Unexpected Fun

Let's be honest, like most parents I enjoy watching soccer when (and only when) a child I know is actually on the field and playing. So, when we were offered free tickets to watch the USA Mens National Team play Trinidad & Tobago in a World Cup qualifing match in Nashville, my first thought was "Thanks, but no Thanks". KK truly wanted to go, so being the "super nice" mom that I am, I agreed, as this opportunity happens only once every umpteen years or so. I couldn't have been more wrong about the entire evening. I have been to many sporting events, and I have never been to one so fun and full of team spirit! The stands were packed and full of fans that have a true love of the game. Even Trinidad & Tobago had a large fun following.

Our select soccer club started the evening off right with a very large tailgate party in the parking lot and the night just kept getting better. We had great seats; 7 rows up from the field right in the corner. We won 3-0 and I was actually into the entire game, not bored for one minute. I was feeding off the crowd!

I must also tell you that our highlight of the evening was seeing ourselves on the Big Screen at LP Field (home of the TN Titans). And don't think for one minute that as soon as we saw ourselves, we didn't call everyone else we knew at the stadium to make sure they saw us too :-)

The game was televised on ESPN2 and some friends of ours were Tivo-ing it when they saw us, so they backed it up, and sent us the picture. No, not the one in the white sweatshirt. I am the nerdy one sitting down right after the second goal, and KK is the goofy looking one with her mouth hanging open. (You would think they could have found a better still frame to send us than this one???)

Moral of the story; Don't knock it, til you try it!

Oh so Cute!! Updated

UPDATE:: BALTO has been adopted and will be leaving with the doggy transport from Tennessee to his new home in Rhode Island on Friday, April 17.
This is Balto, our new foster pup. We still have Jet, but Balto was in a desperate situation and I am on Spring break for the next week, so here he is. He has the prettiest icy green eyes and is just a sweet love. He is about 3 months old, and our best guess is that he is a shepard/husky mix. I don't expect to have him long with a face like this.

We Love You Sandie

I have listened to the song that is playing again and again over the past week since Sandie went to the bridge so unexpectedly. I know the lyrics were intended for our human loved ones, yet to me they seem to apply to any loved one, furry or not. I have shed at least 1 million tears, and I can't yet bring myself to talk about it to anyone as I just fall apart. So this blog is my outlet, please bear with me . Thank you to those who have sent such kind words, they help more than you know.

"Homesick"

You're in a better place, I've heard a thousand times

And at least a thousand times I've rejoiced for you

But the reason why I'm broken, the reason why I cry

Is how long must I wait to be with you

I close my eyes and I see your face

If home's where my heart is then I'm out of place

Lord, won't you give me strength to make it through somehow

I've never been more homesick than now

Help me Lord cause I don't understand your ways

The reason why I wonder if I'll ever know

But, even if you showed me, the hurt would be the same

Cause I'm still here so far away from home

I close my eyes and I see your face

If home's where my heart is then I'm out of place

Lord, won't you give me strength to make it through somehow

I've never been more homesick than now

In Christ, there are no goodbye

And in Christ, there is no end

So I'll hold onto Jesus with all that I have

To see you again

And I close my eyes and I see your face

If home's where my heart is then I'm out of place

Lord, won't you give me strength to make it through somehow

I've never been more homesick than now

Heartbroken

Yesterday, I unexpectedly lost my bestest kittie friend in the whole world, Sandie. My heart is shattered and I type this through a constant stream of tears. Please remember him today. He was such a bright light in our lives who was loved more than he will ever know.

Still waiting for a forever home....

We have had Jethro (or as we like to call him, Jet) as our foster dog for 2 months now. He is handsome, loyal, funny & a very smart 65 pound lapdog :-). There isn't anything I would change about him, except for maybe the digging , but even that doesn't bother me. He is also a dog I would love to keep forever if we didn't have 2 already.


I can't help but wonder everytime I look at him, why he hasn't had one call from a potential adopter. Look at this face, isn't it sweet? I know that these things can take time and we want to find the perfect forever home; but everyday longer it takes, is one more day that I am falling head over heals in love with him!

Wordless Wednesday

All that wet, wet, wet day.....

If you are living anywhere in the southeast, you are probably feeling a little water logged like we are. My poor pups, are sick of me stopping them on a towel, everytime on their way in the house to wipe their paws. I can tell by the way they look at me, with that tilted head kind of look, you know the one right?

This weekend we were lucky enough to attend a soccer tournament in Alabama; the forecast 50's with rain, rain and more rain. I don't think it stopped raining from the time we got there on Fri afternoon, until we left mid-day Sunday. The fields were beautiful when we started the weekend, but with each passing game you could see this turning into the mudbowl! The coach had the girls roll around on the ground during warmups just to get the wetness over with. We slightly deranged parents threw on the ever attractive rain poncho's, threw up the umbrella's and did our best to cheer on the group of 12 year olds. These girls had more fun playing in the semi-cold rain with an extra 5 pounds of soaked soccer gear hanging from their lanky bodies and rolling around in the mud then I have ever seen them have in any other games. The sad part is we have no pictures, but if we did I think these two pictures would say it all:

Soccer Players in the rain:

Soccer Parent's watching in the rain: