First things first

GIG EM AGGIES!!! WHOOP!
The game was absolutely incredible. I had never been to a game at DKR Texas Memorial Stadium and I have to admit, it was rather intimidating. The noise, the orange, Big XII South Championship at stake for t.u. and the fact that they were favored by 13 was all just a little over the top. In the beginning, I was kind of quiet. Sure we scored but we missed the extra point and we have started a trend of losing by one point so that missed extra point was certainly going to come back to haunt us. NOT SO MUCH!! Maintaining a shutout until late in the third quarter was pretty exciting then they scored and it was "OK, back to reality". Then we just went crazy. We didn't care that we were with t.u. people and surrounded by a sea of burnt orange. We got loud (and maybe a little obnoxious but who cares). We were biting our nails up to the end then the players rushed out onto the field and over to where the band and all the maroon was. It was soooo exciting! I was apprehensive at first with all the orange and the expected outcome of the game but at the end, the team that was favored by 13 points didn't even score 13 points. WHOOOOOOOP! A great end to an otherwise heartbreaking season.

Aside from all that, we had a great but very busy Thanksgiving week. We went down to Houston to work on my mother-in-law's house. She's still planning to move to Dallas and her house was badly in need of a fresh coat of paint and we had to replace some boards and some other work. It was actually kind of fun and we couldn't have asked for better weather but if I ever decide to take on such a large project, someone please slap me. UGH! We did get to go out with our Houston friends one night and it was great to see everyone!! As much as I say I like life in Frisco, I do miss Houston, Pearland, and the people we left behind. We celebrated Thanksgiving on Wednesday and headed to Austin on Thursday. We had a really hard time finding a place to eat on Thursday since all the restaurants were closed. Geez, like restaurant workers need a day off or something. Whatever! ha ha We were very excited to see that the Texas Land and Cattle across the street was open for business so we treated ourselves to a very nice dinner. :-) This mini-vacation to Austin was great, especially the game.

So that's what we've been up to and why I've been absent from the blog. Mother-in-law doesn't have internet and we were so busy leading up to the trip. It's good to be back!

I hope everyone had a WONDERFUL Turkey Day!!! Good luck on the Christmas shopping!
It's the most wonderful time of the year!!