Man I love me some Vince Gill!!

Just sayin'.

As you were.

I travel by car.

I really do travel an awful lot and it is always in the car. Not only do I travel, but I travel pretty long distances. I guess that's what happens when your entire family lives nine hours away. One thing that I have realized while driving is that I have a lead foot (I take after my momma in that respect). I desperately need a radar detector. I'm sure that my luck is going to run out pretty soon. I'm actually surprised I haven't been stopped yet. I've been checking out radar detector reviews to see if I can find a good one. Do you have one that works well that you recommend?

I am addicted to a webcam site.

Now get your mind out of the gutter. It is not one of those sites! LOL

I have been watching live video feeds from Africa. I have always wanted to go on a safari and watching these webcams is not helping at all! It is so cool to be able to watch wild animals in their natural habitat doing what they do. I've seen lions fighting off hyenas and elephants playing in the watering hole. I've even seen the typically elusive leopard. I've been researching prices for safaris too and they really aren't as expensive as I thought they would be. Granted the prices don't include airfare, but accommodations, food, and excursions are all included. The prices are around $350 per night per person. About the same as a nice cruise really. I'm a little afraid to look into airline prices to Africa though. LOL

You should go check out the webcams here. You may become addicted too and then you could go with me when I go on my safari...............whenever that may be. ;-)

Ever gotten a gift that embarassed you?

I was at a bridal shower today and the bride-to-be was getting some very nice gifts. We were all jealous of some of the items she was opening. I know I really wanted the fabulous floor lamp. Mine is old and rickety. LOL Anyway, she gets to this one really pretty gift bag. There isn't a name on it. When she opened it her face turned 3 shades of red. Some anonymous person got her a crotchless panty (warning.....the link goes to a sexy lingerie site and may not be appropriate for certain locations or people). I think we were all a little shocked and a little embarrassed. Not that there is anything wrong with crotchless panties, but this was not a lingerie party. It was a bridal shower with quite a few older women there. You know the type..........................the ones who don't talk about sex. The ones that get all flustered when the subject even comes up. I think that is where most of the embarrassment came from for most of us. LOL It probably wouldn't have been an issue at all if it were a bunch of younger women. Our conversations tend to lean in that direction anyway. ;-)

We never did find out who got them for her. No one would fess up and no it wasn't me. LOL

Mr. Monday Night

Okay so I know that I am taking entirely too long to blog about my favorite football teams this week. I'll try to do better next week. ;-)

Anyway, how 'bout that Keith Bullock? Mr. Monday Night no doubt. He had 3 interceptions. What fun to watch. He also had 4 tackles. Not a bad night, huh? LOL

We had 4 interceptions on the night with one going all the way back for a touchdown. VY spread the ball around pretty well. He threw to 7 different receivers for 164 yards. His passing yards may not look all that great, but I'm happy with it. It means that the running game is working for us at the moment.

I do love to watch VY play. Unlike a couple other mobile QBs he doesn't run at the first sign of trouble. He gives his receivers a little time to get open and lets the play develop. He scans the field and if there isn't a play or his protection starts to break down then he takes off. He's still scanning the field until he reaches the line of scrimmage. If there is a pass play to be found he will go for that. I like that. He understands that this is a team sport and he can't do it on his own. I've heard several announcers say that he wants to be a quarterback first and a runner last. You definitely see that on the field. He is going to be one of the great ones and I am so looking forward to watching him for years to come.

Oh yeah, if you didn't already know.................Titans win 31-14. ;-)

You know what I want to know?

I think it would be very interesting to find out if people would be at all interested in a drive-thru market or something like that in Nashville. I have been thinking about this a lot. I hate to go to the grocery store for a couple little things and drag the kids with me. It just seems to be a lot of work. I would love to have something where I could just drive up and someone would bring me what I needed to my car. No getting out and getting the kids out. Wouldn't this be especially nice on a rainy day? I've only ever seen one drive-thru market. It was in Nashville, GA. It used to be a carwash, but someone turned it into a convenience store. It was pretty cool. Maybe someone with money will read this and conduct some sort of market research to see if the people of Nashville would frequent something like that. Would you?

So..........did you watch that game?

I'm talking about the UGA/Bama game. I was watching on a big screen plasma t.v. at my cousin's wedding after party. It was great. I had a boat load of people watching with me who love the game and the team as much as I do. I haven't had that in a very long time. I miss that feeling. LOL

I have to say though that I absolutely HATE games like that. I'd rather win or lose by much more and overtime not be an issue. They are way too stressful for me. I was a complete freak AND I was a little on the tipsy side so my usual football language was worse than usual. LOL I almost busted my cell phone on the floor when we missed the field goal at the end of regulation. I was not a happy camper! The groom had just jinxed the heck out of us when he said that we had this one since Coutu was kicking. I thought I was going to strangle him!! He should know better than to say something like that during a game!!! Needless to say Coutu missed the field goal. Overtime here we come. UGH!!! I hate overtime when it is my team! Luckily we came out on the winning end of this one. Am I surprised we won the game? Yeah, just a little. I went in with not too much confidence. We hadn't been playing all that well and Bama was kicking ass. Didn't help my confidence much at all. I do like nice surprises though. ;-) That touchdown pass to Mikey Henderson was absolutely fabulous! I had to watch it on replay though. I was on my knees covering my head with my hands. Typical pose for me in close games by the way. Sometimes I'm lucky enough to have a pillow to help cover the frustrated screams. LOL

Here are some of the stats from the game:
1. Stafford 19 of 35 for 224 yards.
2. Moreno 17 rushes for 76 yards.....average 4.3 with 1 TD.
3. 377 total yards.
4. We were 1 for 1 on 4th down.

It was a great game and I can enjoy it now, but let's hope that we don't play anymore that close again. I'd just rather win convincingly in regulation thankyouverymuch!

Only 9 more days!!

My best friends and I have an annual girls' weekend. Usually the first or second weekend in October we rent a cabin in the North Georgia mountains. We get there on Friday, go shopping for our food and drink, go to the cabin, get in out lounging clothes, and do not leave the cabin until Sunday afternoon when we go to the downtown (ha) area for a little shopping and some great ice cream. We then go back to cabin and back into our lounging clothes. We get up on Monday, clean up and go home..............and immediately start counting down for the next year.

Now, these cabins we rent are absolutely gorgeous. They usually have 3-4 bedrooms. They are decorated in a very rustic style which means everything is wood.........all the way down to the wood blinds.

It usually rains and is cold which suits us just fine. We build a fire or light the gas logs in the fireplace and make chili. We also watch the UGA/Vols game on Saturday night.

It doesn't get any better. *sigh* I can't wait!!

It's Tuesday already?

Wow, this week is really going by fast. LOL I haven't even blogged about my Dawgs great win over Bama. Bad fan/blogger. That will be another post though. This one is dedicated to my beautiful cousin and her wedding. I had a wonderful child free weekend with my extended family. I left after school on Friday and drove to Commerce (close to Athens........*sigh*) GA. On Saturday my cousin (actually 2nd cousin) got married. The ceremony was held at an old grits mill back in the woods............in the middle of nowhere! It was beautiful. The wedding party was standing out on this huge rock over the water and the water wheel was in front of them. I'm sure it made for some great pictures. I can't wait to see them. I, of course, forgot my camera so I am patiently (or not so much) waiting for another cousin to email the ones she took. She is supposed to do that tonight. We had an after party out at the barn at my cousin's house. Talk about UGA fans...........the hooked up the satellite and brought out the big screen plasma for the game. It was great!! I drank a little too much and had a blast watching the game with so many who love it the way I do. I miss that.

The bride was absolutely gorgeous.......as she usually is. I had to laugh though. She reminds me so much of her mom. She was asked if she was going to wear any makeup for the wedding. She rolled her eyes and said that she was wearing a little bit. She never wears makeup. I remember being at her mom's wedding and someone having that same conversation. Well, actually I think they had to bribe her to wear it. LOL They are now on a cruise and I am so jealous! I'd love to be on a cruise right now.

I need a drink.

Last week was a pretty rough week with the accident along with everything else. I need a drink. Unfortunately there is nothing along the lines of an adult beverage in the house. Okay, so that isn't entirely true. Michael has beer in the refrigerator, but I don't drink beer. I would much prefer a nice glass of wine. The problem with this is that we seldom have wine in the house. Maybe we need one of those very cool wine coolers so we can always have it stocked for emergencies. Then again, maybe that isn't such a good idea. LOL I've had too many nights recently where I thought I needed a good stiff drink. It could get to be a habit. LOL

She loves being a princess

I'm a tomboy..........still...........and I have no idea what to do with a girly girl. LOL *sigh*

Well, that sucked

Actually that's not entirely true. It sucks that we lost, but we played the Colts close and we never let the game get away from us. Losing by 2 to the Colts is not that horrible. Plus, we had a chance in the end. I kinda think they should have let Bironas try it right there at the end. You never know. LOL I think we would have had a better chance of that than getting that first down.

It's not a win, but it shows a vast improvement in our team and that we can play with the best and hold our own. Nothing to be embarrassed about in that.

It just gets better and better!

Kentucky just scored a touchdown with 28 seconds left to go ahead of Louisville 40-34!

Louisville is ranked #9 and the Wildcats are unranked by the way. ;-) Go SEC!!!

Damn, I'm enjoying me some football tonight!

Holy Cow!

I don't want to play Alabama next week! They are kicking butt right now! They are playing #16 (Arkansas) and right now it is 31-10. Another game that I didn't expect to go the way it is going. This is really going to be a crazy year in the SEC.

Damn! What a turn around in the second half. The score is now tied! 31-31.

HOLY COW!!!! 8 seconds left and Alabama just went ahead 41-38! This has been a great game! I love games like this as long as my team isn't involved!

Wow what a game! I'm all tense and have no love for either team.

I love this game!!!

The Vols are getting eaten alive down in The Swamp.

Just sayin'. Not entirely happy about it, but not upset by it either. Not looking forward to playing the Gators myself. After the showing so far of LSU and Florida I'm thinking they need to be #1 and #2. Who the heck has USC played? Why are the forever #1? They never play anyone really, but the powers that be are determined to always put them at #1. Whatever. I know the SEC is the best conference. I know a lot of people who agree with me on that one! ;-)

UGA 45 Western Carolina 16

This was to be expected. It was a good game for us. We needed a big win after last week. I wish I could have watched though. It was only on pay-per-view. I kinda watched on foxsports.com's Game Trax. It was okay. They updated pretty quickly and I didn't have to keep hitting the refresh button.

Here are some stats from the game:
1. Stafford was 14/20 for 174 yards and 2 TDs. Cox came in and was 3/6 for 48 yards and 1 TD.
2. Moreno had 13 carries for 94 yards....average of 7.2 (guys, this kid is going to be fun to watch for the next few years! I can't wait!) Brown had 10 carries for 42 yards....average 4.2 (not bad averages for our top 2 running backs)
3. Goodman had 2 catches for 51 yards and Massaquoi was right behind him with 3 catches for 47 yards.
4. We played 5 different running backs (not including Stafford) and had roughly 157 yards rushing.
5. Stafford spread the ball around in the air too. He threw to 10 different receivers.

It is good to see these stats even though it was against a team we were expected to beat.

Next up...............Alabama. I have no hard feelings towards the Tide. No major hatred (they aren't orange after all). I'll not be happy if we don't beat them, but I won't be completely ticked off. Okay so maybe I will be completely ticked off, but not because I hate them. LOL I'll be at my cousin's wedding for this game. Luckily they are getting married early in the day and we will be out in time for the game (her hubby to be is a huge UGA fan too..........we'll get along just fine). I'll have to update when I get home on Sunday.

Auburn seems to be really struggling this year.

I'm watching the Auburn/Miss. State game right now and the score is 13-0 Miss. State. Very unexpected. I'm not sure what is going on with the Tigers, but it really doesn't hurt my feelings. LOL I'm just left shaking my head. It's very unusual for Auburn to struggle this much. Especially with how they've been playing in recent years. We'll have to see how this plays out this year.

Well, I thought they were getting it together. They scored 14 points pretty easily and went ahead. I thought they would pull it out. I had to leave the house to run an errand and when I returned they had lost...................to Miss. State 19-14. Who would have thought?

I'm now watching the Vols and the Gators. I always struggle with this game. I hate both teams with all that is in me yet one of them has to win. Which one do I want to win this year? Honestly? Neither. *sigh* I've been looking for ways most of my life for both teams to lose this game. So far no luck. Who is the lesser of two evils? There is no lesser. They are both equally evil in my book. That being said, I may have to go with the Gators (shudder.........shudder...........shudder). I live in Tennessee and I'm not sure I could live with the fans if they beat the Gators this year. I know I couldn't handle hearing "Rocky Top" any more than I already hear it. (Blech!)

I need a drink!

My back hurts so bad right now. I've been popping pain medication most of the day. Okay so all day! LOL It's not helping much though. I wonder if a nice happy adult beverage would help? Maybe a little bit of wine? I'm don't drink beer and I'm afraid that anything harder than wine would be too much for me tonight. Problem is, we have no wine in the house. Maybe we need to buy some of those cool wine coolers for the house. That way we would always have some in case of emergencies. That would be a good thing!

"Momma!! I want that!!"

I've just started hearing these words. For every single toy commercial that comes on t.v. It doesn't matter what it is or if it is for a girl or a boy. He wants it. And, if I don't answer him when he says it he will repeat it at a louder volume until I respond. OMG!! Am I going to have to hear this from now until he is 18?

Oh please! (rolling my eyes here)

How many times is he going to try to come back? It seems that once again Ricky Williams wants to be reinstated into the NFL. Anybody else rolling their eyes? If he does get reinstated, who is going to want him? I certainly wouldn't, but who am I? LOL There are a couple other players in the league that I wouldn't want on my team either, but those in charge don't feel the same way. *sigh*

Dog hair! Ugh!!

I was just looking around in my car today and I have Georgia's hair all over the place. It is disgusting. I need to vacuum it so much more than I actually do. I just hate to go off somewhere and do it. It would be so much easier if I could do it at home. I think I would do it much more often if I had a car vacuum at home. I'm kinda lazy in that I don't like to go far from home if I don't have to. LOL

Man oh man!!

I am hurting so bad right now. I'm not sure if it is from sleeping wrong or from the accident earlier this week. I was sore the day after the accident, but nothing compared to what I'm feeling right now. The pain is between my shoulder blades and radiates up the back of my neck. I'm thinking that if it still hurts like this tomorrow I am heading off to the doctor. I hate this! *sigh*

Is it winter yet?

I am so ready for cooler weather. Even cold weather. It has been a horribly hot summer and it is just now starting to cool off. This weekend we get high temperatures in the 70s. I'm loving it. I'm ready for some cold weather though. Maybe we can find the time and the money to take a winter trip to Colorado or somewhere and learn to ski. It's pretty sad that I've never been snow skiing in my life. It's not like there aren't places close that I couldn't have visited while in college. While I've done some amazingly fun things in my life, I've also missed out on even more. I will definitely have to plan a trip sometime soon to help remedy that situation.

The Christy Sports site is a great place to find everything you would need for a ski trip. They have it all. They have rossignol skis and snowboards. You can get the bindings, boots, and bag all in one place. It's pretty cool.

If it's not one thing it's another!

Just got off the phone with Michael and someone has stolen the license plate off his car. The whole damn thing!! I hate a thief!

Six years ago today.

I wasn't going to write anything about today's anniversary, I just couldn't let it pass without some kind of acknowledgement. September 11, 2001 was the most devastating day in US history. For me. It was the first time I had ever been really really afraid and felt unsafe. It is still a difficult day for me. While it is not a emotionally devastating I always feel a little "off" on this day. I do find myself more introspective though. It reminds me of what is important in life. All the little things go back to being little. Family and friends come back into the forefront.

My thoughts and prayers go out to those who lost loved ones on that horrible day. While most of our lives when back to normal (or close) their lives were forever changed.

This ticks me off!

I cannot believe (okay, maybe I can, but just don't want to) that the Patriots were cheating! They were video taping defensive signals by the Jets. WTF?! They are supposed to be one of the elite teams in the NFL. Well now I don't think so. Makes me ask how long have they been doing this? How many teams have they spied on? I know it isn't the first time they have been accused of it.

The NFL is also looking into the number of radio frequencies they used during the game. So there is a possibility that they were not only taping the signals, but listening in on the Jets too? That is crazy! It defiles the integrity of the game. It pisses me off! I love this game and to think that a team is blatantly cheating just................well pisses me off!

Commissioner Roger Goodell is talking about serious sanctions. What is being mentioned is taking away several draft picks. That isn't severe enough if you ask me. How about forfeiting their win on Sunday?

I do realize that the possibility exists that they are not the only ones doing it and that really bothers me. I hope that they are the only ones. I'd like to believe in the sport I love and the men who play and coach it.

How much would I love this?!

It's been reported that David Greene (you know, former UGA quarterback and winningest college football QB) is scheduled to work out for the Titans. Now don't get me wrong. I absolutely love VY, but I'd love to have Greene as a backup. He is good. Very good. His agent is saying he is certain to be on someone's practice squad. I don't think that his horrible. Heck, get in the program and learn the system. Get better and move on up. I'm not sure why he didn't make it in Seattle. Maybe he didn't get enough of an opportunity to show what he could do. He played very little in any preseason and not one snap in the regular season. Wherever he goes I hope someone gives him an opportunity. He is too good to not be playing somewhere in the NFL.

I need to go to bed!!!

But, I don't want to go to bed. There is another football game one tonight. I don't think I am going to like this doubleheader thing. I've heard that it's going to happen all year. Is that true? I guess I could stop being lazy and look it up. LOL I don't want a doubleheader on Monday nights. I can barely stay up and watch the first one. *sigh*

Got rear ended tonight

Trying to do a good deed and donate some stuff to Goodwill. We were coming home on Bell Rd., stopped at the 4 way stop just past Murfreesboro Rd when we got hit. There were actually 3 cars involved. The guy behind me got it on both ends. He was hit and he hit me. Luckily no one was hurt. None of our cars had any visible damage either. We moved the cars off of Bell Rd to keep traffic going and I heard/felt a scrubbing in the rear, but when I drove home I didn't hear or feel anything out of the ordinary.

I'm starting to feel a little stiff. My head hurts and my shoulders, but I'm not sure if it is from just being so tense/stressed or from the accident. I have to keep an eye on the kids too. I know we will probably all be stiff tomorrow so I think I'll give the kids some Tylenol or something and then take some myself before going to bed.

Well that was fun!

Titans 13
Jags 10

Where the heck did the running game come from? I'm impressed. Supposedly the Jags have a great run defense, but we were racking up the yards on the ground all day. We had a hard time getting in the end zone though. Chris Brown alone had 175 rushing yards (he is leading the league in rushing at this time.......closest is Travis Henry--Denver-- with 134)! We had 282 rushing yards as a team. Wow! How often do you see that happen? On the opposite side, we held the Jags to 72 rushing yards. All their rushing yards came in the second half too. Weren't we ranked dead last in rushing defense last year? Again, wow! We held Jones-Drew to only 32 yards. He was scary good last year. I was worried about going against him this year. We had a good showing! I just hope that we can keep it up.

It wasn't all good though. We had a tough time getting in the end zone. If I remember correctly we should have had at least 3 more touchdowns than we did. We were inside the 10 and had to settle for field goals and one time we came away with no points because we missed a 4th and goal.

I'm very happy with the outcome of the game. It made my weekend a little better.

I'm hoping for a better football day today.

Last night sucked.

Today my Titans play the Jags. I'm hoping they play better than my Dawgs did. I'm not overly confident in this game either. Last year we played horribly against the Jags. It was pretty ugly. Most of my FL family are Jacksonville fans so it would be a bad thing to lose to them again. LOL While I don't rub in football losses, they don't always exhibit that same courtesy.

Wish us luck today.

Well, I am enjoying one game today!

I'm watching the Auburn/South Florida game and boy is it entertaining. It's going to be a toss up as to who wins. Actually USF should be ahead. Their kicker has missed 4 field goals and the score right now is 20-17. USF has first and goal though with just over 2 minutes to play. I'd hate to be an Auburn or USF fan right now. Been there just tonight.

They are going to overtime.

WOW!!! USF wins! Another ranked team upset today. Looks like it's going to be one of those years.

Looking pretty ugly.

This damn game! Why do I watch football? It just pisses me off most days. Our offense can't do much and our defense is getting tired already. South Carolina's defense is all over the place. (Note: I do not credit Spurrier for the defense!)

He's a freshman, right? Knowshon Moreno is fun to watch!!! Wow!

I hate this game! I hate this game! I hate this game!

FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!! I FUCKING HATE STEVE SPURRIER!!!!!!


(Sorry mom.)

Hmmm.

I've been shaky all day. I thought it was b/c I hadn't eaten anything, but I've eaten breakfast, lunch, and dinner since then and I am still shaky. It feels really weird. I'm not sure what is causing it. I feel fine otherwise.

Dammit! They did it again!

ESPN2 let the UGA game start and they stuck with the previous game. This time it wasn't even a close game. At least this time I didn't miss a score. They actually did cut to the UGA game before the other game was over, but it was still 5 minutes into my game.

I want a pair of knee high black boots

Something like this.



The problem is that I have pretty big calves and finding a boot that fits is very difficult. I've been looking for a couple years now. I really want a pair though. Anyone out there with big calves found a pair? Where? Were they outrageously expensive?

There's not crap on for football right now.

Okay so maybe I should rephrase that. There's not a game one that I give one flying flip about right now. Which is to say that there is no SEC football on right now. LOL I did watch the Vandy/Bama game earlier. Didn't like the outcome of that one. Now all I have to choose from is Oregon/Michigan (overrated.............oh wait.........they lost to Appalachian State last week...........they are not overrated anymore..........hee hee!), Chattanooga/Jacksonville State, Fresno State/Texas A&M, or NC State/Boston College. I care nothing for any of these teams. I've chosen to watch Oregon/Michigan. Right now Michigan is losing 18-7.

I'm stuck with this game until my Dawgs start at 4:45. We are playing South Carolina with the much hated Steve Spurrier coaching. I'm not very confident about this game. I have to see my boys play a little more and against an SEC opponent before I can feel really good about them.

I'll keep you posted on my game..........unless of course they piss me off enough and then it may be better if I stay away from blogging for a day or two. LOL


UPDATE ON THE OREGON/MICHIGAN GAME: Oregon 32 Michigan 7 Little over 2 minutes left in the first half.

Oregon 39 Michigan 7 Final

Maybe I changed my mind

You know, about the jewelry for my birthday. I have wanted a mother's ring for a long time now. My mom had one and it was always one of my favorite pieces of her jewelry. I want one with both my own kids and the 17 year old's birthstones. It would have to be one that could be added to just in case we had another baby though.

Peer pressure. What are your thoughts?

I had a conversation with my mom today about peer pressure. You hear all the time from teens that, "my friends do it" or "I did it because my friends made me." It always comes across as an excuse to me. I, personally, do not believe in peer pressure.

When I was in high school I had friends who did everything from smoke pot to snort coke. I had every opportunity to do any number of things "because my friends made me." But, I never did. I went through my teenage years with the attitude that my friends could do whatever they wanted, but I was making my own decisions. If they didn't like me because I didn't do the things they did then they were not worth being my friend. I wasn't by any means a goody goody. I drank, skipped school, snuck out of the house, and missed my curfew, but I did those things because I wanted to, not because my friends wanted me to do them. I just had no desire to do any illegal drug so I didn't. None of my friends held it against me. They offered..........I declined...........life went on as usual.

I once thought I got away with not succumbing to peer pressure because I had such a high self confidence. Looking back that really isn't the case. I was not at all confident. Heck I don't think I had an actual date until after I graduated. LOL I just knew that I didn't want to do some of the things my friends did. I guess I had just enough confidence in myself to thumb my nose at peer pressure or maybe I was just able to pick my friends well and they didn't exert that pressure. Who knows? I just hope that I am able to instill in my kids the self confidence to make their own decisions and not succumb to peer pressure or I hope that they are able to pick friends who do not care to exert that kind of pressure.

I have a birthday coming up.

What do I want for my birthday you ask? Hmmm, let me think for a minute. Usually my standard response to that question is jewelry, but I think it is something different this year. Bon Jovi is starting their next tour soon and I really really want to go and with fan club tickets as close to the stage as possible. Those tickets are going to cost me a little more than my usual tickets. All that being said, I think I want money to put into my "Jovi Fund." I have a friend (hey Lisa) who is going to try to come down for the concert and I am going to try to go to her city when they are there. I'm going to need extra money for that. LOL

This could be helpful.

I just read where Congress has passed legislation that greatly impacts student loan recipients. That would be me. ;-)

"The legislation, hammered out in a House-Senate conference committee this week, alters many of the ground rules for financing higher education, offering forgiveness on student loans to graduates who work for 10 years or more in public service professions like teaching, firefighting and the police, and limiting monthly payments on federally backed loans to 15 percent of the borrower’s discretionary income...." more

I am a teacher. This could really be beneficial to us. I have student loans that are pushing $50,000. (I have 2 degrees). I have been teaching for 6 years. Granted, I can't get the loan forgiveness for 4 more years, but in the mean time I can get my payments reduced. This really is huge for me. I hope that President Bush will sign it now. It may be one of the only good things he does while in office. LOL

Wow! I'm impressed.

About a minute left in the 1st half and MTSU (another alma mater) has 35 points. Louisville has 38. Gonna be a high scoring game. GO BLUE RAIDERS!!

I'll have to keep flipping back and forth to keep a check on them. LOL

NFL kicks off regular season tonight

WOOHOO! I love football!!! Bet you didn't know that about me! ;-)

Tonight it's Colts and Saints. Have to say that I'm pulling for the Saints in this one. NOT a Colts fan and not just because a former UT QB is their QB. Although that does play a part. LOL

I have to say, though that I don't like Thursday night games. Believe it or not I do watch other things on t.v. Thursday nights one of my favorite shows comes on. Well, actually two. I love CSI and Men In Trees. When the new season starts I'm going to have a hard time. I'll be flipping back and forth a lot. *sigh*

How freakin' cool is this?

I was over at Sassy's place and she linked to one of her favorite sites. I'm addicted already! I've always wanted to go on an African safari and this just increases that desire. You can view live cams and view previously recorded videos of animals in the wild. It is so cool. There isn't much going on right now on the live cam. Looks like a watering hole. I bet it gets pretty busy around dawn and dusk though. I'll definitely be checking back.

Go here to check it out.

Better late than never

Sorry this is so late, but I was in Florida over the weekend with no computer and when I got home last night I was too exhausted to even think about writing this post. LOL

As I'm sure you are well aware, my Dawgs played on Saturday. I've been a little nervous (still am really) about this season. I went into Saturday's game against Oklahoma State with my fingers crossed. This was not a "cake walk" game. It was supposed to be a winable game, but not a patsy by any means. Well, I was pleasantly surprised. My beloved Dawgs showed up and played a damn good game. There were several question marks (WR, OL, DE etc.) all through the summer and recent practice. Our offensive coordinator, Mike Bobo, called a great game. He called plays that took the pressure off of our young offensive line. They were quick plays and the O line stepped up. I think that gave them some confidence and they will only get better from here. Our wide receivers did well too. They were catching hell all summer for NOT catching the ball. We had a lot of dropped balls last season and it looked like we were going to get the same thing this year. They stepped up too. I think there may have been just one notable dropped pass on Saturday. Not bad if you ask me. I hope they can keep it up. I was so frustrated with them last year. LOL Oh and I can't forget to mention our running backs! They did an awesome job. Knowshon Moreno and Thomas Brown being the two top rushers averaging 3.5 and 4 yards per carry. Not bad at all.

Some stats of interest:
1. 164 rushing yards
2. 234 passing yards
3. 18 first downs (7 of 15 on 3rd down)
4. 1 interception returned for 41 yards.
5. We were 5 of 6 in red zone scoring.
6. Stafford was 18 of 24 passing.

I'm not saying that we are awesome and going to go undefeated this year. I'm a huge fan, but I'm also a very realistic fan. I think we have a chance at taking the SEC and I'm really hoping for it, but a lot rides on UT and the hated Gators. Those are must win games for us. BTW, I'm still trying to find a way for both teams to lose when they play each other. *sigh*

Up next? The Ol' Ball Coach (rolling my eyes here..............definitely no love for Spurrier in this blog) is coming to town. South Carolina will be a bigger test for us. SEC opponents are always tough. Even Vandy. No joke! They always seem to play us well and have been known to beat us, but I don't like to think about that. LOL No smart ass comments from UT fans either. I seem to remember a recent loss to them for y'all too. :-P

Oh, one more thing. Can I just say that ESPN2 totally ticked me off!! The game before us went over and instead of leaving that "nothing" (no offense to those teams....can't even remember who was playing) game and giving us highlights of it they opted to finish that game and highlight the UGA game. We missed the first 2 (if I remember correctly) scores. I was NOT a happy camper. I hope they make a better choice (see the teacher coming out in me? LOL) next week.

Oh......another thing! Yes, this post will eventually end. LOL

Congratulations to Appalachian State on their win over Michigan (overrated team and conference, but I'm not bitter.)

Back from the family reunion.

I had a great time, but I am completely exhausted. We left at midnight Friday night and I drove the entire way (10+hours). I was up a total of 22.5 hours before I got to go to bed. That was Saturday. On Sunday was the actual reunion. It was a lot of fun. I love seeing my family. Some of them I only get to see once a year. I decided that Sunday was my day to drink................and I did. LOL Around 10pm things were breaking up and a group of my cousins and I decided to go to the bar. We closed it down around 2am. I knew there was no way I could go to bed without getting sick so I made a couple of my cousins stay up with me and talk. We talked until around 4am and then at 7:30ish they are knocking on my door saying it is time to say goodbye. I had to get up and get packed to leave too so that was 3.5 hours of sleep with a 10+ hour drive home AND a hang over!! NOT a good thing!! I'm exhausted AND grumpy.

Oh and it was a great football weekend! My Dawgs won and looked pretty good doing it. I still have my concerns about the season, but they played better than I expected on Saturday. I'm not real confident about the entire season though. We'll see how we do next week against an SEC opponent. And to top off my elation over the Dawgs winning................................the Vols lost!! Hee hee!! ;-) I love to see them lose. LOL

Enough said!!

IT'S GREAT TO BE A GEORGIA BULLDOG!!

I SAID, IT'S GREAT TO BE A GEORGIA BULLDOG!!!

G-E-O-R-G-I-A!!!!

GOOOOOOO DAWGS!!! SIC EM!!!! WOOF WOOF WOOF!!!

HOW 'BOUT THEM DAWGS!!!!

LET'S GO DAWGS!!!!

I'm getting ready!!! Only 2 more days!!

Can you get carpal tunnel in your finger?

Did I spell that right? LOL (Edited: It's spelled right now. LOL)

Anyway, can you? I think the laptop has something to do with my finger hurting. It will be fine all day (well, unless I do something to bend it to the side) and then I get home and get on the computer. After using it on the touch pad for a little while it starts hurting again.

Maybe I should go look it up to find out exactly what it is and maybe that will tell me if it is possible. LOL

Rain? Thunder?

Am I really hearing it? YES!! WOOHOOO!!! We are in desperate need of the rain. Everywhere you look the things that are supposed to be green...............well, they are brown. It's kinda sad.

I hope it rains a nice steady rain all night tonight and all day tomorrow. I can do without the storms, but I love the rain. I don't even care that I would have to keep my kindergarteners inside for recess.

Faith to sing for the NFL

You go girl! Faith Hill is going to sing the theme for Sunday Night Football this year. She says that people (men mostly) are surprised that she is such a big football fan.

"I truly am a football fan. Particularly, men find it hard to believe that women can be big fans of football, but I love it......."


Amen sista!!! I'm not sure why that is so hard for men to believe that women could be big fans. Heck, I live for football season. I'm a bigger fan than most of the men I actually know (my college buddies excluded although I do think that I have them beat sometimes too.).

If you read the entire article it sounds about like what happens at my house on game day. LOL I have to say that it's me that schedules our lives around it though. LOL

Aww, he bwoke his wittle finger.

Literally. Seems that Eric Ainge (you know, the QB for the hated UT Vols.....shudder) has broken his pinky finger on his throwing hand. Don't worry Vol fans (shutter) he still plans to play on Saturday against Cal.

Ummmm, can I just say...................Go Bears!!! LOL

2 years ago today

It has been 2 years since Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans and Mississippi. My mom was living in Biloxi at that time. I remember her saying that she was going to ride out the storm. I threatened to come down and ride it out with her. Like I figured, she decided that she would come to me. LOL She drove up the day before the hurricane hit. We watched the coverage for days. It was sad and scary. Mom was concerned about her residents (she managed an apartment complex) and her stuff. She couldn't get in touch with anyone. She decided to go home later that week to check on everything. She was lucky. Her apartment had minimal damage even when the whole complex was pretty much destroyed. She didn't even have a busted window. The huge oak tree outside her apartment split in two. One side falling in front of her door and the other falling to the side of the apartment. Not touching the building at all. She had to get my brother there with a chainsaw before she could get in her door though. It was crazy.

We talked her into moving away from there since there was no family for her. I took a few days off from work and drove down to help her pack and move. I had been to Biloxi just a few weeks before the storm. It was like driving into a war zone on this trip. I saw huge oak trees splintered and broken. I saw cars on their roofs. I saw boats in trees. There was no electricity at all and it was hot as hell! The apartment complex was horrible. The top apartments had no roofs. Just about every single window in the whole complex was out. Some of the residents rode it out while others left for higher ground. Many were still unaccounted for with no one able to get in touch with them or not knowing how. I helped clean up around the complex and I helped my mom pack her stuff. I have to send out heartfelt thanks to the American Red Cross. Every evening they brought around hot meals for everyone. For our other meals we ate those nasty military meals (I forget what they are called. LOL) With no electricity there was no way to cook food. We did go get pizza one night. The Pizza Hut down the street had electricity, but as you can imagine it was a limited menu and they were not delivering. The Red Cross also distributed clothing, toiletries, and other necessities to the residents. They really were life savers for those in need after Katrina.

I wasn't able to tour much of Biloxi that week, but the things I did see were crazy. Everything that had been on the beach a few weeks before was gone. The huge floating casinos were picked up and moved across the street. Trees were down everywhere. There was debris everywhere. I think the craziest thing I saw was right across the street from my mom's apartment complex. There was this little house that looked like it had no damage whatsoever. There was even a "For Sale" sign in the yard. How those powerful winds didn't pick it up (especially when it was picking up cars and boats) and blow it all the way to Tennessee I'll never understand. LOL

I am grateful that my mom was safe and she didn't lose everything. I do, however, feel for those who were not so lucky. Most of them are still struggling two years later. We need to keep them in our thoughts and prayers.

It's been 8 years? Really?

As my wonderful husband blogged about earlier, it is 8 years ago tonight that the Tennessee Titans opened what was then called Adelphia Coliseum. I remember that year well. I was lucky enough to go to almost every regular season game. I think the only one I missed was because I went to the Georgia/Florida game in Jacksonville.

I remember how that team played with so much heart. I had no intention of being a Titans fan. I had been a Miami Dolphin fan my entire life and never thought any team could worm their way into my heart. The Titans did though. It was not a pretty season. We won every home game that year, but they were mostly ugly wins. That team played with heart and they won my heart.

I bought a Frank Wycheck jersey pretty early in the year and wore it for every game, but still didn't consider myself a huge Titans fan. That changed during our first playoff game. While my husband was on the field for the "Music City Miracle" I was not lucky enough to get tickets to that game. I was sitting in my recliner at home watching. When the Bills scored to go ahead with 16 seconds left in the game I called my mom crying (this was when I knew I was a true fan...........only one other team had ever been able to make me cry and I'll let you guess which team that was. LOL). But, just a couple minutes later I was jumping up and down in the middle of my living room and crying for a completely different reason. Yep, I was hooked. I've been hooked ever since.

As we sit here with another football season upon us I remember the great time I had that first year. I miss going to the games. I have to content myself with watching at home and maybe get lucky enough for a friend to invite me with an extra ticket.

I'm watching the Little League World Series

It's Japan against Georgia so you know where my heart lies. Talk about drama in this game!! The score is tied and they are now going into extra innings. I'm not sure I could survive being a mom of one of those kids! LOL Too much stress.

I'll update when it's over.

It's over and Georgia wins it with a walk off home run. It's both heart wrenching and heart warming to watch. They are all hugging and crying on both sides. You really do hate to see either team lose this game. They have worked so hard to get there and they put their hearts into the game. They had me crying there at the end and I had no real ties to it. LOL

Congrats go out to both teams for a great game and special congrats to the Georgia team.

Why?

Why is it that the 4 year old has to have EVERY freakin' toy that his sister wants to play with? Why does he have to try and take EVERY toy she plays with away? And then when I take it back from him he has a complete breakdown? Is it an age thing? Is it a sibling thing? Is it jealousy? How can I stop it?

Now he is hitting the wall b/c he is mad. I just sent him back to time out b/c of it.

I'm so bored!!!

I am sitting here at home watching Noggin. Okay so Joshua is watching Noggin (Ari is napping) and I'm surfing the net. Nothing is happening on my message boards or blogs. I'm bored out of my mind and Michael has the van so we are stuck at home. Of course it is my own fault since I told him he could take the car. LOL I guess I could get up and clean the house, but it's really not on my list of fun things to do. LOL There is nothing good on t.v. At least in a couple weeks I will have football to entertain me. Much to my children's dismay. LOL

Arizona?

Could I actually live in Arizona? Doesn't it get hotter there than it does here in Tennessee? I'm not sure I could handle that really, but I hear it's beautiful out there.

Once again I've been surfing the net looking at houses. I've found one while searching Arizona luxury real estate that I absolutely fell in love with. Unfortunately it is way out of our price range. *sigh* Seems like a lot of the houses I fall in love with are way out of our price range. LOL I guess I just have great taste in homes. I think we need to win the lottery so I can buy these houses I fall in love with. Whatcha think?

Vegas Baby!!!

It has been so long since we've done anything remotely fun on New Year's Eve. I think the last real party I went to was 2000/2001. I was in Atlanta and went to a great party with my old college buddies. I can't believe it's been that long!! We are not old. We should be going out to enjoy ringing in a new year. Yes, I realize I'm thinking about this very early, but we may need to save some money to do what I want to this year. I want to get my mom to keep the kids and then Michael and I go to Las Vegas. I want to stay at Caesars Palace. Neither of us have ever been to Vegas and I think it would be a lot of fun. I could probably pick a cheaper time to go than New Year's Eve, but I just want to do something we've never done to ring in 2008.

Did you know?

Did you know that you can actually have subtitles or closed captioning added to your videos? I knew that major movie companies and the like could do that, but I had no idea that something as small as a church or school could get it done too. I can see where both of those places would benefit from being able to do that. I know in schools and churches we have such a diverse population these days and communication is sometimes difficult. This could be really help in those instances.

I'm always amazed.

I'm so not a science person. The things that they can do with seemingly simple medical equipment really does amaze me. My friend has a condition where she needs to know her blood oxygen levels. She has this little thing called a pulse oximeter that she just sticks her finger in. It gives her a digital reading of her levels. It's crazy that such a little piece of equipment can do that with any accuracy at all, but it does. I have no idea how it works, but because I love my friend I'm sure glad that it does.

More on the weight loss thing.

I'm still researching ways to help me lose weight. A friend of mine recommended Phentermine, but I'm still not sure if I want to go that route. It makes me nervous to take something to chemically enhance weight loss. I know that I just need to get motivated and get my butt out there for some exercise (Can it cool off first? It's damn hot outside right now.) and start watching what I eat much more than I do now. I think my major problem is that I can lose the first 10 lbs and then I seem to just stop. I'll still be exercising and eating better, but I just stop losing the weight. I get frustrated and give up. Then I eat more. *sigh* It's just a vicious cycle.

Never in my life!!!

I am watching a Braves game and only half way listening. I hear something about a team scoring 30 runs in a game. WHAT?! Are the kidding? Nope they are not!!! Texas has scored 30 runs (yes in one game) against Baltimore. I think I'm speechless! I've been watching baseball for a lot of years and I don't ever remember a team scoring that many runs in a game. That is just crazy!! I'd hate to be the Baltimore Orioles right now and face the coaches, owner(s), or fans. That is downright embarrassing for the entire team.

I went to school with him.

I even had a class with him.............Greek Mythology. Now he is going to be in the booth for away UGA football games. It was announced today (maybe yesterday) that Eric Zeier will be helping Scott Howard in the broadcast booth this year. As you know, the beloved Larry Munson will only be calling home games this year. I was surprised to hear that Zeier would be coming in for away games. I'm interested to see how he does. It makes me feel old though. I mean heck, I went to school with him! What really got me though was that I also went to school with Damon Evans. You know, our current Athletic Director. Yeah, for some reason I missed the announcement of the years he played at UGA. LOL Or maybe I just didn't want to think that someone around my age could be old enough to be the AD. LOL

Kids are too funny!!

This is a monologue from a friend's son. I laughed my butt off....................could not stop giggling when I heard this. Those of you with kids will definitely appreciate it. LOL

"Mommy, I am going to say Oh FROOBLE when I get fwuh-stated instead of Oh Shit because it's a nicer thing to say. You said Oh Shit when I flooded the bathroom so I know you were vewy fwuh-stated then but, Mommy, that isn't a nice thing to say. I know you wouldn't want me to say Oh Shit as often as you and Daddy do so I am gonna say Oh Frooble. Frooble is a nicer word than shit, right Mommy? I made it up and I don't want it to be a bad word. Did you and Daddy make up the word shit, Mommy?"

I really do not like to go shopping.

The mall is not my friend. If I go to the mall I am going for a specific item. I go in, get what I'm there for, and then leave immediately. I'm not sure what caused this dislike of shopping. I wasn't always that way. I used to love to shop. Well, only with my best friend or my mom. I don't really enjoy that anymore. Now I don't mind shopping online at all. I can sit in my own comfy chair and shop a really great online clothing store and get some real bargains. I do love to find bargains. Maybe I'll become a recluse and never leave my house to shop again. LOL

I'm a professional..............really!

Granted I don't work in an office and I don't sit behind a desk all day, but I am a professional. I even have a desk. Not a desk as nice as these executive desks, but a desk nonetheless. It really bugs me that teachers aren't always treated like professionals. A lot of people look down on us because we don't make as much money or they think we have a "cushy" job because we get summers off. You know that saying "Those who can do and those who can't teach."? I absolutely HATE that saying. Well, I don't know many "professionals" who could do what I do every day. I think anyone who thinks I have a "cushy" job just needs to come spend a day in my kindergarten classroom. They will leave with a completely different prospective.

I need to lose weight

I have wanted to lose weight for a long time now. I've tried counting calories. I've tried counting fat grams. I've tried counting points. I've tried diet drinks for breakfast and lunch. Nothing seems to work. I've never tried diet pills though. I've been doing some looking around and I've found something called Miracle burn and the reviews put it in the top 10 among diet pills. But taking diet pills makes me nervous. The side affects are scary. I'll have to do some more research before I make any major decisions, but I really need something to help me here. I can't seem to do it alone. *sigh*

How do I keep my computer safe?

I was thinking about this today. I'm not sure what kind of anti virus software we have on our laptop. Heck, I don't even know if we have anything. Yeah I know that is just crazy. We do have to have something. If I remember correctly we had Norton on our desk top. I guess it worked well. I'll have to ask Michael what we have on the laptop. My fear is just that we are going to get a horrible virus and lose all of our pictures of the kids. We do have several of them saved to discs, but I'm sure there are almost as many not saved yet. I would hate to lose all that stuff.

I was actually watching it.

I have never in my entire life watched golf. That is until last weekend. I think it was last weekend. I watched Tiger win like his thirteenth major tournament. I know absolutely nothing about golf. I used to go with some of my buddies from college, but I always drove the golf cart. No playing for me. The only thing I know about golf is that the Titleist golf paraphernalia is some of the best. This is about the only thing I need to know...............I think...........to get my brother a golf gift. Do I need to know anything else? Any golfers out there who can help me? I'm clueless when it comes to this sport.

This commercial cracks me up.

Every time I see it I giggle. LOL

Well that sucks!

I just read that DJ Shockley, former UGA quarterback, is out for the season. He plays for the Atlanta Falcons now and he has a torn ACL. He hurt it on Friday night in their preseason game against the Buffalo Bills. I hate it when my UGA boys get hurt even if they play for teams I don't like much. I had high hopes for him this year too with all the stuff going on with Vick. I hope he can heal quickly and get back. He did a great job at UGA and I'd love to see him do well in the NFL.

Well, life as a single parent begins

Okay so it is only until September 12, but still. Michael left today to go to Dallas and training for his new job. We are excited about it, but are definitely going to miss him for the month that he is gone. Heck, I just dropped him off at the airport today and I miss him already. *sigh* It's really not going to be that different around here since we hardly see each other anyway, but mornings are going to be rough. He always gets up with us in the mornings to help get ready for school and now I have to do that alone. Daunting task especially when Ari is on a "Daddy do it!" kick. Should be interesting tomorrow. LOL

One good thing is that my daddy is in town until Wednesday of this week so every night we will get to go to Opryland Hotel to visit them and when they leave on Wednesday afternoon they are taking Joshua with them. I have to go over this weekend and get him though. No big deal since I'd planned on going anyway to get us out of the house.

I'll keep y'all posted on how the single mom thing is going. I'm sure you will all be waiting and praying. LOL

Pretty cool and very easy!!

Want to win an iPod Shuffle? I just found a website that is offering a really easy contest to win one. All you have to do to enter is post a link on your website to them, comment on their website, or tell a friend about their site. Pretty easy, huh? Go on over to toastthetrends.com and enter. They are requiring at least 50 entries (total, not per person) to continue the contest. It's easy so go over and enter. Go on..............

Gotta love him!

Tonight I was sitting in my rocking chair and Joshua comes in to sit with me. I am watching a preseason football game. He looks at the t.v. and says, "Momma, when I'm big like those guys I'm going to play football on t.v. Will you watch me on the t.v.?" Warms a football mommy's heart! *sigh* Of course I tell him that I won't watch on t.v., but I will be at his game watching him play.

Our conversation progressed to other things that he could be when he grew up to be big like those guys on t.v. We talked about him being everything from a cowboy to a spaceship guy to a baseball player. It ended with......"It's a game where they skate on ice with roller skates. They have a hitting thing and they hit a black stone." I'm game for whatever my little guy wants to do when he gets to be a big guy.

We then started talking about the letters of the alphabet and the sounds each letter makes. He is a smart cookie. There was only 2 or 3 that he didn't know. He was even giving me words that started with each letter. I have kindergarteners who can't do that yet. I love his preschool. They are teaching him so much in there.

I think I'm done for now.

Yeah, that was a lot of blog posts for one sitting. I think I'm done for the night and maybe until Sunday night or Monday. I'm off to watch my football game without distractions............well except for the kids. LOL

Well, that's embarrassing!

Ever been pregnant and when you sneeze or cough you kinda................ummmmm...........you know..............leak a little? Embarrassing isn't it? Well, apparently you don't have to be pregnant for that to happen. At least according to some of people I'm very close to. LOL If I mention their names here they will shoot me so I'll just leave it at that. ;-) Anyway they are always commenting that they need incontinence supplies. I always sympathize with them all the while hoping that it doesn't happen to me. Unfortunately I'm not sure if hoping is going to be enough. It comes with age and..............well.............. pregnancy or more that it doesn't always go away after pregnancy. LOL

I'm so excited!!!

I am about to watch my beloved Titans play another preseason game! This time VY is playing!! Yay!!! It's great football weather too (no not here............dang I wouldn't even want to be at a game outside here right now..........too freakin' hot!). It's raining in Foxborough and I love to watch football in the rain. It always makes thing interesting.

I'm not addicted........I swear!!

Okay so maybe I am addicted. I can't seem to get to bed at a decent time because I am online. I have to check my favorite blogs and my email and my message boards. I don't do a lot of surfing really, but I do have certain sites that I visit many times a day. I've been looking at computers since Michael is possibly getting a new job where he will be traveling and I'm sure he would love to take the laptop. I don't necessarily need a laptop as long as I can put a desk top computer around the t.v. LOL I've really been looking at monitors more than actual computers. I want a nice monitor and I've found that I like the viewsonic monitor. Yes, I do like the finer things in life. ;-)

Moving is not fun!!

I have moved so much in my life and it really is one of the things I dislike most. It hot and hard work. It always seems that our friends become scarce when when we need them. The last time we moved it was Michael, Christian, and me. We also had the kids. That was not a lot of fun.

One of the things that I hate about it is one of the simplest. I hate disposing of empty boxes. The reason? I hate breaking those dang things down. I guess I could have made it easier on myself if I'd have had a couple box cutters. At least then I wouldn't have to tear the tape off all those moving boxes.

I've never had one

I want a nice home theater. I've never had one, but I have a couple friends who do. My boss has one too. That is where I first realized that I really wanted to have one. My daddy has one, kinda. It is in his living room and he has a huge plasma television mounted on his mantle/chimney and he also has the surround sound hooked up. My stepmom won't let him turn it on very often. He likes when we visit though because he gets to use it. LOL I like it too. Some movies just sound better that way and football definitely does!!

Can I put them to bed at 6:30pm? Please?

Ugh!! My kids cannot seem to get along tonight and it's driving me nuts!! This is the first full week back at school with my kindergarteners and I'm completely exhausted. Not to mention I have a nasty cold that just got to the coughing stage so my chest is killing me. After all this my kids decide that they don't like each other very much. This is NOT a good thing. I'm ready for them to go to bed and even thinking about putting them there................early or not.

At least I have Titans football tonight and as of right now VY will be playing. At least for a little while.

I got mine! You got yours?

Life insurance that is. Yes, my wonderful husband and I both have life insurance policies. We even have it on the kids. It's another thing that I didn't think much about until I had kids. Now I wouldn't go without it. We both had to have medical exams in order to get ours. Luckily we are both healthy and had no problems. Are you afraid that you won't pass a medical exam? Not to worry. There are places out there that offer no exam life insurance. I've known several people who've had to go this route. You do what you must to keep your family secure.

Man it's hot!!!

I cannot believe how hot it is here in the south these days. We are on like 10 days of 100+ degree weather. No rain and no relief in sight. Yesterday we got up to 106 and one little town close to us got up to 110! This is crazy!! I cannot remember ever having so many days in a row of these temperatures. When I was a kid we could go beat the heat on the lake. We had a boat and would go boating every weekend. I loved it. I wish we either had a boat now or had friends with one. We live so close to the lake now it is a shame not to be able to enjoy it. Any potential boating friends out there? ;-)

Do you like baseball?

I do. I've watched baseball for as long as I can remember. I've been to numerous Atlanta Braves games. I was in college when they went to the World Series. I was not fortunate enough to get tickets to any of those games. Heck, as much as I love baseball I've never been able to go to any world series. I would love to be able to go just once. I'm sure I would enjoy any world series game I could get to, but I'd have the most fun if it was the Braves. ;-) Who knows, maybe this year!

A must have for all homes!

Range hoods. Yes, range hoods. They are a very important thing to have on your stove. I bet you don't really think about things like that. Do you? I know I never did either. I always took it for granted that they were there. I hardly ever even turn mine one. Well, try burning something on the stove. It will stink you out of your house. Those little thought about range hoods can be a life saver. Okay, not really a life saver, but really really helpful. Those things go a long way in helping get that horrible burnt smell out of your house. That, my friends, is a great thing!!

I love Orlando!

You know, the land of Mickey. My friends and I used to go to the world's most popular (I would think) theme park every year. I kinda miss that. I wouldn't be opposed to us actually moving to Orlando. I'm not sure if I would want to buy a house or look into getting an Orlando rental home. If you've been reading my blog for awhile you know the horrors we went through when we owned our own house and sold it to move closer to work. I'm not sure I want to go through that again! Renting might be the way to go!

Warning!!

I just got 18 assignments from one of my pay sites so my blog is about to be really really busy!!

Long Day

I'm so tired. I went to work at 7am this morning and taught 17 kindergarteners all day. After school I went to the doctor for the follow up on my finger. She sent me to another office to get x-rays on said finger. I still haven't heard from those. Then I went to the shoe store to to get 2 of the 3 charges taken off of my account. (Yeah, they charged me 3 times for one pair of shoes). I was able to come home for about an hour and a half to actually sit down. Then I left again to go back to school for Parent Night. I left school at 8pm. I'm finally sitting down on my recliner and my feet hurt. I need a foot massage. Honey? Tomorrow will be a long day too. I have school from 7am-2:30pm then I have to go to an inservice from 3:30-5:30. *sigh*

Found the perfect gift for my daddy!

I always have a hard time finding gifts for him. He is just now getting his garage back from my sister and her stuff. He he making a work station in there now and needs lots of cabinets to store his own stuff. Cabinets and workbenches would go over really well with him right about now. He will have to wait for his birthday in November though. Yeah, I'm kinda mean like that. LOL

My daughter has a shoe fetish.

Yep, I'm in trouble. We go in a shoe store and she has to touch every pair she sees. She tries them on and immediately wants every pair. I bought her a new pair of shoes this weekend since her others were getting too small (she is in a size 8 now! Wow!). She has had them on every waking moment since. LOL She puts them on by herself and usually on the wrong feet, but insists on doing it herself. Independent little cuss.

I love to find ways to save money.

I was surfing around trying to find a Coupon and I came across a site with lots and lots of coupons and discount codes. I love to find place I can go when I'm shopping online to see if I can find a deal on whatever I'm buying. It makes me feel all happy inside. They update it throughout the day too so I can always check back. They promote over 5000 merchants so you are bound to find the one you need.

Damn announcers jinx us every damn time.

Go ahead and roll your eyes Honey. I know you want to, but it's true. It never fails. We were shutting out the Redskins with less than 2 minutes in the game and one of them says something about the last time the Titans had a shut out in the preseason was when they were still the Oilers in like 1994 or something. All of a sudden the Redskins score 2 touchdowns. Ugh. Can't they just keep their mouths shut until the end of the game.

Yes, I realize it's preseason and it doesn't mean anything, but it is still just aggravating.

Who knew?

When I went to Australia I learned about how they have the Royal Flying Doctor Service that flies into the outback in medical emergencies since it is so remote. Well, I just found out that we have an air ambulance here in the United States. They can fly critically ill/injured patients from hospital to hospital. They make domestic flights as well as international. You can even have your personal physician on board. Their planes are well equiped with all the medical equipment and supplies they might need. This is a pretty cool service really. Especially for those who may be traveling and need to get back to their local hospital.

"Momma, I want a new sister for Christmas."

"One who will not cry." This was just whispered in my ear. LOL Well my darling son, I want a new little boy who listens to his momma. LOL Doesn't look like either of us are going to get our wish. LOL

What? No VY tonight?

Well, that totally sucks! I was looking forward to watching him play for the first time this year. Apparently he broke some team rule or other and Coach Fisher benched him for tonight's game. Not sure what he did, but it really doesn't matter. It all results in him not playing. Dang! I'm disappointed.

What is it about this guy?

I've found myself loving John Mayer. I'm not sure why. I was upset that I missed his concert here in Nashville.




Don't worry though. He hasn't replaced my other Jon. ;-)

I'm a sentimental fool.

I love memories of times long ago. It's amazing the small things that can trigger a memory. A scent, a song, a word. You never know what is going to start a storm of good or bad memories. And once they start it is almost impossible to stop them. Most of the time I don't want to stop them. They may make me smile or they may make me cry. Either way I welcome them. Especially those of my beloved grandparents. Today's memory trigger was as simple as cabinet hardware. Yeah, that was my thought too. How can something like that bring back so many memories? I don't know, but it sure did. It was actually a door knob and lock. My grandparents had the exact same one on their front door. I remember my brother tying a string to my tooth and then to that door knob. He slammed the door, but I ran with it so it didn't pull that tooth he was so determined to pull. LOL I love those memories!!! What kinds of things trigger your childhood memories?

What is your favorite card game?

I can remember sitting in the living room as a small child while my dad and his friends played poker. It wasn't a weekly ritual, but it did happen pretty regularly. They were not the stereotypical group of poker playing men. There was no cigar smoke swirling overhead. They did enjoy a beer or two though. They played on a flimsy little card table or sometimes at the dining room table. I'm sure they would have loved to have had one of those really nice poker tables, but they made do with what they had on hand. Those are some good memories for me. I learned how to cheat....................ummmm I mean play..............poker watching them.

Halloween is getting really close!!

Did you realize that? I've always had a hard time finding costumes for Halloween. This year I decided to start looking early. Yeah, I'm a geek like that. LOL I found some of the cutest animal masks for both children and adults. The mesh butterfly masks are my favorites. They are really pretty. One of the giraffe masks is nice too. Do you know what you or your kids want to be for Halloween yet? I hope we can make it to a party this year. I miss dressing up. I wish we could dress up at school too. That would be so much fun!!!