June 2009

Birthday Girl

June 30, 2009

Tomorrow is my birthday & I’ve finally reached “that” number.  Ask any woman how old she is and she’ll wink and say, “Twenty-nine!”  Seriously, I’m really turning 29 and for the record, I’ll be turning 29 again next year, too.  Birthdays are Special Once, when I was a sassy early teenager I remarked to my mother that [...]

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Flexibility

June 29, 2009

Coach works A LOT.  If he could get paid hourly, we would be millionaires.  I received an email recently from a high school coach’s wife who asked me about the working hours of a college football coach.  During the season, it’s brutal.  He is out the door some mornings before 6 am and doesn’t return [...]

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We Caught the Reading Bug!

June 26, 2009

The Football Family has caught the Reading Bug — especially Babycakes.  I am finally working on some educational projects and Coach is a guest reader at the Freedom School.  I knew that turning off the television would be good for us!  Babycakes has moved beyond “Touch & Feel Baby Animals” and on to more exciting [...]

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Saving the Baby – A Parenting Moment

June 23, 2009

Most of my writing on The Football Wife is light-hearted & fun.  Today’s post is not so fun.  Read on… Yesterday, in the parking lot of a grocery store, my parenting skills were tested.  I have always felt that I’m pretty good in a crisis — like my own mother, I can maintain my composure [...]

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Sneaking into the Country Club

June 19, 2009

Babycakes learned how to crawl this week.  Those of you with small children know that after that milestone, life is never the same.  Your baby who once loved playing with toys suddenly has a fascination with electrical outlets, doorstops, & end tables.  How will we ever survive the summer? Go to the pool. As a [...]

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The FW’s Mama Says…

June 18, 2009

My mom needs her own column on this blog.  The woman has a couple of gray hairs hiding somewhere in that head of hers and she suddenly thinks she can say whatever’s on her mind.  Here’s how yesterday’s conversation played out.  And I’ll try to be as accurate as possible, so Mom please correct me [...]

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The Children of Football Coaches

June 17, 2009

If there’s one person who understands my life as a football coach’s wife, it’s K.  She’s my “mentor” of sorts — I take her lead because she’s a fantastic example of a head coach’s wife.  On Monday, K, her Coach, and their three youngest children (ages 8, 6, & 3) stopped by our house for [...]

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How you get here…

June 16, 2009

This isn’t a post about the whys & hows of our existence… just a comical look at how folks find this blog.  Not surprising, the top search to find this blog is “football wife”.  Nothing too funny about that one.  However, the search “pictures of natural birth pregnancy” which brought a few people here is puzzling.  There [...]

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Did I tell you about the time…

June 14, 2009

…that Darius Rucker spilled a glass of red wine down my shirt?  A few Decembers ago, Coach and I attended a holiday work party — this was for my job, (back when I actually had one!).  Thrown at a local restaurant, there was a live band, delicious food, & people everywhere.  After arriving, Coach went [...]

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Recipe for a Friday Afternoon

June 12, 2009

How many of you live for Friday afternoons?  This sense of calm comes over me as I begin to settle into weekend mode.  The family plan for this evening is dinner on the boat — sandwiches, veggies, hummus, & bagel chips.  Are you impressed with this football family’s healthy menu choices?   We try, but don’t [...]

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