Open Mind, Empty Thoughts

It's Thanksgiving, and every year I like to write down what and who I'm thankful for.

I'm thankful for my loving husband, who supports me and loves me no matter what kind of dork I am.

I'm thankful for my wonderful Mom, who always knows the right words to make me feel better.

I'm thankful for my aunt, uncle, and cousins, who have welcomed me into the family like I've been there all along.

I'm thankful for my true friends, who don't judge me, or expect me to change into someone they think I should be. They just let me be who I am and put up with me anyway.

I'm thankful for my health, and music, and cream cheese, too.

Last, but not least, I'm thankful for my furkids. They greet me enthusiastically every time I walk in the door, even if I only went out to take the trash. They make me smile and love me no matter what my hair looks like.

You didn't think I'd post without some pictures, did you?

Amber gets a new hat. (they do this all the time--it's really weird)

Smudge builds a cocoon. She stayed in there for another 10 minutes.
Smudge is strange.

I'm thinking of renaming them "Curly" and "Moe"

Lily's almost as big as Amber now--she's a bigger pain in the ass, though.

We went to Dallas to see the Cowboys play against the Jacksonville Jaguars. I took some (a lot!) of pictures.
I'm breaking them down into categories since there's so many.

The Stadium

The new Cowboys stadium in Arlington is amazing and quite beautiful. I know it's a marvel and a record holder, yadda yadda.

Here's some pics (you can click on them to see a bigger shot).

From the North--massive and glassy--glassive? massy?

From our entrance

The field & seats

The Screens

The Pro Shop (largest in the world?)

Entrance to the Pro Shop from the Stadium

World Series just down the road

High

The stands go waaaaaay up there!

Heavy-duty supports

Opposite end

Some other people came to the game, too

The Big Screen

From the West

Tiny people

It's hard to really get the bigness of the stadium in pictures

Above the checkout counters in the Pro Shop

The Game

Apparently there was a sporting event happening while we there. Hard to pay attention to it while looking at everything else....

Here come the referees. Yay refs! Go team!

Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes....

Cowboys intro

Oooh, fire!

The coin toss

Cowboys called it

The kickoff!

That was really all of the game worth watching--the Cowboys lost. A football game in pictures is kind of boring, so....moving on.

The Entertainment

These were the Majorettes? They did the splits.

And high kicks.

These are the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders.

At halftime they did a really good show, including dancing Thriller. I really liked it!

One of the extra dancers--not a Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader.

Other Funny Stuff

The King enjoys the game

A Kiss Cowboys fan

A Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader. Best costume there! After the King, of course....

Look between the goal posts, by the 30 yard line.

There was a bird on the field. (On the 30 yard line between the hanging lines)

I took a dozen pictures of that bird. (In front of the top-most sideline ref)
No idea what kind of bird, or how it managed not to get stepped on.
It happily wandered all over the field while the game was being played.
I decided to name the bird--Ballsy.

The King

Oh boy, did people dig the King costume the Mister wore. We lost count of how many people asked for pics with/of him. Here's a few...