Beers and Baseball

I love me some baseball!!  An evening at the ballpark tops my list of favorite activities.  There is just something so magical and fun about going to a game.  And it's the only sport that I can watch and know what's happening.  It's so easy to understand.  3 strikes your out, you score when you make it home, what's a girl not to love about it?  Plus it has it's own song!!  So that's what I got to do last Saturday with my friend Carrie.  She loves the Yankees!

First stop, getting the gameday treats.  A corn dog and a beer!  A yankees fan and a former New Yorker gave Carrie the skinny on defending herself from the hecklers if they gave her any trouble.  Plus some great advice that all young 20-somethings should spend a year in New York, even if you have to wait tables or bar tend.  Carrie lived there, loved it.  Afterall, I have past my early twenties, and don't think I would like a career change.  It is on one of my places to visit though!!

We had great seats, that's 3rd base!!  About 15 rows up, thanks Carrie!!  My phone camera, not so great.  Atleast I made an attempt to try to take some pics, I just should have brought a real one.  We had some good people on our row, so we didn't have to use the New Yorkers advice. 

Rangers won that night!!  So that was fun.  CJ Wilson didn't pitch.  What a cutie!!  This is a google pic, although let's just pretend that I took it, and the smile and wave is just for me!!

Post game fun, Sherlocks.  We had some great people watching and laughing.  Like the random guy dancing alone.  He would look around and lift up his shirt to show off his abs.  He must be pretty proud because he did this multiple times, and it was always funny.

What a fun night!!

Happy Mothers Day Momma!!

So I happen to know this lady

she's pretty cool, you see

She taught me how to tie my shoes

and put band aids on my knee

She read me goodnight stories

and let me play outside

I always had a lot of fun 

playing with mom poolside

And as I grew she always knew

the perfect thing to do

She loves me in spite of everything

as all good mommy's do

My mommy with her great nephew Christmas 2010

Note: I stole this photo from a photo she was tagged in on facebook.

We always forget to take pictures!!

Happy Mother's Day Momma!!  Thanks for all you do!!  I love you!!

I also want to wish some other very important Mommy's and special women

in my life a very Happy Mother's day.  Grandma, Meemaw,

Aunt Barbara, Aunt Gail, and Heather.  Thanks for loving your babies, grandbabies,

neices, and cousins!!  You've taught me a lot about love and the importance of family.

Out with Old, In with the New!!

So, I accomplished a milestone in my life, purchasing my first car.  I'm not gonna lie, I have had my very own new car before and it was fantastic!!  Although, the big difference is, I didn't buy it, I didn't even pay a penny for it!!  It was courtesy of Mom and Dad.  Did I appreciate it?  Probably not much as I should have.  Am I forever grateful?  Yes!!  And I must say, I used and abused that car, to the tune of 162,987 miles worth in just shy of 8 years!!  This is the last picture and only picture I have on me right now, and it's not even a very good one.  This picture is circa 2008, I'm guessing.  She's the white Honda coupe in the garage.

I must say, that although I have been in need of a new car, car shopping hasn't been at the top of my list.  And for good reason, cars are expensive!!  I liken car shopping to my experience in Vegas!!

Something exciting, and supposed to be fun, but absolutely willing to take you for all you have!! So many choices, flashy lights, pretty buttons, glitz and glamour, just waiting for you to get sucked in!! And then you come home, wondering what happened?  How in the world was it so easy to spend that cash??

One simple answer, the flashy lights and pretty buttons are hard to resist!!



Yes, I did just compare my first trip to Vegas to buying my new car.  It's spontaneous, exciting, terrifying, and fun all at the same time.  I must say, Vegas was much cheaper, I didn't walk away with years of monthly payments!!  I am pretty sure when I drove off the lot, I heard the same sound of slot machines paying out a nice sum of money.  Except I was the one feeding the machine, and the dealership was the person next to me who put in a single quarter and hit the jackpot. 

But I definitely walked out of it with the same feeling.  How much did I spend?  Did I spend too much?  Was it worth it?  And the answer in both cases is yes, absolutely worth it!  Why?  Because I did them all on my own!!  And of course, in both cases played on the safe side.  Since my car was so good to me the first time, I had no choice but to go for another Honda Civic.  This time it's 4 doors, with a little more glitz and glamour.  Not to mention, with this phrase in mind "miles per gallon"!!! 

So here's to my first car!!  She was wonderful, she never let me down, and I am sad to see her go.  Thanks Mom and Dad for giving me such a great first car!!  You always know best, and I hope this new one will be just as wonderful.