Joanie

Joanie told me I needed to update my blog...so, well...no time like the present. Thoughts of/comments on the day:
Michigan---what the hell?! I loathe Michigan, but I don't wish back to back ass whippings like that on anyone...not to mention it just makes the Big 10 look bad!
Notre Dame---hahahaha...okay, so I do wish the ass whipping on them! Glad to see Penn State have such a good game. Silly Irish for giving Charlie Weis that extended contract and all that money.

Tennessee is winning...finally...better go watch...and play with Cate...she's hitting me with her pink Barbie brush...

Old Friends

As the countdown continues (2 DAYS TO GO AND COUNTING!), one of my TV obsessions has also returned...College GameDay! I missed my old friends (apologies to Chris Fowler for not including a picture of him):

We really do try to keep Jake from watching too much tv (b/c of overstimulation, ADD, etc.), but an exception must be made on Fall Saturdays...I mean, what kind of mother would I be if I denied him the magic of ESPN and college football?

It's Official

It's official. Having a baby has truly changed my life, scrambled my brain. Before this weekend, other than adjusting to less sleep, I could have argued that my life was not much different. Then it happened...this past Saturday...I FORGOT the draft. ME...just completely forgot. I remembered about 4 hours in, just in time to catch the end of the first round.

Despite the fact that it's changed me, I am enjoying motherhood. I'm loving my weekends with Jake. We've been able to spend lots of alone time on Saturdays. He hasn't weighed in for a couple of weeks, but he's definitely well over 8 pounds now.

Mother's Day weekend, we are walking in the March of Dimes WalkAmerica (www.walkamerica.org/jakerice). It terrifies me how many people I personally know who have been touched by premature births. I know that Jake is part miracle and partly a product of all of the research and development accomplished with the help of the March of Dimes. So, I'm really looking forward to working with this organization.

Okay, back to Heroes . . . which has become a television version of the X-men. Of course, I love the X-men!

So, given that it's been quite awhile, I have a plethora of pinatas...I mean topics to choose from. I could talk about the pregnancy and how it is going well and how we'll find out the gender on November 3rd!!! Or, I could discuss all of the horrendous shootings in the news. Or, I could be depressing and discuss loss in general, since there has been plenty to go around lately. Instead, I'm going to talk about Ohio and Poop.

Several weeks ago, Andy and I were in the middle of our Saturday morning ritual, watching College GameDay, who happened to be covering Ohio State...at Texas. One can't help but scan the dozens of signs in the crowd. Well, I actually missed one in particular, but thanks to the DVR, Andy alerted me and we were able to rewind and verify... There, on national TV, from Austin, TX, on a white poster board with simply black lettering was the most articulate sign I've ever seen: OHIO = POOP

No, not Ohio State equals poop...just the state of Ohio in general. I must say, I'll never forget that sign and never fail to laugh each and every time Andy and I bring it up! Well, GameDay happened to cover OSU again this weekend and here were my two favorites:
1. "Troy Smith Loves Unicorns" (with a pretty rainbow behind the lettering) Really, is this supposed to be an insult? Who doesn't love unicorns.
2. "Go Hawkeyes, Beat Tressels Nuts" Bravo! Someone who knows and understands what a Buckeye is!!! Interestingly, I believe it was during the Texas coverage, one sign had something to do with eating said nuts...joke is still on the Horns b/c if you eat them, you will be poisoned (and since they are from OH, be eating some form of Poop as well:)!!!