Sweet Memories

For most people these pictures won't mean anything, but JT and CM- I'm sure the memories will come flooding back. Miss you both.

Signs of Spring...

From our yard.

Old habits die hard.

Those of you who know me know that I am a huge NASCAR fan. Of course living in the heart of racing country makes being a fan easy. Within a 5 hour radius, I can go to 5 different tracks and visit nearly every team in NASCAR.

A lot of people that watch NASCAR are fair weather fans. They are fans of whoever is winning or doing well that season, or whoever is cute or popular. This is not the case for me. My driver from the beginning has been Jeremy Mayfield. When I began to pull for him, he drove the #12 Mobil 1 Ford for Penske Racing. I had everything Jeremy Mayfield- hats, shirts, die cast, jackets- some even signed. Then my world was turned upside down- Jeremy left Penske near the end of the season. I had to begin the Jeremy shrine all over- new hats, cars, shirts. That was it though. I had decided that if he left again, I would just become a fair weather fan…..

Jeremy began the next season with a new team driving the #19 Dodge for Evernham Motorsports. Along with that came the new hats, shirts, cars….and then it happened again….after 2 years, Jeremy was moving on to another team….

Well, a year with Bill Davis Racing proved to be a flop…Jeremy made hardly any races. I did buy one shirt- a neon green #36 OTC shirt…that really I only bought cause I was going to get his autograph.

So, here we are again…. 8 years and 4 teams later. Yes, 4 teams. This year Jeremy is driving the #70, no sponsor car for Haas CNC Racing, and once again I am at a crossroads. Maybe it’s time to pick a new driver.

So, I am here to say that I have officially made a driver change. Decided to go with a taste of Cali….this Cali girl will be pulling for Kevin Harvick, driver of the #29 Shell/Pennzoil Chevrolet.

But, old habits do die hard. I will still be secretly pulling for Jeremy. You know I had to make a point to let my NASCAR buddies (a Kenseth Fan, a Martin fan, and a Gordon fan) that after one race, Jeremy was ahead of them in the points.

Go BAKERSFIELD!!!!!!!!!!

Happy Valentine's Day

Thank you, my wonderful husband! I love you so much!!

Gimme a Pizza Pie....

But not just any pizza- today I have a real craving for a pepperoni and black olive pizza from Me-n-Eds back home in Cali. There are few things I miss about Cali, but this is definantely one of them. I have eaten many pizza's in my life, but none compare to Me-n-Eds.

Let me describe Me-n-Eds. If you check out their web page, you'll see a rather she-she looking pizza place- Pizzeria Moderno is what they are calling it. But this is a far cry from the Me-n-Eds that I grew up eating at. Me-n-Eds were known as neighboorhood pizza parlours. The lighting was dark, you sat at tables with benches. The wall paper was red and white stripped with some crazy pattern (i think the red stripes were velvet-like), and they had these 1/2 wine barrels hanging on the wall with 2 short Italian guys (Me and Ed...) saying funny things. Ahh, the memories...

But the pizza- ahhhh, the best memory of all. They bake their pizzas in brick ovens. There is just something about the taste of the thin, crunchy crust....and the way the dough and cheese bubbled. What I would give to have one right now....

Boopie Longstockings....

I know, right about now you are wondering what is up with the title of this post. Boopie is a nickname for my daughter. Not really sure how we came up with this, but it has stuck...along with different variations(boo, boop, boopster....). Anyways, the longstocking has to do with her new hairstyle- yes, the ever popular, never out of style pig tails.

Unfortunantely Boo is cursed with thin stringy hair. On the bright side, it is very long (about mid-back- nope, no haircut yet). Earlier this week I picked her up from day care where she was introduced to the ever popular pig tails. As I walked in she ran over to me, did a little pose, touched her pig tails and exclaimed "I show Daddy" (she also had to show Ginger- and once again- no surprise, the cat was completely un-interested). Let me tell you, she thinks she is something else with these thin, stringy, un-even pig tails. It's amazing how a hair style can make your baby girl look like a little girl.

When we got home that day, I put my own hair in pig tails. Wow, was that amazing to her. She kept touching them and saying 'ooooohhh, nice.'

I'm sure you can just imagine the look on Hubby's face when he walked in to see his 2 blondies perched on the couch with matching pig-tails. Personally I think he is just jealous....