Yeah Dogs!

Way to go BECCA whose team has now WON two games!!!!!!!!!!!

Things!

Well first of all HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESSICA! (yesterday) and HAPPY ANNIVERSARY KATIE AND DAVID (again yesterday)!!! And HAPPY NEW BABY to Sherrie (last week)!!! And HAPPY WEDDING TO LAURA AND JOHN!!!! I have been busy...sorry :) It has been an eventful couple of weeks. I spent three weekends in the Northern Neck...the greatest place in the world. One weekend I saw the new dorms at SMS which are amazing and have walk in closets...I mean really!?!?! Then Geoff took me on a trip up Catpoint Creek, while testing out the new motor and putting up stakes for duck blinds. Anne and I were bridesmaids at Laura's wedding where we got to catch up with old friends while we danced the night away in the 100 degree Virginia Heat. Laura look beautiful and was so very relaxed. It was perfect! Then Labor Day weekend I played with my nephew all weekend long! He really is the sweetest thing ever. We have a special little bond...well I thought we did...until I heard that an hour after I left on Monday he took his first steps. I think I would have been okay with this if it was to mommy or daddy or even his dear Ganny. But no...it was to cousin Lawrence. :) Of course it was also the opening day of Dove Season, Geoffs favorite day...well it used to be at least. Weekends with my family are some of my favorite. There has been a lot going on with my Grandpolly not doing well and this is when we all count on each other to be there through thick and thin. My favorite times are piling around at the cottage to watch a Steelers Football game that is playing on the east coast at 1am, or maybe it is recorded, rain delay and all. Anyway it is these times that I love and will cherish forever. Ok enough mushy stuff...here is something kind of comical, I think. Sweet little baby Tayloe and his mother are coming to stay with me tonight. I do not have kids, therefore I have no baby stuff at all. I called Barret's mom. She has three grandchildren, I knew somewhere there had to be a crib. There was, yay! Thanks Maureen!! Anyway, yesterday Barret stopped by his mom's house to pick it up, threw it in the back on the truck and was on his way. Now I must tell you there is never anyone in the alley or in the backyard when I get home. But of course today as Barret is unloading a baby crib the whole neighborhood was watching. Not only was there a crib that could have been hidden because it was in a bag, (except for the Fisherprice crib written on the outside that Barret displayed), but there was a tiny mattress also that I carried in to the house. I had to laugh a little because the two of us moved so fast so no one would realize what we were carrying into the house, but I am convinced the whole neighborhood thinks that I am preggers. I am sure I will have some more pics of little T, but you can also read my sister's blog http://www.emeryblaby.blogspot.com/

So I hope everyone is well and enjoying what is left of summer.

I mean...

Do I have the cutest nephew or what?!?!?!?!

Geoff's Favorite Pic

If you ever have an extra ticket to a steelers game and are looking for a cheerleader...call me!

Elevator People

With my new fancy job for the "man" comes a four flight ride in a shaky elevator. Great building, bad elevators. Anyway on 4 floors there are a bunch of people who work for other companies. I seem to be on the same schedule with a group of people, arrive at the same time, lunch at the same time, leave at the same time and park in the same area. It is weird. But anyway I have noticed a lot of things about these people because they all know each other and talk, and I observe with the occasional ,"Man it is hot outside", "Have a good day", "Boy I am glad it is 5 o clock", those sorts of things. Sometimes I get nosy, like there is one woman who rides the elevator who always has a book in her hand, and it is always different. I asked her how many books she reads, "at least 7 a week". Are you serious?! I don't have time to read half of one much less 7! She is always reading, when she is walking, riding the elevator, eating...it really is amazing. Then there are a few guys who get on who are very involved with their church and talk about all the missions they have sent their children on...but they smell really bad of BO so I always try to avoid the ride with them if possible. Yesterday however was the most exciting ride. Most of the people in the building work on the 3rd floor, so at 5 i push the down button, get on the elevator and the doors open at three and a shit load of people get on with me. They were all fired up yesterday, "can you believe it" "did you see it" "How big was it". Totaling phrases that peak my curiosity. I finally not being able to hold it in anymore said "What was it?" A SNAKE they all scream. It was spotted on the first floor and with the 104 degree heat it is not a wonder there weren't 20 snakes trying to get in the building. I asked, "Did someone get it out?" Nope, someone saw it and then went to get help and it was gone. SHOCKER. They were all laughing about it and saying how thankful they were to be on the 3rd floor....I didn't have the heart to tell them that snakes can climb stairs. So now I have checked all my desk drawers and under my desk, because I am not going to have the snake anywhere near me.

It's beginning to look a lot like...

That's right ladies and gentlemen, it's beginning to look a lot like STEELER SEASON! A time when it is okay to have black and gold crazy hair, your favorite punter's jersey on your wishlist, a family who screams with each other and not at each other, text messages as fast as your fingers can type, a towel that circles around your head at rapid excitement speed while Tommy sniffs it and tells everyone that it is the sweet smell of success. A time when the goose is cherished and the terrible towel is dipped in the three rivers and the creek, when face painting is not allowed, but boas are totally acceptable as long as they are black and gold. It is a time when you find out that last minute news that you got tickets to the best game ever, even if it is 30 below, snowing and your brother makes you drive down death mountain, because it is your birthday and you got to see Ben, Hines and his mom, Mr. Rooney and the flying Hawaiian. A time when you are proud to say that you are from the town with the great football team, and nothing tastes better then a brawt off the grill while sitting on the cottage sofa. So please feel free to join anytime while we cheer on Ben, Hines, Troy, Chris,Heath, Willie, the Bus (forever we will cheer him), Alan, Larry, and Deshea and all the Steelers for the new exciting season! Life is good. HERE WE GO STEELERS...

quick catch up

I know it has been a while since I have written so I just wanted to do a quick catch up on what is going on in this here life. So in the past 21 days (yikes!) I have: joined the Junior League (something I never thought I would do, but I have done it), babysat for a couple of different families, travelled to Bald Head Island with the bridesmaids from Laura's wedding, gone to the movies, met a movie star, slept with a doberman on my chest and a boxer at my feet in a 5,000 sq ft house that wasn't mine, hosed down 26 alpacas when the weather was too hot for them, swam in a pool at midnight with Melissa, taught a few dogs how to behave, setup a fish tank with Barret, watched the Nora Roberts made for TV movie marathon on Lifetime, made plans to go to the Dominican Republic, cried when the bridge fell because that is my worst fear and why I always put the window down going over a bridge, went to a funeral of someone I admired, got jealous that my sister in law got a Dyson, watched my front porch being ripped off and a new one start, worked, slept, finished my allergy shot building and now am at maintenance for the next 5 years, played with an iPhone, voted for Pasha in "So you think you can dance" and I think that might be it. I have a few pictures from last week that I will post soon!