Georgia On My Mind

We are back from our weekend in Athens where we celebrated Kate's 20th birthday and went to the Georgia/Vanderbilt game.

 We went out to dinner late on Friday night, It was a beautiful night and we enjoyed dinner outside at Farm 255... it is a very cool place with great food and we were very happy that we had to walk back to Chelsea's apartment...

 

 

...because we still had some celebrating to do with gifts and dessert!

 

 

Kate liked this really cool jacket at Free People...

and so this was one of her gifts...I think she likes it!

 

Chelsea made her the brownie marshmallow cupcakes, a find

on Kate's Pinterest board! They were soooo good and sooo rich!

 

On Saturday morning, we started our day at Mama's Boy

for a wonderful home style breakfast!

 

 

  

 

After breakfast we poked around downtown...Chelsea found a couple of

game day dresses and some red jewelry and on the way back to her apartment we stopped for a pic with the bulldog!

 

 

 

Back home everyone got ready for the big game! We somehow

all ended up wearing black, though Chelsea and I had on red jewelry/

 

 

The Pleasant Hull Memorial Bell is a well-known fixture on UGA's upper quad.  The tradition of ringing the bell to signal a football game victory began in 1901.  At first freshmen (probably those poor frat pledges) were made to ring the bell for hours after victories, but more recently the bell is rung by anyone wanting to be part of the celebration!  In 2007 the bell's yoke broke during the bell ringing celebration after UGA's 42-30 win over the Florida Gators. It was quickly

repaired in time for the next home game!

 

On our way across campus we stopped to take pics along the way.

Notice our choice of footwear...Kate and I in our new boots...from

Country Outfitter...Chelsea still sporting sandals. 

I am thinking black boots of some type are in her future!

 

At the stadium...we soaked in some atmosphere and headed in;

the girls to the student section and Rich and I to tamer seats.

Those bulldogs rock that stadium :D

 

 

Every school has its own sayings and traditions to be sure...

But one thing is the same everywhere...with almost an

hour till kick-off most fans were still out tailgating...

the student section being the exception!

 

 

 

Georgia easily beat Vandy...it was hard to sit through and

while I didn't mind the bulldogs winning seeing as they are having a great start to this season...I wanted Vandy to give them a little bit of trouble...

We left the game after halftime...not a novel idea! We walked back through the campus and back to downtown (where Chelsea lives) and ended our Saturday

watching FSU pull out their win over Clemson.

 

 

 

Sunday morning we went to Athens Church.  This is our

second time there and we love it for Chelsea.  She has

joined a small group there, loves the message, and the music is AWESOME!!

 

She is so happy in her new life up in Georgia it almost makes it easy to get in the car and make that LOOOOONNNNNGGGG drive home...I said almost.  I am just wondering if there is a better way to get there from here without fighting Atlanta traffic?

 

Random...Very Random

 

Thursday was my birthday and it was a very nice day which included a 5 mile walk, a trip to a new coffee shop/restaurant downtown, beautiful flowers from Rich, a surprise at Girls Inc, birthday wishes from lots of wonderful people, and a piece of Lemon Italian Creme cake...all-in-all a grand day and actually none of it was planned out, things just fell into place.  I think that this must be one of the beauties of hitting 50...which I did...three years back. Just waking up and finding joy in the day...



Friday was a very busy day.  I went to yoga first thing in the morning.
This class is good...and difficult.  It is totally different than the yoga class I love on Monday and Wednesday nights.  This class pushes me and has me at times looking at the instructor to see if she is actually doing the stuff she is instructing us to do...for example:

                             Oh...okay...this one I totally get...:)

                          And this one...side body long...I get it!

Now THIS one, seriously...I couldn't get my feet off the ground for more than 2 seconds...not enough core strength and no upper body strength...so I will make this my mission...to be able to do this pose...so that I can!

BUT...if you EVER see me doing this...call the paramedics...cause I will not be coming out of this position on my own...just saying...

    Now this looks awesome to me...maybe in October :)


Okay, so after yoga kicked my butt, I went to Parthenon to look at fabric for the library at Girls Inc. and this is what I came up with...

 

The walls are going to be the color on the paint stick (lovely paint that they already have)  The built in shelves are this shade of blue...this fabric I love almost perfectly matches the color of the paint...hmmm

 

 

I do love red....and the little bit of blue is a perfect match....hmmm

 

 

I also like this blue and taupe diamond fabric....hmmm

 

 

Any thoughts...?

 

And last, the mailman knocked on my door to deliver my mail.  He is so sweet and typically does this if there is any kind of package in the mail, even if it fits in the mailbox. So, yes, I got books for the library and this one I might just have to sit down and read over the weekend...along with all the usual weekend fun!!

 

 

Have a great weekend...whatever it brings your way!

 

Hurricanes and Football...We must be in the South

 

While the tide rises and falls outside and we are beginning to see some effects from Hurricane Isaac...

 

And Gabby, while staying on high ground, seems bored by yet another rainy forecast...

 

 

I begin a new bible study and a pretty challenging reading project...

 

 

And look forward to the beginning of the fall season which in our house starts with college football!!

 

We love SEC football...

and we have a few favorites...

 

 

 

 

And yes...it will be easier to cheer for David and Nicole's team now that Chelsea isn't at AU...unless of course they are playing one another!!

 

We also have to cheer for my team...

 

 

and Rich's...

 

 

Political Season???  It's Football Season!!

ENJOY :)