Another football coach falls

Jim Tressel resigned today from The Ohio State University.

He knew what was going on. He didn't bother to follow up on anything. AND he was stupid enough to email information.... NEVER EVER EMAIL anything you don't want to come back and bite your ass.

I know what a cut throat business college football is.

BUT you can still run a clean program and win!!

I know lots of GREAT coaches who don't cheat!

These coaches get comfortable in their jobs and start to let little things slide. Those little things turn into bigger things.

Your star athlete fucks up. DISCIPLINE him. I don't care what team you are playing next week. Stand by your rules and principles!!!

If you don't follow thru on any and all consequences your team will start to run a muck.

Life is more than wins and losses.

I realize that schools don't let your develop teams anymore. You have to win or get fired.

BUT for fucksakes stand up for yourself.

Make those kids follow your rules!! IT IS YOUR TEAM! It is a privilege for them to PLAY for YOU!

You are molding these athletes into men who feel entitled to anything and everything because they happen to know how to play a sport very well.

I know several of these athletes who have been coddled their entire life because they can play ball.

They STILL act entitled and they were cut from the league 10+ years ago.

I realize I am not a college coach. I only coached high school football.

I had athletes that had this disillusion that they were entitled. Let me tell you the ones with talent have gone no where. The ones with heart are accomplishing MORE than the talented entitled players have in the same amount of time.

"Talent will only carry you so far. It is what you do with it and how you handle it..."

Brett Favre

He has the heart and passion that ALL athletes need!

Unfortunately they don't have the heart and passion they have God given talent and entitlement issues and coaches stroke the egos instead of standing up to them and making them stand up for themselves and grow into MEN!!

Rant done!

Happy Memorial Day!

God Bless ALL the troops and their families today and everyday!

voicemail

Do you ever listen to your voicemail on your cell phone?

Just sit and listen to all the old messages saved on it?

I did the other night.

WOW there were some people on there that I haven't talked to in YEARS!

It is amazing how a voice can make you feel. Take you back in time.

There was even a cool voicemail where I must have butt dialed myself and I have 2 minutes of sound check for The Lost Trailers.

That was one of my most favorite parts of working with that band was sound check.

Can't really explain why just a cool feeling.

I saved a lot of the old messages. I erased some too.

It felt good to get rid of those old voices.

The 40th Birthday! a recap....

So, if you have read earlier posts you know I was DREADING my 40th Birthday!
It actually turned out to pretty damn perfect!!

The first of several parties was Friday May 13th in Minnesota.
My little brother's prom was the next night.
(There was a HUGE city wide garage sale I wanted to hit for FUN new projects! Another blog coming soon- I found some GREAT projects!)
O'Malley's in Woodbury is my Cousin Beth & her husband Todd's bar. LOVE this bar. It has the coolest vibe to it. It is more of a pub/restaurant so it is very family friendly.
It was just the right size.
I had friends and family there it was perfect.
After the party ended my friend Natalie & I went to Park Tavern to see MY bartender Ollie.
Ollie was MY bartender at Grandma's when I lived in MN.
I should do a whole blog on him
One of the nicest men I know. and he is EASY on the eyes!
Natalie and I had a BLAST with Ollie! It was good to see him. It had been several years.
Still looked GREAT. Still mixed a STIFF drink! Still melted me with his smile!

Then NEXT celebration was Saturday May 21st at Chuy's in Dallas.
My friend Sally & her hubby John threw a little shin dig.
It turned out to be 5.5 of us.
Me, John, Sally, Cindy, Jodi & Madison Jodi's precious baby girl.
We HAD SOOOO MUCH FUN!
Cindy kept calling Sally Sarah. The Texas-Tini's were the drink of the night for Cindy & John!
The personalities at the table clicked like they had knowen eachother for YEARS !
It was a very cool night. It was really cool to see everyone interact. There was NOT one moment of quiet! We were all talking and having fun!
{epic fail we did NOT get a pic of the night so I think we need to plan ANOTHER night at Chuy's to recreate the pic}

May 25th the day before my birthday Lunch with Mr.Dan at Pei Wei in Arlington.
We actually got to sit and talk. It rarely happens.
It was a wonderful lunch and I am currently scoping out the Coach website trying to decide waht to buy with my birthday money! I REFUSE to spend any of it on bills!! :)
Later that night I went to dinner with Big Al and her husband Courtney.
I have been friends with Alyce since I was in 10th grade. She was a year older than me.
We don't get to spend alot of time together but we always have fun no matter what.
It was a wonderful night of food and fun. Then when Courtney left a night of good gossip!

Midnight May 25th/26th.... I put on a tiara (the one I got for my 30th birthday- the 30s were some kick ass years gonna be hard to top) poured myself a glass of my FAVORITE red wine to kick off my birthday!
I was BBMing my friend Michelle I think she did a shot of tequila to celebrate with me!

Got up a few hours later. Lunch at The Blue Fish with my precious friend Mara.
Worked at LHO for a few hours.
Then my Starbucks girls made me dinner and we watched Harry Potter! Yes we love Harry!
They even made me brownies for and gave me ALL the edges! :)

I was overwhlemed with the amount of Facebook posts I got.
The text messages were GREATNESS.
My favorite text of the day was from Grace Stevens
"I hope your 40th has been a reminder of how much you are loved & how fucking brilliant you are! Happy Birthday Lovely Kate. Here's to many more xoxo"

By the way fucking brilliant is becoming part of my regular vocabulary!

I received phone calls from the ones who matter most!
When a friend of mine went above and beyond to call and wish me happy birthday when they are in the middle of a business trip out of the country.
Then the one I thought would never call was my last call of the night.
That was the cherry on top of the perfect birthday! :)

I am truly blessed with amazing friends and family!
I am a lucky girl!

Here is to my 40's!
I dont look 40 and I DO NOT feel 40!
So, I will see where I go and what happens!
XOXOXOXOXOXOXO

The NFL

Not happy with the news coming from the NFL...

The owners are slashing employees pay checks.

The NFL is canceling the Rookie classes.

Both sides say they want to play but the owners are being greedy!

You have to protect the players. They are the ones playing the game and bringing in the fans.

No one goes to a football game to see the owners.

Give the players what they want.

You can not have a game without the the players. Why is it so difficult for the owners to see this?

Are they blind? Are they that greedy? (Jerry Jones might be).

I am a die hard Cowboys fan. I have a passionate DISLIKE for Mr. Jones and his twisted ways.

I think all these men/owners need to put their egos away and sit their asses down and work this shit out ASAP!

So so frustrating!

FIGURE IT OUT Y'ALL!

I am going to be one crabby bitch if there is no football season!

You have been warned!

Sammiedrew's Prom!

My little brother Sam (Sammiedrew as I like to call him) had prom last weekend.

Sam's date Sasha was adorable.

I found out thru the course of picture taking that I was 2 years OLDER than Sasha's mother!! ekkkkkk that made me feel old!

I realize Sammiedrew is my half brother and yes I am old enough to be his mother!

BUT it still kind of freaked me out!!

ANYWHO.....

I was elected to take pics...

Sammiedrew is growing up fast.

I have a kicking camp with him in a couple of weeks in hopes that he can get a college scholarship. I am hoping he has a great senior year of football.

Now if I can get him to stop with the whole chewing tobacco thing life will be all good.

Here are a few more of my fave pics ....

Love this pic in the phone booth. My parents have an OLD phone booth in the living room.

I made Sam and Sasha get in the booth for pics... They turned out sooo CUTE!!

{SIDENOTE.....I now want a SLR camera ... It took some GREAT pics!}

I said the same thing...

For a guy who used to have a mullet, Jared Allen(notes) sure is uppity about casting aspersions on people for their life decisions.

While being interviewed by a Phoenix radio station, the Minnesota Vikings defensive end was asked about his reaction to players being chummy with Roger Goodell on draft night. Allen expressed disappointment that incoming rookies could hug the man who was threatening the season before moving on to an even bigger source of frustration:

"I think the bigger disappointment was to see the jewelry on these kids' arms and ears. Are you kidding me? You haven't played a down in the league yet and thousands and thousands of dollars on these kids' arms and I'm like, 'You guys understand you're getting drafted into a lockout where you don't know what rules you're playing under or how much money you possibly might get?'"

Yes, because this is the first time players have shown up at the draft wearing expensive jewelry without knowing how much money they were going to get. I understand Allen's point that buying $40,000 earrings isn't the soundest financial move without knowing the rookie salary structure, but is it really any smarter in a non-lockout year? These are 21-year-old kids on the verge of earning the first big paycheck of their lives (except for Cam Newton(notes)). Agents are handing out cash like it's Monopoly money. Can you blame a kid for indulging a little bit? What does Allen care anyway? You don't hear Von Miller(notes) ripping Allen for buyingexpensive tree stands, do you?

Being disappointed by players showing up with watches that cost more than most people's cars is like getting upset by Chris Berman tipping draft picks. They're both a part of life at the NFL draft.

Bling happens. Deal with it.

Here is a link to the blog I got this from!!

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shutdown_corner/post/Jared-Allen-bling-police-Vikings-star-rips-roo?urn=nfl-wp1890

Point Proven!

Memorial Weekend.... and a wedding!

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shutdown_corner/post/Are-you-ready-for-some-nuptials-Romo-to-wed-lat?urn=nfl-wp1828

NO ONE wants to give up their 3 day weekend for a wedding I don't care who is getting married!!

College Football Season

and the plans to attend football games has begun!

Oh how I love football season!

First couple on the books...

LSU & Oregon at Cowboys Stadium September 3rd

don't know if I have tickets to this yet but it will be fun none the less with my LSU crew in town.

NC State @ Wake Forest September 10th

This I have tickets to. Thanks to their new Running Backs Coach E. Sands.

Looking forward to this game...

I am sure there will be more games... I will keep ya posted.

I hope I can get time off work. ekkkkk I will work on that when I get closer to the dates.

Have a GREAT week y'all.

It is MAY already where has the year gone? It is flying by WAY TOO FAST!

ENJOY!

XOXOXOX

Kate