Random
This should have published yesterday but I must have hit save instead of publish. oops.
Is there anything better than dinner at mom’s? My mom made us all dinner Friday night for HER birthday (Julie and Jimmy made her cake though). My mom’s cornbread is as good as dessert. yum.
Saturday was youth day for Carolina football so we headed to Chapel Hill as soon as we were all up and moving. Our first stop was actually S&T’s in Pittsboro. If gas prices weren’t so high, I would definitely eat there more often. I threw my attempts to eat well out the window and had a bacon cheeseburger (with chilli) and fries. OMG good. But wait! It gets better! The girls and I shared a hot fudge sundae with trash ice cream. I had dreamed about that sundae for days and it did not disappoint. Trash ice cream is awesome because you have no idea what to expect…you might get a bite of sprinkles in one bite and nuts in the next bite. They do not skimp on the hot fudge or the whipped cream and even though it was just one scoop, it was hard for the three of us to finish it.
Our first stop in Chapel Hill was Roses at University Mall (or U Mall). They have a great selection of affordable Carolina gear (we were in the market for ponchos just in case of rain).
We went to the basketball museum and could have spent an hour or more there just looking around and taking it all in…but Hailey and Leah were bored very quickly. (Although as we were leaving, Hailey said she could live there). My favorite part was the footprints on the floor to indicate where key shots were made. Oh, and the letter to Michael Jordan from Coach K saying he was sorry that Michael would not be going to Duke.
We made a VERY short stop at Student Stores. I could literally spend hundreds of dollars in that store…but not on a game day. You could barely WALK it was so packed.
Hailey, Ed, and Leah climbed the Bell Tower (been there, done that…choose to stay with all our stuff), we got to pet Rameses, the girls got their arms painted, and I won a t-shirt from the GAA.
I am not a fan of football. I hate football. But, I love my husband and I love my school and I love the atmosphere of game day. I told Ed we should just go to Chapel Hill on game days and enjoy Tar Heel town and the fun stuff and then go to a restaurant to watch the game. Cheaper and more comfortable!
We had a block of seats and were sitting with my sister and her family, Lindsay, and Ross. I had JUST said to Lindsay that I kinda hopes it rained when they announced that the game would be delayed due to lightening. Ed immediately jumped up to go get us dinner…and then they said we had to evacuate the stands. We were just a few rows from the field and it seemed like everyone was choosing to leave the stadium by walking down instead of up. Thankfully I had Lindsay and Ross to help. They each helped one of my kids get down while I carried our stuff and tried to get in touch with Ed to let him know what we were doing. Everyone was trying to use their cell phones at once and I could not get through. We finally decided to just start walking towards our cars and hope that we could get in touch with Ed soon. I didn’t want to hold Lindsay and Ross up so when we got to what used to be the Chase dining hall, they went towards the hospital and I went towards the Manning lot past the Dean Dome where our car was parked. We were walking into the biggest, darkest cloud and I had no car keys and I had no idea where Ed was or if he had gotten any of my voicemails.
FINALLY my cell phone rang and I was able to let him know where we were and he caught up to us not long after. It started raining almost as soon as we got in the car.
Not the best game experience ever!
We went to Big Lots today because Lindsay has two full bookshelves of kids’ books in her office…and bins full of books that need a home. We got the last two bookshelves (cheap!). They had this whole section of NICE lamps, pillows, rugs, etc. I got a lamp for our house that goes really well with our furniture and the other accessories in our living room. The original Big Lots price was $100 but that section was 60% off so I got it for $40! Score! It makes our living room seem even cozier!
Random Hailey…I just asked her to close our curtains and as she was doing it, she said, “They smell just like Lindsay. Doesn’t Lindsay smell good?”
Love My Heels
I feel like I have been holding my breath for the past 2 hours. So glad I can sleep well tonight! Go Heels! If you drive by our house, make sure you give Rameses a wave!
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Good Ol’ Roy
My husband’s blog is all about UNC but it seems that I just can’t keep Good Ol’ Roy from making appearances in my blog as well. We were in the car tonight while the UNC coaches’ show was being broadcast. I did not hear the question, but it must have had something to do with the players listening to the radio show. Roy responded that the kids all had ipods and listened to music and they had no reason to listen to Roy and Woody talk on the radio each week. He said they had plenty of other things to be spending their time on and that when he was in college, he certainly wouldn’t have been listening to a coaches’ show on the radio. So what would Good Ol’ Roy be doing with his time instead? He would be “sparking Wanda” (his wife). Roy, I love ya, but that was just TMI (although it did give me a very good laugh)!
Coach K pushes Roy to say *gasp* “damn”
By AARON BEARD
AP Sports Writer
CHAPEL HILL — North Carolina coach Roy Williams apparently doesn’t think too highly of Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski’s views on injury reports.
In a small tiff that has added the latest spice to college basketball’s most intense rivalry, Williams took exception to a comment made by Krzyzewski on Sunday that the Blue Devils don’t discuss injuries “unlike other schools.”
While Krzyzewski never mentioned the thirdranked Tar Heels specifically, Williams felt the statement was a subtle jab at his team, which has had a much-publicized run of injuries and ailments in the past two weeks.
It was enough to have Williams, in a comment on his weekly radio show Monday, telling an unspecified person to “coach their own damn team, I’ll coach my team.”
On Tuesday, Williams found himself discussing the comments again instead of focusing on the Tar Heels’ game at North Carolina State on Wednesday.
“It’s not like I’m getting a dadgum plane and flying it around to say, ’Roy fell against a wall and banged his nose’ or anything,” Williams said in a news conference. “We have to do those things (talk about injuries) and everybody’s hurt. But there’s different stages of being hurt.
“If you’re hurt and missing games, that’s not exactly like having a hangnail.
And so we do have some people that are getting hurt and missing games. I don’t think that somebody should say we’re putting it in front of the public.”
When a reporter attempted to ask a followup question, Williams said he didn’t want to discuss the comments further and have “battles through the media.” But when the news conference ended, Williams came back to the topic once more.
“I said before we played Duke it’s impossible to have any more respect than I do for Mike,” Williams said, “but I felt like that comment was aimed towards us.”
Duke team spokesman Jon Jackson declined to comment Tuesday, one day before the fifth-ranked Blue Devils travel to Miami.
Krzyzewski’s comment came in a radio interview after Duke’s loss at Wake Forest. While noting that freshman Nolan Smith had been playing through a knee injury for a few weeks, Krzyzewski added, “unlike other schools we don’t release our injuries,” according to the Web site for radio station WRBZ-AM in Raleigh.
We love Roy
Our family adores Roy Williams. We’ve never actually had the extreme privilege of meeting the famed basketball coach, but we would jump at the opportunity. I have read every book that has been written about Roy’s time at UNC and have gained new respect for him with each book. He is just an all around great guy.
Hailey and Leah are schooled in all things UNC. Hailey has been able to sing “Hark the Sound” for years. We have UNC cheerleader outfits in every possible size. They are members of the Carolina Kids Club. They have story books about the Carolina campus. Hailey will tell you that State is bad, but Dook is worse. We have taught them to recognize Roy and to know that he is the men’s basketball coach. Hailey can point out Roy Williams in a crowd. Ever since she was two, she has gotten excited whenever she sees him on TV or on a magazine. Ed is a big believer in mojo and Woody’s directive to “go where you go and do what you do.” So consider this my positive mojo…we’re pulling for you, Roy and we hope you send Dook packing!
