1. We’re still on our high after our Gamecocks beat top-ranked Alabama on Saturday at Williams-Brice stadium! It was such an exciting day and I’m so happy that I was able to be there with TC. ESPN’s College Game Day came to Columbia this weekend and they actually used the Horse Shoe for their set, which is a really hard thing to do. Only a handful of events have ever been held on the Horse Shoe, but it provided a beautiful back drop for Game Day.
We walked to the Horse Shoe from our house around 11:00 a.m. to catch the end of Game Day and the number of students and fans out there really impressed me. At its most crowded time, there were 9,000 people out there!
After Game Day, we headed to the stadium for a little tailgating before the game. It was a hot day, but our seats were in the shade by the time we got in the stadium. I’ve never heard Williams-Brice stadium so loud! Our fans wanted to win and our team wanted to win and I couldn’t be more proud. TC and I were pretty nervous the whole time and couldn’t really start to get a grasp on the fact that we might actually beat the #1 team in the country! It was just so much fun!
2. When we woke up on Sunday morning, we began to mourn. Remember our beloved Peter Parker? The spider who took up residence in the window above my kitchen sink? And laid three huge nests of spider eggs?
We had noticed that Peter Parker was acting a little disoriented. She had built a new web just for her in the other window and her legs were kind of shaky and her web was a mess. We have all read or seen Charlotte’s Web, so we had an idea of what was going to happen to Peter Parker. But we just weren’t prepared to see that she was gone on Sunday morning. Just gone! What a sad day.
Her three nests of eggs are still there in the other window and I’m pretty sure we’re going to have those removed so we don’t have a million spider babies around here. TC had said, “If she dies, we’re getting rid of the eggs, but if she sticks around until they hatch then they can stay.” So that’s what we’re going to do. But you can bet that I’m not going to be out there messing with any spider babies! Yikes!
3. TC and I have always laughed about Wilford Brimley and the way he says diabetes… “diabeetus.” We’ve made lots of jokes about if you have “diabeetus” you drive a Toyota Prius and we just get super silly and ridiculous. And no one else probably finds this funny at all.
The other day when I Googled Wilford Brimley’s name to look up his Wikipedia entry, I found this and fell out laughing.
4. I’m excited that we have two weeks in a row of away games…. but also pray that we can win both of those away games. It’ll be nice to have a couple of weekends away from the stadium.
I hope you’re all having a great Tuesday!
I am an Alabama alum and a major fan and I must say, hats off to the Gamecocks. Congrats on your victory.
That game was such a coup — I wonder what the odds were on the SC victory? I have always liked Alabama, but sometimes it’s fun to see an underdog win too. 🙂
That pic is hilarious!
What a CUTE family picture and that picture of that guy CRACKS ME UP!!!!!!! 🙂
LOL my husband and I make “Diabeetus” jokes too! That picture of him and the cat cracks me up every time I see it 🙂
That’s hilarious that yall make fun of the way he pronounces diabetes! I make fun of it all the time & the pic of Wilford Brimley & the cat, ROTFLMBO!! Love it!!
HA! Diabeetus cat makes me laugh! BB King says it the same way in his commercials.
HAHAHA! This just made me laugh so hard because my husband and I do the same thing. Every time we see that commercial about “diabeetus” we say it over and over and just laugh! I think this is the first time I’ve commented but I read your blog daily and LOVE it!
I was at a wedding rehearsal dinner on Saturday and for whatever reason, this guy came up and none of us actually new his name, but you better believe we spent about 35 minutes making jokes and laughing about him.
My team (Penn State) didn’t beat Alabama this season, but I’m glad yours did!
Ahh, I didn’t even make the connection before now that it was your team that beat ‘Bama! YES! OHHH how the mighty have fallen 🙂 It feels good to see them go down (they beat us – Penn State – pretty bad, which I expected).
I want to get a cat like that and name it Wilford.
Oh, he just came up in conversation at our table, but I can’t remember what prompted it. I WISH he had actually appeared in person!! Can you imagine? 🙂
I’m a huge Bama fan and wanted to give yall a congrats on the game Saturday! Hopefully we’ll see you again in Atlanta this December 😉
Oh my Lord, I am so glad you said that about the “diabeetus.” My husband and I have laughed about that soooo many times. I still crank the volume when that commercial comes on!
I love that family pic of yall so much.
We actually have a mama spider on our porch with a little nest of eggs. I don’t want to kill her and the babies but we sit outside everyday and they are like right there. Ahhhh what to do?!
Go Cocks- what a fun weekend! I saw your tweets about SPOTS… I chickened out as well, and didn’t go today. I have been kicking myself for it, but i’m a scaredy when I don’t know anyone, ha. Have a great week!
Yes, at our house, we say “Die-uh-bee-tuss”
Great blog!
Congrats on #1 and #3 is hilarious! I heart when people look freakishly similar to animals. Good stuff.
Well, being a UK fan and KY girl I do not think the gamecocks have much to worry about playing the cats at home 🙁
If you ever want a road trip Lexington is a great town to visit…and we always play SC during Keeneland. Email me if you ever visit and I’ll try to give you some tips.
Love your picture also..I think Hudson looks like you mostly, but a little like your hubby.
That pic is funny! Congrats on the win!
I thought of you when we watched College Game Day last weekend. That campus is beautiful. How fun that you got to be there for some of it! Congratulations on the big win!
I was totally thinking about you on Saturday! Congrats on such a huge win!! Sadly my team (UCLA) was not so lucky 🙁
I’m so happy to hear that the Gamecocks won-many of our friends back in Charlotte are die hard fans. That said, the stinging defeat has undoubtedly left Alabama pretty upset, and likely to take out their frustrations on next weeks team…which would be our wonderful Rebels. Ah well…it should make for some fabulous entertainment!
Warmly,
Elizabeth
very cute family picture =)
we say dia-BEE-TEES or just “the sugar”….so funny!
That pic made me LOL!
And such a cute family pic of you guys!
Great pics! I so love your hair!
OMG – my husband and I laugh about the ‘diabeetus’ all the time. In fact i cracked up when i saw this picture that i emailed it to him immediately. The hubs is a physical therapist and every now and then when he is telling me about all his patients he is dealing with he’ll say, “and this lady, she has the diabeetus… ” It’s a running joke in our house. That and “your mother”, which we use like we’re in 7th grade or something. HA