The Eyes of Texas are Upon You,,,,49-9

A thing of beauty is a joy forever. The scoreboard last night was truly ,,magnificently,,gloriously,,lopsidedly,,,FINALLY,,,a thing of beauty. We did what we needed to do. We flat out kicked some aggie arse. Up and down the field, around the field,,we

gave a burnt orange and white welcome to the visitors from that school in college station. Picked em up, threw em down and said Howdy. On camera. In front of 90plus thousand mostly adoring fans,,we won. Wait,,we didn't just win. We DOMINATED. The biggest win since the matchup started one hundred years ago. I love my Horns.

Twas the best Thanksgiving I can remember. Truly. I cooked. A feast in fact. All night and all day I cooked. I actually remember how. Turkey, ham,,the whole shebang. We even used the good china and dressed up for dinner. And then there was football. It was just a grand day.

Today I've been pathetic. Haven't dressed. Don't intend to. Worn out by the game yesterday. No shopping on Black Friday. I'm having my own Burnt Orange Friday. A day of pumpkin chocolate chip cupcakes and coffee for breakfast. A long nap. Watched Diary of a Mad Black Woman. Separate blog on that later. My one contribution or imitation of productivity,,,I answered the phone three times AND I got out the Christmas dishes. Pathetic. Happy. So happy. Come what may with the freakin BCS,,,we humiliated the aggies and I'm happy.

To their credit they played a relatively clean game. Kudos to their new coach for that. Much more sportsmanlike than previous years. No flagrant blatant out of bounds late hits. A couple of cheap shots but considering the mindset of the aggies it was one of their classier performances. Coming from me,,that's high praise. I mentioned this to a friend and he suggested possibly they couldn't get close enough to our players to make late hits or intentional face mask plays,,could be. I'll give them the benefit of the doubt for now and allow myself the delusion that they were meaning and intending to play clean ball.

Time for another nap!!!! It's such a good day,,,

Chaos is my FRIEND!!

Yes,,that is a very, very tired version of Martha. Tired and ready to bash something. The holidays are upon me. I am down three staff members. The staff that are still in place, on some days , seem to have a collective IQ of,,,,,, ummmmmmmmm 16. I bid one boyfriend adieu. Contemplating taking on another. Must keep the "pair and a spare" I suppose. I need,,NEED ,,a BAYCASHUM. At this point I would be happy with a night in Hutto. I could pretend. I'm very good at pretend. I do think Lisa and Sarah and I should just bolt away for a weekend. Meg is going to take a week off. State is due in the building at any time. I'm cooking Thanksgiving for a crowd. Deep breath,,another,,,exhale,,,I can do this. I mean really. What's a state visit over the holidays when I have an intellectually challenged staff?? Deep breath. Exhale. Pass the tequila.

I'm going out with Big Mikey on Saturday. So odd. I've known him forever and three days,,maybe four. I was his BOSS. He asked,,I had no good reason to say no,,the girls think it's a grand idea. I'm at a loss how to handle the transition from boss/friend,,to date. We'll see how it goes. Had a text from The Mother today. "The one that brought you chocolate. Call him. " I think she's a witch. He called me last night. How did she know? He's the practically perfect man that frustrates me to no end because he's afraid of me. He's perfect,,physically, mentally,,,perfect. He gets me. He's a bit of a smartass. He's ohsodeliciously tall. He dances. He sings. He has a tiny little black car that looks so pretty on me. And,,he's afraid of me. Sigh. He called though. A start. Mikey,,Royce,,got the pair. Spare??? Let the auditions begin.

Peppermint bubble bath is calling me. I can hear it. I can smell it. Bliss awaits me. Hot bubbly bliss. Love to all,,,May the Force be with you,,,

Hook 'Em

Saturday Morning Happiness

Wake up Texas!!! It's GAME DAY!! The Horns have traveled north and will be taking on Kansas today. Shouldn't be a difficult game but one never knows. It's November and it's football. Game starts just before noon. Hot dogs on the grill,,,stuffed chicken on the grill later. A run to KupCakery for Longhorn cupcakes,,they have little chocolate Longhorns on them! Dash to the grocery store. Light the fire in the outdoor fireplace,,yes it finally FINALLY got semi-cold here. Ice down the beer. Make the salsa. It's Saturday and there is football and no work and,,,yes,,,I'm a happy girl.

Only one call from the alarm company during the night. It's getting better. I probably jinxed it by stating that but truly it couldn't have gotten worse. Fire alarm panel at work is not communicating with the phone lines at work and for some reason they think I can interpret for the two devices. Last weekend my phone rang every hour on the hour from Friday at 6pm until Monday morning at 9am. I talked more with David at the alarm company than I did with either of my children, my boyfriend or my parents. I suffered a brief moment of separation anxiety Monday when the calls stopped. Pathetic.

The Boys are worshipping at the altar of the portable heater this morning. I've moved their bed near it and they are warm and toasty and incapable of movement. Paralyzed with happiness and warmth. Later in the evening when I light the fireplace they will relocate and continue their heat worship downstairs.

The house is still under deconstruction. I've turned the whole mess over to my Daddy because apparently you must have a penis to deal with contractors and such. I could not get anyone to call me back. He's not having a much easier time of it. There is no carpet upstairs,,,still. My bathroom is not functional,,still. The painting is half complete,,,still. I'm almost at the point of just bashing it all out and doing it myself,,well not really,,but almost.

I must get functional today. Longhorn cookies to make. Lunch to prepare. Dinner prep to get underway. It's GAME DAY!!!

Hook em Horns!!

Mutant Rodents

Ok,,Tuesday. How to even explain Tuesday. Work was ,,umm,,,grim. That will suffice. Grim. Got better about 5pm when I left for margaritas with the girls. Great fun. Wonderful fun. Made it home,,had my bubble bath,,and a poltergeist came to visit. Lights flashing off and on. Upstairs on,,downstairs off,,,loft on,,flashing,,,bedroom off and on,,whole house on,,,whole house off. A poltergeist for sure. Fell asleep watching tv,,woke up with no power in the house at all. Great. Lovely. Curly hair and no coffee to start the day. Called the sparky and he said,,," Best case scenario is probably a rat". Yeah,,read that again. A FREAKIN RAT. How I asked can a rat EVER be part of a best case scenario? I mean really??? A rat??? I was at lunch telling some of my coworkers about my poltergeist and Bob offered me a 6ft long rat snake. Long cold stare his direction. How in the HELL does the addition of a 6ft long snake improve this situation in any way whatsoever??? I think I might have shrieked at him. That's truly my version of hell. Rats and snakes. Especially a mutant rat that is eating my electricity. Came home and checked on the sparky and he informed me that I did indeed have a rat,,but he was outside the house. No trace of rodentia within these hallowed walls. Huge relief. But,,still,,a rat. So this weekend Tony and I are going to ratproof my house and yard. He doesn't like them either. Mutant nasty bastages eating my electricity and living uninvited in my yard. I was wondering why the cats hadn't captured and tortured the invader and then had a horrid thought. This MUST be one of those Here Kitty Kitty rats ,,Willard,,,that stomps through the neighborhood taunting the other animals. Nocturnal demon. Sucking the power out of the lines. Wicked horrid nightmare creature. I don't know if the girl dance will even begin to cover this event. It might require the voodoo goddess and the redhot goodluck mama doll AND the girl dance,,and a bottle of pink. We'll find out Saturday. At least it's just in the yard and not in the house. I would be obligated to move,,or die,,or both.

Horns still winning. Kansas this weekend. aggies on Thanksgiving. If we win out,,which we should,,,possibly a trip to Phoenix for the Fiesta Bowl??? We'll see.

Does anyone have the contact info for the Pied Piper??

The Eyes of Texas are Upon You,,,,,

Hook 'Em Horns!!!

I voted for " That One"

I can exhale now. It appears I will not have to move to Canada, or Mexico, at least for now. "That One" ,,won. Not a questionable win. Not a waiting on the possibility of maybe some lost votes in Florida to confirm the win. A landslide. A rout. An overwhelming statement from an overwhelming majority,,time for a change. A gracious, elegant win. A gracious, elegant concession. Intelligence, it seems, prevailed.

My Horns are no longer perched atop the polls. They didn't fall far in their tumble,,but they aren't at the pinnacle of perfection level. I'm not sure they ever should have been. We're good. We're disciplined and honorable and motivated and consistent. We're also fairly young, a bit on the small side, coached by new faces,,,we are a winning miracle,,but I think at this point we sit where we should. I rather liked the view from the top but this feels more like it should. For the record,,I still don't like Mike Leach. He reminds me a bit of that coach from across the Red River that ruined my Cowboys. The name I will not say. He's a renegade, a rogue, an outlaw. He encourages those behaviours in his players. There is precious little honor to be seen. The young QB from Tech. He plays with honor. His coach could learn much from him.

My Beast went on a grand adventure today. He escaped and took his housemates with him. They romped and ran and finally returned home ,,hungry, thirsty, dirty and with so much to tell but just oh so tired and no energy to tell the tales. At least they are home.

Running on zero sleep right now. I woke up Tuesday morning at 0430,,it's now Wednesday evening ,,roughly 730pm. I think I've had two hours sleep in the last 39 hours. I'm sure I've rambled. I'll straighten it out tomorrow. For now,,,I'm headed to bed. There is a long fall nap in my future. The Eyes of Texas are upon you,,,,
Love to all,,,Hook 'em!!!

Reading: You've got to be kidding
Listening to: I think that's me snoring