Ireland 2009

I know it took a long time to get these up, but the Ireland pictures are now ready for viewing. Matt and I had the absolute best adventure in Ireland. Matt is having a hard time letting go and is already planning a trip back. We highly recommend going. At the risk of sounding trite, it is truly magical. We flew in to Dublin on Saturday and immediately took off. It didn't take Matt long to get used to driving on the opposite side of the road. My one and only job was to tell him "LEFT." On the first VERY long day, we drove the the Wicklow Mountains which were everything you would imagine Ireland to be. We stopped at Glendalough and Wicklow National Park and finally came to Kilkenny were we stayed overnight. Kilkenny was playing in the All Ireland hurling championship the next day, so everyone was in good spirits. The next day we stopped at the Rock of Cashel on our way to Kinsale. Kinsale was a highlight - super cute and great people. The owner of our B&B was fabulous and friendly. Check it out at desmondhousekinsale.com. There is a picture of us on the website. =) After two days in Kinsale, we were off to Dingle. We intended to drive through Killarney National Forest, but I had a bad bout of car sickness, surprise surprise. When we arrived in Dingle, that all went away. Right on the Atlantic, Dingle was by far the most beautiful place we went in Ireland. Just look at the pictures. From Dingle back to Dublin for two days. Not really a pretty city. Highlights were Guinness Factory, Kilmainham Gaol, and Book of Kells.

We had great, fresh seafood everywhere we went and spent our evenings in pubs with great music and a pint. Matt preferred Guinness and Murphy's. I always had Bulmers. The sweeter, the better.

Best trip ever. Click below to see pictures!

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Gotta story for ya ags...

As much as I do not agree with Jerry Jones's business decisions and his separating of classes in the new Cowboys Stadium where the only way for the average middle-class Joe to see a game is to stand the entire time, I did enjoy experiencing the stadium at least once in my life and watching my Aggies in the Southwest Classic (despite the loss). A little about the stadium -

1. From the outside it looks like a giant spaceship.
2. Everything on the inside is so big that you do not feel like it is big at all. Everything is giantly (is that a word?) in proportion to each other.
3. The screen is as big and crystal clear as they say.
4. The food is actually pretty good and does not cost any more than any other professional sports arena.
5. People that live and work around the stadium charge more for parking at their establishments than parking at the actual stadium.

Now about the Aggies - the game definitely proved we are better than last year but still have a lot of work to do. I'm just proud that we are improving!














It rained quite a bit on us, but we were still excited to be there!














Ready for the game!