11.7.11-11.18.11

I'm ready to hurry up and catch up on all my blogs, so I can start writing about Christmas things.

11.7.11

We got back from Texas and I had an AP Psych test. I did not study a lick for this test, and I did not feel too confident about it. Oh well. When I got home I made my dad and I dark chocolate hot chocolate. I used my cow mug that a friend got me from Italy. It made me very happy.

11.8.11

The most eventful part of my day was that we had a substitute in AP Psychology, and we found out that we will be having a sub for an indefinite amount of time. That means we won't be learning anything. Later at work, I couldn't decide what kind of ice cream I wanted to eat so I got 5 different flavors. I got Pumpkin Pie, Cake Batter, Cookies and Cream, and Cheesecake.

11.9.11

Tonight was the CMA's. I am a country music freak, so I get super excited over this particular awards show. While I was watching it, my brother walks into the room dragging his pants by the belt and proclaimed, "This is how the gangsters of the future will wear there pants." Without saying another word he turned around and left the room. It was hilarious! It made my night. But my night was soon ruined when Taylor Swift won entertainer of the year. Now, I don't have anything against T-Swift. I'm not a fan of her music, but she is a great role model. However, she is not a true country singer; she is way too poppy to be allowed to win the country entertainer of the year. Also, I'm not saying that just her music is too poppy. I think that Rascal Flatts and Keith Urban have overly poppy music as well. Country should just stick to country songs none of this auto-tuned remastered stuff that they have going on.

11.10.11

After school today, I ran over to Target to get some Christmas shopping done. Somehow I got pulled into the decoration isle where this super sparkly hat caught my eye. I think I may have a problem because this is my fourth Christmas hat.

11.11.11

ULTIMATE WISH DAY!

Thanks to the awesome veterans of the world, I got off of school today. I went to my best friend Kayla's house to bake for her Sports Med bake sale. I contributed the cookie monster cupcakes, which are really just my cookies 'n cream cupcakes with crushed Oreos on the top and blue sprinkles around the side. We also made cake pops which were really fun and I am planning on making some Christmas ones that I will blog about.

11.12.11

Today, being the good friend that I am and all, I went to a cheerleading competition to support my schools cheerleaders and my friend Sloan. They were very good and I was impressed since they had two concussions two days before the competition. Their performance was the first time ever doing the routine full out, and they got third place out of twenty teams! Way to go Catamounts. I just hope they come to some lacrosse games this year to support us!

After the competition, I came home, went to the gym, and then my brother and I raided my dad's closet. We found his hats and shirts from his college baseball years. The coolest ones were the shirt and hat from the 1989 College World Series. They didn't win, but my dad has a shirt that says they did!

11.13.11

Today was a lazy Sunday. My computer got a virus on it, so we had to take it to a place to get fixed. On our way there my dad made me take a picture of the pretty leaves on the trees. This is one of the best parts of fall!

11.14.11

Today we had powder puff practice after school. I'm playing linebacker this year; usually I play cornerback! I got home, went to the gym, and finished reading the third Harry Potter Book. I'm pretty excited to start the fourth one!

11.15.11

The biggest event of my day was new music at work. We've had the same 7 songs playing on repeat since I started working there in August. It was a really slow night at work, so I spent the whole time studying like crazy for my Spanish test.

11.16.11

Oh the things me and my best friend text about; we can change the subject on the spot without a problem. And unfortuantley this is pretty much the only semi-acknowledgeable thing I did all day.

11.17.11

Another uneventful day, but I'm very proud of my outfit. My sweater dress is from Forever 21 a few years ago. I paired it with white leggings from Express and my cowboy boots. Any outfit that I can pair with my cowboy boots makes me happy.

11.18.11

 I babysat Ben and Sophie today, and they decided they wanted to go to Chick-Fil-A for dinner. I was pumped to get the peppermint chocolate chip milkshake! It is one of the best food related items that I eat during the holidays. I LOVE IT!

Make-A-Wish Trip to ATX

My family and I got treated to an awesome weekend in my hometown of Austin, Texas; it was all thanks to the Make a Wish Foundation. When my brother was receiving treatment for his Hodgkins Lymphoma, he was contacted by the Make a Wish foundation. He wished to meet the University of Texas coach Mack Brown and go to a Texas game. His wish was granted and we got to have an amazing weekend.

When we arrived at the airport baggage claim in the Austin airport and there are a ton of huge guitars that are painted for different things that are important in Austin. This one caught my eye and seemed very fitting for our trip. It was a Livestrong guitar in honor of Lance Armstrong who calls Austin home.

When we were in the parking lot there were three red mustangs all parked next to each other; it made me laugh because it seems like Texas would be the only place that that would make sense.

We arrived at the hotel and they had some really cool artwork including this cool longhorn in front of a Texas flag.

For dinner we went to a local favorite, Shady Grove. Shady Grove is the home of the Keep Austin Weird shirts, and it has a very hippie feel to it. I decided that it would only be fitting to order the hippie sandwich which was a bunch of vegetables and cheese all melted together into a delicious melody of yumminess. 

On Friday, we got up and went to get one of our favorite breakfast items, kolaches. We can't get kolaches here in North Carolina, so we jump on the opportunity any chance we get. My favorite were the Sausage, Cheese, & Jalapeno. A kolache is just a piece of meat and other items inside of bread.

After breakfast, we went to go see the house I was born in. The house hasn't changed much since we moved out 17 years ago.

Next, we went to campus, so I could tour and get the feel of the school.

Afterwards, we did a little shopping at the Co-op and I got to take some pictures with a cardboard cutout of my favorite boy Colt McCoy.

After we toured, we went to lunch at a restaurant called Threadgills. We got fried green tomatoes for an appetizer and they were so good! For my meal I got the grilled salmon with sides of broccoli and green beans. I am a sucker for fish and get it any chance I can, and I can say that this was up there on the list of good salmon. The crust on it was perfect because it left the inside perfectly moist and flaky. My mouth is watering just thinking about it.

After lunch our day started getting really exciting. Greg's wish was about to be granted.

We were picked up at the hotel by the Make A Wish representative and driven to the University of Texas Football Office in a limo.

We got to tour the lobby area while we waited to go into Mack Brown's office. This is me and Greg with the 2005 National Championship trophy. It was pretty dang cool!

There was a hallway full of trophies and another room designated just for awards and such. My favorite of course was Colt McCoy's. 

Now it was time for Greg to meet Mack Brown!

Coach Brown greeted Greg with a signed hat and a customized jersey. Then he gave Greg the grand tour of his office, which was more like a museum. Greg even got to try on some national championship rings.

Don't forget the Heisman Trophy.

Family shot with Coach!

Me with the mounted longhorn in Mack's office.

Coach Brown and I.

After the tour we were given an even more in depth tour. There is so much I saw that I can't fit it all in the blog, but I will share some of my favorite parts.

There was a wall full of magazine covers with Texas players. The one with Colt caught my eye immediately.

 

There was a wall with all of the NFL franchise helmets that have Texas players playing for them. It was pretty cool to see the number of professionals that the University of Texas' football program produces.

Just another picture of my boy (:

The film room was set up just like a classroom, but the seats are much better than any classroom. They are leather with longhorns embroidered on them.

The last thing we saw on our tour was the horns that the players touch before they go out on the field.

Greg also got to hand out lanyards to all of the players as they left the locker room. It was pretty cool.

Later that night we got to eat dinner with the players. They had a huge pasta bar and a bunch of other dishes. Man, those guys can eat. After dinner, we took a picture with Case McCoy; it may have been my absolute favorite part of the weekend.

On Saturday, we woke up bright and early to head to the football game against Texas Tech.

We got to go onto the field!

The players were warming up right in front of us. We were close enough to touch them.

BEVO!

Halftime! We were killing it!

We won! 52-20 Eat it Tech!

After the game we went to Chuy's for some real Tex-Mex food!

I ordered the quesidillas. 

My dad ordered an enchilada type thing. I can't remember exactly what it is called, but it's a Chuy's classic.

The tower on campus lights up orange after every football win, so we had to take a picture in front of it!

 

The last thing we did on Saturday night was go to Amy's Ice Cream. I got the cop flavor; it was a coffee flavored ice cream with pieces of doughts in it. It was delicious. 

On Sunday, we headed home, but we had a few more things to eat before we got on the plane.

For breakfast I had french toast at a little cafe near the hotel.

Next we went to a little cupcake place because I love cupcakes.

I got the lemon flavor.

My brother got the chocolate on chocolate.

My mom got the red velvet with cream cheese icing.

And last but not least, my dad got the pumpkin spiced cupcake.

We had lunch at the airport, and I had to get Tex Mex one last time. I got the nachos, and they were good!