the SEC, their pickled eggs and other news...

this past weekend jay and i joined our friends, chris and courtney for the arkansas vs. alabama game. we decided since OU had a bye week we would join courtney in her hometown to watch her alma mater play some football. we had a great time and great weather in fayetteville - that place is a blast and did not disappoint. their poor football team suffered against a tough alabama opponenent, but we all still had fun. it's so interesting to go to another school and even conference, to see how "gameday" all goes down. thanks for hosting us, chris and court! we had a great time.

i received a text message on my way to arkansas from my friend, ben. ben knew i was going to the game and decided to propose a dare. ben is friend of mine who also attended arkansas and i used to work with at JPMC. and so it was: "go to a place called roger's rec room and eat a pickled egg. i double-dog dare you." okay people, i am my father's child and will never turn down a "double-dog dare." so ben, see below. the evidence:

seriously. it was the grossest thing i have ever seen. thanks again, ben!

i almost gave up at this point - the guy behind me said, "oh i eat 'em all the time." look at this man. this did NOT comfort me.

yuck.

(at this point my mom is reading this mortified. sorry, mom! - however, i can guarantee my dad is laughing aloud, a strange sense of pride that the dare was conqurered - hey dad, another one bites the dust!) ; )

whew. glad that one is over.

now we are back and football-focused on a big game this weekend for our #2 ranked sooners against #24, tcu. we are also focused on getting this house to it's full completion. the paint is starting to go up on the cabinets and built-ins, after which we can paint the rest of the living areas and then hopefully move in our applicances and the rest of our furniture while they finish up some of the last details. we are hoping they can move quickly this weekend while we are in D.C. - jay has some work up there and i have decided to join him for the weekend and escape the "workspace" that is our home!

will report back soon...