Where Have I Been?

Well, are you wondering? Here goes:

• I've been paying a ton of money to Uncle Sam (damn taxes)
• I've been chasing my 17lbs Boston Terrier all over the town I live in
• I've been nursing my Boston Terrier to health
• I've been working insane hours at the United Center for set up and tear down of the NCAA rounds 2 & 3 of the tourney
• I've been trying to enjoy watching my beloved Bulldogs
• Still training for that crazy half marathon (what was I thinking)

Hopefully, after tear down tonight, I will have a little bit more free time to elaborate with plenty of photos to come. Until then I leave you with this (behind the scenes of where I work). Enjoy.

Prepping to Dance

Elite 8 Weekend Summary

As I talked about here, we had a very hectic weekend that happened to fall over Butler's first appearance in an Elite 8.

Our week started with a drive to Elwood with a determination to get to get to the hubs parent's house prior to the Purdue vs Duke tip off. The drive looked like this, full of semis:


Because of all the semis & Chicago traffic I ended up having a very impatient husband and doggie:


When we arrived to Elwood, Minne and her cousin Buddy celebrated while mom and dd ate Pizza King Pizza. Minne continued celebrating the dawgs well through Sunday.

Saturday looked like this:

Lunch and Play date with the Lozers. Landon got to do some of his favorite things including, lunch at 5 Guys, a morning full of boys, some basketball and LEGOS


From there, I made my way to Laura's house for a nice little bridal shower. I can only imagine Minne's jealousy over Laura's Bullies toys:


The shower was beautiful. Jessica helped to host it and definitely used her expertise to help make the shower a success. Case in point, check out these bad boys:


Check out the beautiful bride too, ok ok the photo isn't great but still, couldn't she be a model?


We then headed over to our friend JDs house to drink some Blue Moon (Blue like Bulldawgs) and watch Butler take on K State. Good times were had by all, there was lots of screaming, gaging, crying, yelling...ect by all, I mean me. We didn't take any photos but here's what it looked like:


From there we went to dinner with some of the hubs close friends. Dinner itself was blah but the company was fabuslous. We even got to meet Mr Baby L. I think the hubs was smitten:

Landon especially liked when little "L" passed some gas:


After dinner we drove to Hinkle and waited for 3 hours for the Butler team to arrive back from Salt Lake City. (Had we still been in college we would have had more Butler friends in town to do some celebrating with, unfortunately it was just the hubs and I but it still rocked)


We waited in the cold, we waited in the rain, we waited while college kids passed out, but we waited for the one and only Bulldawgs. So worth it. Best part? Seeing how humble the guys were when they got off the buses? perhaps. Seeing Bobby Fong completely disoriented? perhaps. See Blue II. perhaps. What was really the coolest was surprising one of my BFFs. I think her hat shows it all:


After a long weekend for us, we drove home on Sunday. It didn't even take 2 minutes into the drive till Minne was asleep. I think the hubs and I both felt like she did.


For more about my love of Butler Basketball, read here

Weekend Itinerary

This weekend is such a busy weekend for the hubs, Minne dog and myself. For the sake of your time, I'll keep it short and simple - that's the only way my hubs can comprehend schedules

Friday night - family night in Elwood/ Cheering on the Boilers at Team Indiana is half way to the Elite 8, Boiler Up! Minne girl is sure to enjoy playtime with cousin buddy:



Saturday morning - meet new baby! One of the hubs best men recently had a baby and I am dying to take lots of photos of the little guy! Photos coming next week.

Saturday mid morning/early noon - visit with my Indy family! The photo below was taken at our wedding, unfortunately one of the boys and the dad is MIA.



Saturday afternoon - celebrate one of my friends/DG sisters bridal shower. I am especially excited to meet up with friends Jessica and Laura. Cheers to the bride, she'll make a lovely bride won't she?

Photo taken from FB

Post Bridal Shower, watch Butler in it's first appearance at an Elite 8, woot woot - Bu-tl-e - R U A bulldawg?


Saturday evening - dinner with Indy friends, we're hoping to see as many Indy peeps as we can, here's to hoping! Lots of photos to come!

Sunday - head back home to prep for the next week. Sometimes being an adult stinks but at least we were able to make a trip back to Indy to see some family and friends.

Sorry had to end it with one more photo of my nephew Buddy, this one is from his first physical!

It's Game Day

GO TEAM INDIANA! First up Butler vs Syracuse tonight. Purdue vs Duke on Friday! OH BOY!

ESPN TODAY

Did you see this? If not head over to www.espn.com enjoy oh and Go Dawgs!

The caption on the photo reads "Butler's mascot chews on a gigantic bone while walking around the set of Hoosiers, aka the home of the Bulldogs. How can you root against that?"

Who Said Runing was Fun?

Remember when I talked about all my running ambitions here? Well it's been 3 weeks and I am struggling. I was doing awesome the first 2 weeks but then March Madness happened and a crazy work schedule which basically means - eating poorly, sleeping little, and running less. Oh and did I mention that I hate running? Combine all of the above and I am not doing so good.

However, I have paid my dues for the Cosley Run for the Animals and I am determined to make this 5K my first race ever. SO now that I have paid I need to make this thing happen.


PS I signed my little sister up to run the 5k with me and I signed the hubs up for the 10K, cheers to a better running filled week.

JayZ & Butler Bulldawgs?!

Yup that's what type of Thursday I am having JayZ & the Bulldawgs! I'll be spending most of my day working but I am hoping to take a little break to peak up at the Butler vs UTEP game from time to time. That's one huge plus to having a TV in your office (woot woot - you can read about my love for the Dawgs by clicking here)!

I'll be staying at work late to work on some DM efforts for the Jay-Z Concert with special guests Young Jeezy and Trey Songz. Should be a fun filled day ahead! Best part? I have tomorrow off so that I can fully enjoy the March Madness, what can I say I love this time of year!

Here's a little something to get me ready for Jay-Z: