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Showing posts with label Rodeo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rodeo. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Happy St. Patty's Day!

shamrock
 Tues 3/17 - HAPPY ST. PATTY’S DAY!

Last night Katie & James, Tammy, Brent, Malek & I went to see Josh Turner at the Rodeo.  Man does that guy have a wonderfully deep voice.  :-)  We missed the Mutton Bustin' but caught the rest of the ProRodeo.  I love it when they play with the bull....they're going to need a new barrel after last night.

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Tuesday, March 18, 2008

I might need a new liver...

Well, this past week has been crazy busy.  I've gone out so much it's amazing really that I'm still standing...guess I'm like the energizer bunny.    I just keep going and going and going...

Here's the recap:
Mon 3/10 - Worked out at lunch.  Actually stayed home in the evening and relaxed!  Ate left over jambalaya.
Tues 3/11 - At the last minute decided to go to Sam's Boat with my softball team.  I was out until about 10pm.  Plus crawfish is in season so I had that for dinner!  Yummy!
Wed 3/12 - Worked out at lunch.  Ate left over jambalaya, then it was softball time!  We won our game and celebrated at Merkaba (our sponsor).  I was being good and made myself leave at 10pm despite all the protests for me to stay out longer. 
Thurs 3/13 - Went to the Rodeo again!  This time I saw Jason Aldean...I knew two of his songs.  It was quite a night, I was up on the TV screens at one point, saw a couple crazy bulls throw some cowboys around and step on them, and finally saw the Mutton Bustin!  That was hilarious, I wish I could have done that as a kid.    Around 8pm I had to have some sausage wraps because the 16 oz beers were catching up to me.
Fri 3/14 - SXSW!  I took the day off work and was downtown by 11:30am and stayed till 7am the next day!  I had to crash at a friends place because I was in no shape to drive.  Luckily I thought ahead and boarded the dogs for the evening so I didn't have to worry about them.  Saw a couple bands, went to Cedar Street, Emo's, and a few other bars...and had dinner at Stubbs.  I think I passed out a little after midnight.  I ended up losing my sunglasses sometime throughout the night.    I was up by 7am, picked up  my car, picked up the dogs, bought new sunglasses and was home by 8:30am.
Sat 3/15 - I wish I could say my day ended when I got home at 8:30am...but nope I was up and going again.  Had lunch at Chuy's then went downtown to Third Base to watch the MSU game.  We lost by 1 freaking point!  How upsetting.  From there I went to a BBQ with my softball team...and yes, that means more beer!  I hung out there for about 3 hrs before heading home to rest for an hour.  Then I was back out to Grahams for some dancing with Tammy!  I must say I had on a cute outfit and was ready to boogie.  My softball team peeps also came out to Grahams.  It was a great night, closed down the bar, then hit up Whataburger for some fries and was home a little after 3am.
Sun 3/16 - Slept in till 10am...I wish I could have slept longer but 10am seems to be my cutoff.  Took the dogs to the dog park, came back home and slept for 2 hours, then sat on the couch and caught up on all my shows.
shamrock Mon 3/17 - HAPPY ST. PATTY'S DAY!  I left work a little early to come home and let the dogs out, then headed down to Bagpipes for some pre-drinks w/ some co-workers.  From there we went to Fado's...which was really packed and cost way too much money.  I won't be doing that next year.  $20 to get in and $9 beers is not a good deal.  We stayed there for an hour before hitting up some other bars (w/ no cover).  I called it a night at midnight and was home a little after 12:30am.

I think that about covers it...I might need a new liver after that week.  I think I'm going to have to take a cue from Monica and give up drinking for a while....ha! Yah, we'll see. 

Failure #15- I didn't make any home meals last week.  But I was eating my left over jambalaya which was a home made meal...I really think that should count.  ;-)

Success #44 and #45 - I'm really keeping up on these items, Excellent!  I work out at least 3x's a week, sometimes more...and my weight is at an all new low!  Gotta get ready for swim suit season...I really need a tan.  My legs are glowing white.

GCS 3/15/08   

Softball Team

Tuesday, March 4, 2008

#109 - Go to a rodeo! Yeehaw!

Last night I attended my very first rodeo!  The Star of TX Fair and Rodeo lasts about three weeks, so there's plenty to see and do.  My friend Charles (who's a regular dance partner of mine at Dallas & GCS) was able to obtain 2 free tickets from a friend.  He knew I'd never been to a rodeo before so off we went!  We headed out there around 8pm, it was freezing out last night too so we were all bundled up.  We missed the Mutton Bustin (where the kids ride the sheep) but we caught some bareback riding, team roping, the calf scramble, saddle bronc riding, tie down roping, barrel racing and of course bull riding!  The rodeo clowns were hilarious, they were all wearing pink for The Race for the Cure ("tough enough to wear pink"), including bright pink stockings!  They even had it out with one of the 'playful' bulls.  It was all very entertaining.  To cap off the evening there was a concert featuring Gretchen Wilson.  I really liked her stuff and would totally go back again!  And yes, I did wear my belt buckle.  Not to mention I had my first corndog in probably 10 years as well!  -D

Austin Rodeo