My Blood Runneth Orange...not really but for effect and everything

Most that know me well know that in our house football season is somewhat of a tumultuous time. I am already bracing myself for fall. Hubs, a graduate of USC (a great school) is a little less open minded than what my Clemson (even better school) education taught me to be. But he is proud of that. Another issue completely on its own. Regardless, I have strong ties to the Upstate, having grown up there an all that. I lived less than 10 minutes from my parents door to my college dorm/apartment, etc. My parents hoped this would allow for them to see me more, but ironically they only got a good glimpse of me on an occasional weekend just like anyone else. Hello?! I was busy studying and growing all those good moral and social bonds, right?!

Now that I am all grown up, family of my own and all, somehow that occasional weekend is something they have grown accustomed to and still require. So with hubs, kids and dog in tow we are headed up for a whirlwind tour this weekend. And a weekend it will surely be.

Saturday morning we are going to celebrate the cutest 1 year old's birthday and see his new digs. Unfortunately we are not going to be able to attend his golf themed birthday party next weekend......as cute as I am sure it is going to be!

And with such a jammed packed weekend, unfortunately, I am going to have to miss the Dabo's Ladies Football Clinic for yet another year. If anyone can drag me with them next year please let me know! I really do want to go and it just never works out.

Saturday night hubs and I are off to celebrate a good tigers fortune that is getting married in Spartanburg. Congratulations Beth!.....and maybe if we are lucky we will also get to see Aunt Katie and Mark's new abode too before we head back.

Sunday we are in for even more fun as we celebrate the upcoming arrival of their cousin Caleb at Auntie Katie's Clemson themed baby shower. Isn't she cute!

And as if that was not enough to round off a good weekend, all of Will and Spence's new best buds (My sorority sister's kids from Clemson) will all finally get to meet. I am sure Miles, Maria, Anna Kate and the boys will all be instant friends!

I guess the moral of this weekend is that my husband loves me a lot (or will be heavily medicated) to see all these orange ties (even if he says he doesn't waiver).

Here's to hoping you have a great weekend and a fantastic Friday.

Go Tigers!

Starting to Feel My Age

I still dont believe that 30...... is old. However there is starting to be some mounting evidence that I am feeling a little older than I used to. I have included a few bullets to help back up my case:

• I couldn't figure out something very simple on the computer today and got really frustrated


• I read my weekly people magazine last night and didn't know who one of "those vampire people" were


• I am scheduled for a cut and color tomorrow and realized that it will be my first in about 4 months. (In a former life it was about every 6 weeks)


• I don't wear spikey heels anymore and swore that would never happen (Flats are so much more comfortable--I hope they never go out of style)
  
• I am finding myself more and more just wanting to pay someone to do something for me instead of doing it myself
  
• 7am is the new 9am, and therefore 10pm is the new midnight
  
• I used to love to throw a party/shower/gathering/whatever you want to call it but it has now lost its pizazz. Probably because I still average about one a month. Once we get through all the babies I figure I'll be done until my friends children start getting married so I need to still enjoy while it lasts. Then I will feel even older.


• Hubs and I went to a concert a few weekends ago to celebrate our anniversary and we actually got to sit for at least 1/2 of the concert.....and I was happy about it. Thank you Michael Bluble.
  

Here's to growing old...or getting older at least!