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My question is, if your last name is Smelley, why would you decide to play for a University whose mascot happens to be a Gamecock? Did he not anticipate the ramifications?!
Check out the best selling t-shirt on the University of South Carolina campus (according to College Football Forum).
My dad lives in Charleston, SC...I might have to buy him one of these!
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If you follow football, it’s been difficult this week to escape the news coverage of possible cheating on the sidelines of the New England Patriots. I can’t believe it. I refuse to believe it even though the coach has all but admitted it by referring to an issue with the “interpretation of rules”. I’ve always said that Bill Belichick is on my top 3 list of famous people whom I’d like to invite to a dinner party…along with Jon Bon Jovi and Emeril. All three men have achieved huge success in their careers, yet fail to have developed a “celebrity ego”. They don’t forget where they came from and they use their success to help give back to society. They don’t seem to do it strictly for publicity sake (unlike the majority of celebs out there!). They seem to genuinely acknowledge that they are blessed with financial gains from their success and they are driven to share with those whom are less fortunate. They put a lot of positive energy out into the world.
I coach high school softball and have always had huge admiration for Bill Belichick and the New England Patriots. They come across as an organization run with dignity and class, led from the top. They seem to embody everything that I preach to my girls. Plan ahead, work hard, treat others with respect and success will come. In fact, our varsity team won the NHIAA Class I State Championship this year for the first time in the school’s history. Cheating was in no way part of the game plan.
According to Jimmy Golen, an AP Sports Writer, “Belichick issued a one-paragraph statement apologizing to his team and confirming that he has spoken to Goodell about an "interpretation" of league rules that ban videotaping of the opposing sideline.”
IF found guilty, how can his players possibly have any respect for the man going forward? They see him as THE Greatest Defensive GENIUS of all time. I truly believe that IF he authorized the videotaping of opposing team signals, his own players have no knowledge of it. They will be disappointed in him as a person. If I were a player, such as Tom Brady, I would be completely pissed off. Throwing the word “cheating” into the mix of the Patriot’s successes over recent years would raise questions about the validity of their Super Bowl wins. How crazy is that?!
Check out this Boston Globe article by Jackie MacMullan. It says everything far more eloquently that I could…yet echoes my sentiments exactly.
THE Mommy
Crap! Apparently it is true...I'm sure they can handle the hefty fees, but I'm not sure they can handle their new reputation as "cheaters" now. That totally sucks. I feel bad for the players involved.
Also, can I just say that I totally love Christian Fauria...no longer a Patriot. He is with the Panthers now and still cracks me up. I've seen him pre-game and he always looks like he's the class clown.
THE Mommy
Kraft's statement, well said.
I mentioned on Tuesday that both the kids came home sick from school. I was supposed to fly out yesterday for my friend’s wedding in NY. I called the airline to cancel my $119.30 ticket. They told me it would be good for a year from now, COOL. However, there will be a $100 change fee when I go to rebook it, SO NOT COOL!!
I was an event planner before becoming THE Mommy and traveled a lot for work, so I know how crooked the airline industry is. It really pisses me off. WTF…what other industry gets away with repeatedly charging that much money just to exchange a product that you’ve already paid for?!? Hotels even have cancellation policies of anywhere from 3 days before to 6pm the day of arrival…with no penalty. I’d gladly use the credit and fly out for a weekend to see my friend. I wouldn’t even squawk at a $25 change fee, but $100…give me a break!! Essentially, I just had to eat $119.30…I can think of many ways I’d rather eat that much money…perhaps a filet and lobster dinner served on the beach.
I mentioned in my “About Me” page that we have a second-home in Aruba. We built it with my in-laws the year we got married. They were looking for a retirement spot and we were saving up to build a house in New Hampshire. We were living in their basement apartment at the time. I took THE Daddy (then just THE Boyfriend) to Aruba for a vacation and we both fell in love with the area. Real Estate was considerably less expensive down there, so we took a gamble and put our money into building a 3 bedroom, 2 bath house with a pool. We LOVE it there. My in-laws get to go far more often than us, but we just booked a 3 week vacation for the end of the year. We’ve made friends with a family on the island…they have become like our second-family. BamBam’s middle name is actually their last name. We've even considered relocating there for a few years while the kids are young.
I stumbled across this post yesterday on a site called scaredmonkey. It really pissed me off.
First of all, holy crap, there were 3 water spouts in Aruba. That’s pretty scary. Luckily, no one got hurt.
But the author takes the angle that this natural weather phenomenon is “Justice for Natalee”, saying that because her case remains unsolved, the good people of Aruba deserve this. WTF?!?! THAT IS SO INGORANT. That’s like saying that the people of New Orleans deserved Hurricane Katrina because the police department hasn’t been able to solve a suspicious dissappearance case. There are plenty of botched and unsolved cases out there people, right here in the US.
I watched the whole Natalee Holloway disappearance in horror with the rest of the world. Yes, the Aruban police are bound by Dutch law instead of US law and may have handled things differently. Yes, they OFTEN came across as completely incompetent and dropped the ball more than a few times. It’s disgustingly frustrating that they have not solved this case. My gut says that Joran drugged her and she somehow died. He probably freaked and got rid of the “evidence”. He is scum. So is his judge father who probably coached him on how to dispose of her body. May their souls rot in hell for their part in her disappearance and probable murder.
My question is: Why do the good people of Aruba deserve anything bad to happen to them??? We know a number of good families who have lived on the island for generations. They are hard working, God-loving, families who would give a stranger in need the shirt off their backs. I understand the anger against the police and Joran, but please keep this in perspective. So many of these comments are spewing hate against a country like it’s an individual person. Spewing hate and ingorance is NOT going to bring Natalee back. You want to talk about KARMA...how about all the negative energy that the writers of (some of) these comments are putting out into the world?!
Our Australian Cattle Dog, Jasper, almost died 3 years ago. He came down with a mysterious “virus” about a week after receiving his rabies and Lyme Disease vaccines. Long story, short version: He developed symptoms similar to Lyme Disease and ended up getting vasculitis so severe that the knuckles in his front paws burst and he developed an infection from the inside-out. We had to remove almost all of his toes in order to save his life. He came home after a month at the animal hospital with a $3500.00 bill!
At the time, we were struggling with the issue of whether or not to resume vaccinations with Princess. You see, she had a reaction to her 2 month shots which caused us to hold off until her 2nd birthday to make a decision about where we stood on the vaccination issue.
We were a bit “on the fence” until Jasper’s unfortunate near-death experience. We took our cues from the universe and committed to being one of those vaccine-free families. For the record, every state has a loophole. New Hampshire allows for a “religious exemption”. We simply sign the form and have it notarized prior to each start of school. So far, we haven’t had any issues, not even from the private-Catholic school where Princess will be attending kindergarten. (I held my breath when I submitted that one!!) I will expand on the topic of childhood vaccination in a future post.
Getting back to the dog, Jasper is a strong and feisty soul. He gets around just fine despite his lack of toes…a close friend of ours has nicknamed him “paws”. SO, he was due for another rabies shot this month. The town where we live is diligent about dog licenses. Our state almost never allows for exemptions and will not accept a titer as replacement for having the shot. I was extremely hopeful that the vet would support us if we opted to NOT give him the vaccine. Unfortunately, there was no way around it.
My WTF moment this week was the realization that it’s easier to exempt the kids from vaccinations than the poor dog!! Another WTF moment…I cried twice yesterday, and I’m not a crier…once when I dropped off BamBam at day care and the other when the needle was going into Jasper
What is it about bridal dresses and sizes?! You would think that dress makers would want women to feel comfortable and sexy in their dresses. HINT: my size 8 body does NOT feel sexy when I have to order a size 14 dress, WTF?!
OK, one of my best friends is getting married in a few weeks and I am her Matron of Honor. The wedding is in New York and the bridesmaids are located in DC, Nantucket, and Oregon...I'm in NH. We decided to go with “separates” from David’s Bridal to make purchasing dresses easier on everyone. It took about a month to get everyone to go to the closest store and try on the different tops and bottoms. Ultimately, we all picked the same style. I went for a final “try on” the day that I ordered the dress. They didn’t have my exact size on the rack, so they measured me and ordered what they thought would fit. Apparently, they grossly underestimated the size of my chest. I have always been, to put it politely, well endowed. Everyone swore that I would go down a size after having and breastfeeding kids…not so much…in fact, they are even a full cup size bigger, joy. I’m seriously considering breast reduction surgery, but that’s for future conversation. They called to say that the dress was in, so I drove over an hour to pick it up…and the size 8 top was WAY too small. They agreed to exchange it and measured me again. I tried on a different top in a similar style and believed that a size 12 would be perfect. They went over the measurements and convinced me to buy a size 14. I just picked it up and IT”S TOO BIG!!! I swear they did this just so that I would have to pay to get it altered.
SO, I took the dress home. There’s NO WAY I’m paying them to alter it and I’m sick of driving over an hour each way to deal with them. Anyone know of a good tailor/dress maker in Seacoast NH ???
This is the first “WTF Thursday” post. I will be highlighting things that make me want to say “WTF?!”, aka “What the f@#?!”, or the more PC “What the frig?!”.
I received a phone call from the Hillary Clinton campaign a couple of days ago. It wasn’t one of those automated calls; it was a real, live person. I really don’t want to discuss politics too much on this blog because I do feel there are PLENTY of other bloggers already covering that arena. However, the call left me thinking "WTF?!".
Truthfully, I registered in the past as a Democrat. However, I have a difficult time declaring allegiance to any political party b/c I don’t buy into their beliefs 100%. I’m kind of the same way religiously…I went to 12 years of Catholic school, yet was never even baptized. Growing up, I also was sent to Baptist and Congregationalist Sunday schools at times. (We’ll save the reasons why for a future post.) OK, I suppose if I had a gun pointed to my head and had to vote right now or else, I would probably go with either Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama. Rudy seems a little too freaky to me. There’s something about Edwards that bothers me…maybe I just don’t trust lawyers. I have a friend who works for Romney, but he’s a little too “slick”.
SO, getting back to the phone call...it was to let me know that Hillary would be speaking on Wednesday (yesterday) at the Opera House here in town. I’m very concerned that ANY of these high profile candidates would need to market themselves by calling individual households. That seems pretty pathetic to me. Wouldn’t you expect them to fill the house, or in this case, the small Opera House in freakin’ Rochester, New Hampshire with little to no marketing?! WTF?!
