Here We Go Ducks, Here We Go!

Is it too early to say I'm ready for the weekend?

It is?! Oh well, I'm saying it anyway...

I'm so ready for my weekend!

Ok, well not the whole weekend, just Friday!

If you haven't figured out by now from reading my blog posts, I'm obsessed with hockey. I'm not ashamed to admit it, and nothing makes me happier than getting to go to an NHL game! Especially to a team I haven't seen in person yet! This Friday is no exception!

My Dad and I are hitting the road, along with my friends, to see the Anaheim Ducks play the Carolina Hurricanes Friday evening. I will be decked out in my Anaheim gear! Why am I so stoked to see Anaheim you ask? Well, it's quite simple... they are the parent club of the Norfolk Admirals. I love to see guys who played here in Norfolk, making it in the NHL. There's quite a few guys that played here last year, and are now up with the Ducks.

VS       

Haven't been on a road trip in quite a while, so it'll be nice to get a little one in. Before coming home and having a kickball tournament on Saturday. That's right, the end of the fall kickball season is coming to an end. The last weekend of kickball for 2013.

Talking about that, where has this year gone!? Seriously, I feel like we just hit 2013... and now Christmas music is playing and it's almost half way through November. I guess when everyone said time flies as you get older, they were right. Before you know it, the summer will be here again! Let's just hope we get there with NO SNOW this winter! This girl is not one for snow! It's not looking like that is very likely though. As I was getting ready for work this morning I heard the news playing on TV, talking about this week's weather. Why oh why did I hear that tomorrow nights' rain may turn over to snow. There's no chance of that stuff sticking, but still... the thought of snow makes me cringe. Ba-hum-bug when it comes to snow! It may look pretty, but that's about it! 

This is the truth!

ALSO! Two months from today I will be going to see my Philadelphia Flyers play the Tampa Bay Lightning! That's definitely going to be a great game. I love my Flyers to death, but I also like to see my fantasy team players do well. I have 4 fantasy players on the Lightning, but still... Let's go Flyers. 

Birthday Weekend Ahead!

Hello everyone! Is it Friday yet?!?

Yes, I know... it's only Tuesday, don't remind me. Although I had a fantastic weekend this past weekend, I'm ready for this coming weekend! It's my birthday weekend. I really don't have anything spectacular planned, but I get to spend time with my family and that's all that matters.

After 2 weeks of being off, I finally get to go back on the field and play some kickball. Seeing as how we've had hockey the last two weekends, I haven't gotten to go kick the balls around! So I'm excited to get back out there and have some fun. Then it'll be time to go home and see my crazy nephew! My puppy-nephew is coming to stay the weekend with me since my sister and brother-in-law will be in town! Poor Jonas just doesn't know what he's in for! Texas isn't quite the puppy anymore, so it'll be interesting.

Texas when he was 3 months old..He took up half the bed..
He's over a year old now.. I'm screwed.

This is how Texas is 24/7.
What a loving dog! haha

Saturday afternoon will be sister time! Plus Joshua!! Cause I love him. I think I am going to see if my sister and brother in law want to go out to Hunt Club Farms to get pumpkins and such. I think Josh will come with for the simple fact that he can go and see the farm animals in the petting zoo! :) I'm pretty sad that I haven't gone to the pumpkin patch yet, so maybe that will be the perfect opportunity. Saturday evening is our family trip to Howl-o-scream at Busch Gardens. The weather is suppose to be a pretty perfect fall night so I'm pretty excited. My sister and I both love halloween, so this is a must!

Sunday I'm hoping to go see my grandmother down in Elizabeth City. The Ablemarle Craftman's Fair always falls on my birthday weekend. There's nothing more that I love doing for my birthday than going down there to see my grandmother and go to the craft fair. It always brings back amazing memories. My grandfather use to be in it every year, and since he passed... it's where I feel closest to him, besides hockey. They always have all kinds of vendors, but it's great to see the regulars every year who have watched me grow up. What a better way to spend my birthday!?!

My lovely Grandmother on the right! :)
Photo Credit

Ms. Harrell is about 104 years old, and still quilting!
She makes some amazing quilts!
Photo Credit

Any fun plans for this weekend!?

Virginia Comfort

Hey everyone... Hope you've had your coffee this morning and are ready to take on this week head on. This weekend was pretty awesome for me, so I hope yours was fantastic as well! I needed a weekend like this for sure.

Friday night was the usual kickball. We had a double header this week. The first game didn't quite go as everyone had wished, but we came from behind to tie the game. Unfortunately there is no over time in regular season... so if you tie, it's just a tie. I'll take a tie over losing any day!  Luckily we all got our heads in the game and won the second game 6-0! SchweatyBallz!!

Saturday was absolutely phenomenal. My parents and I headed down to the OBX to look at a beach house. My family goes down to the beach every year for vacation and we figured why not invest in a little piece of the beach ourselves. After taking a tour of the house, we were heading back home when we saw a sign that said, "A Vintage Frame of Mind". There were a bunch of vendors set up at the Grave Digger site selling anything vintage/shabby chic. I really wish I had a lot of extra money on me... I would have done a whole home remodel with the stuff they were selling! Don't worry though, I took tons of pictures for you!

Saturday night was the Norfolk Admirals exhibition game. But that deserves a whole post to itself, seriously. Be sure to check back tomorrow for my post about the game. Ladies, you won't want to miss it! :)

As stated earlier, I took a lot of pictures at the flea market thing Saturday... So here they are!

John's Drive-in

View from roof top deck.

The beach.

Awesome coffee table.

Now sure what they were.

End tables.

Really wanted a burlap wreath.

Halloween.

Frames.

Driftwood Wine Holders.

Suitcase Side Table.

Super cute coffee table.

Awesome work.

Old Mantle.

Seriously wanted this. 

Coffee Table.

Mom enjoying the rocker.

Ship's wheel driftwood coffee table.

Awesome presentation.

Fedora.

Suitcases everywhere.

Cookware.

Vintage Toys.

Shabby!

Vanity.

I wanted the Junk pictures. 

Pretty sure this was made for my mom!

Jewelry.

Jewelry.

Football Bracelet!

Dog bed.

Vintage sheet music wreath.

Wreath made from an old dictionary.

Awesome table!

Dog bed.

Pretty sure my sister would love these.

I want that chair. 

Too cute.

Po-go stick.

Tripod lamp.

Colander phone.

Table!

Suitcases and metal hearts.

Cool set up.

Queen of damn near everything crown.

Coolest people there.

Mom and the pumpkin.

R2D2 kids chair