P-A-T-H-E-T-I-C

That is the summary of last night's ballgame. I woke up yesterday so excited - After 9 months of blah, it was Aggie Game Day, the first of this season. New year, new team, new Coach. Well, we thought. I heard so many fans say "I thought we paid big money to get rid of Fran last year, if I didn't know better, I'd think he was down there calling the plays." My favorite was "What the hell, I thought this man once coached for the pros."

It was BAD.... After the display of no-talent-playing football last night, if the Aggies win 1 game this season, it will be something to cheer about. We have no offensive line, the quarterback still sucks. Oh, and about that - we have NO receivers - unless you count the 2 backup quarterbacks. Now, they can catch a ball - I am not complaining. Tannehill and Johnson are awesome players, but we need them at Quarterback!!!!! They want to bring back the old Wrecking Crew... Honey, they have a long way to go.... This team from middle of nowhere Arkansas kick their ass, on our home field in front of 78,600 people!

Javorskie Lane saw 3 whole plays... OK Mike, what point are you trying to prove here. I know, the pros don't want a 300 pound RB, but maybe he doesn't want to play pro, so just let us win!!!! With the announcer saying "hand-off to Goodsosn, over and over, don't you think the other team will eventually figure out your next play?!?!?

To top that off, I was taking a picture of the crowd thinning out as the Aggies fumbled for the 3rd time with 1:16 left on the clock and the darn camera broke! Yes, it was the one that Dave found at the Gay Concert, but I loved that camera!

Here's one of the last pictures it took - Jana and Evan stopped by to say hi to me!

Gran gets BUSTED! Shelly gets "Best Aunt" Award

So, mom thinks she can be sneaky. I got a call Wednesday that she and Trenton were skipping town and meeting Mimi Gayle and Little Ray to go tour Blue Bell. Poor Presley, she was in school. But, somehow, she found out. Mom says she would not speak to her that afternoon. She doesn't like the thought of Gran spending alone time with Trenton. However, after Gran reminded her about Disneyland and Elvis' house, she changed her tune. It's amazing how those kids gravitate to Mom.

Where are their parents?!?!?!?

I'll be the cool Aunt (as always) Yesterday my name was drawn by a local radio station to win 4 tickets to the Pooh on Ice Show at Reed Arena. Of course, Dave has no interest in seeing Pooh on Ice, and since I need children, I called Mom to bring my adoptive 2 down for the show. We decided that Dad and Dave can have a date while we're watching Pooh and Tigger too!

Roller Coaster of Emotions

So, for those of you who have known us for a while, you all know about the 101 day headache Dave developed exactly 3 years ago on August 12. Well, after a warm November night in the hospital and plenty of drugs, it went away. He was put on preventative meds and has an injection he can take if it comes back.

Well, it came back.... Somewhere around August 3, he developed a headache and it hasn't let up since. The doctor wanted a new CAT scan to make sure all the pieces of the brain were in the right spots and there wasn't anything there that didn't need to be. As you know, I can get a little emotional at times, and while I held up well, I have been a nervous wreck for the last week waiting for this CAT scan. We spent 3 hours at the hospital this morning and the results just came in... Everything is NORMAL... Dave knew it would be okay. I did too, but I was preparing myself just in case. I've sometimes said, I don't want anything there, but at least if they find something, then we have something to blame it on.

Now, we find ourselves were we were 3 years ago - at the beginning - new drugs, test drugs, blah, blah, blah... My boss's sister had horrible headaches and they put her on a new drug that has completely stopped them. We've given the doctor the name of the drug. Now we wait to see if he thinks it will help Dave.

Just pray that something works.

Rain, Rain go Away....

That is the song we heard in the van all weekend. Yes, we have decided it's the worst drought ever, but send us to the beach and you will get your rain!

We did get a couple of hours in, and the kids had a good time, but it could have been better.

We went ot the Aquarium at Moody Gardens on Sunday. They seemed to like that.

Here they are with uncle Dave in the Shark Cage.

So, for the video: one question my brother and I have....

WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE IN THE OCEAN??? WE KNOW OUR PARENTS WOULD NEVER TAKE US OUT TO PLAY LIKE THIS.......Send us out there, alone with the sharks maybe, but play with us, I think not!

How many men... Question of the weekend

Be sure to check out the videos at the end!

So, it was Trenton's 3rd birthday - A couple of questions... How many men does it take to put
together a new bike? Answer - It seems to be 2 1/2

Gran wasn't there, but he called her to tell her about his new bike!

So, then we move to the party... How many men does it take to inflate a new Double Blaster Water Slide? Here are 3 of my 4 favorite men...

The kids had a absolute blast! But remember, even if it's your birthday - You can still get in trouble....
Oh man, Come on Gran, give me a break!! It's my Birthday!

It's a boy thing.

No News is Good News

That is what Mom always said... We have done absolutely nothing for the past couple of weeks. It's too darn hot! I want to clean out the garage so that my car can go back in there, but I don't see that happening too soon.

The lawnmower needs a new belt, so until Dave can drive it back to the storage building, it must stay in my car's house! Not to mention, there is too much junk accumulating out there. If there was some sort of organiztion to it all, my car would fit, but until cooler weather, I am just SOOL.

We do have our annual meeting for TAMU Football ushers this weekend. What a joy - a couple of hours of learning various ways of how to tell people that if they don't have a ticket for this section, then vaminos!

Trenton turns 3 on Sunday, we are going to Cameron for his party. I had to go pick up one of those humongous inflatable waterslides yesterday, so we know what the kids will be doing at this party.

We're going to the beach on the 16th. I should have lots of pictures and stories after that. I may also have some pictures of the new cleaners. Mom is thinking of having the "Grand Opening" on that Tuesday. I had taken off Monday and Tuesday, so I will probably go up for the big event.