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Spring Race Weekend Part I

Last year, I attended my first NASCAR race and my life hasn’t been the same since. I’m serious. Really serious. There’s something about race weekend, the crowd, the atmosphere, the adrenaline, the scent of exhaust in the air. I can’t quite pinpoint it but it’s now one of my absolute favorite times of the year (right next to Christmas and the steak cookoffs). Maybe it’s because I feel like it brings the simplicity of being a girl from the country and getting that good ole feeling of being a redneck in this big ole city. Either way – I love it and can’t get enough and I leave feeling just about as relaxed as I would from a weekend at the beach. If that’s not love I don’t know what is.

Friday night was the O’Reilly Auto Parts 300. Not so many people at this race but you’ll still find some peculiar ones, in our case we found two. They were sitting about seven or so seats down from us. One was highly intoxicated and everytime we got up to let him head to the restrooms (presumably), we were a little more concerned about him getting to the aisle (or back to his seat). His buddy, had a huge tattoo of an eagle across his entire forehead that looked like it had been there for a while. Must’ve been a bad night… I’m not going to lie, I got a semi picture because I thought no one would believe that what we were actually seeing (or more that I couldn’t believe it myself). It was one of those moments where, “I thought this was just the kind of stuff you saw online?!” I’m not going to post it because I already think I’m on God’s bad side for taking it in the first place (see I have a conscience)!

Either way, Drunk McDrunkerson must’ve got some liquid courage because around 100 laps left they passed a cold Keystone Light to us down the row and even offered it up with a little wink when I showed him we had our own. Fellas, I tell ya.

We found our seats in time to see a few of the qualifying laps. We saw Kyle Busch set the limit for the fastest speed on the track, 196.235 mph. Slightly fast, eh? We were right on turn one. I moseyed on down to grab a little video for y’all (and more importantly my dad) of how fast they’re going (and praying that the car stayed on the track). First thought that crossed my mind as he flew by was “$hit!”. They go pretty fast! The video doesn’t really provide justice.

As much as I love last falls day race, the night race is just as relaxing. More importantly, I don’t have to worry about getting fried by the Texas sun. My pale skin can’t handle it.

On another note…. these two. Seriously, best seats in the house?! They were facing the track, pretty much first row, RV style. The best part of this is it looks like he’s trying to talk to his wife (maybe the other way around). You can’t hear anything people are saying to each other. Maybe we should just insert captions here….. what do you think they’re saying?

And all good times must come to an end. Kyle Busch ended up winning the race. He got a LOT of boo’s where I was sitting. Being fairly new to this whole deal, kind of kept me wondering why people hate him so much. Please let me know if you happen to know.

Meanwhile, you’ll find me cheering for the cute and single racers. *wink, wink*

Texas Tuesday link up with Amanda from Princess of the Panhandle and Crystal from Masons Mama. This is a chance for any blogger to participate in a post on the greatness of Texas! There’s so much to explore!

For more on this event:
Sights of Spring Races

And March 2013 Comes to a Close

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I’m going to apologize. I think this is the third post that’s basically been a recap. I promise I have great things in store for you, life has just caught up to me. First, what’s coming up…. I have a few trips planned! One involves fast cars and most likely many rednecks. The other involves a trip to one of my favorite areas of Texas where I plan on relaxing and exploring. They go hand in hand really and I’m in need of a much needed vacation. Did I say much needed? I can’t stress this enough (no pun intended). Plus lots of exciting things after that but I don’t want to get too far ahead of myself here!

Now for the recap! The past two weeks have been so much fun! A whirlwind of fun.

First, a wedding! Remember the bachelorette party I mentioned a few posts back? Yes, the one where we wore tutu’s out in public, that one…. well they went and did it and got hitched!

The Wednesday before the wedding, us ladies went out to Fort Worth for an evening of live Texas Country and some drinks. It was a great time!

Then came the wedding on Saturday. Since I was in the wedding, I didn’t have an opportunity to take pictures of anything. In fact, I have no pictures to show for the wedding day at all, except these. The wedding venue was in the Texas country! Seriously, you would’ve thought that I was the one getting married. Could’ve fooled me. I took these from the second floor of the home where we were getting ready.

I’m going to say the wedding was just about perfect. It was probably the most fun I’ve ever had at a wedding and the most beautiful. The bride and her mom made everything, from the invitations to the thank you notes. Every tiny detail was looked at and went together perfectly. I’ll try to see if I can get some pictures of the details and share with you later on.

Here is the bride, prior to the new last name! (Can I seriously be so proud that I took this picture?!) She looked stunning and I’m so happy and thankful that I was part of their big day!

Finally, how can we forget last Sunday was Easter?! I have a friend from home living about 15-20 minutes away and they so graciously invited me to spend Easter with them and their family. There’s never a dull moment with this bunch, I love it! An annual Easter tradition is the Easter egg toss. What would Easter be without a competition and some gambling, right?

Here’s how it works. You pay $1-2 for an egg (not boiled) and grab a partner. You start off close, about 6-8 feet apart and each team goes down the line tossing the egg to each other. You must catch it with your hands. Once everyone in the row has had a turn, each person takes two steps back (4 steps back for each team) and you do it all over again. Drop your egg, you’re out. The last team who still has their egg, wins the pot. If everyone’s eggs break the last round, the pot carries over to the next game. It’s kind of funny when it’s time to go to the park and do this because everyone starts changing their clothes. This is mess business y’all!