The last time I went anywhere with my husband {other than out to dinner} without company, I looked like this: I may look ready for adventure & action, but do not be deceived… This is the sexy I brought to vacation. BUT… I have exciting news! Coach and I are headed to a warm destination [...]
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Getting Along at Home Daddy is the good guy, especially when he’s only home for dinner & bedtime. Ahhh, but now that Coach is home again, someone small is having a hard time taking direction from the man of the house. It was almost comical listening to her sass her Daddy like he was a [...]
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After suffering some disappointing setbacks this season, Ellie & I headed to the stadium on Saturday with a sense of hope. The parking lot was dotted with alumni celebrating their homecoming weekend and up ahead we could see the pep band getting warmed up. We grabbed our essentials — diet cokes, goldfish crackers, & a [...]
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I don’t know what it’s like to be Sue Paterno, but I do know what it’s like to serve dinner close to bedtime. I know that being a coaches’ wife can be lonely. Our husbands work late into the evening and travel for a week at a time only to come home & need to [...]
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We are… disgusted. THE FACTS Twelve years ago, when {then grad assistant} Mike McQueary walked into the locker room and witnessed his superior sexually abusing a child, he told someone. He told Joe Paterno. Joe Paterno told Tim Curley. And Tim Curley covered up the disturbing claims. Now famed football coach Jerry Sandusky has been [...]
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I had some serious pre-game jitters this past Saturday evening. So much so, that I would have preferred to watch the game hiding in the press box wearing elastic waisted pants and a blanket over my head. It was an “I want my mommy”, eat chocolate ice cream from the container kind of feeling. {AND, [...]
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She’s all talk. Ellie: “It’s just a boy in a costume.” Me: “Yes, it’s just a boy in a costume like when you went trick-or-treating.” Ellie: “I don’t have to be afraid. The wildcat just gives hugs and stickers.” Me: “That’s right. Are you going to give the wildcat a hug?” ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Fast forward ten [...]
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On my to-do list this week: Learn to play the guitar. This week I’m going to learn to play the guitar. First, I have to tune it, but just as soon as I do I’m going to write a song. A country song. An amazing country song about what it’s like to raise children & [...]
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