Ah what fun we had last yesterday and last night. It was one of those days you wish you could bottle!
Life is short - the older I get, I realize I need to make the most of it. Work can be stressful. We worry about our children and other relatives. People get sick and the grim reaper hangs out awaiting a wrong move or some illness. That person looking at me in the mirror is some older woman I don't always recognize. So what the hell. Let's have some fun along the way! Party like it's...2010.
I admit, some Saturdays, especially when ISU has several home games in a row, I don't always feel like heading back up I-80 to Ames for a game. (after getting home from Des Moines on Thursday or Friday) Especially when our team is struggling. Hello - the Cyclones are known for struggling. It's what we do!
But this is Jud's senior year, and we're so fortunate to have friends who help make tailgating so fun - planning food (and yes, I admit it - liquor) together. And the McKim RV setup is the topper. to have a place out of the weather with a potty, frig, microwave/stove along with flat screen TV outside and now - do.do.do.do (in a musical fashion) Don has installed speakers outside for tunes and postgame radio coverage! People love to stop at our tailgates, and we love it when they do.
A day like yesterday is the topper, the cream the kind of game and atmosphere that plants into one's memory bank. This is what it's all about! It was a bit chilly but the sun was great. Bobbie had gotten 12 pounds of ribeye at Fareway sliced for sandwiches. Cheesy potatoes, Mexican dip (hot), apple and pumpkin bars along with lots of other snackie stuff. Damn those sannies were fine!
Jud and roomies were loving them. We went through several cases of beer. I myself was partaking in a few Cranberry Lime bevvies - something new from Smirnoff. But I've not been drinking much at games this year. Just enjoying myself "naturally" if you can believe it!
Bobbie's birthday is October 3rd and her whole family was there. Jeff broke loose from farming for the day and Krissy and Caleb were down from Clear Lake. Kim is a senior at ISU like Judson. Bobbie scored a cool iPod from the fam for her bday.
Then the gals got out our gift of the day. A Cyclone Snuggie for Bobbie. And no Snuggie is complete without Snuggie friends for all its friends - so Sharon, Diana and I got them too. As Donnie's tunes played, we danced and showed off our new gear.
The actual football game was as good as the tailgate. The Clones jumped out to a big lead, and in true Clone fashion let the Texas Tech (a team we haven't defeated in many years) back into the game - tied at 24's late in the 3rd quarter. It was a very dramatic victory with an onside kick run back for a touchdown at the end (by ISU). Good guys win 52-38. We all wore our good luck Snuggies. It was in the low 40's by the end of the game. What a day!
Life is short - the older I get, I realize I need to make the most of it. Work can be stressful. We worry about our children and other relatives. People get sick and the grim reaper hangs out awaiting a wrong move or some illness. That person looking at me in the mirror is some older woman I don't always recognize. So what the hell. Let's have some fun along the way! Party like it's...2010.
I admit, some Saturdays, especially when ISU has several home games in a row, I don't always feel like heading back up I-80 to Ames for a game. (after getting home from Des Moines on Thursday or Friday) Especially when our team is struggling. Hello - the Cyclones are known for struggling. It's what we do!
But this is Jud's senior year, and we're so fortunate to have friends who help make tailgating so fun - planning food (and yes, I admit it - liquor) together. And the McKim RV setup is the topper. to have a place out of the weather with a potty, frig, microwave/stove along with flat screen TV outside and now - do.do.do.do (in a musical fashion) Don has installed speakers outside for tunes and postgame radio coverage! People love to stop at our tailgates, and we love it when they do.
A day like yesterday is the topper, the cream the kind of game and atmosphere that plants into one's memory bank. This is what it's all about! It was a bit chilly but the sun was great. Bobbie had gotten 12 pounds of ribeye at Fareway sliced for sandwiches. Cheesy potatoes, Mexican dip (hot), apple and pumpkin bars along with lots of other snackie stuff. Damn those sannies were fine!
Jud and roomies were loving them. We went through several cases of beer. I myself was partaking in a few Cranberry Lime bevvies - something new from Smirnoff. But I've not been drinking much at games this year. Just enjoying myself "naturally" if you can believe it!
Bobbie's birthday is October 3rd and her whole family was there. Jeff broke loose from farming for the day and Krissy and Caleb were down from Clear Lake. Kim is a senior at ISU like Judson. Bobbie scored a cool iPod from the fam for her bday.
Then the gals got out our gift of the day. A Cyclone Snuggie for Bobbie. And no Snuggie is complete without Snuggie friends for all its friends - so Sharon, Diana and I got them too. As Donnie's tunes played, we danced and showed off our new gear.
The actual football game was as good as the tailgate. The Clones jumped out to a big lead, and in true Clone fashion let the Texas Tech (a team we haven't defeated in many years) back into the game - tied at 24's late in the 3rd quarter. It was a very dramatic victory with an onside kick run back for a touchdown at the end (by ISU). Good guys win 52-38. We all wore our good luck Snuggies. It was in the low 40's by the end of the game. What a day!
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