Merry Christmas to you!!!!!

Just want to wish y'all a very MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!

(or Happy Hanakkah, Kwanzaa, or every holiday out there. Whether you worship Jesus, Buddha, Mohammed, or simply the porcelain god,)...

Have a wonderful holiday!!!!

Congratulations to my Steelers!!!!!

Today Pittsburgh came from behind yet again to pull out an awesome win against their hated rivals, the Baltimore Ravens! The Steelers have clinched their division and at least the #2 seed for the playoffs. Not to mention that since Tennessee lost today, the showdown next Sunday is going to be an incredible game! Pittsburgh plays Tennessee next Sunday and if they win, they have a chance to snatch away the #1 seed from Tennessee!


Time to go to bed in a good mood now.


How awesome was it for the one guy who is most despised in Baltimore to snag over 100 receiving yards on their D? Well done, Hines Ward!

Yet another interception by our AWESOME STEELER D to seal the win!!

Shoutout to Kai and Mark

Just wanted to give a shoutout to my friends Kai and Mark, because their favorite football guys, the Miami Dolphins, won again today. Miami went 1-15 last season and today they got their 9th victory and are still tied for first place in the AFC East and still in playoff contention! It's so great to see a team turn it around from a horrible season but it also points out that they weren't as bad last year as their record said they were.

Catching up on life...

Time to get caught up here. Last week, Mom & Ed returned here from their riverboat trip and were here for a few days. Then last weekend, Diana & Ken flew in, Sara drove down with Ella Saturday morning and Andrew flew in really late Saturday night, so we had 16 people here at one point since Maria, Robert & the girls came over, too. Very fast weekend but fun. Everyone was on their way back home by last Sunday.

Friday night was the Triangle Mommies holiday party. Very fun night. We had a casino theme so it was dress as you feel most comfy. Naturally, that meant dressy black pants, black shoes, my Gary Anderson jersey and my Terrible Towel earrings. Had to put my game on! Plus, my mommy username is steelersgirl so how else can I come to party? I met at least 3 of my fellow Steelers loving peeps, which was awesome. That jersey is my party shirt. It put me in a great comfort zone for my high school reunion 2 years ago and it served me well at this party, too. I helped out with the games, doing bingo calling. That was interesting for me, because while I was calling out numbers, such as "I-24, G-56, N-43, I-22..." inside my head I was calling them differently "Ike Taylor, LaMarr Woodley, Troy Polamalu, William Gay...." I know, I am an obsessed fan! Maria was having fun making fun of me about that.

Yesterday Alice was in the Cary Christmas parade with her Brownie troop and we went to Disney on Ice (getting tickets through the troop). The parade was kind of cool but the Disney thing was so-so. I think it's geared toward kids younger than Alice. Parts of it were fun to watch and other parts were tedious. And talk about a money-making racket! They soaked me for parking...10 bucks! What a rip! And all the overpriced Disney food, drinks and souvenir crap...we drank from the water fountain, I stashed granola bars in the bottom of my purse from home and we let them keep all the pricey junk. Alice got a patch with the ticket, so that was her souvenir and I sewed it on the back of her Brownie vest.

I will post photos for here tomorrow since it's getting late and I have one more post to make before bed.

Take a good listen, do you hear it?

Go ahead. You hear it, don't you! That gasping, throat holding wheezing & gagging sound. Do you recognize it? No? Then let me enlighten you. That choking sound is the Dallas Cowboys LOSING to the Steelers yesterday!!! The Steelers' offense sucked eggs for most of the game but their AMAZING defense continues to keep them in every game they play. I went from dropping the F word a bit too loudly during one point in the game (oops, sorry kiddies) to gleefully jumping around and yelling with joy when Deshea Townsend intercepted the 3rd of Tony Romo's ill advised passes with just under 2 minutes to go in the game and took it to the house for the winning touchdown. Love you, Deshea!!!!

My Steelers are now 10-3 and play Baltimore for the division title this coming Sunday. It is going to be an AWESOME game! Kickoff at 4:15 pm. You know where I'll be. In front of the big tv decked out in my black & gold finery, (not taking any phone calls until after the game!)