And the Tide rolls on

Jim and I went to see Jeremy, Christy, and Ryland last night. I forgot my camera (again), but luckily Jim had his digital arsenal (LOL!) with him and snapped off a few pics and some video. Hopefully I can snag those from him later this week, but in the meantime here’s a quick pic I snapped off with my Helio Ocean:

Daddy, baby, and Mommy

Aren’t they sweet? Christy’s mom was there when we got there last night and I told her that Jeremy needs to tell ‘Bama to hold her a spot on the women’s basketball team, ‘cuz she’s gonna be TALL like her daddy! LOL

A ‘Tider’ in Need

I was reading the sports news this morning and was surprised to hear of a former Tide player who’s been recently diagnosed with cancer. We hear all the time about players in trouble with the law, being sent to detox camps or drug rehabs, you rarely hear about one of the “good guys” needing our help:

Victor Ellis played four seasons at linebacker for the Crimson Tide from 1998-2001. He finished second on the team in tackles in 2000 with 94, including nine for a loss and 2.5 sacks.

He was an academic all-SEC performer and one of the more beloved members of Alabama’s program. That’s a trait that goes to back to high school. Victor graduated from The University of Alabama in 2002 with a B.A. in Communications.

Victor has recently been diagnosed with a rare form of cancer called Renal Medulary Cell Carcinoma and now needs the help of the Crimson Tide family to help support him. With the support of your prayers and donations, Victor is going to fight and achieve Victor-E over this terrible disease!

(Source: The Birmingham News)

For those interested: You can visit his website for more information, and send a message to him and his family. Keep him in your prayers, Tide fans … he’s one of the good guys!

The Face Off

Luckily the hype over last week’s heartbreaking loss to Georgia, I’ve been able to avoid most of the bitching and whining and moaning of remorseful Tide fans. We made some mistakes, we lost. Get over it and move on to the next engagement: FSU

For the first time in many years, the Florida State Seminoles and the Alabama Crimson Tide will be facing each other on the pigskin battlefield this weekend. Jim’s team vs. my team … this is gonna be a sweet matchup! :twisted:

Last week’s loss was a lesson, let’s hope everyone learned from it. We have a strong team. We finally have a coach with some BALLS. Let’s go out there and kick some ass.

Tide, it’s time to roll on! ROLL TIDE!

Helio UP ‘feeds’ us now

I was browsing through the morning additions at Heliocity and saw JustinB’s post about Helio adding feeds to their Helio UP service. This is very handy for those of us who store images and videos via Helio UP and had no external way of retrieving them … until now!

To access your images via Helio UP’s feeds:

• Open your phone in numeric pad mode, dial 87 and hit the Helio flame key.
• Helio UP should be displayed in the web browser
• If you don’t already have an album set up, make one.
• Go to the ‘Share’ tab
• Click ‘E-Mail URLs’
• Enter your E-Mail
• Check your mailbox, and look for an URL that looks something like the following: http://photos.helio.com/feed/*/****/****.xml
• Put it into your web browser or favorite RSS feed reader and enjoy!

Keep in mind that any media in your albums that are marked ‘private’ will NOT show up in these feeds! ;p

Thanks, Heliocity! :mrgreen:

So women can better understand men

One of my coworkers sent me this.

Because I’m a man, when I lock my keys in the car, I will fiddle with a coat hanger long after hypothermia has set in. Calling AAA is not an option. I will win.
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Because I’m a man, when the car isn’t running very well, I will pop the hood and stare at the engine as if I know what I’m looking at. If another man shows up, one of us will say to the other, “I used to be able to fix these things, but now with all these computers and everything, I wouldn’t know where to start.” We will then drink a couple of beers and break wind, as a form of holy communion.
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Because I’m a man, when I catch a cold, I need someone to bring me soup and take care of me while I lie in bed and moan. You’re a woman. You never get as sick as I do, so for you, this is no problem.
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Because I’m a man, I can be relied upon to purchase basic groceries at the store, like milk or bread. I cannot be expected to find exotic items like “tampons”, “cumin” or “tofu.” For all I know, these are the same thing.
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Because I’m a man, when one of our appliances stops working, I will insist on taking it apart, despite evidence that this will just cost me twice as much once the repair person gets here and has to put it back together.
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Because I’m a man, I must hold the television remote control in my hand while I watch TV. If the thing has been misplaced, I may miss a whole show looking for it, though one time I was able to survive by holding a calculator instead (applies to engineers only)
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Because I’m a man, there is no need to ask me what I’m thinking about. The true answer is always either s3x, cars, s3x, sports or s3x. I have to make up something else when you ask, so just don’t ask.
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Because I’m a man, you don’t have to ask me if I liked the movie. Chances are, if you’re crying at the end of it, I didn’t and if you are feeling amorous afterwards, then I will certainly at least remember the name and recommend it to others.
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Because I’m a man, I think what you’re wearing is fine. I thought what you were wearing five minutes ago was fine, too. Either pair of shoes is fine, with the belt or without it, looks fine. It does not make your ass look too big. It was the pasta and potatoes and margaritas that did that. Your hair is fine. You look fine. Can we just go now?
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Because I’m a man, and this is, after all, the year 2007, I will share equally in the housework. You just do the laundry, the cooking, the cleaning, the vacuuming, and the dishes, and I’ll do the rest. Like wandering around in the garden with a beer, wondering what to do.
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This has been a public service message for women to better understand men.

I think Rita Rudner said it best: “I think men who have a pierced ear are better prepared for marriage. They’ve experienced pain and bought jewelry.” :lol:

Pics of Ryland

I hope to have more soon, but these are a couple of shots I took of Ryland and her Daddy when I went to go see them at the hospital during lunch today.

Isn’t she precious?

If we were any geekier…

…this would so be me and Jim. :mrgreen:

Welcome Ryland Olivia!

2 weeks, 5 days …

It’s almost “Final Countdown” time! Less than 3 weeks away, there’s still so much to get finalized. I’ve been emailing (read: NAGGING) friends, family, loved ones, etc. who haven’t already to send in their RSVPs. We were supposed to order the cake this past weekend, but we wanted to be certain and make sure there’ll be enough for everyone at the reception.

If you received one of these nag messages/emails from me, please RSVP ASAFP! Thanks :mrgreen:

I had my bridal session this weekend. We’re using Samantha Ferguson of His Hands Photography. I can’t wait to see how the photos turn out. Saturday’s session was a LOT of fun, and I am usually not one to enjoy having my picture made! Samantha really made me feel at ease and comfortable with the whole process. She offered a lot of suggestions and advice. I really don’t think we could have picked a better photographer.

Here are a few sample shots:

These were taken at the Botanical Gardens. They were having some sort of event, so there were a LOT of people there, but for the most part everyone was polite and waited until we were done taking pictures before approaching. I think the reactions of children we passed were the funniest. Jim said he heard one little girl saying, “Look! A real princess!”

:lol: I don’t know about all that, but it *WAS* a lot of fun and I had a very good time (despite the humidity and heat … oh Lord, my hair! LOL!). We had a good time and I can’t wait for the wedding to hurry up and get here!

*anxious*

When spouses tattle…

Yesterday Jim went to see his (our) doctor — yes, we see the same doctor. He mentioned to her that he was concerned because my headaches were increasing in frequency and intensity (and I had not indicated this to her … naughty me). Doc wanted to see me “right away.” All happy about it, Jim then calls me to tell me what he did. LOL!

*makes mental note to beat him later*

So I go to the doctor today. I sign in and wait to be called. A nurse calls me in and asks what problems I was having, etc. so I told her about how the Topamax didn’t seem to be working and that I was having to double up on my Axert to get rid of headaches. She asked about any weird side effects so I mentioned that Topamax did change my taste and I was able to FINALLY give up soda. So she takes my blood pressure (normal), temperature (normal), and weighs me … as I step down she says, “Hm, you’ve lost some more weight.” I muttered, “Yeah right.” She showed me my chart and I almost blurted out, “HOLY SHIT!” :lol:

I’ve lost 10 pounds since going on the Topamax (and subsequently giving up soft drinks!). :shock:

GO ME! :mrgreen: I knew I had been doing pretty well for myself but DAMN! LOL

So anyways, back to the story … my doc comes in. She fusses because I didn’t tell her my headaches weren’t getting better. She fusses because I lost more weight (I silently clap and cheer!). She fusses about having to hear about it from Jim rather than from me. (tattle tale!) She puts me Amitriptyline … I can’t pronounce it, but its list of drug interaction warnings, side effects, etc. goes on for 3 pages! ??: So I will take my first dose tonight and if all goes well it will solve my sleeping AND headache problems at the same time (apparently one leads to the other).

So here goes nothing … cross your fingers!

Let’s hear it for the girls!

I’ve heard big announcements from a couple of my favorite girlie blogs lately, the first of which is C.A. Marks (of Alabama Improper fame) announcing the new She Blogs Blog Carnival on her newest blog, Sex and the South (which is pretty work safe, despite its deliciously spicy moniker, so be sure to stop by!). It looks pretty straight forward, to participate you have to: 1.) be female, 2.) have a blog.

Cool! I’m covered on both points!

The second came from the founders of Boobie-Thon — yep, it’s that time of year again! They are taking early submissions, so if you are interested in participating, please go check out their submission information/guidelines page.

By the way … this is not just limited to the ladies! Guys, pictures of your bare chests are welcome too! :mrgreen:

This is for a great cause, so please consider helping out in any way you can … so if you’re too shy to “share” consider perhaps a donation, or volunteering time or talent! :grin:

Also, you Twitterers out there - add Boobie-Thon to your list to follow their updates!

Do I love my Helio Ocean too much?

Someone asked me last night if I was engaged to Jim or my Helio Ocean? LOL! Such a silly question … preposterous! Though Jim would be in serious trouble if my Ocean could, say, take out the garbage, fix a leaky faucet, kill a creepy roach, bring me roses, find football scores — oh wait, it already does that!

Hint: Use Totally Scored and ZapTXT to output sports scores to your mobile device, IM or email. The great thing about ZapTXT is that you can turn it on and off … I turn off my SEC announcements until the weekends so I can get score updates when wedding-related events interfere with my football! :cool:

Seriously though, a big deal was made recently by a relative because I chose not to have a bride cake. However, I think if I were, I would want it to look like this:

Courtesy of Gizmodo and GeekSugar

No, I’m not obsessive. :mrgreen:

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