Balancing life with Sports on Sundays

"Never on a Sunday." I remember my father, an old fashioned Greek PHD in psychology professing how nobody should work on Sundays. Well, the 49ers would have loved to take this Sunday off. At times it appeared both the defense and offense were missing in action as they were embarrassed by the Denver Broncos on national TV 42-17. But really the night belonged to Payton Manning who broke the all time career TD passes record at home. "He's one of the greats. It was a great performance in a great career. Congratulations to him. He played at the highest level," said a stoic Niners Coach Jim Harbaugh. "The Broncos played a good game." Something the 49ers couldn't do. First there were dropped passes, then an interception and in the end perhaps the greatest loss was the absence of key defensive players like Patrick Willis, NaVorro Bowman, Aldon Smith, Chris Culliver and Jimmie Ward. Too many holes to fill and too many openings for Manning to capitalize on.  Luckily the Niners have a bye week to recover and regroup. As for the faithful, the three game winning streak is over, but hopefully you were able to enjoy this beautiful Sunday.

We sure did. This picture was at Viansa Winery where some great friends, my husband and I feasted on a wonderful lunch and sampled the wines of the season before the Sunday night game. At the end of the day, the Niners loss is just that, one loss. Some good news,  the Seattle Seahawks also lost. Unfortunately for Raiders fans, the bleeding continues. After loosing to Arizona 24-13 at home they now own the worst record in the NFL at 0-6.  Raiders safety Charles Woodson didn't mix words after the game."This is as bad as you're going to get," Woodson explained. "We haven't won a game. How much worse can it get than that, than not winning a game?" Just ask the 1962 Raiders who finished the season 1-13.  How to balance life with sports on a Sunday? A glass of wine certainly helps. Cheers!