It’s Iron Bowl week in Alabama, the days leading up to the most intense in-state college football rivalry anywhere. Yes, the MOST INTENSE. Don’t believe it? Watch this recent documentary about it and you’ll see that I’m right …..

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This rivalry also divides families, drives the sales of anything orange, blue and crimson through the roof, and causes some of us to lose our minds and put up a football Christmas tree (instead of poisoning trees like SOME PEOPLE), it’s just a small tree in the media roo, and yes, that is toilet paper on some of the branches. It’s an Auburn thing….

 War Eagle y’all !! We are ALABAMA !!!

Yesterday I was a hostess at my cousin Rachel’ s baby shower. Most of my family and lots of lifelong friends were there and in addition to the oohing and aahing over all of the baby stuff, there was lots of oohing and aahing over my face, which is still purple. My other cousin, who hosted the party at her home, knocked it out of the park as usual with the planning and prep. I forgot my camera so my pics were limited to what I could get with my iPhone, but I did get a few good ones.

Mom to be  …….

Opening the aforementioned stuff …..

Noms ……

Now, yall know that I don’t know nothin’ bout birthin’ no babies …… but I do know how to throw a party. Imagine my delight when I opened the freezer to find ice for the margaritas and found this …..

Totally not my idea, but it could have been ……

Margarita anyone ?