I heart March Madness

We're in the thick of it now...being that this is Elite Eight weekend. While the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship is composed of 64 games, there are only potentially 6 games that I care about: North Carolina and whoever they play.

To recap:
19 March UNC v. Radford 101-58
21 March UNC v. LSU 84-70
27 March UNC v. Gonzaga 98-77
29 March UNC v. Oklahoma TBD

Now, I'm not a sports junkie, so I can't talk the talk. I just know what I like and I like UNC. My love of UNC basketball came about in a strange way. In 1989, there was this group - oh, you may have heard of them: New Kids On The Block...and with them being fans of the Boston Celtics and me being a fan of them, there started me watching the Celtics. Well, the more I watched basketball, the more I realized I liked the Chicago Bulls. My grandma and I watched a lot of their games together and watched them take three straight NBA titles. While the NBA is fast-paced, I found that it was easier (therefore more enjoyable) to follow college basketball games...and due to Dante Calabria...I discovered a love for UNC basketball, my senior year of high school. UNC came to mean even more to me after doing my summer internship in Chapel Hill in 1999. I can't say I follow hardcore, keeping up with stats and whatnot...I catch a game when aired...and am sure to catch all UNC/Duke games...

So, will UNC secure yet another championship? I certainly hope so. Hansbrough, Ellington, Green and Lawson and the rest of the guys certainly have been rocking the court. Not to mention they have now won the most games in NCAA history, pushing out Kentucky. Pretty dang impressive if I do say so myself. :)

Go Heels!!

Update: Carolina took Oklahoma 72-60, so off to the
Final Four...

I heart 2009

My first "I heart" of the year and it's about the year.

Now, to come up with my first "Ponder This" for 2009

uhm, I'll have to ponder that [insert drum rim here]

So I've got my tickets to Dave Matthews Band in Charlottesville (#14) AND I've put down my deposit on the New Kids cruise...The first half of 2009 appears to be boomin'. Throw in a couple of Yacht Rock parties and it's on to tha break-a dawn...uhm, what else...I'll be turning 32 this year and I'm looking forward to that...the 30's just keep on getting better! What else? My niece, Rebekah, will be turning 13 this year. Oh my, my sister will have a teenager...

So, just keep reading throughout the year...I already know it's going to be

legen - wait for it - dary!

I heart Ben & Jerry :)

Ben & Jerry's + Pumpkin Cheesecake = Delighted Sarah

Now I must confess, I don't indulge in B&J often and when I do 9 times out of 10 it'll be Phish Food...and that last 1 out of 10 will be Chunky Monkey...but Pumpkin Cheesecake....Oh yes!!

Described as "pumpkin cheesecake ice cream with a graham cracker swirl"...*I'm wiping the drool away as I type*

I cannot wait to give this one a try. It's a limited/seasonal thing. So happy!

(Image straight from benjerry.com)

99-Cents Yo!

I heart Target! And now they have these handy "Reuse to Reduce" totes that are a mere 99 cents. They fold up to about the size of a wallet and hold a lot of goodies - even if they aren't from Target (...took it in to Petsmart the other day). The one I have has the bullseye logo in a repeated pattern. (but this was the only pic I could find on the Target site)

I already get paper bags when I go to Ukrop's, cause they hold my recyclables, making it easier to transport 'em to the recycling station...but now I don't have to get plastic at all. Now, this'll make my Molly Belle sad cause she hearts plastic bags the way I heart Target...or the way a 'normal' cat hearts paper bags...

99 cents for a reusable bag is a small thing for the environment,

but pretty dang cool!

I heart Fridays

I heart Fridays probably for some of the same reasons you do, but I love that I get to wear jeans to work on Fridays. Today, I'm kickin' some denim with my green Dave Matthews Band/Virginia
t-shirt and flipflop sandals. :)