Yes! Greenbluff!

Every fall our family loves to visit Greenbluff. In fact we even made a visit late summer to pick strawberries.

But this visit being our first for fall is always special. Joey and I joined Grandma at the Harvest House. First item...fresh pumpkin donuts. Then a little listen time to the band and off to the pumpkin area. Today our visit focused around picking apples which was a little hard on Joe, he couldn't figure out why we weren't getting pumpkins today too!

After picking up a few boxes we ventured out into the orchard. Our target-the honeycrisp apple. Much to our dismay they were very picked over and due to an unfortunate hail storm the remaining apples seemed weirdly bruised. Joey loved doing a little climbing to get a few good ones. Then we head to the Fuji isle which was much more successful. I think Joey has already had 3 apples!

We ended the visit with a ride on the ponies. There were also wagon rides pulled by Belgium horses but sadly momma chose for us to save that for next time. We love Greenbluff! Thanks for inviting us Grammie!

Poor Daddy!

Tom was taken to the hospital Tuesday night by my father. I was stretching and working away at Prego Pilates unaware of what exactly was going on.

I dropped off Joey with Tom at 4:50pm at the Wandermere golf course. Tom was finishing up a golf tourney. Then on the 18th hole his tummy started feeling a little weird. His first thought was "bad choice on the sausage dog for lunch!" He and Joey then went to the grocery store for some pepto before heading to the El Sombrero for the after golf dinner. Once arriving there Tom continued to go down hill until the point that he called my mom and said, "Can you come get Joey so I can home, I'm sick." Then Tom decided he shouldn't be alone so called mom back and told her he would just come on out.

He laid down on the couch once arriving to my folk's place and was now having severe stomach cramps with emphasis of ouch on the right lower abdomen area. My mom thought it might be an appendix issue. My dad got home and pulled up his shirt to reveal his appendix scar and said, "Is this where it hurts?" And Tom of course replied yes, so off to the hospital they went!!

After blood, urine and a scan surgery was scheduled for 7:30am the next morning (Wednesday). I met up with Tom before surgery for a few good luck kisses. He had a rough night of trying to get the pain under control. I really felt for the guy!

My mom came up for the surgery as well and we waited to hear from the doctor. Surgery was just scheduled to last one hour, all laproscopic. Luckily there was a sale going on in one of the gift shops which help the time pass! Report from the surgeon was good and the appendix had not burst during the night.

Joey and my parents came up yesterday afternoon to visit. Joey was very upset when we had to go home, he didn't want to leave his daddy! We had to purchase a special puppy, named "Fluffy" from the gift shop on the way out.

This morning Joey and I picked up Tom and delivered him on home. We made a brief stop for soup and pain meds and now we have him all set up on the couch.

So if you're having severe cramps and they are in the lower right...head to the hospital! Tom received kudos from the doctor for coming right in!

GO COUGS!

This Lil' Cougar is ready for the game!

Each and every Cougar season we get pumped up for football! There have even been songs about it...."It's Cougar football Saturday, so come on down and watch the home team play!", posters, magnets, keychains and ringtones. My parents were unable to attend this game so Tom and Joey were able to join me for our first game against the Cal Bears.
Each and every person in that stadium was decked out in their Cougar gear...with the odds stacked against us; new coach, no quarterback, few returning starting seniors-we were still pumped. That is until the Bears ran in the first touchdown followed by intercepting our first pass. It was 14-0 before two minutes had passed! But still we were hopeful. Joey kept yelling, "Go Cougars, touchdown!" He was an avid fan right up until halftime with a score of 35-3 we sadly told Joey it was time to go home and the game was over. And really in a sense it was. The Cougs went on to lose 66-3, the worst loss in history, in fact a new record for the team. I guess you could say we did at least set a new record on our first home game.

So will I return to the 5 remaining home games? Well friends, that is the true meaning of a Coug. We keep going down to see if maybe the next time they'll pull it out. And there have been years of the team famous for "cougin' it" and years where they have taken us to the Rose Bowl. It's the roller coaster team of highs and lows, a little like life I suppose. There's really no way I'm about to become a USC fan so a Cougar I shall remain. So if you need a lift to the next home game, I'll still be going. Proud crimson blood runs through me! Oh, and did I mention I could sing the fight song at age 3?