We Rocked We Chalked We Jayhawked!

Before the starting line-ups they played a little video of the history of KU athletics.  Let me tell you when Mario Chalmers hit the tying three to send the game into overtime in the 2008 championship the crowd went crazy. I still get chills just thinking about when everyone started cheering. It was awesome!

And my favorite picture of the night. I don’t know why, but I love this picture.

We Rocked We Chalked We Jayhawked

All I can say is OHMYGOSH our trip was freaking AWESOME!!!

Mildred and I arrived in Lawrence around noon so we went and ate at Salty Iguana’s.  One of the best Mexican resturants in Eastern Kansas. After that we drove to Allen Field House just to see where we needed to go.  Then we went to Mass Street.  We walked  and saw one Nebraska fan. She looked scared. lol

Since the Fieldhouse doesn’t have a lot of parking lots my friend suggested we park about a mile away on a side street.  Excellent advice! When we walked through the doors they have a Kansas University Sports Hall of Fame and one of the first things that you see is……

This my friends would be the 2008 National Champion trophy that the Jayhawks won! Just seeing that in person was good enough for me.  Just joking then we walked out on the court. Awestruck when you see a celebrity, maybe. Standing in the entry way on to the floor I was AWESTRUCK! Our seats were great. We were in a corner and not quite halfway up. We could see the whole court and some of the picture I took were great.  I didn’t do any editing since I was in a hurry to upload these pictures, but here is what I got!

A walking breathing Jayhawk legend, Mr. Danny Manning.

We sat next to the band and I thought this was kind of neat.

Then the mascots were stretching too.

All-American candidate Cole Aldrich.

The other All-American candidate Sherron Collins. He’s even a bigger ball hog in person.

Tyrel Reed #14 is my favorite player. You should see him play defense.  He plays basketball the way it is supposed to be played. His teammates could learn a lot from his defense skills.  His movement when he’s off ball is textbook! Oh and he grew up in Kansas.

Nebraska made a run toward the middle of the last half and actually took the lead. But with the crowd behind them the Hawks came storming back and never lost the lead again.

Come back tomorrow for my favorite picture!

My 36-year-old baby

Yesterday morning I was awaken by a husband in pain.  He had a pinched nerve in his neck and was in the worst pain any person has ever been in. Can you hear the sarcasm in my typed words? 

Let me tell you first that until 3 years ago I never went to the chiropractor.  I never had back problems until I slipped off the three steps that go from the house into the garage. I was still holding on to the door handle as my feet slipped down and I felt every bone pop in my back from my tailbone to the top of my neck. Ever since then I have to visit the pop doctor about once every three months. When my neck goes out I am in a lot of pain so much so that all I want to do is cry or puke. I am basically out of commission during this time.  Anyway I’m sure can you imagine how much sympathy my husband feels for me right?

So this morning at 6:00 I hear whining about his neck.  He comes into the bedroom after his shower and says, I can’t even put my underwear on.  Now you must realize I have an hour of sleep left so I am not happy about his complaining.  However, the good wife that I am I move Trixie who was sleeping between my legs and Tails who was snuggled up on my arm and pull out a pair of his “panties.”  Okay there are some things I don’t want to see anytime let alone at 6:00 in the morning.  But that is a whole different story.

So after 10 minutes I have his ”panties,”  jeans, socks and shoes on. I ask him what shirt he wants to wear. He says and I’m quoting this, “I don’t care.” I grab a black polo shirt with the tool company embroidered on the breast. Now you must realize he can not pick up his left arm. It takes another 10 minutes to get the shirt on him. Task accomplished, but then he says, “it’s too tight I can’t wear this one.”  I just started laughing cause seriously?  Nope he would not wear it.  So another 5 minutes to take it off and another 10 minutes to put the “approved” shirt on. 

I wanted to ask him, so when you go to Dr. Shane will he have to help in and out of your shirt? But I thought he might try to slap me with his left hand which would throw him into a pinched nerve jolt and he’d land up on the floor.

TNT was up in Nebraska yesterday and he left at noon because his customers would make fun of him whenever he’d have to stop mid sentence and cry. lol

49 of 52

Carin at forever in blue jeans has set up a challenge to all mothers to get in pictures more often. Even though I’m not a mother to human children I will still join this challenge.

*First I just want to say that there a few people who leave comments on my blog and when I go to visit them I can not leave a comment because of the way their comments are set up. Since I don’t have a Google account it won’t let me leave comment. SORRY about that!! Please know that I’m not being rude. And I really appreciate you leaving a comment on my blog.*

I got thank you cards in the mail the other day from my niece and nephew for their Christmas gifts. My sister-in-law put this picture in with the notes. In TNT’s family I’m the outcast cause I love the Kansas Jayhawks. However, in my family TNT is the outcast since he’s the only Kansas State Wildcat fan. So here is my niece and I taking a break from arguing over who’s the best. lol

My mom and TNT always go back and forth with each other about the JayHawks and Wildcats at Christmas time.  I have to admit that TNT got my mom so good a few years ago. When Roy Williams left KU to go to North Carolina my mother was so angry. Well TNT was searching on ebay for the perfect gift to give my mom and came across a t-shirt with Roy’s face on the front and on the back it said, “not in Roy’s house.” So TNT paid the $1.00 for the shirt and the $5.00 for shipping and (she’s going to disown me) I wrapped up the shirt so the Jayhawk was showing. My mom thought TNT had finally come to the good side but then she unfolded the shirt and there was Roy boy staring at her.  She was speechless then she started cussing at TNT.  It was so funny.

This Saturday I will be at Allen Field House in Lawrence, Kansas cheering on my Jayhawks. Hopefully if KU dominates the Nebraska Cornhuskers we will be doing the Jayhawk Chant. Let me tell you just listening to that on YouTube gave me the chills.  I can’t wait to be there in person!

ROCK CHALK JAYHAWK!!!!!!!

 

Way Back Wednesday

My grandpa always smoked a pipe. When he was mad or really concentrating on something he puff puff puff little puffs. The pipe I was “smoking” was empty but I wanted to be like grandpa!

Northern Exposure

With the power of Netflix I’ve been watching  Northern Exposure. I loved that show when it originally aired in the 90’s and then again during the reruns when I was in college.  I started at the beginning in November renting the seasons.  I’m almost through the fourth season and that show is just as good now as it was in the past.  I get home in the evenings and jump on the Elliptical then I turn on Northern Exposure. That show makes the 30 minutes of working out go really fast. And my question is how freaking hot is Chris (John Corbet)? WOW!

Here’s a little TV trivia for you. Darren Burrows who plays Ed Chigliak was born in Kansas!

Winding Creek

Whenever I travel to see my Grandma I always stop on the country roads off the highway. The highway runs along a creek that has flowed for years. In some places it is dry and in others it’s a gentle trickle. If it hadn’t been so darn cold I could have sat on the bridge and listened to the water.

Of course I never have my camera ready when I need it. On this drive I saw deer, turkeys and lots of cows.

On Saturday night TNT and I had a gathering at our house to watch the Kansas and Kansas State basketball game.  You must realize that I was the only KU fan out of 5.  I sat between TNT and his buddy Ryan so everytime KU would shoot a free throw they would both lean up in my face and wave their arms like they were distracting the shooter.  All NIGHT long!!!  Well luckily my boys pulled the W out in overtime.  After the game I didn’t say a word and my FIL asked why I wasn’t celebrating. I told him I was a good winner and the Jayhawks did enough talking on the court that I didn’t think I needed to say anything.   He laughed and of course TNT was disgusted with that answer! lol I will tell you this I was very nervous about the game. I knew it would come down to had the ball in the last seconds and I was right.  Luckily it was the crimson and blue!

Snowy Trees

For some reason I love trees with snow on them. It just looks so neat.

Have a good weekend everyone!

 

46 of 52

Carin at forever in blue jeans has set up a challenge to all mothers to get in pictures more often. Even though I’m not a mother to human children I will still join this challenge.

*I got out of number sequence a few weeks ago and just realized I hadn’t posted week 46. Sometimes I make myself tired.*

This winter Mildred and I are playing in a co-ed volleyball league. We have a blast. Here I am serving another ace. Probably not, but I can dream.

This picture just cracks me up. Mildred (5′2″) is coaching me on how to block. The ironic thing is my vertical is only about 2 inches so unless the spiker hits the ball directly on my finger tips there’s no way I can block. Although I did get lucky one night and blocked two spikes in a row. I was pumped. lol 

Here’s the girls on my team. Mildred hurt her knee a few months back and hopefully we’ll have her back 100% before the end of the season.

Way Back Wednesday

Not sure how old I was on this birthday, but I love how Mildred is waiting very impatiently with her hands on her hips for me to blow out the candles.