If you've been paying attention to any football this year, then you've heard of Darren McFadden. Darren is a junior running back for the Razorbacks. He's amazing, and I don't say that lightly. Last year, his campaign for the Heisman, college football's highest honor for an individual player, didn't start until the last month or so of the season and he finished in second place. With the Hogs four losses counting against him, some people do not believe he deserves this award. That's bull! He is seriously the best player in the nation. He can run, he can thrown, he can fake people out of their skin, and his stiff arm is so powerful he can knock helmets off people! Watch this:
My point with this post is we have to get Darren some votes for the Heisman. Click here and vote for Darren and show the rest of college football what he means to the Razorback fans and the game for that matter. Don't let some quarterback from Missouri or Florida beat D-MC! Forward this link on to everyone you know and hopefully we can get Darren the support he needs. 
According to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, while both male and female reindeer grow antlers in the summer each year, Male reindeer drop their antlers at the beginning of winter, usually late November.However Female reindeer retain their antlers till after they give birth in the spring.
I had a blast at Thanksgiving. Meme said it was the best one she's had in a long time. I took the day off work on Wednesday and took my time driving (since I had Oliver in the car). Oliver did not handle the trip well, even though he was fully medicated and hadn't eaten since the night before. Just imagine my gigantic kitty, lying with his feet in the air, in his carrier, drugged out of his mind, meowing. It was seriously one of the funniest things I've seen him do. Other than the peeing in the car incident, he handled the trip pretty well. 
Saturday, however, brought some more drama to my life, although the morning started out with a little hairdressing for the baby. Dad decided it was time to chop down the two towering pine trees that resided at the corner of the house above my old bedroom. Since the electric company was trimming trees along our street (butchering as mom would say), he hired them to come do the job and hopefully cause the least damage. The gentlemen arrived on Saturday afternoon, and in the process of dropping the first tree, landed the tree on the power lines. The second tree was the most dangerous, since it was closest to the house. It went down with no problems. The power company came out and fixed the line (no major damage) very quickly.
Sunday was the worst drive I've had in a long time. Mom decided I needed to leave earlier than I wanted, since the weather was so bad. I made the tough decision to leave Oliver with Mom and Dad for a couple of weeks (a decision I regretted last night when I walked into my dark, lonely apartment), so I didn't have to worry about him getting sick in the back seat. Anyway, I made it home with no damage. It was a great weekend, but I sure could use a couple more days to recoop.
I really took this show to heart, especially after remembering the chore it was to move Meme out of her old house. Another expert on the show said that most people become overwhelmed by the amount of clutter and don't know where to begin. Since closets are usually one of the first things you deal with in the morning, that overwhelming feeling stays with you all day and affects how you handle the rest of the day. Imagine if you feel overwhelmed within twenty minutes of waking up, then going to work where the feeling multiplies. It just doesn't go away. 
So this morning, I decided it was time to de-clutter my life. And I started with my closet. My closet has been a source of problems for me over the last few years. I have this amazing walk in closet. The one gigantic problem is that the racks don't like to stay on the walls. And since I only have a small 4 drawer chest of drawers, I really don't have a lot places to put my clothes other than the closet. And apparently over the last four years, I have accumulated a ton of clothes. Well after five 30 gallon trash bags full of clothes, two paper boxes full of shoes, and two bags of trash later, I think I have uncluttered my closet. Yeah!
And what's a baby shower without petit fors (or miniature cakes in USAmericanese) with Audrie's monogram and, of course, polka dots.
We used a clothesline theme for a lot of the decorations. All of these adorable little outfits were gifts from the hostesses.
We also had some photos of Rachel and Jamie and other family since she's been pregnant. It's neat to see how much her belly has grown in the last few weeks.
This one's in honor of Jamie.
I think one of the best/funniest items Rachel received was a Hooter Hider. Seriously, that's what they're called.
Jamie came over afterward and helped load the enormous amount of gifts into the car. A good hour was devoted to going through the loot and looking at all the great stuff they got. Check out Jamie's shirt!
Look out world! Audrie is making her debut in February.
I love my car. I will have had my car for ten years the day after thanksgiving this year. Can you all believe I've had the Altima that long? I think I've had that car longer than I've known some of you; longer than some of you have even had driver's licences. Anyway, my car is a beautiful thing. It's always dirty on the outside, sometimes on the inside, and it has so much junk in the trunk I could hold a yard sale out of it. By the way, that is not a picture of my car, just an image. I've only had one major problem with it, but it was all fixed and back on the road. I think I rolled over 127,000 miles on it this week. If I ever get a real job and trade this one in, it's probably going to be on another Altima. I like cars I don't have to think about. Although, it probably won't be a black car; nothing against black cars, but I don't wash my car enough to have another black car.
