Football season has officially arrived. Oh – you already noticed, huh? Me too. I actually have not attended a game yet – Chris took Ali on a date to the first one, and the second was an away game. But my time will come – yes, my time will come. We have, on the other […]
The Shot Heard ‘Round the State.
The Date: 2042. The Setting: Ali’s kids are over visiting my ancient grandmotherly self, and the following conversation occurs… “Gramamma, why is there an East Alabama and a West Alabama? And why is there that huge orange and red wall up between them??” Well, it all started when your mother was a little girl like […]
The Latest on the Greatest Show on Earth.
As of Friday night, Chris and I officially earned our Mommy (and Daddy) Scouts Badge for “Taking two kids, one that is under six weeks old, to the Circus, not getting home until 11pm, and living to tell about it.” And it was worth it – even the ridiculously priced light-up spinning toy souvenir that […]
ATTENTION ALABAMA FANS!!
HAVE YOU BEEN INJURED??? EXTREMELY RECENT STUDIES HAVE PROVEN THAT SUCCESSFUL ALABAMA FOOTBALL, WHEN TAKEN IN VERY LARGE AMOUNTS IN CONJUNCTION WITH AN INEVITABLE BITTER LOSS (with its corollary implications that could deny Alabama a chance to repeat based on their 1-loss and their weak nonconference schedule, weak already with the mighty Georgia State Panthers […]
Alabama Gameday Fashion Photo Scavenger Hunt.
We get to Tuscaloosa on Saturdays bright and early in the morning, regardless of game time. And so, on late gamedays like this coming up Saturday, I have plenty of time to photograph the oddities people watch. And believe me, Gameday Fashion offers a LOT of people watching opportunities. And since I love a good […]
A Plea for HoundsTurf.
Yesterday was a very emotionally fragile day at our house. And not because of the three year old that lives here, OR because of the pregnant woman. Luckily, Ali and I were invited to attend AJ’s Princess Dance Birthday Party during the most tumultuous part of the day…Because no little girl needs to see her […]
Tales of Gating.
So after my last post about football, I’m sure that you all assume that our tailgating crew is among the top tier of the hierarchy of football-tailgating craziness. But I present to you evidence that, although I will not deny our proper belonging in The Nutlawn, the nuttiest we are not. WE DO NOT have […]
The State of State Hysteria.
The state of Alabama is now officially under the trance of the upcoming football season. And the teensy-tinesy detail of Alabama being the defending National Champion AND coming into the season ranked number one nationally is making the hysteria just a wee bit more deserving-of-straight-jacket-insanity than usual. Unfortunately, this football hysteria causes some people to […]
If Only I Could Have Put a Bag Over That Bag Over My Head…
Here in Alabama, certain seasons change a lot quicker than the rest of the country. For instance, our summers usually begin somewhere around late February….and football season begins somewhere in May. Okay, maybe not for everyone, but Chris most definitely starts his preparations and excitement at the beginning of the summer…as if he can already […]
A New Kind of Roll Tiding.
We took Ali to the Alabama/Arkansas Gymnastics Meet Friday night. It was fun for me to actually go to a sporting event in Tuscaloosa that I really could get into – after all, 10 seasons of football games should buy me a few events of my choice, right? But Chris got rewarded to taking us […]