Alabama Wins BCS Championship, Roll Tide

Alabama Fans 

have been riding high on the 

Bama Crimson Tidal Wave.  

(This Kat and PaulA included.)

We were soooo happy to see the 

Alabama Crimson Tide 

win the 

BCS Championship  

against Notre Dame….

making it back-to-back wins,

their 3rd BCS Titile in 4 years,

and Alabama's 15th Championship. 

(but who's counting?)

ROLL TIDE

Anywhooooo.....

I love the expression "Roll Tide." 
"Roll Tide" easily rolls off the tongue 
and is fitting wherever/whenever BAMA fans meet…

as depicted in the ESPN video below.

Notre Dame's Fighting Irish Fans say  

"Go Irish"  which I admit, is a pretty good expression…

especially if you are a leprechaun.

But to hear "Go Irish"  from a 

University of Alabama Graduate and Alabama Football Fan…

you gotta ask 

"What up wit dat?"

Well….as this story goes...

in a small town eatery in Connecticut...

Mike Golic from ESPN 
managed to get Chelsea to utter 

"Go Irish." 

(say it ain't so)

First of all,
Chelsea did not know she was talking to 
Mike Golic of

(Mike and Mike in the Morning on ESPN) 
a veteran NFL defensive player,
who played at Notre Dame,

whose sons were playing on the ND team

but

I understand my daughter, 

so I know why Chelsea broke down and 

uttered those 2 words...

Chelsea will say 
ANYTHING 
FOR
FRENCH TOAST.

Check out the video here:

(maybe we can get someone 
to dub in

 "ROLL TIDE." )

BCS Championship Game TONIGHT

TONIGHT…

we will be watching

the BCS Championship Game.

The University of Alabama

(Chelsea's alma mater)

vs

Notre Dame University

Last year was a Grrrreat win for the 

Crimson Tide...

the University of Alabama,

Alumni,

fans (including those of us up North) and

City of Tuscaloosa...

especially after the devastation and destruction

left behind by the tornado in Tuscaloosa.

With last year's BCS Championship win...

the TIDE also

ROSE the spirits of the people of Tuscaloosa

FLOODING them with a new wave of optimism

and

FLOODING Nick Saban with a Gatorade shower.

(dang, that looks uncomfortable.)

But this is a 

New Year,

New Opponent,

New Championship Game.

We're hoping the Irish find it impossible to

 stem the TIDE

and that

 the CRIMSON TIDE stays on a ROLL...

with a 15th BCS Championship win.

Roll  Tide

January Lists

January 

is the time for... 

Lists 

and

Sub-lists.

I like making lists

because I like crossing jobs off.

It is such a feeling of accomplishment.

If I do something that isn't on my list

I simply add it…

and then cross it off.

Hey, I gotta give credit where credit is due.

What I love about the new year…

(other than 12 new months full of promise)

is a 

new calendar free of

scratch-offs, white-outs, and torn paper edges.

On the first of January…

I like to sit with my blank calendar, 

peruse through the unmarked months...

and rub it for a while.

(calendar freak)

Back in the day when we had 3 kids home 

with busy schedules to keep track of,

 I used to get a desk size calendar from Staples.

That's was when I needed the big boxes.

But now the other size box 

works perfectly for me.

One thing I never ever do with my calendar is 

cross days off...

that just depresses me.

Anywhoooooo…………..

PaulA put a "To-Do List" 

on his computer…

and added my name next to some jobs. 

woah

I can't say I'll be tackling that list.

I need to be able to

draw a line through the tasks with my red Sharpie.

If it can't be crossed off….

this Kat
ain't doin' it.

Happy New Year 2013

On New Year's Eve

we managed to 

trip the light fantastic….

a little gangnam style.
(even at our age)

After a nice dinner out,

we watched the ball drop from the safe confines of our 

toasty warm home.

Far from the hub bub 
and cold rub with

the knuckleheads in 

Times Square.

But even with all the wild and crazies

rubbing elbows and extras 

in Times Square 

there was one less Dick

Clark.

(amazing how spacing and format 

can totally change the way something sounds.)

We had to ring in the New Year 

without our favorite Dick
because he passed away last April.

It was the first 

New Year's Rockin Eve in forty years 
without our Dick

but we still had our Ryan.

(Although Ryan doesn't have the same ring.)

I was thinking…hmmmm.
with the old year/new year transition….

Dick Clark…was 2012 Father Time

replaced by

Ryan Seacrest…2013 Baby New Year

(dang, that's good.)

Anywhooooo……..

It's the 

first of the year, 

the first of the month…

so you know what that means…..

rabbit 

rabbit

rabbit

New Year's Resolutions

Tick

tick
tick

tick

that's the sound of time….

running out.

Whatever your new year's resolutions were for 2012...

you now have 
3 days left
 to complete.

Gee, all I have to do is
get fit and learn Chinese
in the next 72 hours...
and I would have fulfilled 
2 of my 10 resolutions.

Anywhoooo……

I like to make resolutions….

but I never hold myself to them.

I figure,

why depress myself ?

Especially when I can just roll them over to the next year.

This year will be different.

This year I've decided to only make reservations …

resolutions 
that only rhyme with 

Thirteen...

go green

drink more caffeine

visit the Chapel Sistine
dress up for Halloween
get the flu vaccine 

wear sunscreen

get lean and mean 

clean the latrine

eat a saltine with protein

don't cause a scene

milk umpteen holstein

Stay a Blog Queen

Good Luck with your resolutions.

Merry Christmas 2012

I hope you are having the

Merriest of Christmases. 

It feels soooo nice to leave the hustle and bustle 
of the season behind

and

focus on

family,

fun,

and

food.

Anywhoooo....

The next best thang to celebrating the Yule Tide 

is

Celebrating the Crimson Tide

Let's Go

BAMA

BCS Championship Game - Monday, January 7th, 2013.

Alabama Crimson Tide 

vs

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Merry Christmas

and 

Roll Tide, ya'all

Merry Christmas EVE

Countdown...

1Day left

Ready or not Christmas is tomorrow.

The month of December is a 

race against the clock.....

with the goal being….

a serene Christmas morning 

with happy, smiley faces.

But to get to that point…

you have to get through a  lot of

 rushin', 

fussin', 

and 

cussin' .

You know the drill…

pulling out the boxes of stored decorations

 putting up lights inside and outside the house

decorating in and out,

getting a tree, 

decorating the tree, 

sending cards, 

frequenting the Post Office,

cooking and baking,

coming up with gift ideas, 

shopping for gifts, 

dealing with crowds.

etc, etc, etc.

I've heard you can outsource these jobs. 

outsource?  

I'm just not sure how "Tim" in Timbuktu can put the lights on my tree.

But if I could give "Tim" the job…

I would.

Lights out, putting lights on the tree is definitely my least favorite job.

Somehow I became the D.L.D
aka 
Designated Lighting Designer…

but that’s probably because PaulA has already tied the dang tree 

to the roof of the car, 

squeezed it through the back door, 

moved the furniture to make room, 

put it in the stand, 

worked to get it straight. 

Then have me tell him… 

"It’s crooked.”

Then it's my turn...

untangle the lights from square knots,

test the strands to make sure they’re working, 

get the female and male parts to “hook-up", 

(ooohh la la)  

test my balance on a stool 

while being stabbed in the face and hands by bristly needles.

Anywhooo….

Merry Christmas EVE

With all the 
rushin', fussin, and cussin' 
over…

it is now

time to enjoy the 

fruitcake

of your labor.