Apparently, more people enjoy MCL than what I previously thought. I have received very kind emails and comments about my blog. Thank you all so much. Here is a little bit about what I have been up to in list format because I love lists.
Austin Peay Basketball
This photo was taken at the Dunn Center on the campus of Austin Peay State University. Adam and I spend a lot of time there when basketball season comes around. We first started going when the Peay went to the OVC tournment in Nashville in 2006. Despite my apprehensions, it was pretty fun. Everyone that knows me, knows I hate sports. I didn’t grow up in one of the households where sports was always talked about. An occasional Titans game and an occasional Nascar race was featured, but no more than that. Before I met my husband I had been to a few Major League baseball games and a few Titans games, but I really knew nothing about sports.
After dating Adam (actually before dating–our first date was the world series at a friends house!) I realized I would have to be a bit more suseptital to sports. I tried my best to get into baseball, his favorite, but just couldn’t. I hate baseball and still do. Anyways, back to basketball….I discovered that I liked going to see the Peay play and that I could do a good job of following what was going on. Pretty soon I knew all the players by full name and could recognize them by face. I started understanding the various fouls and even knew what would be called before it was called!
It was last year that I realized how much I loved the Peay. They won their OVC tournament after watching them all year and were going to the NCAA tourmament in Little Rock. That day they won was amazing. You wait all year long for that one game and then it finally happens and they actually win! There were also a lot of seniors that wouldn’t be playing next year that wanted it so bad and you could just feel their complete joy when that buzzer went off. I tell you, it was almost enough to bring tears to your eyes…almost.
This year Peay has already won both games against Murray State, their biggest rival. Winning against Murray makes me feel like we have already won the championship. The first round of the OVC Championship is Tuesday, so feel free to come out and support the Peay if you can. Peay pride. Feel it. Share it. Let’s go peay! Who ya rootin’ for? A-P-S-U!
Darla & Westly Dodger
Darla is on the right and Westly is on the left. They are both still with me and doing just fine. Westly got neutered at the low cost clinic. He is still feral. He is a little older than Darla and so if he does come around he won’t soon. You can see in this picture that he is sitting by Adam and looking very un-feral! This was before we let them outside to live. Westly had got used to us by seeing us everyday through the cage and I would reach in his crate and pet him every day. This evening in the pic I had brought them bough out to sit on the couch with us and they acted very good. They were afraid but loved being out of their crate. However, ever since we put them out they have been very timid. Westly runs every time I go outside.
Darla is doing better socially. She is getting to where she likes to be pet and actually jumped up in the chair I was sitting in right beside me. Moments like that make me feel like a proud mama!
Ice Storm
We had an ice storm! The ice lasted 2 days and 2 nights and many people around us were without power for 4 weeks or more. Luckily, we never lost power. It was very sad for all those that did and some even lost their lives due to no electricity. Many trees were down and across rodes so all public service men had to work overtime to get everything cleared. We were very fortunate to make it ok and not have lost power.
Goody’s in Hopkinsville closed its doors Friday and you know MCL couldn’t stay away. Everything was marked 90% off! Adam and I got 8 shirts and 1 pair of pants for $23 and we saved $250! What a deal that was!
Kmart had super doubles last week and I got $40 worth of stuff for about $4!
That’s about it ya’ll. I promise to blog more even if it isn’t about coupons!
