Julioooooooo

Just thought I would post a few more pictures of my adorable puppy, Julio!

Julie in his Alabama #8 shirt! Watching the Alabama vs Arkansas game and chewing on his favorite toy :)

Such a sweet face :)

His "Roll Tide Roll" shirt that I made :)

Julio's Julio shirt! :)

I love this sweet puppy :)

He is just so sweet :)

My favorite pic of Julio!

<3 Julio

My puppy is absolutely hilarious.

He LOVES treats. He likes to eat them, but what he likes to do even better is hide them in the couch. He seems to think that hiding it in the couch is the same as burying it outside. It is so funny to watch him. He will stuff it between the cushions and then kick his legs as if he is covering it up with dirt. It is SO funny...

When he gets sick in the car, he throws up into a towel. He then covers it with his nose as if again, burying it in the dirt. I know it's sad that he throws up, but it is absolutely hilarious to watch him try to "bury" it.

He use to love cheese. He would do all kinds of tricks for cheese. Now suddenly, he runs from cheese. It cracks me up!

One day I randomly picked up a toy bone from the dollar tree. It literally cost me a dollar. It squeaks, kind of, sometimes. It is suddenly his best friend. He goes NO where without it. If he leaves it somewhere, he will whine and whine until you take him to go get it. It is so funny! He hasn't liked any other toys, but this one he loves with and it just makes me giggle.

My all time favorite thing about this dog is bedtime. he cuddles up next to me in bed and falls asleep. He turns into a ragdoll and you can pick him up and move him and it doesn't affect him.

He is the cutest puppy in the world. And I love him! =)

Top 30 things Texas is lacking....

Holly and I love the state of Texas, and we have decided that if they can get these thirty things in them, then it will be the best state in the world. Too bad all of these things will never be here.

1. All of my family (Exceptions: Kevin, Alicean, and Heather who live in Texas too!)
2. My awesome Alabama friends!! :)
3. Nick Saban, Julio Jones, Mark Ingram, and the rest of the Crimson Tide.
4. Southern Accents
5. Milo's Hamburgers
5. GOOD sweet tea
6. Vulcan
7. Mamma Goldberg's (Someone should seriously buy that place and make it a restaurant chain)
8. James Spann (best weatherman EVER!)
9. The GREATEST rivalry in college football.
10. Christmas on the Rocks in good ole' Noccalula Falls,,,if you haven't been you are missing out!
11. Larry Langford (If you are ever bored, you could always just catch up on the latest list of all of his indictments)
12. Tornado Season (see #8...there is just something exciting about watching him in action!
13. Alabama fans that are my age.
14. The only city with a grave for a fictional character (Nikki, Kahla, and Stephanie)
15. Bass Cemetary
16. Bryant-Denny Stadium
17. City Cafe
18. The HOUNDSTOOTH!!
19. White cheese dip at Mexican Restaurants (AND salsa,,,NOT hot sauce!)
20. Jim N Nick's Cheese biscuits

21. OCharley's Caramel Pie
22. OCharley's ROLLS!!
23. El Rincon Margaritas
24. The PALACE
25. Nikki Williams, The Six, and our High school gals.
26. GOOD high school halftime shows with a dance line that DOESNT look like sparkly cowgirls!!!!!!!
27. TAILGATING!!!!!
28. Guthrie's chicken... what was that word chase made up to describe it?!?! i dont remember...
29. JAMES SPANN! (I know we already put that, but you can ALWAYS post him twice.)
30. Numerous Sister Hazel concerts... seriously, ONE the entire semester? That is just pathetic.

December 12th!!!!

My favorite band in the world is Sister Hazel. I'm literally obsessed! Tonight I randomly googled their tour to find out if they were actually coming to Dallas anytime soon. Most of the time they only tour around the Southeast. I found out that they are coming to the House of Blues in Dallas on December 12! Dec. 12 is a SATURDAY, which means I can go without being worried about being too tired the next day teaching! The tickets coincidentally go on sale TOMORROW morning at 10:00 am. I am currently convinced that this is fate! Therefore I am buying a ticket. I am SO excited, I literally ran into Holly's room screaming! They have recently come out with a new CD (which is great- Release- go check it out!) and I am very excited about hearing it in concert! Therefore, Sister Hazel concert #9.... I'll see you on December 12th!!!!!

Ken- Sister Hazel's lead singer- at my 8th concert at the Jupiter in Tuscaloosa!!

ROLL TIDE!!!

It's here! It's finally here!!! FOOTBALL SEASON 2009!!!!

I'm so excited! I love Alabama football!!!!

My heart is longing to be in Tuscaloosa on a Saturday, walking around the quad with all of the other Crimson Tide! It's amazing how much I took it for granted and how BAD I want it now!!!

I WILL be going to a game soon! I just can't stay away!

Today: 7:00: ABC: Alabama Crimson Tide vs. Virginia Tech Hokies!!!

RAMMER JAMMER YELLOW HAMMER GIVE 'EM HELL ALABAMA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CANT WAIT!!!!!

Week Two!

I almost have two weeks down of being a REAL teacher! For the most part, I love it. There are afternoons when I am SO stressed out and there are mornings when I am so tired that I don't want to get out of bed, but I honestly wouldn't trade anything for my life in Texas!!! It's so great!!!

Alabama football starts back Saturday and I am SO ready! My students already know all about Alabama football. They probably think I'm crazy, but I'll admit it, I am crazy for Alabama football! I absolutely can't wait to watch the Tide play! I wish I could be at the game, but I guess my new big screen TV will have to do! ha!

Last night Holly and I started going to a bible study with the church that we have been going to in Dallas. Side note: the church we go to in Dallas has a partnership with the SAME church that we did our mission trip with a few months ago! How crazy is that?! AND the sunday school teacher for single 20's knows Greg Jackson (my middle/high school youth pastor) AND Ben Pilgreen (my college minister). Can we talk about a small world?!? It's crazy all the connections I've made with new friends and people in Alabama. ANYWAY, the church here we go to (park cities baptist church) has a partnership with cornerstone! they help them with different events. I thought that was crazy!! Anyway, the bible study was great and I think that Holly and I will be able to connect with a lot of the girls there. I'm super excited about that!!!

All right, time to grade papers. Oh the joys of having 60 students!! I'm going to leave you with another picture of Julio. We spent this past Saturday hanging out in Dallas with Ashley and Patrick, therefore Julio had a day long playdate with Bentley, their dog! Bentley has a history of hating yorkies so we were afraid they wouldn't like each other, but they LOVED each other!!! Julio was like depressed for 24 hours after leaving! So, here is a picture of them! Julio is on the left and Bentley is on the right!! How cute are they?!?! (i cant figure out how to rotate this dumb picture! sorry!)

SO glad for the three day weekend! Just have to get through tomorrow. I need the rest!! Yay!