Over the weekend I put up a few autumn items…just to get me in the mood for the season. I also put together my own fall wreath. I know it isn’t Martha Stewart, but I’m proud of it anyway! Here’s some pics:

Bead twigs I used to acccent

Similar garland I used

Final Product!

So that was the first project for the weekend. I also did a baby basket for a friend’s shower. Here’s some pics from that endeavor!

Items that went into basket

It included a playtex bottle set, little bear from baby gap, rattle, teethers, wipes, lotion, nipples, liner, baby einstein book, blanket, and a few other little items.

Items in basket, secured with shrinkwrap!

And finally, here’s a few shots from the shower:

Ash reading a card.

Reading a book that Lauren gave her

After heavy rains flooded the city of lubbock and turned Jones Stadium into the Texas Tech Aquatic Center, there was a concern that the game might be cancelled. However, they were able to pump the field and Texas Tech sealed a victory of June Jone’s Mustangs 43-17.

This weekend will be the first of two bye-weekends and hopefully the Raiders will get utilize the time off to get some rest and extra practice before heading to two back to back games in Kansas….the first being against Kansas State. I’m confident that the Raiders can leave Kansas 2-0 by the end of that series but they will have to bring their “A-game” to do it.

Mike Leach continues to be in rare form, getting coverage on ESPN for everything from dating advice to his longtime favorite topic of pirates. Here’s where we start getting serious…where we’re able to see if the Texas Tech Red Raiders can live up to their pre-season hype by finishing 12-0, clinching the Big 12 South, and maybe even taking a Big 12 Championship and head to a BCS bowl.

If there was ever a season they could do it….this would be it! Go Tech, Wreck “Em!

After dinner I took Greg on a mini-shopping marathon, poor guy! Our first stop was Old Navy because I had a 20% off coupon and a $20 bucks-back coupon from the ON credit card. I found a couple tops so that was fun…but then they wouldn’t let me use both coupons so that was a bummer. But I can use the $20 bucks back for the baby )

After Old Navy, we went to Kohl’s mainly to look for some home decor things…I’ve been bitten with a decorating bug lately (more on that later). I ended up not really finding anything for the casa but managed to find three pairs of shoes for me and a new pair of sandals for Greg! Score!

Just as we were about to finish checking out it started pouring. And I mean buckets! Greg was nice enough to bring the car around so I didn’t have to run to far in the rain. The next stop was walmart to pick up some miscellaneous items….of which I can’t even remember now.  And of course it was still raining. We finally got home and crashed hard for the night….

…but it wasn’t long before the alarm was going off and we were back at it again .  We spent the morning running around to various home furnishing stores looking for some accent chairs but that was to no avail. When we got back that afternoon I was able to convince Greg to help me rearrange living room furniture. It has been bugging me for weeks but we finally were going to get it done!

The first feat we had to tackle was moving the stupid television. My super fabulous brother bought us a 42 inch tv as a wedding present….and don’t get me wrong we absolutely love it! However….this thing is massive. And having tried lifting it before, I would equate it to trying to lift a hippo. A very compact….dense…hippo. And seeing as how I cannot be lifting heavy things this would not be an option for us.

So…the next best thing (because once I get an idea in my head its going to happen…and in this case it meant the furniture was getting moved) was to move the TV to our coffee table. Now our coffee table isn’t anything particularly splendid but it was fairly attractive and served its purpose. However, it probably isn’t the most sturdy of tables. Can you see where this is going?

So, in my infinite wisdom (and most impatient nature) I came up with the grand idea of sliding the TV from the entertainment unit to the table. Success! We were able to get the whole bloody TV on the table which gave us enough time to move the entertainment unit and get that in place to move the tv. About 11.0439 seconds before we were about to move the TV back to the entertainment stand we heard a cracking sound.

No sooner did we turn around, did our beautiful (albeit heavy) went crashing through the table. I couldn’t even think. Naturally, my first reaction was “Fan-freaking-tastic….we lost the television”. But luckily Greg was able to turn it on. Still, it did not survive without injury. Our beautiful television now has a pretty significant crack on the front panel (no damage to the actual screen thank Heavens)!

Now that I had surveyed the damage, I burst into tears. Admitingly, I am an emotional person in general….but I think in combination with hormones, stress, and fatigue it just all came to head with the fiasco. Poor Greg, he never knows what to do with me when I have a meltdown. I feel so bad for him because I know he just wants to fix things and help me stop crying but sometimes a girl just needs to cry.

Eventually, I regained composure and the impending gathering of friends that was upon us, sent me into a cleaning frenzy! We were able to get everything cleaned up and dinner cooked by the time the boys arrived. Thankfully, they helped Greg get the TV back up on the unit. Yay! Jon, Manny, Joseph, and Wilcox (James) all arrived together bearing gifts of ice and ice cream (and Parrot Bay coconut rum for Manny and Sarah)!

It was great getting to catch up with everyone, to see what everyone did over the summer and what not. Joseph made sure to talk to the baby (by way of my belly) on several occassions, so the baby would feel included of course! Sarah arrived about an hour later and we all had the yummy lasagna! After dinner we watched a bit of the Olympics (before everyone got tired of watching the women’s marathon)! We played a few rounds of Rock Band and American Idol (oh yeah, no lie) and then everyone took off for the night.

Sunday we went to St. Matthews for the 9:15 am mass. It really is awful how bad my baby ADD and radar are. I try so hard not to pay attention but for some reason I always seem to find all the babies in the congregation and I can’t help but watch them! After mass we stopped at McD’s for breakfast (yay for yorgurt parfaits!) and then met up with mom for some shopping. We also made a trip to Floresville to pick up a crib that my parent’s got last summer and was being store at Greg’s parents’ house (long story, don’t ask).

When we finally got home that night we curled up on the couch and watched the notebook and nearly fell asleep on the couch. Tomorrow I have to take Greg to work because his going to a conference in Austin and is taking the company vehicle. It’s going to be really strange (and a little sad) not having him here with me, but hopefully Wednesday will come fast!

College Colors Day is an annual celebration dedicated to promote the traditions and spirit that make the college experience great by encouraging people across America to wear apparel of their favorite college or university throughout the day of August 29th.

Additionally, College Colors Day, which coincides with “back to school” and the kick-off of intercollegiate athletics, strives to advocate higher education through increased public awareness, and celebrates the achievements of colleges and universities, acknowledging their fundamental importance.

Source: http://www.collegecolorsday.com/ and www.raiderpower.com

I regularly check RP.com to catch the latest news and discussions about TTU football. I mostly lurk with an occassional post here and there. Today there was a post about College Colors Day so I thought I would pass it along…..T- minus 16 days and counting. GUNS UP!

I haven’t been craving ice cream or pickles or peanut butter and zucchini sandwiches. No, I’ve been craving Raider Football. Greg and I will be going to two games this year traveling to College Station for the A&M game and Lubbock for the game against UT.

As the season approaches I’ll probably start posting more football related news. As it stands the buzz over the summer has been about the various rankings…anywhere from #1 by a Sports Illustrated to #19 on one of the AP polls…I think currently we’re set at #14.

Should be an interesting season to say the least. As long as players stay healthy and the defense stays strong, its going to be a fun run!

Here’s a few shots from the party!

Friday we had Hinchman Olympics! This was a blast and a riot! Faith and Jon, had divided everyone into teams and had different events including bubble gum blowing, darts, chubby bunny, watermelon seed spitting, and a beer chug relay, to name a few.  Check out the pictures below. Needless to say my team, Team Red, was victorious!

Saturday, we floated the river for a little while. in New Braunfels with some of Greg’s family. That was certainly interesting.  That night we visited my parents for a little while before heading back to San Antonio

Sunday we went to Fiesta Texas with Jon. Unfortunately, Kat wasn’t feeling well so she decided to head back to Dallas early. I got to play spectator for most of the day while the boys rode the rollercoasters…not gonna lie, I was a little jealous! But it was fun. A perfect day, the lines weren’t long and we got to see the fireworks at the end of the day which was nice. All in all a pretty great weekend.

In other news, Kat has arrived! She’ll be staying with me for a whole week, woot! Unfortunately, I was unable to take off so she’ll be stuck at the casa Monday thru Thursday.  Hopefully I’ll be able to leave early those days.

The end of the week is pretty crazy….doctor’s appt on Thursday, Hinchman Olympics on Friday, River float on Saturday, and Fiesta Texas on Sunday. Phew!

We headed up to Howl at the Moon (free cover coupons in hand) and were then denied the free cover at the door. Ok, you see a bunch of girls out for a bachelorette party…do you not understand what you could rake in on bar tabs? Nevermind the fact that two of us were preggo and wouldn’t be drinking….bouncer man didn’t know that. So anyway, there loss.

So we headed to Pat O’s where the lovely Faith got half of us in free and used her connections with the bartenders to keep the glasses full. We ended the night back at the hotel room and the girls took off around 3 a.m. Here’s a few shots from the evening.