Ryan Whitney and I Now Have Something in Common

(Originally posted on The Sidney Crosby Show on August 17, 2008.)
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Ryan Whitney has had successful foot surgery.

TSCS wishes Whit a speedy recovery.

On to happier news - Sidney Penguin decided to take another road trip. He left Oklahoma and ended up in Omaha, Nebraska:


While there, he stopped to visit Friend of The Show Janine L.'s adorable little daughter, Melia:


Many thanks go out to Friend of The Show Janine for sharing her Roaming Penguin picture!

The Roaming Penguins Have Begun to Land

(Originally posted on The Sidney Crosby Show on August 15, 2008.)
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The Penguins have started Roaming! Where did the first one land? Why, in Oklahoma...


...the new home of good Friend of The Show Cassie G.:


Big, big thank yous to everyone who contributed to today's post!!!

Roaming For Mario

Hello, Friends! snoopyjode here. :) I'm helping Roaming Penguin Mama Stephanie get all the original RP posts from The Sidney Crosby Show published here so all of them are available in one location. Stick around - after the oldies are up, Stephanie will be adding several brand new, never-seen-before photos and stories. ENJOY!!

Of course, we have to start at the beginning. The following post was the post that opened the door for this site to exist...


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(Originally posted on The Sidney Crosby Show on August 8, 2008.)
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After a few weeks of hard work, good Friend of The Show Stephanie S. is ready to release her Roaming Penguins. She has all the details for us in her stint as today's guest blogger:

A million thank yous to Jodie for letting me sell my penguins through The Show! I am so pleased and flattered that there was an interest in my yarn art and am excited to help out a great cause close to any Penguins fan's heart!

Ok, here are the details:

The penguin stands about 7” tall and is about 4” wide. Each penguin will have his number on his back and on his non-stick wing. Captains and Alternates will have the “C” and “A” on the front. All penguins (except Fleury) have a puck attached to their stick. And per Jodie’s brilliant suggestion, Marc-Andre Fleury penguins have wider sticks and a catching glove (with puck in it)! You can order any player/number you want...there are no limits.


The penguins will be $10 each. $5 from each penguin will go to the Mario Lemieux Foundation. (The other $5 goes towards supplies and labor. I will not be financing a trip to Europe on my profits or to the other side of Nashville, for that matter!) Shipping will be extra and will be figured on a case-by case basis. Rest assured, I will ship these guys as cheaply as possible!

This is Marc-Andre Penguin. :)

First and foremost, I ask for everyone’s patience as I figure everything out…I’ve never done anything like this before! I have pre-produced some penguins ahead of time, which will help. But please understand that I have a real job, somewhat of a life, and another self-commitment to charity knitting that I do. I will do my best to knock these little guys out…I want to see all the traveling penguins in pictures! But I can make no fast and hard promises to turnaround time. I also ask, for now, that we limit orders to one penguin a piece. I want to make sure everyone gets at least one in a timely matter. I will let you all know when things get manageable for you to order more! Also, obviously, I cannot accommodate rush orders. All orders will be filled in the order in which they are received (I have a lovely spreadsheet all ready to go!)


The ordering process:

1. E-mail me at StephanieDMB22@yahoo.com, please make the subject line “Roaming Penguin” so I can spot them easily!
   [snoop: If you just click her email address, your default email editor will load a blank new message with her address and the subject line already filled in. You can then proceed to step 2.]
   
2. Include your full name, address, and player/number you want
3. I will e-mail you back letting you know I received your order and let you know where you fall on the list. I will TRY to give you at least an estimate as to how long it will be.
4. When your penguin is finished, I will e-mail you with all the payment details (I’ll be using Paypal), and what your postage will be.
5. Your penguin will be mailed just as soon as I receive payment.

Please direct ALL questions to me via e-mail! Jodie has very graciously given me a platform to sell my creation, but she has no control over my production pace and can’t tell you where you are now on the list. I will give updates on how much money has been raised and any other general “how things are going” stuff.


A few “fine print” notes. These are not toys. They do have a few pieces glued on and the sticks have wire in them. So please do not give them to small children or dogs. Second, if you are DEATHLY allergic to cats….well, I have one and, try as I might, there will be a few stray hairs on the penguins. (If you have pets, you know the pet hair battle is never ending!)

Thanks again to Jodie for letting me "take over" the site to do this! And please don't tell my Stars I'm doing this....they would be sooooo jealous (this is what they get for not having a mascot!).

No problem, Stephanie! Your secret is safe with us, although who knows who these little guys will meet in their travels once they start roaming... ;)

Sidney Penguin does Dallas....again

Last weekend, Sidney Penguin and I flew to Dallas for a hockey double-header. Sidney was very excited to see his Penguins on Sunday, but had the added bonus of getting to see his old teammate, Ryan Whitney, with the Ducks on Saturday!



When we went to games over Christmas, it was too dark to take any pictures outside. Sidney hasn't been back to the American Airlines Center (the AAC) since the All-Star game a few years ago....it brought back memories!

It looks like a giant airport hangar....very nice!

Pictures of downtown Dallas almost always include Reunion Tower (it's like a big ball on a stick!) Sidney wishes we could have gotten a little better picture of it, but it was a surprisingly cold and windy day in Texas. Perhaps we can do a more proper tour of the city in the future :)

That teeny, tiny thing between those two buildings? Yeah, that's Reunion Tower...

Even though our seats were in the nosebleed section, we did get down to the glass for the pre-skate. We were behind some folks, but we do believe that Satan looked directly at us!



I don't tend to take many pictures because they always look blurry to me when I review them....but here are a few that turned out surprisingly well:

Kunitz stretching

Geno!

(I really need to invest in a new camera.....)

Anyhow, Sidney and I had a great time on our whirlwind trip (though I was terribly torn on Sunday.....Pens win/Stars lose....). We are now back in Nashville and looking forward to this final stretch to playoff season (Sidney Penguin says don't worry....the Penguins will go to the playoffs. Don't ask me how he knows ;) )

Stay tuned for more adventures and a big announcement very soon!!

Short but sweet

Just a short post to let you all know that Penguin Production Headquarters has made it safely to it's Dallas satellite office. Sidney Penguin and I enjoyed another relaxing ride in first class (thanks to the perks of being an airline employee's kid) and will hit the ground running today. We go and see Waterfowl Team #1 this afternoon and will try not to lose our voices screaming "Go Stars!"

I will try to post pictures tonight.....Sid didn't get any good shots of himself in front of the AA Center the last time because it was night. The sun is out, so it should be great for penguin photos.

By the way, Jodie is going to be sending me the codes and instructions to post all the stuff that has already appeared on The Show, so things should be busy around here for the next few weeks! I'll try to space the postings out so that we don't have stuff slip off the front page too quickly.

Well, SP and I need to get geared up for some hockey! For today.....GO STARS! :)

The Kris's hang out

Kris Penguin has only been in Brookville, PA for a few days, but has already embarked on quite an adventure!

Elizabeth and Kris P. headed out to the Pens-Islanders game and, after a nail-biting win, they got to meet Kris the Human! To say Kris Penguin (and Elizabeth, for that matter) were thrilled would be an understatement :)

Hey! I know who that guy is!

Hey Kris! Look over here!!

Which Kris is cuter? Hmmmmm.....

A signed Kris Penguin....collectors item for sure!

Thanks to Elizabeth for sending in these photos and giving us all hope that our Roamers will meet their Humans someday!

Here we go!

Ok, I've been remiss in updating this at all since launching it, but it's time to get the ball rolling on seeing where all our Roamers go!

I will be posting a lot of pictures and stories in the upcoming weeks as we shift the Roaming Penguins information from The Sidney Crosby Show to here. I can already tell you that these posts will be in no particular order (it would take me months to figure out what order they were received). Hopefully no one will get lost in the shuffle :)

And so, without further ado, our first Roaming Penguin:


Kris Penguin arrived safely at Elizabeth's house in Brookville, PA! As you can see, he's already monopolizing the computer :) He better enjoy being an only child though....Eric Penguin and Mike Penguin will be along in about two months or so.

Sidney Penguin has been very lonely without a friend up in Cleveland. So Marc Andre Penguin made the trip up there to keep him company! Of course, it helps that MAP heard that Lauren is quite fond of taking her Roamers to see their human counterparts. So he's hoping for a meet-and-greet of his own!

SP shows a jealous MAP all the signatures they've collected

Stay tuned....there's a lot more where that came from!!