Monday, January 21, 2019

Happy Birthday 33 Chelsea


Today is a record day...

Chelsea's 33rd birthday.


Growing up my most favorite 33 was 
Tapestry by Carole King
and
one of PaulA's favorite 33s was
Van Morrison’s Tupelo Honey…
which he picked to dance to with Chelsea at her wedding...
but today....
Chelsea is, by far,
 our most fav 33.

I'm pretty sure Chelsea will be spinning 

like the 33 
she is.



Anywhoooo…..

Along with Chelsea turning 33 today...
there happens to be another record spinning event 
a cosmic lunar event...
and not your run-of-the mill lunar eclipse but
a Super Blood Wolf Moon
in Chelsea's honor...

the fullest moon with a 
Bama Crimson Red hue. Roll Tide.


If you were awake during the early hours this morning,
 and 
the night sky was clear of clouds... 
you may have seen the Super Blood Wolf Moon.  

I’m guessing Chelsea didn't see it....she was probably
sleeping like a baby 
Ansley.  


You need to be well-rested 
when you are a mama of a 15-month old 
trying to get errands done.


There’s a lot of science behind how this lunar eclipse 
can affect our behavior, 
but I’m thinking we are all eating 
a little more cheese today.
(one of Chelsea's favorite food groups.)



Chelsea still rocks her birthdays



although this year it might be more like 
a rocking chair in Ansley’s room 
reading Ansley
Goodnight super blood woof Moon.


Happy Birthday Chelsea.
We love you to the Super Blood Wolf Moon and Back.

You will forever be my sweet Chelsea-belsy girl in my heart of hearts

first born
first guinea pig hehe
love at first sight

and

Dad’s Tupelo Honey...


which we will be playing on repeat.


"Alexa…
play Tupelo Honey by Van Morrison for Chelsea."

And as Ansley says:
"Cheers."


Happy Birthday Chelsea.
You are so loved on this record day
and every day.

Tuesday, January 15, 2019

I'm the reason Alabama lost the Championship Game


I have to admit...
I am the reason 
we lost the Championship game against Clemson.

It had nothing at all
to do with players
or Coach Saban
or the defense
or the interceptions
or the kicker.

It was this Kat
and I take full responsibility for my actions.

Most people wouldn’t admit they are at fault, 
but in order to live with myself, 
I must confess and apologize…

Sorry Saban
Sorry Tua
Sorry Defense
Sorry Offense
Sorry kicker.
Who you calling sorry? 

Anywhooo….

I’m coming clean…
and admitting 
I didn’t stick to my BAMA routine 
and do the expected.

I failed to wear my usual lucky BAMA clothes 
and watch the game on our lucky couch in Nashville.

Instead PaulA and I were in Palm Springs for the game 
and I wore a crimson shirt, houndstooth belt, and white pants.  
White Jeans, Kat what were you thinking?  
There I was caring more about how I looked than the success of my team.  
I should have been wearing my 
usual sweatshirt 
the one that proudly screams Alabama, 
blue jeans, and cap.


Instead,
there I was sitting at a bar watching the game 

when I should’ve been on my couch at home
yelling at the tv...
giving PaulA high fives on first downs and 
when things weren't going well for the team...
moving to different parts of the couch, 
crossing and uncrossing my legs, 
changing my hair from up to down, 
and crossing my fingers.

I was a lame fan.
I wasn't there for the team when they needed me....
...like these fans...






So it’s all out there now…
the reason we lost the championship to Clemson.

My guilty admission 
was a lot to get off my chest, 
but good therapy.
I am finally beginning to let the loss go.

I promise that
If we end up in the championship game next year, 
I will be the fan 
BAMA is expecting me to be
and give it my all.

My Bad, Alabama.
This one is on me.

Roll Tide 






Wednesday, January 9, 2019

Happy New Year 2019


Happy New Year 

I hope y'all had a good New Year's.

If the study at Duke University regarding 
your New Year's eve experience 
rings true...
 ...it might not have been your best.


Survey says:

83% of people are usually disappointed with New Years Eve.

And they had a formula to make the study look legit...
 I just love a formula.

This year the Dukies would have to put us in the other 17% of the study.   

I went outside my self imposed pop/country box 
and saw a show that Bri was calling a 
“mini Newport Folk Festival.”  
(Thanks Tom and Beth for the idea and making the trip to Nashville). 

selfie gone askew

All three artists were amazing...
(over-used word…but fits.)
Iris deMent, 
Nathaniel Raitliff and The Night Sweats,
cool name and cooler band 
and
John Prine. 

John Prine is for sure the ultimate storyteller.
A man with a song that begins “I am an old woman is an interesting dude.
The show went for 5 hours...until the first hour of 2019. 


This Kat was getting tired 
so I would have thought Prine would have been plum tuckered out. 
Did I need to remind John Prine..
he is an old woman.

Anywhoooooo

How are your resolutions going?
Here’s another who-cares? fact for you.
40 percent of us make resolutions.
Hence the long lines this week for salads and the jammed gyms.
 Don't worry folks, 
you'll get your favorite treadmill back in about a month.

Maybe you didn’t make any resolutions…like Oprah. 
What a slacker.
Oprah says that instead...she commits to staying in the moment 
and can literally cry over a leaf.
I could too…if it was a wet leaf and I slipped on it.  
I love nature and all, but it would have to be an amazing leaf.  
Maybe one where you could see the Virgin Mary in it.  
I think that would get me to cry.  
Otherwise I just be raking it up in a compost pile.

I try not to set myself up for failure and aim too big with my resolutions.
People like Bill Gates who resolve to use technology 
to eradicate polio and study Alzheimers are well intentioned and needed but …
he might need to dial it back and give himself some slack...
like Oprah who is in the corner 
crying over leaves.

In an effort to keep my resolutions within reach…
I decided to only make resolutions that rhyme with 2019.
So if it don't rhyme with "nineteen"…it will be unseen.
.

Here we go:

Eat foods that are clean.
Be twixt and Be tween.
Get some boots at LLBean.
Be lean and mean.
Be a good human bean being.
Play the tambourine on a trampoline.
Be heard and not seen.
Refrain from making a scene.
Tolerate a movie about a Woverine.
Avoid breaking phone into smitherene.
Learn to wave like a queen.



I’m looking forward to 2020  
No hurry tho
when my resolutions rhyme with twenty...
Eat more Good and Plenty.

Have a great 2019!