we're number 1

just in case you're not aware. i bleed blue. 

 let me explain that for all y'all non-kentuckians. 

 this state bleeds blue for everything and anything that has to do with the University of Kentucky. more importantly anything and everything that has to do with Kentucky basketball. 

 so, having graduated from UK and having been a part of some of the greatest sports traditions in the world (i'm not bias at all!), i can't help but bleed blue. 

 and it's only right to brag about my team and their number one basketball team in the nation. and just how we're all around awesome. because yes, i too play on the team. we all do in the great state of kentucky! 

 here's some of my fav stuff floating around pinterest for those who bleed blue...

Source: Uploaded by user via Ashley on Pinterest

Source: etsy.com via Ashley on Pinterest

Source: etsy.com via Ashley on Pinterest

Source: etsy.com via Ashley on Pinterest

Source: keepcalm-o-matic.co.uk via Ashley on Pinterest

Source: sprinklebakes.com via Ashley on Pinterest

Source: etsy.com via Ashley on Pinterest

Source: Uploaded by user via Ashley on Pinterest

and there you have it. the best university. the best basketball team. the best place to be a fan.

 dare i taste a national championship?

college football

starts today!

i'm super pumped for any football really but i really love my cowboys and wildcats. this saturday we play louisville and we're going to win!

new coach...new season!

uk's fall schedule

2010 SCHEDULE ( Click on an event for complete event information )

Date	Opponent / Event	Location	Time / Result
09/04/10	at Louisville	Louisville, Ky.	3:30 p.m. ET
09/11/10	vs. Western Kentucky	Lexington, Ky.	7:30 p.m. ET
09/18/10	vs. Akron	Lexington, Ky.	7:00 p.m. ET
09/25/10	at Florida *	Gainesville, Fla.	TBA
10/02/10	at Ole Miss *	Oxford, Miss.	TBA
10/09/10	vs. Auburn *	Lexington, Ky.	TBA
10/16/10	vs. South Carolina *	Lexington, Ky.	TBA
10/23/10	vs. Georgia *	Lexington, Ky.	TBA
10/30/10	at Mississippi State *	Starkville, Miss.	TBA
11/06/10	vs. Charleston Southern	Lexington, Ky.	TBA
11/13/10	vs. Vanderbilt *	Lexington, Ky.	TBA
11/27/10	at Tennessee *	Knoxville, Tenn.	TBA

i can't freaking wait!

ohhhhhh C-A-T-S! CATS! CATS! CATS!

wishes:etsy

so i have to be honest...all these items have been sitting on my etsy favs list for a while now. i just wish i had the capacity to make a decision and buy...but alas bills come first!

i adore this cutting board...any state you want at aheirloom!

i freaking love this card from hillarybird.

p.s. you can get prints too!

cute fruit from la pomme in paris, france.

love owls? love this iphone case from EvelynX. she also does ipad, ipod, stuffed owls and on and on!

i love to spoon...just ask trav! this print is perfect. from petek design.

one of my fav movies is pride and prejudice. mr darcy is dreamy and so is this tea towel from brookish.

this is a refurbed stool and i just love the burlap cushion cover. from come and take it.

i love my sorority and i collect ornaments so, duh! they do all kinds of customs, too. from FMH collectibles.

my sorority sister sam makes the cutest jewelry and hair accessories from buttons and felt and fabric and what nots! i love these earrings from snnewt.

now, i can't wear this as it only goes up to 5T but i love UK and olivia would look super cute in it. dress from Sarahbelle's Closet.

update: dalpal

i bought dal a little gift to get into the football spirit today!

he loves his new UK bandana!

side-note: this is how much dog hair accumulates in our house in one week...sick!

uk vs alabama

went to the uk basketball game last night!

we had such a blast and it was my and trav's first game post graduation. and we won, duh!

here's some pics from the night...

rupp was packed even with a blizzard outside!

trav was concentrating so hard!

being silly!

slamming on alabama!

love him!

UK2K

so my alma mater is awesome.

i mean, we all new this but it's become even better since we are now #1 in the nation of men's basketball.

just check out that awesomeness!

then read more about our awesomeness here.

never been more proud to be a KENTUCKY WILDCAT!!!!!

no more school

so today is the first day of classes at UK.

i'm a little sad that i'm not there. not sad about missing class though.

there's just a way of life in college. Everything is fun and interesting and you meet so many people. i spent five years there and they were the best years of my life {so far}!

here's a list of just some of the things that happened to me there:

met the man of my dreams

joined the greatest sorority ever

met my besties

studied harder than ever

became a professional napper

changed my major about 100 times

got into lots of trouble :)

fell in love with spanish

watched our football team shine

went through three basketball coaches

lived in a dorm, sorority house and two apartments

moved five times...yuck

learned all the words to the fight song

and got my diploma

it's weird that it's all over. feels so real now that schools started again.

but i know that it's time for a new chapter.

and i can't wait!

sorority life

today marks the first day of sorority recruitment 2009 at uk!

how i miss the days of sorority life.

reasons i love alpha omicron pi

1 red brick house with our letters hung proud

2 years spent living in it with fifty two other women

3 stuffed pandas sitting in my room today

4 founders, without whom there would be no AOII

5 complete rounds of watching all ten friends seasons

6 date parties and formals held each year

7 players on the flag football field

8 chairs around each dinning room table where not just meals were had

9 people always talking at once

10 littles and grandlittles in my extended family

11 nights going to bed before midnight

12 ounces in our fav drink of choice

13 weddings i've been to or will go to

14 different homecoming events

15 times i complained about one thing or another

16 friends made for a life time

17 ways of getting in trouble

18 t-shirts being made into a quilt

19 runs from fraternity row

20 silly songs and chants that still somehow get stuck in my head

and there's so many more to many to write!

four years wasn't enough and i miss it more and more every day.

i love my sisters and wish them all the best this week.

our first time on the "other side"

date party junior year

senior night during recruitment 2008

our last formal

It's been one week...

So I officially graduated from UK just over a week ago. You'd think I'd be happy (and I'm glad to be done with school) but I just keep thinking, "What the heck do I do now." So with all my extra time I'll be blogging. I love reading other peoples and now that I have a snazzy new macbook (thanks mom and kev!) I'll just do it.

Well ladies and gentlemen, I'm proud to say that I am nannying...yes, nannying. The very job I've had since I was 15 with no high school diploma let alone three college degrees. But alas this is my job and means of putting food on the table and in the bowl (for Dallas of course not for Barclay, I let her eat at the table!) My only hope is that while babysitting everyday for ten hours I can apply to as many jobs as humanly possible.

On another note, the kids I babysit are HILARIOUS and so I hope to have many fun things to talk about. For example, last week I was watching Ian by himself. He is two and is still in diapers but hates them. I didn't know he hated them until Wednesday, a day that will forever be burned into my memory. I was in the kitchen making a snack for Ian and he went into his room. All of a sudden I noticed it was very quiet.,, NOT GOOD. I went to check on him and found him ass naked sitting in his rocking chair "reading" a book. When I asked him what the heck he was doing (in my very stern but loving nanny voice) this is what he told me...

"Assly I hate dos silly diapers. I pooped and couldn't take it anymore."

I proceed to tell him that he cannot just take his diaper off and if he hates them so much then maybe we should just start potty training. That's when he told me...

"Talm down, talm down Assly. I didn't say I was ready for all that."

Seriously! This is the conversation I had with a two year old. Oh the joy of being a nanny.

We shall see what this week has in store.