Let's Go Bulls!

For the 4th year in a row, The Lady Bulls (yes, in real-life those would be cows, but I'm not going there) will face the Lady Wolves in the high school District Final. Let's Go Bulls!

In other news, in lieu of my Friday Morning Movie, I will be spending the morning at the laundry mat. UGH! My washing machine is on the fritz & the uniform must be washed before tonight's big game. Repairman is coming on Tuesday.

Ummmm...yeah.

Ever have one of those days?! In the past 4 hours (since Michael got home from work), I think I've said "Ummmm...yeah." about 25,000,000 times and I don't think I've finished a thought yet.

So ummm...yeah, I forgot where I was going with this.

Good Times at Gator Nation

Jordan is in New Orleans this weekend with her Florida ODP team, so it was a rare soccer-free weekend for most our household. Michael, Ben & I decided to head to Gainesville to see Megan. We really had a wonderful time. Michael was hungry when we got there so we picked her up in front of her dorm & headed straight to The Swamp for lunch.


We ate out on the top porch, it was a little cool (for us Florida wimps) but the sunshine made it bearable & the food was really yummy.

After lunch, we headed over to the O'Connell Center to watch the Gators basketball team take on the Arkansa Razorbacks. It was a great game...the Gators won 80-65 & we all had a lot of fun. Even Ben, who doesn't usually care too much about sports got into it. He was doing the Gator Chomp & he learned all of the Gator chants.


And, oh yeah. Mr. Football, Tim Tebow was there too. :) There he is next the the arrow with some other members of the National Champion Gator Football Team.



After the game, we went to our hotel for a little nap... is there anything better than a Saturday afternoon nap? I think not.

Anyway, after our nap we headed to another Gainesville hotspot, Satchel's Pizza for dinner... Megan & I ate there once before when we were in Gainesville for a soccer tournament, but Michael & Ben had never been. It's a really cool, eclectic pizza joint with a junkyard like feel & a really fun, inexpensive gift shop. Definitely a must see if you ever get to Gainesville.
Both times I've been there I've gotten to eat in the blue bus. Unfortunately, I can't find a picture of the outside of the bus (there's one on their website, if you REALLY want to see it), but here we are inside...

We were in the back of the bus. Our "busmates" in the front of the bus snapped this picture for us. It's a bit blurry, but beggars can't be choosers.

The pizza is delish, but if you go, make sure to get the Satchel Salad & add feta cheese. To die for!!!

Sunday, we had lunch at Moe's & then went to see...


which, isn't normally my kind of movie, but I think we all really enjoyed it, and it's hard to please an 11 yr old boy & and 18 yr old girl at the same time. I didn't even freak out that we only got there 5 minutes before showtime...I'm usually there AT LEAST 30 minutes early.

A good weekend was had by all~


except for Jordan, who is still nursing her ankle injury. :( She'll be home tonight & will hopefully get to play later this week when high school districts start. It kills her to be sitting on the sideline and when she ain't happy, ain't no one happy. You know I'm praying for a quick recovery.

Wordless Wednesday

Separated at Birth?

So, I spent the day yesterday fighting with my computer (Ghetto Fabulous fix didn't hold out for long) & scanning my grandmother's pictures. I didn't see that side of the family much while I was growing up, so it's been fun looking at the pictures & finding the family resemblances.

My grandfather died when I was 8. He fought a long, hard battle with cancer before that, so most of my memories of him are of him either in the hospital or in the hospital bed set up in my grandparent's living room. He was a farmer & a coal miner. He & my grandmother raised 4 daughters, one of whom had a plethora of health problems, as well as my grandfather's youngest brother, when their mother died in childbirth. My point is, that, although, I don't remember him well, I have great respect for him.

That being said, as I was scanning these old pictures, I kept having a nagging feeling that my grandfather's younger pictures reminded me of someone... and all of a sudden it hit me!

Ghetto Fabulous

A few years ago, Michael bought me a laptop for my birthday. A really nice one with lots of bells & whistles & lots of memory. (I don't know the details, I just know it was a good machine). I'm very hard on computers. I really don't know much about them, but I love them. Between my photos, my ITunes & all the other crap I've downloaded, I have pushed this baby to it's very limits. Every few months it tells me that the memory is almost full & I have to go through & delete what I don't need & I now have my recipes & photos all backed up onto an external hard drive "just in case".

A few months ago, my baby just started randomly shutting itself down while I was using it. I think it's overheating. Today has been particularly rough... I'm trying to scan my grandmother's old photos for the family & it shut itself down 4 times in a row. About an hour ago, I came up with this solution & (knock on wood), so far it seems to be working...

that's a container of ice placed right behind the fan. :) Ghetto Fabulous!!!

My Meggie-Poo was Happy Too!

Admittedly, I don't know a lot about college football, but I know that this makes me happy...