WB to the Rescue (again)

Nor Much Happened in Atlanta

The newly improved State band was the highlight of the weekend. The game was terrible but the company was good. Back in Memphis by noon on Sunday, we noticed only University of Memphis flags were flying. State, Ole Miss and UT had disappointing losses. I decided to fix green chile and invite Saunders, Jordan and Jack over to cheer things up around here. Casper was exhausted from his weekend w/Melba and Jack was likewise worn out from a weekend of trying to keep up w/his parents.

I watched the Yankee's last game at the historic Yankee stadium and cried like the rest of them when the team ran around the perimeter of the whole ballpark to salute their fans. People were crying in the stands and I couldn't help myself--I think I am a little old for that but I couldn't help it--I have always been a Yankee fan and loved Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris when I was a kid--Dean had a Mickey Mantle baseball card that his mother threw away and set off his aversion to throwing ANYthing away as it might become valuable someday. There's just something about those Yankee pinstripes and that great logo--We were in NYC one year on the girls' trip and were waiting in a bar for the final game of the World Series to end and the bartender was setting up these fabulous pink drinks for the celebration and the Cosmo was craze in Memphis was born. We thought they were the best thing EVER!

From Thermidor to Tacos

We were so disappointed to get a call from the Tennessean restaurant this
afternoon saying they had no power and were postponing tonight's
"Tribute to Justine's" dinner. So what did we have instead? Tacos. It
is the last time this year we can have tacos when we have home grown
tomatoes and Vidalias--The Husts came over and we ate a world record
25 tacos between the four of us. At dinner, we had the usual
political conversation about which I normally clam up. I was asked what I
thought of S---- P----. I fessed up--told the truth. Dean nearly
choked and finally I said let's change the subject. So Terry started
telling some story about Eli and Peyton. Dean said let's go
back to politics! So now he truth is out. I don't like the
Republican choice for VP--is that stepping out, Camille? You see,
Camille thinks my blog is too PC and so here was my provocative
revelation.

Red Chile Night

Usually on Monday nights Dean goes to Touchdown Club and Casper and I can eat whatever--like cereal--but we found out late in the day he had a bye tonight so I pulled out a frozen carton of red chili and omg--it was like olden days--so hot you had to drink milk but we'd had about 5 margaritas before dinner--Saunders and Jordan came over and brought Jack so we were all entertained--I was going to have them for some kind of chile Wednesday night but I was pressed into action to find something for dinner for Dean and me tonight--oh well we might have green chili Wednesday--

Tomorrow night is a special dinner on the train as we celebrate the 6oth anniversary of the opening of Justine's which, if it were still open, be the best restaurant in the whole world. I am sad Camille never got to eat there--it was the place everyone in the world celebrated everything good--We went there for our honeymoon dinner and all family gatherings were held there when a celebration was called for and chili wasn't good enough. I can't wait for this and I am so excited the owner decided to do this--they are having lobsters flown in for the thermidor. More on this tomorrow--

A Big Weekend in Starkville

It was too bad we were on the short end of the scoreboard. We had a great day of tailgating Saturday and the game crowd was outstanding until the end. The sad part is that in the old days we would have been so happy to lose to Auburn by only one point! The defense was stellar and the offense was not. I wore the same unlucky white blouse that I did to the La Tech game and that really was why we lost. Friday night was Bulldog Bash and it was sort of fun but not nearly as packed w/people as in previous years. The weather may have cut into the crowd size. It is so much fun to see all the people at their tailgates from new friends to people we went to school with 4o years ago. It is hard to believe we won't have another home game for a month but hopefully we will have another huge turnout for the Vandy game. Hopefully, Vandy will cool off in the meantime. Sadly, since we won't be back for a long time, I had to send my Boston ferns to Elaine for foster care. Speaking of foster care, Casper gets to go to the country this weekend and stay w/Melba and family. The last time we went to Atlanta he saved us from the tornado at the SEC tournament if you have heard that story. We are meeting some more longtime friends in ATL for some really good dinners. Will report on that next week.

First Win of the Season

It was so good to get back to Starkville for a home game. The trip to Ruston the week before was forgettable. The campus continues to look better and better and the game atmosphere was really impressive. It was as loud as I can remember from the students and even the Famous Maroon Band appeared rejuvenated! We had our friends, Tommy and Skip Dews, from Hattiesburg as our guests for the weekend and we had our usual laughs and good time. We didn't take pictures for the blog as I had forgotten about it until we ran into Jordan and Saunders and all their blog-friends. This week we play Auburn at home on Saturday night and let's hope the beautiful weather will repeat. It would be a real feat to beat Auburn for the second year in a row but we showed a lot of improvement this week over the opening game.