Happy Birthday John Randall!

How can it be a year already?
It was just yesterday! What a difference a day can make!
John's birthday is Thursday but we had his offical b-day party this past Saturday. Here are some of my favorite photos...

We are still listening to "Cowboy" music since they have their last pre-season game Thursday night. Thank goodness the didn't have a game on this time last year!
It might be a few days until I post again...my best friend Christin and her Mom are coming from Phoenix to visit for a few days! YEA!!!

Go Cowboys....Maybe???

Pre-season is in full swing now and the Cowboys...welllllll...they are not coming together as a team. Cowboys have lost both pre-season games so far - they look so good on their HBO show- hopefully they will get their stuff together - tonight!!


At 7pm central on Fox the Cowboys are going to play the undefeated - yes - undefeated Houston Texans in Dallas. I am excited for the game because the Texans are actually going to start with their NFL draft rookie...Steve Slaton! Who is Steve Slaton you ask??? He was the star running back for....WVU!!
Hopefully it is a great game! Go Cowboys!!

Creamer...Swayze...and Somersaults

This morning as I sat to enjoy my coffee…before I go any further I should mention my coffee thing. I have never liked coffee but when I go places I will drink coffee so I can look all “grown up”…ha ha ha!! I am 36 and six foot tall…I don’t know how much more “grown up” I could look at this point – plus the gray in my hair doesn’t help. Back to the coffee thing…I actually like coffee now but I like the fancy coffee and the different types of creamers and lots of creamer – more than coffee.
Anyway…I plopped down on the couch with my creamer…I mean coffee and turned on the TV to catch up on the Olympics (which I have really gotten into but that’s another blog) and “Dirty Dancing” was on. I use to love this movie but now that I am older and I understand it…it is really bad. It is about pre-martial sex, lust, abortions, lies – the biggest lie that sex is love…which is one of greatest misconceptions that young teenage girls buy into…but you know….the scenery is beautiful, I love the music and Patrick Swayze is easy on the eyes. Which brings me to my point of this rambling….I have never watched “Dancing with the Stars” regularly…I would watch it occasionally but I thought this morning that I would REALLY watch it if Patrick Swayze was on it – wouldn’t he be great??? Maybe he will recover from cancer and can do it! Oh…on a different subject why did I teach my son how to turn somersaults???

Am so going to buy this product!!

Another "for the record"...

I will set the record straight today.

I love Elvis...I am not a fanatic Elvis fan (like I don't believe he is the King, or he is still alive and hanging at the local Denny's)...but I am a fan. Elvis was the first concert I attended with my folks - it was 1975 - I was three and I remember alot of the concert - it was great! One particular moment I remember was the scarfs around his neck he was throwing to the ladies in the audience and I remember wishing I could get my Mommy one of those!

I have been to Graceland, I almost went to jail with my Mother over Elvis and I always try to have fun on his birthday and death day...which brings us to today! Elvis has been dead 31 years today...I remember being in the truck with my Mom driving down the road when they announced his death. I had a shirt made to wear just for this day (although I did upgrade this year and bought one from the Elvis site), I have my Elvis purse that Melissa made me (thanks Mel - I love it!) and now...I am going to introduce my son to him...John has his own Elvis shirt & bib. At some point today we will eat a peanut butter and banana sandwich - this was Elvis favorite except he fried his sandwiches in butter and sometimes added syrup which is not that good...we have ours unfried and no syrup! My good friends DeeDee & George are in town and have no idea what they are about to experience!! Ha...Ha... So - here's to you Elvis!!!

For The Record...

Since John will be celebrating his first birthday this month Randy and I have been teaching him how to blow out a candle. Finally...last night John did for me and I thought I was going to pee all over myself! I was so excited - screaming...yelling....jumping up & down!
Randy was in the other room and came running - he thought John took his first step without him. Even though it wasn't his first step Randy was just as excited!
The funny thing is...you have to be singing the birthday song for him to blow the candle! Hopefully he will blow out his candle on his day and not have performance anxiety!

I wanna be a Cowboy

Gaddy Sue bought John the CUTEST western/cowboy vest! He loved it - he thought he was a modern Roy Rogers!

Cross at Groom

On Sunday me, Mom, Dollie, Linda, and John went to the cross in Groom. We had a fun time and John got PLENTY of spoiling!

Gaddy Sue...

John's Grandma-Aunt Dollie Sue...aka Gaddy Sue came to see him this past weekend and what a BLAST we had! John is so blessed to have her in his life! I am so blessed to have her in MY life! We (me, Mom & Gaddy) had a girls night out on Saturday - we went to see Texas - which was wonderful! On Sunday we went to the cross in Groom...see next blog. I can not wait to see my Dollie again!!

21 Days...

I have heard if you do something for 21 days it becomes a habit...
I am not sure if this works but I am going to try. I have recently realized that I am GREAT at starting things...it is the completion that I stink at. I am not sure where this comes from or why...but I am just that way. I have also realized that I am not REALLY good at one thing but I am pretty good at a bunch of things...like one of my buddies is the world's BEST seamstress( that is what sewing does to me....it makes me seemstress!) anyway...I have another friend that plays the piano better than Billy Joel...but me...I don't really excel at one particular thing. So back to the habits...I have 21 "goals/habits" to work at in 21 days.
For instance...#12. I am going to wash my face twice a day (I am really bad about going to bed with my make-up on - I know really bad!) #13. Brush and floss my teeth before bed, #2. Start spending some quality time with the Lord, and #4. Stop being so negative on myself.
Some are little goals and others may be harder but each day is a new day with a new beginning...little goals...and work up to bigger goals. I have learned that I can be powerful or pitiful but I can't be both - I have to choose. I read this post the other day that said...Be the type of woman that when your feet hit the floor each morning the enemy says "oh crap shes up"! I like that!
Well...I better go wash my face and brush my teeth!

Oh...one more little funny thing. My sister-in-law Christi has her toenails painted very cute...they are all different colors with white dots - very summer - very cute!
I decided to do something different...some of you don't know this but my toenails and usually fingernails are ALWAYS red...to be exact they are OPI Moscow Red or OPI Rock -n- Roll Red....and they have been since I was 16 - I buy MASS quantities of the polish and keep it in the frig - seriously...I know I have issues! Anyway...today I decided to copy Christi except I did mine in WVU colors - blue and yellow! I love them! I think they are so cute!! My Mom did not care for them, and Randy...well...he said it looked like my toenails had some type of fungus on them and they look like they were dying. I still LOVE them...and John loves them - he wants to bite them!!

Hating Losing More than I Love Winning

And it begins...
"Why do we do this?" - this was the question I asked Randy tonight after watching the first episode of "Cowboys - Hard Knocks Training Camp" on HBO.
You see we LOVE football...I mean really love football. I know it is not particular normal for a chic to like football but I do. I have always liked to watch football...I don't know all the plays, or positions, or why they do some of the stuff they do...but I watch and learn. Thanks to the book by Holly Robinson Peete - "Get Your Own Beer - Am Watching the Game"...I get my answers pretty quick and I don't look so dumb in front of Randy. (Am glad he never reads this blog!)
We are definitely college football fans now...looking forward to see how Coach Stewart leads the WVU team...this is Pat White's final year and they are already throwing his name around as a possibility for the Heisman. I will also be watching Michigan to see how Coach Rod (traitor, back-stabber, liar, dill-beck, nipple-head, commie-pinko, tofu farting fairy!)...sorry...anyway I want to see how he (Coach Rod...traiitor...oh we don't have to go through that again do we???)does...and I am ready for November 22 - Michigan verses Ohio...in Ohio - GO BUCKEYES - I already have my shirt! (They are huge rivals like OU and Texas). Did I say Go Buckeyes yet??
We...as most of you know are HUGE Cowboy fans! Always have been...I had the cheerleader outfit when I was a little girl...along with the satin jacket. I always know it is going to be a good week or a bad week depending on if the Cowboys win or lose. The Cowboys look like they have a pretty good team this year...and we finally have Zac Thomas after all these years!
So...back to the question..."why do we do this?...you see Randy and I get all wrapped up emotionally in these games...ugh...here we go again!
And by the way....on a totally different subject...teething - as in a teething baby - STINKS! I don't know what lesson, or value, or strength I am suppose to get out of this...but whew... no one ever told me about this! This is sort of funny to...before I had John Randy told me that I could not pick him up every time he cries - his words were "we are going to have to let him cry it out". I am doing that now...John is crying (he wants to sleep in the big bed)...Randy keeps asking me "how much longer"...you see I am going in every 5 minutes, then 7, then 10, then 15 minute breaks. This is eating Randy's lunch...John just started yelling "Daddy"! Well folks...I have never seen Randy Hare move so fast in my life!! (Once again - I am glad he does not read my blog :)-

5 Things...

Five things you may not know about me…

1. I color my own hair – always have…always will - probably. Since I have dark hair it is sort of hard to get in drastically wrong. I did try blonde highlights in the nineties…that didn’t work.
2. I was very liberal when I was young. I believed in abortion, “free to me” syndrome, am woman…hear me roar…that type stuff. Now…I am very conservative…total opposite of 15 years ago.
3. I love college football. I use to love Nascar…but since they have allowed foreign cars to compete, my driver retired, Dale Jr. changed teams…ugh…I had to change obsessions! So…college football it is…I have always liked WVU Mountaineers and watched their games…but I am really into it now. Hopefully I can play my cards right and see the Mountaineers play Colorado in September in Colorado!!!
4. Why did I pick WVU you ask??? As most of you know…that is where my parents are from. Almost all of my family…which at one time consisted of (12 uncles, 12 aunts, 40 first cousins, 40+ second cousins…get this picture) lots of family. I LOVE Texas this is home…I am the only one in my immediate family born in Texas…but West Virginia is my roots.
5. I love my chiropractor. I am not sure how it works…I don’t wanna know how it works but it does for me. I go to Coulter Chiropractic – Dr. Welty. His office staff is wonderful…especially Laurie. I go about once a year and Laurie always remembers me and my family. I went yesterday for an adjustment…everything from my back, my shoulder, my knee, and stupid headaches were bothering me. Every morning for the past month I have been waking up with a headache…praise God – no headache today! I feel so good when I leave there.
Well…I would go on but I now have to wash the color out of my hair! Have a great day!

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday to one of the sweetest...if not the SWEETEST and most kind person that I have the pleasure of knowing and being related too is my sister-in-law Christi!
Happy Birthday Sis!!

I Need Some Advice???

Does this make my butt look too big??

Boy + Milk + 1 Oreo

A Fat Hare

I hate dieting. I hate watching what I eat; counting calories, counting points, looking at the carbs, the fat, the sodium…I hate it.
I hate to exercise…I hate to get hot, sweaty, and that is the only time in my life when time does seem to stand still.
I hate the way I look. I have never weighed this much and looked this bad. The weight is starting to affect my overall health now. The other day it was my knee, then my back, today it is my shoulder, and I am sure my headaches have something to do with my weight.
Thinking about it…does anyone “like” to diet? I don’t think I have met anyone that “likes” to diet. I know people that like to exercise. My neighbor – she has five children under the age of ten – she goes to the gym for two hours everyday – EVERYDAY. So what’s my excuse?? I only have one child under ten and I actually have a gym in my home!!! I have to retract that statement about “hating” to exercise…there was a point that I was “in the zone” and I liked to workout and how it made me feel afterwards. I hate to diet but I like the results after a month if I stick with it.
So the question would be…how do I stick with it and what diet do I do? I know Weight Watchers really works…but ugh…counting points again?? Can I really do it…do I want to do that?? Nutri-System – I would rather be fat than to do that!! Once about fifteen years ago I did Jenny Craig and it seemed to work but I don’t want to waste anymore money in quick fix ideas. Maybe I should start small...start cutting out the really bad stuff. Like Cokes (Mmm…I love Cokes…especially poured over ice in my new fancy glass), no more ice cream…can I cut it off? Maybe you should get with some of my other friends and do one of those interventions on me!! You could say…”Tina – we know about the M&M ice cream that you hide in the freezer in the garage…and the ice cream sandwiches – we have seen you go to the garage to secretly get warm from your cold house and we have seen you secretly inhale these frozen, tasty, dairy products…it is your drug…you must stop or you are going to explode”. Then I would laugh and try to suck you into my frozen dairy heaven…or hell that is...
So…should I start today?? Probably not…well yea…I will start slowly today…I will start with the Cokes and the frozen dairy products – maybe…yea…maybe…yea…