So she's at the towing company. I declined medical treatment and am feeling okay. I have some scrapes and bruises, but overall am fine. I'm sure I'll be sore in the morning, though. I love you all!!
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
:-( So my Mini saved me... but it has a BUBU now!!
I texted and facebooked the details, however I know many of you check here, as well. I was in a car accident this evening after I left the JV game at the school. I was driving in my lane (wide open turn lane) next to 2 backed up and stopped lanes to my left. Apparantly a large white Escalade was waiting to to turn from the oncoming lane in front of us and saw the opening and took it - and there was me and my mini. She T-Boned me directly on my driver side door, whipping my car around about 200 degrees and putting me up on the sidewalk. My side airbags deployed and smoke was billowing out all around me. I wasn't able to get out my driver door, but made it out the passenger side. When I saw my car I broke down in tears. It's destroyed - but SHE SAVED ME!! I can't believe my little mini held up to being t-boned by a big old escalade. It loves me and protected me!! I'm hoping she's not totaled :-( And once I was out of my car, I found out that my car hit a pedestrian on the sidewalk. She was taken in an ambulance, but she was fine.
So she's at the towing company. I declined medical treatment and am feeling okay. I have some scrapes and bruises, but overall am fine. I'm sure I'll be sore in the morning, though. I love you all!!
So she's at the towing company. I declined medical treatment and am feeling okay. I have some scrapes and bruises, but overall am fine. I'm sure I'll be sore in the morning, though. I love you all!!
Saturday, September 12, 2009
"Pep Rally alive with Mason spirt!"
... from the George Mason High School website!
The entire Mason student body gathered Friday in the Main Gym to get fired up for the first home football game against Luray. The pep rally featured performances by Mason's revamped fall cheerleading squad, which has several more members than last year's squad. "Their chemistry looked phenomenal," said freshman Nick Bourbeau, "they seemed to have a lot more energy and charisma this year as opposed to last."
To say the least, I am SOOO proud of what my girls have accomplished and the school is GREATLY taking notice!! The first game last year, I had 5 girls on the field... this year our first game welcomed 20 girls and the crowd was AMAZED!! The girls thrilled everyone at the Pep Rally earlier in the day, which actually resulted in a "cheerleading cheering section" at the game that night!! :-) Another student quote from the GM site was "Our Football team rocks! Our cheerleaders rock! Our fans rock! and oh yea...Our HORSE rocks! 2 and 0 baby. Way to go Mason!" YAY!! It's phenomenal to see this school's spirit turning around. The history has always been that it has a great athletic program, but no school spirit and we are beginning to change all that!! This was the first Pep Rally under my direction and after I had SO many compliments from faculty and staff. They said it was the best the school has seen in 10 years. I am SOO proud of these girls and just had to share!! I obviously have more pics... I'll start to post them soon!
CHEERS!
Large update! The past couple of months :- )
Hello, everyone!!! I haven't updated much lately, so today I thought I'd lay out a large update of what's been going on the past couple of months!! They've been INTERESTING to say the LEAST!
Let's see... I guess I should start at the beginning of August with Jeremy's happenings. He started off the month having to attend a work conference in Atlanta for the week, in which he came home with an odd bite on his leg that resulted in a doctor's visit and a lot of meds! Right after, he jumped on his bike to join our friend, Jon Taylor, on a Motorcyle trip to Kentucky! It's a yearly event called the LEGION RIDE where they travel across country - people joining on and doing legs along the way. He's wanted to go for a while and finally got to this year and had a great time! Unfortunately the meds made him EXTREMELY sensitive to the sunlight, which resulted in a pretty bad burn on the face - OUCH! Once back, he headed to TX for another work conference and finally got back the weekend AFTER his birthday (the 27th). With September, came a visit from his family for Labor Day. His mom, brother, Aunt Jani and family friend Debbie came out to see our new house and to take in the sites. While they were here, Jeremy learned of his father's passing from cancer and had to go home to IL for the services. While there, his Uncle Paul fell down the stairs, broke his neck, and passed away from the brain swelling. So it's been a rough time for him this past week and he just got home today. Emotionally drained, but glad to be back home and have the week behind him.
August began the start of my new job at George Mason High School and Fall cheerleading for me. I began my job on the 5th as the Assistant to the Assistant Principals/Discipline Secretary and it began slow. The people are great, though, and I love the energy that comes with the students!! I also took 15 of my 20 girls to cheerleading camp at Virginia Tech from the 6th-9th, where they won the COVETED spirit BANANA and the Most Improved Squad of the 20 at camp!! Once I came back, regular cheer practices began. A week or so into the season, one of my girls fell from a stunt I was backspotting onto the back of my head and neck, causing the complete STRAIGHTENING of my cervical spine (normally CURVED) and a sprain of all the surrounding muscles. I was put in a neck brace, on a few VERY happy meds, and ordered to stay home for a few days. I'm much better now, however it's been a long process of recovering and I'm still on light duty at work! The end of the month brought a trip to the Boyds Bear Barn in Gettysburg for the Longaberger Fall Festival (I've wanted to go for years and a night out to the Kenny Chesney, Miranda Lambert and Lady Antebellum (LOVE THEM) concert at Nissan Pavillion :-)
September has now come and school has begun! My cheerleaders really made people take notice of the growing program at their first football game last week and their first pep rally/home game last night!! As you can see above, the school has received them well and it's only getting better! I'm very proud of all they've accomplished!!
So as you can tell, life has been a mix of everything lately!! Travel fatigue, PAIN, grief, pride, and anticipation. We're sorry to have been so out of touch lately, but hopefully this will update you all. Now we're getting ready for Halloween and the possible arrival of Bradley to Virginia!! (I can dream!) In the meantime, we hope things will settle down a bit so we can catch up on being lazy and enjoy the start of all our new Fall TV shows :-)
You can see a lot of the pictures of my girls and the Longaberger Festival on my facebook page!!
Let's see... I guess I should start at the beginning of August with Jeremy's happenings. He started off the month having to attend a work conference in Atlanta for the week, in which he came home with an odd bite on his leg that resulted in a doctor's visit and a lot of meds! Right after, he jumped on his bike to join our friend, Jon Taylor, on a Motorcyle trip to Kentucky! It's a yearly event called the LEGION RIDE where they travel across country - people joining on and doing legs along the way. He's wanted to go for a while and finally got to this year and had a great time! Unfortunately the meds made him EXTREMELY sensitive to the sunlight, which resulted in a pretty bad burn on the face - OUCH! Once back, he headed to TX for another work conference and finally got back the weekend AFTER his birthday (the 27th). With September, came a visit from his family for Labor Day. His mom, brother, Aunt Jani and family friend Debbie came out to see our new house and to take in the sites. While they were here, Jeremy learned of his father's passing from cancer and had to go home to IL for the services. While there, his Uncle Paul fell down the stairs, broke his neck, and passed away from the brain swelling. So it's been a rough time for him this past week and he just got home today. Emotionally drained, but glad to be back home and have the week behind him.
August began the start of my new job at George Mason High School and Fall cheerleading for me. I began my job on the 5th as the Assistant to the Assistant Principals/Discipline Secretary and it began slow. The people are great, though, and I love the energy that comes with the students!! I also took 15 of my 20 girls to cheerleading camp at Virginia Tech from the 6th-9th, where they won the COVETED spirit BANANA and the Most Improved Squad of the 20 at camp!! Once I came back, regular cheer practices began. A week or so into the season, one of my girls fell from a stunt I was backspotting onto the back of my head and neck, causing the complete STRAIGHTENING of my cervical spine (normally CURVED) and a sprain of all the surrounding muscles. I was put in a neck brace, on a few VERY happy meds, and ordered to stay home for a few days. I'm much better now, however it's been a long process of recovering and I'm still on light duty at work! The end of the month brought a trip to the Boyds Bear Barn in Gettysburg for the Longaberger Fall Festival (I've wanted to go for years and a night out to the Kenny Chesney, Miranda Lambert and Lady Antebellum (LOVE THEM) concert at Nissan Pavillion :-)
September has now come and school has begun! My cheerleaders really made people take notice of the growing program at their first football game last week and their first pep rally/home game last night!! As you can see above, the school has received them well and it's only getting better! I'm very proud of all they've accomplished!!
So as you can tell, life has been a mix of everything lately!! Travel fatigue, PAIN, grief, pride, and anticipation. We're sorry to have been so out of touch lately, but hopefully this will update you all. Now we're getting ready for Halloween and the possible arrival of Bradley to Virginia!! (I can dream!) In the meantime, we hope things will settle down a bit so we can catch up on being lazy and enjoy the start of all our new Fall TV shows :-)
You can see a lot of the pictures of my girls and the Longaberger Festival on my facebook page!!
Thursday, August 13, 2009
My first George Mason Cheer Camp!
August 6-9th was my very first George Mason Cheer Camp - held at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, VA. 16 of my 19 (possibly 20!) girls attended and had a GREAT time :-) It was sooo much fun and I came home extremely proud of all they had accomplished. Due to this squad being so new and rebuilding the program, they WERE pretty far behind many of the other squads, but did outstanding anyway and came home with the camps "Most Improved" trophy! They also came home with 5 ribbons, the SPIRIT BANANA (only 3 of 18 squads won it) and an All-American in tow :-)
GO MUSTANGS!!
GO MUSTANGS!!
Finally Riding Again!!
So after all the drama of the motorcycle accident and buying a brand new bike that ended up NOT RUNNING - my man finally got to ride home once again on his toy :-) Thanks to Jon for linking us up with the mechanic!
He looks sooo happy ;-)
He looks sooo happy ;-)
BUBU SIZ! :- )
So the mini finally feels like it REALLY is MINE!!!!
I tried out all the combinations we voted on before and all were taken - so our next option was a new one Jeremy came up with... BUBU SIZ! {boo boo size} It's little like me!! :-)
So here it is, finally branded!!
I tried out all the combinations we voted on before and all were taken - so our next option was a new one Jeremy came up with... BUBU SIZ! {boo boo size} It's little like me!! :-)
So here it is, finally branded!!
Monday, May 18, 2009
The Hardwood Floors are in!!!
Thank you Empire Today for our beautiful new floors!!!
First we did new ceramic tile in our bathroom and laundry room and next came the hardwood :-) The bedrooms still have carpet, but who knows how long I'll keep it that way (he he, honey)!
So we absolutely love them, as do the kitties. Now they slide more than they sprint :-)
And don't mind the walls, we finished those later along with adding the new desks... those pics will be up shortly!
BEFORE...
AFTER!
BEFORE...
AFTER!!
First we did new ceramic tile in our bathroom and laundry room and next came the hardwood :-) The bedrooms still have carpet, but who knows how long I'll keep it that way (he he, honey)!
So we absolutely love them, as do the kitties. Now they slide more than they sprint :-)
And don't mind the walls, we finished those later along with adding the new desks... those pics will be up shortly!
BEFORE...
AFTER!
BEFORE...
AFTER!!
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