Last day off, Monster Hunter, cute hearts, True Blood and NHL time

Sadly today was the last of the days off. We were in no rush to get up and do anything today. So we didn't. We took things nice and easy. When we did finally get up Toni set about doing lots of artsy sewing stuff and I engaged in a spot of Monster Hunter Freedom Unite. It's slowly but surely for my questing but I've been getting there slowly. Not a lot for me to be able to show from my exploits so instead I'll share the cute little hearts that Toni has been making:

Iron Man 3 was watched for the second time so that Sam and Aaron could see it. It's just as good the second time around. Seriously, if you like the Marvel films then you MUST see Iron Man 3. 

Next up was True Blood, Series 6 Episode 2. The series seems to be improving once again despite veering off into some weird territory. Not sure how many more series they can keep it going for but I hope we don't end on six. I'm running out of good TV shows to watch with lots being between series, naturally ending or getting cancelled!  

The day finished up with another late one as we stayed up to watch Game 6 of the Boston Bruins v Chicago Blackhawks Stanley Cup Finals. Chicago headed into this one with a 3 - 2 lead so it was up to Boston to tie things up or Chicago would walk away with the Stanley Cup! I had everything crossed that Boston would be able to feed off the crowd for this game as they were on home ice!

It was a frantic first period with Boston dominating. They went 1 - 0 up after 07:10 and were on fire after that. It was quite a brutal period with Chicago's Sharp taking a puck to the face and Boston's Jagr back in the dressing room. At the end of the first Boston Bruins were leading 1 - 0.

The Bruins seemed to have lost some of their oomph at the start of the second and had a really messy power play. To add insult to injury Chicago had a breakaway chance and tied things up 1 - 1. It was end to end stuff after that with both teams killing off power plays. Shot count was Boston 18 and Chicago 15 with a 1 - 1 scoreline at the end of the second. Everything to play for in the third period with us praying that it didn't go to overtime!

Ten minutes into the third and it was still 1 - 1 with both teams creating chances but failing to score. With 12:11 gone the Bruins capitalised on a scramble in front of the net to take a 2 - 1 lead. Both teams upped the ante after that with things starting to get a little desperate. 05:39 left and it was knuckle biting time as Chicago went on the power play. With 01:16 left and the netminder pulled the Blackhawks tied the game up 2 - 2. at 00:58 Blackhawks score again to make it 3 - 2. Two goals in 17 seconds and Chicago were less than a minute away from winning the Stanley Cup. Bruins called a time out at this point. Sadly despite pulling the goalie the Bruins just couldn't get the job done.

The Blackhawks won the game 3 - 2 and became Stanley Cup Champions winning the series 4 - 2.

.....and tomorrow it's back to work again. BOO HISS!