     M     Sr. 
Micah Walker     Champaign Central     M     Sr. 
Patrick Wong     Urbana University     F     So. 

 2010 Second Team
NAME    SCHOOL    POS.    YEAR
Lonnie Barnes     Centennial     M     Jr. 
Nick Builta     Blue Ridge     D     Sr. 
Clayton Cottle     Danville     M     Sr. 
Joey Denno     Blue Ridge     G     Sr. 
Brandon Fritz     Mahomet-Seymour     M     Sr. 
Will Gibbens     Urbana     D     Jr. 
Jacob Hanselman     Monticello     F     Jr. 
Tarik Koric     Urbana University     M     So. 
Morgan Lewis     Urbana     D     Sr. 
Kraig VanWieringen    Hoopeston Area/B-H    M     Sr. 
Julio Zarco     Champaign Central    M     Jr. 
 

An Unexpected Perspective

I found Carl Treece, a former junior high Science teacher of mine on Facebook this weekend. I remember him as a good man who cared about his students and made Science fun. We've been chatting a bit, and I mentioned that I was a teacher myself, and that I was at Hershey with 31 students, my largest class ever.


His response certainly has made me think:

I am glad that you became a teacher. You have the patience to deal with students. It is sad to hear people criticize teachers because I know that a teacher tries hard to educate students. Sometimes it is a matter of passion for the subject that carries the day. Aside from the problem of preparation and grading the number in class doesn't matter that just gives you more students to be proud of.


Insightful! The more I thought about his last sentence, the more I realized I have been looking at my class size in a negative light. Maybe I need to focus less on the "Ack!! How will I get all this grading/planning/conferencing done??" and instead focus on the "Ahhhh! What a great group of kids I have this year!"


Thanks, Mr. Treece. You are STILL educating me!

I Need a New Translator Program

I love soccer. It truly is the beautiful game, and I wish I had been able to play when I was a child. I especially love women's soccer, and have ever since I began following the US National Team when they won the World Cup in 1999. I was riveted to the TV that summer!

My favorite team is the Chicago Red Stars, and my favorite player (even more than Mia Hamm) is Ella Masar. She's an amazing player, and more importantly, a genuinely good person, devout Christian, who gives back to others.

Currently Ella has been on loan from Chicago to the Norwegian team, LSK, since early October. Through the use of an internet translator, I have been able to follow the team's success under Ella's leadership. But.... it is only a program, and sometimes the Norwegian words are not translated into English very well. Check out this translation of yesterday's game report:

So we should finally turn Røa. It tasted good. 2 minutes into overtime Ella bangs the ball in the right corner, utagbar for an otherwise very good Røa keeper. 


(Okay, I can gather form the first paragraph that Ella seems to have scored a goal.) 
The first game is a lot of back and forth. There are sometimes signs of good play, but it is much Hawaii Football. 


(What is "Hawaii Football"??) 


Both teams will chances in this round. Our biggest apart from the target, is then Marit slams from distance and the ball goes in krysstolpen. 


(And "krysstolpen"?) 


Their coming to the end of the round when the rush to extend as long she is and saves a shot from distance. 
The goal will come our already after five minutes when Ida runs up the left side and enter. In front of goal is an unfortunate Janne Strange and put the ball into his own goal. 


(Hmmmm... I guess a shot on goal was saved by the keeper but then an own goal was scored.) 

In the second half starts well. After 9 minutes, get Ella a lovely through ball and come alone with the keeper. She bangs the ball into the crossbar. Shortly after the 62 minutes Røa have a corner that goes straight on Stool and the goal. Marita has to give himself 10 minutes later due to head injury she received at Røa's scoring. In the 84 my, we will probably be a big chance. Ella facing away Røa defense and slam, but a good goalie saves on the line just in front of Ida Elise trying to dot the rebound. 


(Dotting a rebound?") 

In the 92 mine's on it. Ella struggles for the ball just outside the 16 yard box to Røa and making out at the right in the intersection. Quite amazing scoring. 


(Got that right - she is an amazing scorer!)

The fight for rblive: 



(The fight for rblive?) 

92	End
90	Target Women LSK 2-1 Ella Masar . A gem! More LSK players fighting back and winning duels inside Røa half. Finally the ball ends up at Masar, who sticks the ball in the angle. This year's goal is the last thing that happens in LSK Hall.
88	Ella Masar lurking behind Røa captain Siri Nordby. She gets thrown away a close, but Lofthus parry.
84	Again a big LSK-chance. Abdullah quit, but Silje Lofthus rescues. Ida Elise Enget runs what she can to reach the rebound but keeper Lofthus throws and holds the ball. There should LSK taken back the lead.
72	Usable attempt when Lene Storløkken trying to come through Masar, but Marit Fiane Christensen cleans away.
60	LSK with several chances to score. Røa substitute Marit Fiane Christensen eventually headed the ball off the line. Currently, the home team closer to 2-0, than the guests are settlement.
54	Ella Masar runs through. Alone with goalkeeper banging her ball into the crossbar. Water Witty LSK-chance! (Water Witty LSK-chance?? That one really made me smile.)
52	Ella Masar try sticking through Ida Elise Enget. The left wing is a little too late and goalkeeper Silje Lofthus easily pick up the ball.
44	Ella Masar shoot on the fly, but Røa's goalkeeper saves the shot.
27	Wisløf Rud record Elise Thorsnes. She tries to end with a LSK player in the back. The idea was better than the experiment.
26	Røa get up and chase a tilbakespill Ingrid Bruserud. It ends with a bad rumblings from LSK-keeper and Røa will throw out loud in court. (Another part that made me smile. Sounds almost as though there is a brawl in a courtroom instead of a hard fight for a soccer ball!)
20	Guests and table deuce Røa has created very little in front Bruserud LSK target. Homemade leader deserved. (Kind of clueless here as to what happened in the game.)
16	Again, Masar on the go. She leads the ball 10-15 yards before she tries to shoot from distance. The shot is well off target.
14	Another good LSK-chance. This time it's Ella Masar challenging goalkeeper Lofthus. The latter comes out and kicks the ball away.
9	Røa with cornerback again. This time Fister Ingrid Bruserud the ball further, until it finally ends with femmeter for the goalkeeper.
5	Target Women LSK 1-0 Jane Strange (own goal). Ida Elise Enget frolic in his room at the left. (Femmeter and frolicking?! Another smile.)

LSK Women - Røa 2-1 (1-0)

1-0 own goal (5) (Janne Strange)
1-1 Own goal (63) (Marita S. Lund)
2-1 Masar (90 +)

Judge: Ann-Helene Østervold, Loddefjord IL 

Gotta love the translation program, but at least I get some semblance of what happened in the game as well as a smile or two. But I admit I am looking forward to April when the WPS season begins, the Red Stars are playing, and I know exactly what is happening in the games!