Football

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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Our New Normal {Life After Football Season}

by Sara on November 28, 2011

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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No Love for the Haters & a Security Breach

by Sara on November 14, 2011

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… {Penn State Scandal}

by Sara on November 7, 2011

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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A Wife’s Winning Strategy

by Sara on September 27, 2011

In college football there are times when teams play an opponent outside of their league.  We call these non-conference games, but {of course} we want to win them just the same. On Saturday night, we played a team that was bigger & faster than us.  Leading up to the game, EVERYWHERE we went, people asked [...]

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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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Married Single Mom

by Sara on August 15, 2011

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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Family Time at the “Staten-Dum”

by Sara on August 10, 2011

Yesterday, after a few hours of playing at the swimming pool under an unforgiving sun, she totally lost it.  She cried and cried and cried… and for no reason that her almost three year-old self could explain.  Then all was quiet – she was sound asleep. When she awoke an hour later, she cried and [...]

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