Are you ready for some football?

I'm just giddy!!!!! It's only a matter of a couple of hours and my Dawgs will hit the field!!! God I wish I was there!!!!

GOOOOOOO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just in time for tomorrow's game!

I got home today to the news that they have revealed Uga VII. His name is Loren's Best and he is the 3 year old son of Uga VI. He will make his first public appearance tomorrow at the UGA v. GA Southern game. Too bad it won't be televised.

He is the biggest mascot second only to his dad. He is a cutie that's for sure. Don'tcha think?



I can't wait for tomorrow's game. I can't watch it live (thank God for CSS replay though!), but I will have it pulled up online for up to the minute updates. Heehee!!!

I'm sure I will blog about the game later as usual.

Hey folks..................IT'S FOOTBALL SEASON!!!!!!! ARE YOU AS EXCITED AS ME?

GOOOOOO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!

They think I'm nuts

This shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone who knows me, but when it comes to certain things I'm quite obsessive. This is a test. Can you name the two things that I get obsessive about? Ohhh, come on. I know you can. It's really easy. If you know me at all or if you've been reading this blog for any length of time you can easily guess. LOL

If you guessed my UGA football and Bon Jovi you get a cookie! Those are my two obsessions. The funny thing is it seems to be getting worse as I get older. You would think that I would mellow out as I got older, but that's not the case. At least my wonderful husband is understanding or maybe just very tolerant of them. Heehee! I'm sure he now wishes that I would have come with some of those promotional products like pens or coffee cups explaining these things though. A warning of some sort. LOL

I'm confused

Ok, this digital tv thing that is coming in.............2009? So does this affect only those tvs that have an antenna? Or, does it affect all tvs? Am I going to have to go out and buy a HDMI switch or something like that? I have a non-antenna tv with digital cable. I'm hoping that is fine. I'd hate to have to spend a lot more money just to watch tv. I'm already mad that my cable company took off the NFL Network from the free channels. LOL

Need an "AWWWW" moment?

Then you have to go watch this video. It is too sweet!!

Moose twins!

First day of kindergarten!!!

Joshua did so well today. Mom, however, got a little teary eyed at one point. His teacher was fabulous and made me laugh through it. She is fabulous!!! After he got his stuff unpacked and signed in he looked up at me and said, "Bye Mom." Like it was no big deal. *sigh* I guess it really isn't since he has been at the school since he was 7 weeks old. LOL It was hard for me though. He IS my baby. LOL


In my classroom before we walked across the hall.



With his teacher.



Signing in.




Blue hands!

Can someone please tell me why?

Why is Ohio State ranked #1 year after year in the power rankings? This really really annoys me. They are consistently ranked up there and in recent memory they've gotten their butts handed to them by SEC teams in the National Championship game yet still they are ranked #1 this year. Ok, so they make it to that game, but come on people really. Who do they play to get there? Not anybody of note really.

Can you tell I'm tired of hearing about Ohio State? Ugh!

Well I didn't expect that reaction

Wow that hit out of nowhere. I was just talking to my mom and she said that my uncle in talking about selling the land that he lives on. I'm sitting here bawling. That is my grandparents' land and home. They have been gone since '95 and '01, but it just breaks my heart to think of it no longer being "home." Ya know. It was really weird though because we were talking and she told me about it and I thought I was ok. Then about 5 minutes into a different conversation I just started bawling. Wow. Didn't expect that. Really. It just hurts to think that it may not be home anymore. I know that it would be a positive thing for my uncle and his family, but it's hard to lose the place that meant stability for me for most of my life. I guess it's almost like losing my grandparents all over again. I also know that I'm getting ahead of myself. They haven't decided to actually do it. They are just thinking about it. I really never expected to have this kind of reaction to something like this. It's just a piece of land, but I can't stop crying.

Are you ready for some football?

Yep, it's that time of year again!!! WOOHOO!!! Tonight is the first Titans pre-season game. Now I don't really get excited about pre-season except that it signifies the beginning of football season!! And I have to say that pre-season football is much better than no football! I'll definitely be watching. I've got to see how my boys do. I'm sure they starters won't be out much though. Either way..............GO TITANS GO!!!








I still have 20 days until my Dawgs take the field, but it's coming!! I can't wait. I know I haven't talked about them being ranked #1. I'm trying not to think much about it. To be honest I'd rather go in ranked 5-10 than #1. There is only one way to go from there y'all and well I don't want to get my heart broken. We have a TOUGH schedule. I'm talking really really tough. One other thing I worry about too is that the guys get lax when we do hit those games that are not thought to be "tough." They have a tendency to do that and if they aren't careful those teams will come out and well..........break our hearts. It's happened before. Everybody is gunning for us. And I'm not even talking about the big ones like Tennessee, Florida, and Auburn. Being #1 at the beginning of the season is not a good thing in my book. *sigh* All that being said.........................GO DAWGS!!!!!!

We need more money

I don't stress easily. I'm a pretty laid back kinda girl. I have to say that recently though I've been incredibly stressed out. The money doesn't stretch as far as it used to and add to that the car troubles (yeah even after the transmission fix it still isn't running right AND the check engine light came on yesterday............UGH!) I'm stressed!! I've even gone so far as to contemplate changing jobs. Granted, I LOVE my job and don't want to change, but we really have to get some more money coming into this house. I can't get a second job because all the extra money would go into paying childcare and that wouldn't help us. I don't see what else I can do really. I've even looked into Atlanta jobs. I don't particularly want to move to Atlanta (been there done that), but I know I'd make more money there than here. Plus I have several really good friends there who could help us out with the kids. My brother is there too. *sigh* Oh the things we contemplate when faced with money problems.

I'm trying again

Ok, school starts back full time for me on Monday (for Joshua too by the way...........he will be in kindergarten!) and that means that I will be stuck in the building all day. No going out to eat like this past week. I think I'm going to seriously try to take a healthy lunch every day. No eating out or in the cafeteria. I need light and healthy. I've GOT to get some of this weight off. I don't feel very good about myself right now. If eating light and healthy for a few months doesn't work I may resort to taking pills. I've been reading some diet pill reviews just in case. LOL I think I am also going to have my thyroid checked to make sure it's not something medical that is preventing me from losing. Wish me luck!!

Good idea or bad?

We have a problem in our house of the kids' rooms being impossible to walk in with all the toys and books. I've been thinking of moving them into one room and moving all of their toys into the other. I know that I would need to buy a mattress for the top bunk and a tv stand for the "play room" since right now their tv is sitting on a little play table. They want to play in the table so get annoyed that the tv is sitting on it. I wondering if putting them in the same room for sleeping is just asking for more trouble. Ya know? Will they sleep? Will they try to play? Will they wake each other up when one cries out in the night? Is this a good idea or a bad one?

6 years

Six years ago today at this very moment I was getting my hair done. Why? It was my wedding day!! It was the day I was marrying the man I love. It has been 6 years and I love him more today than I did even then. Our lives are not perfect, but we are together and that makes it better.

Happy Anniversary Honey!! I love you!!!


Oh, and we have now officially been married for as long as we dated. Heehee!!

I need a happy post.

He makes me smile so .................................

Gotta love kids

So a couple days ago I am away at an inservice. The kids are at home with their daddy. I'm gone for several hours. When I get home I walk into the kitchen and in the sink I see a glass with pink all in the inside. It is filled with soapy water. There is also the mysterious pink stuff in both sinks. I pick up the glass to see if I can figure out what it is. This is when I see a bottle of pearly pink fingernail polish with polish on the outside of the bottle. Ahh Haaa!! The mysterious pink stuff is fingernail polish. I had to laugh. My pretty princess loves to have her nails painted...........pink. I guess her daddy and brother wouldn't do it for her so she decided to take matters in her own hands. At least it wasn't on the carpet or furniture. It is easy enough to clean off of a glass and out of the sinks. LOL

Whiny post. Don't mind me.

Not only am I depressed about the money situation in this house, but I hate the way I look and feel. I'm fat and ugly. At least that is how I feel. Nothing works for me when I try to lose weight. I've tried watching what I eat. I've tried cutting out the sodas. I've tried exercise. I mean really, I was walking at least 3 miles (in an hour or less) at least 4 days a week and I lost absolutely NOTHING!! It's depressing. It's frustrating. I wonder, does Fenphedra work? I've never wanted to take diet pills or supplements, but I'm almost at the point where I would try them.

I'm having a bad day. Can ya tell?

I give up

Yep. I've decided that I just give up. We never make enough money. We never have enough money. It is a fact of life these days. I guess I need to just learn to live with it. Heck, I even put in an application at an area store for a summer position to maybe draw in some extra money. They never even called me to come in for an interview. What's up with that? I'm almost to the point of just letting the debt collection agencies start calling. It's very frustrating to know that we are good people and yet we can't catch a break for anything. We must have ticked Karma off something fierce at some point. I just wish I knew what we did. *sigh*

Boston and Bon Jovi

As some of you know I just spent 4 days in Boston, MA. I went for Bon Jovi. With all of our recent money/car troubles I really really debated going. One deciding factor was that the plane tickets were paid for well before the car trouble started. My friend, Lisa, bought the concert tickets(thanks Lisa! Love ya chick!!!). I'd never been to Boston and then add 2 (yes 2) Bon Jovi concerts to the trip and I really couldn't pass it up. I went. And I had a fabulous time!!! OMG!!! Boston is wonderful. Okay, you have to factor out that they don't know how to drive, and that whoever designed the roads up there needs to be strung up, and they also don't know how to cross a street. Other than those things Boston was great! LOL It really is a beautiful city.

I got up on Wednesday morning around 3:30am to get to the airport and make my 6am flight. I arrived in Manchester (Southwest doesn't fly into Boston) at 10:45am. Lisa was there waiting for me. We stopped off at her house to drop the kids off and iron on my Jovi shirt. Then we were off to Boston. We drove by Harvard. Yeah that's the closest I'll ever be to that particular university. LOL We actually got lost in downtown Boston. This should surprise no one that knows either of us. In our defense though it is very confusing. The roads are crazy!!! We finally found our hotel, The Bullfinch, which is very very close to The Garden where the concert was. We checked in, got a quick bite to eat, checked out Jovi (they are a cover/tribute band), then picked up our fan club tickets for the show. We were in the 12th row on the floor. This is the closest we'd been. Great seats. There were not many tall people in front of us which was really good considering we are both on the short side. Lisa got some amazing pictures on the first night. We got to our seats and were very antsy and ready for Jovi to hit the stage. The All American Rejects opened the show. I have to say that I was not impressed. I much prefer Daughtry that is for sure. When Jovi finally took the stage the place went nuts. Jon was in a fabulous mood and you could tell. He was all smiles and all over the stage. He interacted with the audience all night. It was great. At one point someone threw a Celtics jersey onstage. Jon ripped his shirt off (yeah we just about died!!!) and put on the jersey. Here are a couple pics!

We almost didn't get those pictures because we were so shocked at first! LOL It was a sight to behold as you can see. *sigh* Man that man........................................................whew! The entire night was amazing. After the concert we decided to go bar hopping. We ended up at some hotel bar. Really fancy hotel. As we are sitting at our table we can see a limo pull up outside. Out of this limo steps a few band members (Lorenza, Bobby, and Hugh). We are about to get very excited!!! A little while later we notice some excitement at the front of the bar and then all of a sudden Richie Sambora is walking past our table!! OMG!!!! Neither Lisa nor I could speak. We just kept looking at each other. I think the only thing either of us said was, "Oh my God!!!" Richie ate and then chatted for a little while with this group. Then as he was walking by our table he said, "Good night ladies!!" I was able to find my voice to tell him good night, but OMG!!!! That was Richie Sambora!!!!!! Yeah I was excited!!!! We didn't get any pictures though. He had already waved a couple people off when they asked so we lost our nerve. It was enough to be in the same bar and to speak to him even if it was just to say good night. As we got up to leave and go back to our hotel we saw David Bryan. OMG!! Another major member? Yep. I swear next time we are not going to just sit there in shock. We WILL get pictures!! We finally got back to our hotel and then had to look at all the pictures we did take. We got to bed around 3:30am on Thursday morning. Yeah that was 24 hours after I got up on Wednesday. I was exhausted, but extremely happy!

On Thursday we slept in somewhat. I think we were up around 9-9:30ish. We checked out of the hotel and took our luggage to the car. We then went walking to find something for lunch. We were starving! We ate at Boston Beer Works (I think that is the name of it. Lisa?). Good burger. Of course we couldn't stop talking about the night before or the fact that we had 2nd row seats for that night. Yes you read that right!!! We had 2nd row seats for Thursday night!! OMG!! We walked around downtown Boston for a little while after lunch and then decided that we wanted to take a Duck Tour. To go buy tickets we had to get on the subway. We rode about half an hour to the place we needed to be, but they were sold out for the day. We were exhausted so we decided to go check into our new hotel a little outside of Boston so we could maybe catch a nap before the show. We did get about an hour nap. Soon after that we were dressed and ready we headed back to Boston. It was much easier to find our way this time. We grabbed something to eat then headed to our seats. We got in the arena and OMG!! We were so close!!! It was amazing. Jon was in a really good mood that night too. He came to our little area often, but got flashed by some chick (she had no boobs and was wearing a nasty ugly white cotton bra) and he didn't come over much after that. Witch!!! I could have pulled her hair out for that!! We did get a lot of eye contact and that beautiful smile directed at us often though. Richie made lots of eye contact too. I swear you get a whole new appreciation for them when you are up that close. Even David was getting into the audience. He is a big flirt!! He makes eye contact and smiles really big when he notices you taking his picture. And he DOES notice. LOL We were really close!! We could see the sweat roll off of Jon's face!! OMG!!! We could see the lines at his eyes!!! Yeah we were loving it!! The pictures from this night are absolutely amazing!!!! Here are a few, but you can click the above links to see all of them (well, maybe not all since there were actually over 800, but the ones that were uploaded...........if you want to see them all come see me, I have them on a disc. LOL).









Yes, we did get pictures of the other band members, but I'm a Jon girl so you have to see him. If you want to see the other guys click on the links. ;-) I think we got to bed around 2:20-3:00am that night too. Whew we were tired. And sore!! Lisa and I have decided that we are in desperate need of getting into concert shape. I've never been so sore in my life!!!! I could barely walk after 2 nights of dancing and bouncing on my toes!! Ack!!

On Friday morning we checked the website for the Duck Tours and were able to book at tour. That was fun! We didn't get many good pictures of the city though. The Duck was going too fast for that, but it was fun nonetheless. LOL If you are ever in Boston you have to go on one. The driver was hilarious as were the Ducks. They look like boats rolling along the street AND they are boats. They go in the water too. Pretty cool!! Here is a picture of a Duck.
After the tour we headed out of Boston and into Rockport, MA. I have to say that I've fallen in love! Rockport is beautiful and relaxing and quiet and serene. Did I mention quiet? We walked around for a little while and then went to sit on the rocks and just "chill out" for awhile. We sat there and talked and took some pictures. It was nice to just be still for awhile. The big industry in Rockport is lobster. When you look out over the water you see hundreds of lobster traps. It's really pretty funny. I do want to live there though. *sigh* We left there around 7:30ish headed towards Lisa's house, but made a stop for dinner on the way. When we finally got to Lisa's we were exhausted so we went to bed early.

I don't think we did much on Saturday morning other than look at our pictures again and just relax. My flight left at 4:30pm that evening. I got home around 6pm. Completely exhausted but still flying high. It didn't take long for the PCD (post concert depression) to kick in though. The tour has now ended not only for us, but for the band. Last night was the end at Madison Square Garden in New York. It was a very sad night for these two Jovi fans. *sigh* Now we are looking to the next tour. We have no idea when that will be, but we are starting our Jovi Fund already and looking forward to at least one show of front row seats.

Oh yeah, here is a picture of Lisa and me from second row. Notice that white mic stand to our left? That is where Jon sings. Yeah we were that close!!! OMG!!!!

Here we go again

Yep I'm trying it again. I really really need to lose weight. I realized during this past weeks activities that I am seriously out of shape. OMG! After just two nights of dancing with my favorite band I was so sore I couldn't stand it. I could barely walk!!! It was really bad!! I've been good since coming home with watching what I eat. The problem lies in that not making much of a difference. I've done this before to no avail. I've avoided using diet pills like Anoretix, but maybe that is what it is going to take. *sigh* I really don't want to, but I have to do something to get this weight off. ugh!!!

Not moving

*sigh* The plan for us to move to Florida is not falling into place this summer. While I'm disappointed in this, I'm not completely devastated. I like where I work and I know that it is a good school for Joshua to start in. He is going to have a wonderful teacher. Yes, I would love to go home and be closer to my family, but it just wasn't in the cards for this summer. I'm sure we will try again. When? I have no idea. It is a lot of money to move and buy a house. Heck, I'm not sure I can find any mortgage lenders to approve us for a loan at this point. Times are tough all over I guess. I'm getting to a point where I want a house again though. Whether here or in Florida. *sigh*