7 Weeks and Counting

I never thought this day would actually get here: I am going to be 1/2 of a parental unit.  Just writing that sounds weird.  There is plenty of time to think about that later.  Right now, all I seem to be focused on is FOOD!  Eating 6-7 small meals a day is crazy but is the ONLY way I have survived, thus far.  The nausea, SUCKS! I am so tired, all the time.  For me, that is not saying much because I am a lover of sleep, but now I am really a lover of sleep.  Most nights, I forgo watching my favorite shows, thank God for DVR! 

My body is being consumed!

Unexpected Surprise

So, yesterday was a late night for the both of us.  I was busy getting things ready to make peanut butter and chocolate chunk brownies for Rider's birthday and wrapping gifts, etc.  I kept walking by the laundry room (the door was closed) and I kept smelling fresh clean clothes.  No one had been home and I didn't have any laundry going.  After about an hour, I decided to feed Sully.  Since his food is stored in there, I opened the door and the smell just knocked me over!  I turned on the light and this is what I saw........... yes, yes, a MESS!  Something like 8 bath towels later, swiffered- 2X- there is still blue coming out from underneath!  By the time I get it ALL cleaned up and ready to call it a night- Rider get's home!  GO FIGURE!!  ARGH!! 

I still have no idea how it happened.  Everything was pushed back on the shelf.... I think my house is haunted, but at least it smells good!

Queens of the Court

by David Harris
Major collegiate athletics needed this. It needed a team like Texas A&M — a team built on a foundation of hard work, of want-to, of relentlessness — to come out on top.
In a year mired by controversy and clouded by ethical issues, the good in sport — the teamwork, the togetherness and the selflessness — finally shone through.
In a year when Cam Newton and Jim Calhoun hoisted National Championship trophies, finally one of the good guys had the opportunity to celebrate.
Yes, for the first time in program history, A&M — by virtue of a 76-70 victory over Notre Dame — is the national champion.
Head Coach Gary Blair took over a program eight years ago that hadn't seen a winning season in the previous seven.
Yet, from the gutters they've risen to become queens of the college basketball world.
Most importantly, they've done it the right way. There have been no under-the-table payments, no compliance investigations, no dirty recruiting.
Just basketball.
It's a team that is the perfect representation of A&M and the values it holds dear. They endure. They fight for everything they get. Every challenge standing in the way is conquerable.
Some would call it stubbornness, but they're just mirroring their coaches.
"Perseverance and toughness," said A&M assistant coach Vic Schaefer. "That's who we are."
The NCAA Selection Committee rewards their splendid regular season by placing them in a region with Baylor — arguably the best team in the country.
And what do they do?
They don't complain. Rather, they just go out and avenge three previous losses by shutting down all-world Brittney Griner and earning a berth to their first Final Four.
What do they do when they're down 10 points with no semblance of momentum, with five minutes left against another No. 1 seed in the biggest game in program history?
They just erase that deficit with poised play, dauntless defense and clutch offense.
What do they do with nine seconds, down one point with no timeouts and the season on the line?
Their senior leader goes coast to coast to make the biggest play of the women's college basketball season, sending them to the national championship game.
What do they do when given another national power with a de facto home-court advantage and a championship at stake?
They come up with an answer to every Fighting Irish run, limit the effectiveness of All-American Skylar Diggins and turn Aggieland into a women's basketball hotbed.
Three times in three games, they were underdogs. Two times in three games, they faced seemingly insurmountable second-half deficits.
Yet still they prevailed.
"We don't give up," Blair said.
Eight years ago, the women's college basketball world laughed at A&M. They saw the program as a trash heap. Blair, one of the most respected and likeable coaches in the game, saw a gold mine.
His faith in the program and belief in his players culminated in one shining moment for the world to see.
After a season overshadowed by speculation and accusations, college athletics needed something to turn out the way it should.
And 15 women, four coaches, one school delivered that something.

New Life, New House, New Bed, New Bedding

Among all of the changes that have occurred, I have a couple more to add to the list!  We have upgraded to a king size bed- wowsers! Which means- new bedding and linens!  I LOVE this, I am so very excited!  I am going to accessorize with a blue denim bedskirt, neutral linens, maroon bedside lamps, and the maroon star over our bed that I received from my husband for a previous anniversary.  The bed, itself, is still to be determined.  I am thinking expresso leather.

It's Been One Week....

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; the courage to change the things I can; and the wisdom to know the difference.

It's been one week since I began my new job!  I have embraced it and I am making it my own.  Change is super hard but, I do not forget where I have come from as this has made me the person that I am.  Having believed in this and practiced it- I am super lucky to have found a welcoming, light-hearted environment, where I can laugh and want to come to work in the mornings.  I am surrounded by good people and I have been laughing a lot!  I have been seeing students and am pretty much set - things are good and I am happy!

Our New Home

Our new home!  We are very excited!  It was love at first sight.  We didn't want to see anything else and kept coming back to this one.

 The movers came today with ALL of our stuff- it was better than Christmas.  Is there such a thing?  It was like opening wedding gifts all over again!  I had stuff I forgot I had and then some!  I have worked all day and don't feel as if I made a dent!

Today, I mostly worked on the kitchen.  It still doesn't look like it- but I did!  I do have a lot of space.  I wish I had an island- but I am not complaining.  I have plenty of space and believe it or not, some of those cabinets aren't filled- but give me time, I have more boxes ;-P

Tomorrow is another day!  I am very excited to finally have our own bed!  Hotels beds are okay, but air mattresses suck!  Yay for a good nights sleep!

I am sad that my family and friends cannot come over whenever to enjoy our home because they are so far away or I am so far away- it's all the same and makes me super sad!  I miss you all!

This is not Texas

After a broken trailer, 3 days of driving, multiple cold fronts/freezing weather- We are finally about to be in our new home! We searched and searched but I think we have found a winner! We are very excited and hope to be moved in by the middle of the week. We have lived in a hotel for about a week and a half. It's not a lot of fun- I am so glad that it is almost over! woohoo!

It's not Texas- but I guess it will do for now.