Go Cocks!!

I have been accused of being an insta-fan of the Gamecocks. I guess it is true since I became a fan last year when Bryce bought me a season ticket so I could go to the games with him. When you have a season ticket to the games, I feel like you have to root for the home team. Bryce is a HUGE football fan so it gives us something to do together. We bought a couple tickets from some of our friends for the USC vs. Tennessee. Needless to say we are not going to discuss the outcome of that game!








We were in charge of the food for tailgating so fajitas were thrown on the grill. It was extremely gloomy and cold that day, but we didn't care because that was the only game we were going to get to go to this year. We bundled up and had a great time with friends and cheering on the home team! We left when the Gamecocks were two touchdowns ahead a little bit into the fourth quarter. Of course it all went downhill from there. I knew we shouldn't have left early! But sadly my health was starting to fade and Bryce insisted on getting me in a warm car to take care of me.

 

 

Wifely Duties

Bryce is making the transition in his job from being a financial analyst to a full financial planner. This whole process started in July (right before our wedding!), where he is slowly decreasing his salary and going to straight commissions. We are about halfway there! By the end of December he will no longer be bringing in any guaranteed money. Talk about scary.

Through this transition, I am trying to be as helpful as possible. He has to work a lot of late nights and is out of the house some mornings before I even wake up. It has put a strain on us because we aren't seeing each other as much as we were used to, but we are making it work. Date nights have become more of a necessity even if it is only cooking dinner together and watching one of our TV shows.

With him taking on more at work, the transition also means more wifely duties for me. I got an email from Bryce about two weeks ago from one of his co-workers stating that she needs the company Christmas cards from everyone by Thanksgiving. My first response was, "Ummm... what Christmas cards?". In the email she even designated this assignment to the "wives" of the planners. Oh geez, thanks... Come to find out, we are now going to be doing Christmas cards for his clients. I am just thankful that I was given a heads up. So trying to be the good, supportive, new wife, I started researching where we could get the best deal on the cards. Bryce and I picked out a picture from our wedding that we wanted to use so I just had to find the format. I looked on a lot of different websites and came across Walgreens running a 50% off coupon for photo cards. Of course they are pushing their Halloween themed ones, but I didn't care. I found the perfect one and ordered away. When I got to Walgreens to pick them up, the man behind the photo counter laughed at me! He said, "This must be your first time, huh?". I just had to laugh because of course he was right. This was my first time ordering Christmas cards and yes I am way ahead of schedule; but I felt like I couldn't pass up that kind of coupon! So what if I am two months early, at least I have them done and ready for the holiday season.

Now I just have to start addressing all of them...

 

A Busy Bee...

SHEWWWWW... what a week it has been so far!!!  After driving home from the Panther's game on Sunday... Which we lost... booooo :*(   My week started off with a bang!!!! 

Monday was a night out with the friends for a grand opening of Kings Bowling.  It was a great time, between yummy food, a few drinks, shuffleboard **every day I'm sufflin**, bowling and great times ... I didn't even break 100 in bowling.. oops!~  *disclaimer - my fingers are bent the wrong direction for bowling* 

Tuesdays are kickball Tuesdays... Have I mentioned that I coach a co-ed kickball team?  Well, we lost this week, but we still have a good time out there... A solid workout on Wednesday and catching up on some shows at the house... (I have sooooo much to catch up on)  - currently finishing the final season of Sons of Anarchy..it is CRAZY... I also have been binge watching and feel like I am in a biker gang now because of it... haha) 

Today is Thursday and headed to the Brantley Gilbert concert with some girlfriends... Should be a great show... and that brings us around to Friday... which is also HALLOWEEN!!!!!!!  BIG HALLOWEEN PLANS - Soooo pumped!!!!!

**MY FAVORITE OPENER TINDER PICK-UP LINE TO DATE**

"Is it too soon to friend your parents on Facebook?"

Obviously haven't had time for any dates.. haha

oh and projects at the house are still underway .. pics coming soon! :) 

Rusty's

No, I am not talking about my rusty bronco. I am referring to the family owned local deli restaurant near our home when we were growing up.  That place was a dive, but it was so good!! They did finally renovate it and get rid of the green walls and started selling craft beers (now I think this is so cool, but back then I didn't think twice about it). It was a special occasion when mom and dad would take us there and my go to sandwich was the steak and cheese.  

Flash forward many years and many other lacking steak and cheese disappointing sandwiches later... I have found my new home.  

We took the boys to eat there yesterday and tried out a "new to us" restaurant.  This sandwich may not look like much to you, but it tasted "right" and brought back so many memories and I hope maybe my boys will love this steak and cheese and maybe we found our go to place, since the 3 hour drive to Rustys isn't likely. 

YUM! 

Swapping Cars

I kind of feel bad when Bryce and I have to swap cars for the day. I drive a little hatchback Kia that tends to run on the filthy side with going to the barn everyday, and Bryce drives a Jeep Grand Cherokee that he keeps very clean. This past weekend we had to swap cars so I could tow the horse trailer to my show; which meant that Bryce was stuck with the Kia all day on Saturday. He really tries not to complain, but there comes a breaking point when he just can't take it anymore.

I got home fairly late Saturday evening considering I was out before 8am that morning. I was exhausted and working on a good headache by the time I walked through the door. The first thing I noticed was that my loving husband had already started on dinner. He knew I had a long day. One of the first things he said to me was "did you notice your car?". As soon as he said that, I knew he had worked hard on cleaning my car for me. I, of course, had not noticed as I walked past it in the garage with my head pounding.

It is an ongoing joke with the girls at the barn about our cars. We all understand that it is impossible to keep them clean especially when we all bring our dogs with us. The mud and muck sticks to our clothes, shoes, and dogs so therefore it all gets brought into our cars with us no matter how hard we try. I have promised Bryce to try to not let it get that bad again, but maybe that just means I need him to drive my car more often. :)