No, we are not changing the name!

Have you ever seen the movie Fever Pitch? I saw it on TV the other day and I can not even explain how different a "winter husband" is from a "summer husband". That movie hits close to home. I am however, never allowed to watch it if Corey is around because it is all about a raging Red Sox FANATIC. As you may have read previously from my husband he has declared that "winter Corey" is back! Woo Hoo!! And Luckily when the baby is born "summer husband/dad" will not be out yet (just pitchers and catchers will be reporting). I have recently come to realize that where my husband is a YANKEE FANATIC; I feel I am truly a BASEBALL FAN. I enjoy cheering for a certain team, but I am all and all just a fan of the sport because I can still watch the World Series and cheer for the "under dog". Lets face it, if you are the slightest Yankee Fan you pretty much can't stand the Sox.

With all of this said, I am still totally against changing the name of my somewhat...beloved dog ALEX (she licks me constantly) because A-Rod has opted out of his contract with the Yanks.



In 2004 I gave Corey 2 lab puppies for Christmas. He named them JETER and ALEX.



Named after...yes, you guessed it the short stop and 3rd baseman for the Yanks. This is where I am a Baseball fan and Corey is a Raging FANATIC. He INSISTS that we change ALEX's name to something else. We have had these dogs for 3 years...we are not changing any animals name!

overall a success.

we were not invited to any parties for helloween, not that we care (except all the tears) but oh well. i got my stiches out today and my mouth is healing well, which is a good thing. i did blow $20 on candy for 4 kids that stopped by to trick or treat us. here is the best part of the night- i found my new favorite website. http://www.pageweb.com/topdawg/ not only are the puppies beautiful but the music makes it.

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Winter Corey

Baseball season is over, and A-Rod is Benedict Arnold so it is offically time for Winter Corey. That means more attention to other things like music and watching movies (of course when I am not spending time my wife). So the weather has been wonderful in south mississippi and I have missed out on it, Why you ask. because i had a rebellion in my mouth. tooth number 32 tried to take over tooth 31 and eventually it did, resulting in a surgery with the loss of 2 teeth and a swollen face.
This is of course could not have come at a worse time- i had backstage passes to voodoo fest so that i could meet Billy Corgan and Jeff Tweedy, instead I watch countless hours of HGTV with Audri and held a freezing ice pack to my head for hours on end. then that little town in new england won the world series and i could not distinguish why my head was still hurting from tooth 32 or boston winning a world series....EEEWWGGGH.

BUT NOW THAT THAT IS OVER... ALL IS SWELL.

Here are my Sweater weather selections for a great winter.

Books- It is Political season so its time to brush up... Here are a few ideas.

1. The Audacity of Hope- Barack Obama.
2. The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World- Alan Greenspan
3. Anything by Christopher Buckley.
4. I Am America, and So Can You- Stephen Colbert

Music- Winter Corey loves a good album.

1. In Rainbows- Radiohead
2. My Secret Public Diary- Mike Birbiglia- not music, but so far the funniest comedy album I've ever heard.
3. Dan In Real Life Soundtrack- Sondre Lerche (Norwegian jazz pop artist) Listen to all his stuff.
4. Upper Left Trio- Three

Movies- On a cold night, a movie is great.

1. Dan in Real Life- wonderful movie
2. Juno- looks great
3. Be Kind Rewind- looks really great.
4. The Darjeeling Limited- looks interesting.
5. Lars and the Real Girl- a nice movie

TV- cable

1. The Office- thats what she said
2. Ace of Cakes
3. Anything Bobby Flay
4. Lost- whenever it decides to come on.

Winter Corey is in season, pull your sweaters out, and warm up some hot chocolate.

corey

Cattle Sale

Ok, so the ever so anticipated Cattle Sale was yesterday for our Farm. We have a "family farm" where we raise and breed Black Angus Cattle. We have been doing this for over 5 years and we had our first production sale yesterday. I believe it was a great success thanks to the Lord.

This is our family picture the night before the sale.

An Open Letter to Wal-Mart Shoppers in Gulfport, MS store number 873

I understand your love for shopping at America's largest chain, as I am an American and saving money is very attractive. BUT let's not confuse shopping for a great big place to show off your rap skills (or lack of them). When I walk down the aisles in the future I'd prefer not to have to hear you rapping about whatever it is that you are even saying to begin with. You are white and from Mississippi your tounge will never move any faster- unless there is free buffet somewhere to be had. Second, when you are not rapping, please quit adding SSSSSSS'SSSSS to every word. The store is not WalMarts- there is no such thing as a single Waffle Houses, and just in case we ever get one here it is Target, not Targets. Next, to the lady who invaded my personal space yesterday, YOU ARE SCARY. The next time you have heartburn, keep it to yourself, I promise you that neither I nor my wife or the back of my neck needed to know how bad your heartburn was yesterday as you saddled up next to us at the register. As I tried to sleep last night your memory haunted me. Men, each bathroom is equipped with the proper restroom facilites USE THEM, and from now on I will wear my work boots to the store just incase I need to use the restroom.

Here are some other things you should be hip to.

1. The parking lot is not the stage for a Jerry Springer reenactment.
2. The McDonalds in the WAL-MART uses 130% extra fat.
3. I'm pretty sure that drinking a beer in the check out is illegal- even though you had the integrity to buy the other 5.
4. Items that have been stolen from other stores can not be returned to WAL-MART for cash.

As for WAL-MART employees, SMILE- I know you hate your job, but lighten up and try to be helpful. When I ask for help I am not asking in German- I don't even know how to speak German, so please don't look at me that way. Plus, behind each register you have those incredibly squishy floor mats, and you get to wear pins on your vest, it's like working at Friday's without having to serve food. As for the people with the red vest, you are not the police- you are a customer service manager, when I am returning something with the reciept that means I bought it there and when I got home better judgement prevailed and I realized I didn't need that item.

My sincere hope is that with lots of practice and constructive critism WAL-MART store number 873 in Gulfport MS can become a happy place. Thank you for your time.

PREGNANT PICTURES

This for all of our fans/ friends who have been demanding pictures of Audri pregnant. I must say that even though I'm a photographer and Audri is my life, it was harder than getting pictures of baby Suri to get this shot so I hope you enjoy it. so here it is.................................................

oh well.

ok so yeah- life goes on. the yankees lost in the first round again. maybe it was joe torre's last game, maybe it wasn't, but because of the yankees tough start we get a baby before next season begins. today audri and i did a lot of work at 7L to prepare for the upcoming cattle sale. i am really excited, and have chosen to ride a bull for a local charity. sale guest will be able to put down a pledge for every second that i stay on the bull. i am somewhat nervous because the last time i rode on an animal it was a disaster ( an elephant in 98'....... long story ), but this is for a good cause.

Book Updates....

I recently finished BOOMSDAY by Christopher Buckley, I really enjoyed his style and the way the story progressed, until it got to the end. for some reason i'm really into novels right now, and like many of the novels i've recently read, this one seemed to just sorta end. like the author realized -I BETTER END THIS. all in all i would give it a B-

when i went into my office to grab another book, i reached for The Beauty That Heaven Bears- authors name unknown. a quater of the way though, i am realllllllly not into this book, but i shall prevail.

today i went out and bought THE RUINS - by scott smith. i thought i bought is book about 6 months ago, but i bought the road (cormac mccarthy) so today i succeded and got the right book. i also bought the echoing green by joshua prager, it is about the 1952 NLCS brooklyn dodgers, and new york baseball giants. i am so excited about reading this book, so i'll have the boring book finished by then.

next i am going to read static, my blondheaded sister in law recommended it to me, she is a reader, so i'll take her word for it.

off to see the wizard........................... the wonderful wizard of sleep.

Let's get a few things straight...

Ok, it has been a few days since I last checked my own blog and I realize now I need to start monitoring it more frequently. I am here to bring some truth to the page before we are knee deep in who knows what.
1. My husband is sexist.
It is true. Ever since we found out about the baby he has been trying to buy me books to read and trying to get me to sew things. Which I found cute until he said, "aren't you supposed to want to do these things while you are pregnant?" Which made no sense to me at all. Not that there is anything wrong with someone wanting to do these things. It is just that I work full time, I come home and I am exhausted and then he asks me if I am going to MAKE the baby bedding. Again, cute to a point but then annoying because I DONT OWN A SEWING MACHING. I think more than anything he really just wants me to hem his cut off sweatpants. Yes, I did not mis-type, his cut off sweatpants. He loves them, wears them in the evening during baseball games.


2. He's praying that he will at least be 2 for 4 with his baseball post season predictions. (He is interceeding for the Yanks as I type this.) They Yanks were not looking so hot in this possible elimination game until the bottom of the 5th inning. Which was about the same time Corey put on his "rally shirt" and then began his "rally time" rituals. So hopefully the Yanks pull it off.


3. And finally, I am not color blind. The BLACK shirt Corey is refering to has been washed a few times believe it or not and it is now a FADED black shirt.

That is all for now. The Yanks pulled it off. They won. Now we can sleep peacefully.

Audri

Cleveland Lebron, Lebron Cleveland

While the Indians were beating the Yankees in Game 1 of the ALDS, Clevelands favorite son LeBron James was ripping the hearts out of the city that unitl yesterday loved him uncondtionally.



Indian fans need to get over it, LeBron is a fan, just like you all are fans. Andy goes for the Yanks today which should allow the Yanks to even this thing up before they go off to New York- where maybe LeBron will be sharing the Bosses box seats.

corey

Court Drama

this morning was very contentious at the neyland house. here are the reasons why.

1. i am a sexist (according to audri)
2. audri is colorblind (according to truth)

i'll address audri's claim that i am sexist first. since we found out that audri was pregnant, i have made several attempts to get audri reading. now she has read the books about expecting and baby stuff, but i thought she'd enjoy a novel. this is allegedly not the right thing to do. next, we have made valiant efforts to find baby bedding, well every set we've seen either has bunnies, bubblegum dots, or is thousands of dollars. This led us to thinking about picking out fabric and making our own and about 5 years ago, audri made me a pillow so i just assumed that she could sew. is that a crime? no- so this moring when i asked audri if she could sew my sweatpants that i've made into sweatshorts (long story.....) she labeled me a sexist. this is horrible reputation to carry around with me. audri claims that i am trying to make her more homely, i wasn't asking her to go mormon and let me bring in a second or fifteenth wife, just sew some shorts.

second, yes audri is colorblind. i am wearing a navy blue shirt, she calls it black. unfortunately, it is blue.

i am thinking of taking these debates to the honorable judge joe brown, i know it is not a great way to start of parenting, but the truth must be known. i will be sueing for 1000 dollars in emotional distress. the judge will probably side with me becuase we are both guys, and guys rock and stick together.

Kill more trees, read books.

Lulu (my sister in-law) has had her heart broken by Lealon. Their relationship was her world and after 4.3 days of loving partnership- the relationship is over.

OK- for people with drier eyes. THE PLAYOFFS BEGIN TODAY.

Rockies vs. Phillies
Diamondbacks vs. Cubs

That city in Massachusetts Vs. That city somewhere near that other city in that state that is close to that ocean
Clevland vs. THE NEW YORK YANKEES

Here are my picks

Phillies over Rockies

Cubs over Diamonbacks

That city in Massachusetts over That city somewhere near that other city in that state that is close to that ocean

THE NEW YORK YANKEES over Clevland

Then

Cubs over Phillies

THE NEW YORK YANKEES over That city in Massachusetts

And Finally,

THE NEW YORK YANKEES over the Cubs (sorry Cub fans, it is only right though that the Cubs lose.)




October is sooooo great, the weather is wonderful here. Playoff Baseball. And as Audri reminds me twice a week, Christimas is right around the corner. Audri is right on schedule with the baby, soon she'll (Darcy) will be kicking hard enough and others will be able to feel it, and then people will say "you've got a soccer player in there" and I will say, No a kickballer, because kickball is being petitioned as an Olympic sport for the 2016 games. It will be so great.

Currently reading, Boomsday by Christopher Buckley. It is a satire about 2011 and the fiscal crunch when it comes to social security, I'm only about 100 pages in, but so far it has been a good read.

Currently listening, Baseball this morning on XM, and on October 10th I will be listening to InRainbows by Radiohead.

corey