Friday, December 5, 2008
Monday, December 1, 2008
Pictures from the weekend
Friday afternoon we went to the Kimball Art Museum to see a Nativity from 18th-century Naples. It was fabulous but I didn't get any pictures of it. Although, the trees outside the museum were awesome with all different colors so I got a couple of pictures!
Saturday night we went to Heather's house for her Dad's 50th Birthday. We had a great time and they are wonderful hosts!
This is Heather's dancing face:)
Marlo, Heather and I posing for a picture.
This is classic Marlo.
Marlo and Lee.
This is all for now. The countdown is on (11 days exactly) until Lee and I start cohabitating!! Yes, I am very excited for our first Christmas together in the same living quarters! My Mom will be up this week and weekend to help me pack and I am so grateful for her! I hope everyone had a wonderful Holiday!
Saturday night we went to Heather's house for her Dad's 50th Birthday. We had a great time and they are wonderful hosts!
This is Heather's dancing face:)
Marlo, Heather and I posing for a picture.
This is classic Marlo.
Marlo and Lee.
This is all for now. The countdown is on (11 days exactly) until Lee and I start cohabitating!! Yes, I am very excited for our first Christmas together in the same living quarters! My Mom will be up this week and weekend to help me pack and I am so grateful for her! I hope everyone had a wonderful Holiday!
Thanksgiving in Ft. Worth
Meredith and I spent Thanksgiving with Lee's family this year. My parents went to vist my sister Gretchen in Alpharetta, GA and had a wonderful Thankgiving with her family! Mer and I went over to the Gwaltney's on Wednesday evening and had a fabulous time with all of the family!
Here is Barbara trying not to get her picture taken with all of the alcohol behind her:)
Mer and I getting in on a pose.
Here is a good picture of Lee and his Aunt 'Karen the Missionary'.
Scooter and Terri - Lee's brother and sister.
Thanksgiving morning, Lee, Bill (Lee's Dad), Meredith and I walked/ran the Turkey Trot in Ft. Worth. We had a great time and I hope that this is something we continue to do as a Thanksgiving Day tradition!
We were up late the night before so I took a couple of pictures of Lee and Meredith trying to get ready. Meredith is getting her number pinned on.
And here is Lee, at 7am with his sunglasses on!!
This is before the race started but I did get a smile out of him.
TTU vs. OU.....bummer
I haven't posted in a while so I have things to catch up on. Saturday, November 22nd, Lee and I went to a friend's house to watch the TTU-OU game. Turned out it wasn't really a game at all! And this is sad really because this is the first picture I was able to get Lee to 'get his guns up' and smile all at the same time!! Oh well, the Red Raiders have had a great season and I'm looking forward to the Bowl Game that they will play in.
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
A Great Article
This was written in 2000 in the University Daily and was just reposted. I was at Tech in 2000 and had to post this here - I feel this way in every sense!!
What being a Red Raider is all about
By Brandon Formby
October 16, 2000
Red Raider: n. 1. a student, athlete, administrator, faculty or staff member associated, formerly or currently, with Texas Tech University. 2. One prone to wearing scarlet and black and Double-T's; also one prone to getting their guns up.
This is probably the best definition of a Red Raider in it's most general, literal sense of the term. But have you ever wondered what it really means to be a Red Raider?
It's a bit more than someone who attends class or works on the campus of Tech. It's about more than formulating a campus master plan or studying for English 1301. It goes beyond, way beyond, walking beneath these archways and red-tiled roofs day in and day out.
Being a Red Raider is walking beneath these archways and red-tiled roofs day in and day out, and feeling blessed that God, for one reason or another, saw it fit to bring you to this 2,000-acre heaven on Earth. It's about knowing that tortillas were made to go through the air, not go with queso. It's about being upset when it's rainy because the Saddle Tramps couldn't wrap Will Rogers.
To be a Red Raider is to listen to Aggies and Longhorns talk **** about Lubbock and how Tech isn't a real school or a real threat, while knowing in the deepest recesses of your soul that had you gone to their schools, you would either be an arrogant ***-kisser or a brain-washed freak who has a strange fetish for Collies. And to know they could never understand the beauty of that Seal, the pride of holding your guns up, or even the serenity of a cool West Texas night in the summer.
To go to Tech is to be strong enough to choose your own path- to celebrate the spirit of independence that brought this campus to life more than 75 years ago. It is to wish something bigger and larger for your life. It is to strive for excellence, for honor, for unity.
To be a Red Raider you constantly have to feel like you are having to prove to others that your school is worth something, your student body can accomplish things and your athletic teams have not peaked, with undying vigilance, because you know you don't really have to explain anything to anyone.
You are a Red Raider if "Grandioso" blankets your heart in a warmth you have yet to find words to describe, if your hometown is more than seven hours away, but you don't care because it's well worth the drive, and if the shin splints on the way to class don't really bother you because - well, damn, because you are taking classes on the most beautiful college campus known to man.
It's about standing in the student section and cursing the offensive line, all the while praying on the inside that our boys would play like you know they can. It's about believing Marsha Sharp truly is a god and wanting the Lady Raiders to go all the way this year like they did in 1993.
Tech is about more than drinking, more than studying, more than making friends. It's about planting roots in dry West Texas soil and reaping the benefits. It's about spirit and tradition and evolution and change. It's about having big dreams and working to bring them down from the sky to place them here on Earth. It's about Carol of Lights and Memorial Circle and the Masked Rider. It's about refining yourself and reaching your hand up into the big, sprawling sky to go for what you want. It's about going to class the Monday after the university's biggest football defeat in history and not feeling ashamed to be a part of this school.
Tech is different for each of us. That is its beauty. Yet its eternal wonder is that somehow, it is also the same for each of us.
And above all this, being a Red Raider is more than just being a student, athlete, administrator, faculty or staff member associated, formerly or currently, with Texas Tech University. It's knowing that Texas Tech University is the best-kept secret in the Lone Star State.
What being a Red Raider is all about
By Brandon Formby
October 16, 2000
Red Raider: n. 1. a student, athlete, administrator, faculty or staff member associated, formerly or currently, with Texas Tech University. 2. One prone to wearing scarlet and black and Double-T's; also one prone to getting their guns up.
This is probably the best definition of a Red Raider in it's most general, literal sense of the term. But have you ever wondered what it really means to be a Red Raider?
It's a bit more than someone who attends class or works on the campus of Tech. It's about more than formulating a campus master plan or studying for English 1301. It goes beyond, way beyond, walking beneath these archways and red-tiled roofs day in and day out.
Being a Red Raider is walking beneath these archways and red-tiled roofs day in and day out, and feeling blessed that God, for one reason or another, saw it fit to bring you to this 2,000-acre heaven on Earth. It's about knowing that tortillas were made to go through the air, not go with queso. It's about being upset when it's rainy because the Saddle Tramps couldn't wrap Will Rogers.
To be a Red Raider is to listen to Aggies and Longhorns talk **** about Lubbock and how Tech isn't a real school or a real threat, while knowing in the deepest recesses of your soul that had you gone to their schools, you would either be an arrogant ***-kisser or a brain-washed freak who has a strange fetish for Collies. And to know they could never understand the beauty of that Seal, the pride of holding your guns up, or even the serenity of a cool West Texas night in the summer.
To go to Tech is to be strong enough to choose your own path- to celebrate the spirit of independence that brought this campus to life more than 75 years ago. It is to wish something bigger and larger for your life. It is to strive for excellence, for honor, for unity.
To be a Red Raider you constantly have to feel like you are having to prove to others that your school is worth something, your student body can accomplish things and your athletic teams have not peaked, with undying vigilance, because you know you don't really have to explain anything to anyone.
You are a Red Raider if "Grandioso" blankets your heart in a warmth you have yet to find words to describe, if your hometown is more than seven hours away, but you don't care because it's well worth the drive, and if the shin splints on the way to class don't really bother you because - well, damn, because you are taking classes on the most beautiful college campus known to man.
It's about standing in the student section and cursing the offensive line, all the while praying on the inside that our boys would play like you know they can. It's about believing Marsha Sharp truly is a god and wanting the Lady Raiders to go all the way this year like they did in 1993.
Tech is about more than drinking, more than studying, more than making friends. It's about planting roots in dry West Texas soil and reaping the benefits. It's about spirit and tradition and evolution and change. It's about having big dreams and working to bring them down from the sky to place them here on Earth. It's about Carol of Lights and Memorial Circle and the Masked Rider. It's about refining yourself and reaching your hand up into the big, sprawling sky to go for what you want. It's about going to class the Monday after the university's biggest football defeat in history and not feeling ashamed to be a part of this school.
Tech is different for each of us. That is its beauty. Yet its eternal wonder is that somehow, it is also the same for each of us.
And above all this, being a Red Raider is more than just being a student, athlete, administrator, faculty or staff member associated, formerly or currently, with Texas Tech University. It's knowing that Texas Tech University is the best-kept secret in the Lone Star State.
Friday, November 7, 2008
Great Fans
Tech fans are gearing up for the game this weekend against OSU. I just wanted to put some pictures up of the fans camping out.....so awesome! I wish I was a student again to enjoy all of this chaos!!
Happy Birthday Stephanie!
Today is Stephanie's birthday and I hope she has a FABULOUS day!! I think you should celebrate all weekend Steph! :)
Manny's, Margarita's, Marlo, and.......a little Celebration!
If you have ever been to Manny's, then you know how yummy their Brisket Tacos are!! Lee and I celebrated our new living quarters (apartment in Arlington) with a couple of margarita's! We move on December 12th! I'm so excited that we will live together and not have to drive so far to see each other! We found a great place and I think we are going to love it! Moving is not the most fun thing to do and especially around the Holidays but this is definitly worth all of the fuss!
Marlo and Lee - good picture.
This is not a good expression from Lee but we are 'cheersing' to moving in together! He looks stunned (should I be worried)?!
Below are some pics of the new place:
This is the den/living room area.
Second bedroom/study
Kitchen
Bathroom
Bedroom
Bedroom
Marlo and Lee - good picture.
This is not a good expression from Lee but we are 'cheersing' to moving in together! He looks stunned (should I be worried)?!
Below are some pics of the new place:
This is the den/living room area.
Second bedroom/study
Kitchen
Bathroom
Bedroom
Bedroom
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Halloween
Lee and I carved pumpkins again this year and had a great time! Meredith came up for the weekend and hung out with us. I think the best part of the weekend was watching Texas Tech beat Texas 39-33!! I was loving that! What a great game and this weekend TTU has OSU and it should be another great game. I posted some pics of the pumpkin carving below.
This is Lee's 'Scary Clown'.
My 'Witch'.
My witch before the carving started.
This is Lee's 'Scary Clown'.
My 'Witch'.
My witch before the carving started.
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