Weekend Happenings

geez this Monday has been horrendous. Not sure why it has sucked so much more than others but it has indeed. Probably because we had a good weekend and I just didn't want it to end....

Saturday

We had our homecoming game at ECU versus the Memphis Tigers this weekend and ended up with a lovely 41-7 victory (finally, we haven't been playing super well) here are a few pictures from the game!

me and little sister
dress from Lottie Dottie, necklace was a birthday present from Dee

flipping the cup

Kate and Me after the parade

the girls being lazy..

...until I made them stand up for a mandatory "Pirate Ladies" picture - missing Mrs. Hopey once again...

hubs and me

We will be missing our next home game Oct. 27 because not only does Joshua have an all-day Town Council retreat, but we will hopefully be packing up all our stuff for the move (which will happen that next Wednesday..ahhh). 

Sunday

My best friend Hope threw a tie-dye themed baby shower for our friend KG, who is having a precious baby girl in December. We played a great "Baby Stuff Price is Right" game where we had to guess the price of baby items and I surprisingly sucked at it haha - I guess I always buy in bulk so I forget what things cost individually or in small quantities!

invitations (with some extra little lines to protect everyone's last names and Mrs. Nell's address of course)

totally stole this from Hope's twitter.. but this is Hopey & KG

all the yummy food (also stolen from Hopey)

I was so sad that all of KG's shower gift wasn't ready yet, but I had a little onesie made that says "Honorary Back of the Bus Member". And of course she needed a tu-tu and some tights to wear with it...

KG, Hope, me and some other friends all played soccer together and referred to ourselves as the "Back of the Bus Crew" since we all sang songs and hung out in the back of the bus to and from games... if only we could play as well as we sang....

Hopefully, I am going to get all the pics from my mama and daddy from the mountains so I can actually share them with you one day next week! 

The Nail Files: Audacious Asphalt

I am linking up with Tara @ Fabulous but Evil for The Nail Files!

This week I tried out another Maybelline Color Show polish called "Audacious Asphalt" and I love it. It is just gray enough if that makes any sense. 

And? It was only $2.99.  That's what's up.

RIP Bubbles

Those who visit my parents' house are always instructed to never attempt to pick up/approach/talk to the small white ball of fur that is their dog, Bubbles. Not because he is fragile or we worry that you might be rough with him - but because we worry he may attack... and draw blood.

This will no longer be a worry because this morning, after fighting some heart failure and crazy wheezing and coughing for months, my mama and daddy had to make the decision to end Bubbles' suffering and put him to sleep. 

Bubbles, who is a 4 lb. Maltese, was once a sweet little puppy who skipped instead of walked and leaped instead of ran. When he was a puppy, he resembled a Wooky /E-Wok (from Star Wars) so I have always called him "Wooky". The below picture isn't actually the little monster, but it looks JUST like he did as a puppy.

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Sixteen years later.... He is a cranky old man. Bubbles started being vicious shortly after he came home. He decided that he was my mother's ONLY child and if my sister or I tried to approach her, it was on.

Bubbles especially hates my little sister. If he hears a noise on the stairs, he automatically assumes it's Deanna coming down from her bedroom and immediately begins to growl. Mama had to literally throw the comforter over him in the mornings in order for Deanna to enter my parents' bedroom.

Even my and Josh's Brittany Spaniel, Mac Daddy was terrified of the little terror. While Mac outweighed Wooky by 70 lbs and was at least 2 feet taller, he would bow down to Bubbles and avoid any eye contact.

As he's gotten older, Bubbles got even more stubborn.

For the last three years, Bubbles has had to go stay at my Papa's house because he can't be left alone in my mama and daddy's new house because if he has free reign he tears things to pieces trying to get out OR if he is restrained in a crate he hurts himself trying to bite his way out or bites himself. It's sad.

However, my mother is distraught over the loss of her dog, even if it is a little monster he was her little monster. So be thinking of her as she not only deals with my Mema being in the hospital but also having to put down her dog.