Are You Ready For Some Football!?

One of my very favorite things about fall: FOOTBALL!

Doesn't matter if it's high school, college, or pro. I love going to games. Watching it on TV. Listening to it on the radio.

And when fall rolls around up here in good ol' Nebraska, well that's all anyone (me) cares about...at least Husker Football. :)

In honor of that, I'm posting a hideous picture of me in my newest Husker t-shirt. 'LOVE' it! ;)

Please ignore the fact that my face is the same color of my shirt...little tanning bed mishap. :)

We also get pretty excited about High School Football in our house. My oldest step-son plays for his high school and will be starting nose guard (? or something like that) next week due to another player pulling a hammie...or something. :)

Here's his 'Sports Illustrated' cover picture. :)

At least that is what we like to refer to it as in our house. :) This is one of his Senior Pictures compliments of our friend Jason.

Also, next week begins PeeWee football for another one of our boys..no pictures of him yet, but I'm sure I'll add one when I get it!

My husband refused to let me take a picture of him all decked out in his Miami Hurricane gear last night as he was watching the game. That's the college team he roots for.

He's a NE 'transplant' so he still hasn't fully jumped on the Husker Bandwagon..but I'm slowly dragging him on board!

He also 'bleeds purple', so when the Vikings are playing he trades in the Miami gear for the Viking duds...still trying to locate him a new pair of Viking Zubazs....oh yes..he had a pair of striped ones. They finally gave out on him. :)



So are you a football fan?? When the weekend finally rolls around, who are you cheering for? Who's flag are you waving?

Off To School

My First Born heading off to his first day of school. :(

I can't believe how fast the time goes.

What I Accomplished This Weekend....

In case you don't read my 'other' blog. :)


http://seeshannonrun.blogspot.com/2009/08/fast-forwards-race-against-ms-aka-my.html

Strap Happy!

Here's a few of the straps for my Switch Flops that I had made! I'm so excited!

A friend of mine is going to help me make a few more, but these were made by some nice lady named Trudy who was helping me pick out fabric and buttons and the fabric store. She works there and I was talking to her about what I was trying to make and she mentioned that she'd be able to help me make them if I wanted, so I took her up on the offer!

I just picked them up today during lunch, so I'm excited to get them home and try them out on the shoes!

I think the Zebra Print are my favorite...although the stripes are pretty cute!

The polka dots are for Husker Game Days. ;)

Oh Boy! (or Girl)! Tee's!

The Lovely Ladies over at Wild Olive Tee's are getting ready to launch a new line of tees for the Kiddos! How cute is that!

I'm so excited!

Now the little ones can "Get Their Verse On!" too!

Maybe a men's line will be next?!? :)

Go over there and check them out!

SwitchFlops

So I broke down today and bought a pair of SwitchFlops.

But I guess I 'technically' didn't buy them, because my aunt is paying me back for them as a birthday gift to me. :)

Anyway, I while back (maybe last summer?) I came across these SwitchFlops in a little boutique store here in town. I was intrigued by them...the idea is so simple! I can't believe someone didn't think of this earlier!

Then I got to thinking, these would be SUPER easy to make. So I took a little trip to Target and bought myself a $10 pair of black flip flops with the intention of sewing some Velcro on them and making myself my very own SwitchFlops...but I would call them SwapFlops...because I like that better.

And then I remembered that I do not know how to sew...and I do not own a sewing machine.

So I decided I would have to enlist someone to do it for me.

Fast forward about a year to just the other day. My friend Mandy asked me if I had ever heard of SwitchFlops and I told her yes and how I had this grand idea to make them myself and how easy it would be.

Then I decided that I needed to return back to the store where I originally saw them and buy one pair of straps as a pattern to give to whomever I was going to sucker into sewing these things for me ask nicely for help making these. So off I went.

Come to find out the store is going out of business...

And everything in the store is 25 - 50% off...

Including all the SwitchFlops and Straps....

And then I discovered that they didn't just make flip flops, but they also make kitten heeled dressy 'flip flops' like these!!

And who am I kidding? I can't find a pair of shoes like these and sew Velcro on them...so I bought them...and a pair of straps..because I'm not crazy about the checkered ones they came with.

But I still have every intention of asking my friend Bryn, who can sew and owns a machine, if she can make me the straps to go on them.

Because I think it would be much more fun to design my own straps!! Plus, hopefully, she can still figure out for me a way to sew the 'fuzzy side' of the Velcro strip onto the Target flip flops so I can use the straps on them as well.

I'm so 'flipping' excited! (Pun Intended)

New Siggy

Whatcha think? Came across this website on Carla's blog and decided to give it a whirl...

I couldn't figure out how to get it into my blog though, so I googled it and found some handy dandy directions here.

Just a little something something for the ol' blog. ;)