Big Purchase

We made our first big purchase to replace some stuff that was lost. This is by no means the biggest purchase of my life (although at the time I wanted to vomit), but for a single-item purchase, it's pretty big. What did we buy, you ask??? Drum roll, please... a 52" flat screen Samsung 650 LCD TV!!!
Isn't it pretty? We debated and debated and debated. This is a big purchase. But we knew we were going to buy a flat screen (we lost all of our TVs in the hurricane), and we got an advance on our content money, so we figured why not? So, I'm excited to watch football on it this Sunday!!!!!!!!!

On another note... I'm off to Council Bluffs, Iowa, for the NJCAA volleyball national tournament. Besides freezing my ass off (yes, it's supposed to snow there Friday night), I'm looking forward to watching some good volleyball.

Have a great rest of the week everybody!

Support Breast Cancer Awareness

This is a big deal for me. Although I haven't been directly effected, nor has anyone in my immediate family, I have many friends who have been effected by the disease. So, I do everything I can to help fund research. Here are a couple sites you can visit, and just by clicking once a day, you can make a difference. I strongly believe that. So please join me in making a difference, and if you know of any other sites, I'm happy to add them to this list!

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• Help fund mammograms
  

As most everyone knows, last month was Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The San Jacinto College volleyball team held a Dig Pink match, in which they raised over $600 to directly benefit the Side-Out Foundation. That may not seem like a lot, but for a community college to step up and raise that much is pretty significant. Our women's basketball team does it in February as well. Here's a picture of the girls wearing their pink jerseys. It was a pretty cool event.

Inner Peace

I haven't been dealing well with things lately, and could use some inner peace, so I thought I would share this with y'all.

It's been said that the way to achieve inner peace is to finish all the things you have started and have never finished.

So, I looked around my house to see all the things I started and hadn't finished, and before leaving the house this morning, I finished a bottle of Jack Daniels, a bottle of Vodka, a bottle of Bailey's Irish Cream, a bottle of Kailua, a package of Oreos, the remainder of my old Prozac prescription, the rest of the cheesecake, some Doritos, and a box of chocolates. You have no idea how good I feel right now!

I wouldn't seriously take it that far, but I'm close!

Thank you!

Consider this your personal thanks for voting (hopefully you did!). I think that is one of the easiest things we could ever do, and it's also one of the most important. It's one of the many reasons I love this country... because we can vote... and yesterday proved what a powerful thing that is. It was an historic election in many ways. Not only did we elect the first black president, but the number of people who turned out to vote was amazing. And the number of new voters, and young voters! I think that says volumes for where this country is going. I do have to admit that I am very pleased with the result, and am looking forward to the next four years.

With that in mind, here's a great photo. This came to me in an e-mail (again, thank you PB!), with the title "Dancing with the Stars, Next Season." Enjoy!

Air Show

We went to the air show at Ellington Field last weekend as a way to kind of get away from everything going on in our lives right now. We love the air show mainly because a) Jay's life has revolved around the Air Force, since his father was a high ranking officer; and b) both of our grandfathers were in the Navy, and were around planes their entire lives as well. It was really cool to see. Some of those pilots who do crazy stuff in the air are crazy for doing what they do, but it puts on a good show. I got to see my favorite plane, the F/A 18... what a beautiful sight in the sky! And the Thunderbirds put on an amazing show. And, after a beautiful day, Jay and I are oddly tan and peeling... one more reason I love living in Texas! It's November, and we're sunburned! So, here are some pictures from the air show. Enjoy!