TRUE LEADERS......................24/7

Ding, ding!! Yesterday around noon, we started the umpteenth round with our good friend, falling snow. It really came down beautifully this latest time. All the wet, white flakes seemed to join hands in friendship clusters as they plummeted to the ground. When I was safely home, I took great delight in just watching it all fall from the sky. I think a lot of it melted on impact. After several hours of snowing, we only ended up with a couple inches of accumulation. But, thanks to the plunging temperatures, it was rather slick out there this morning, school in Scott County was canceled again. I am glad I'm not one of these parents trying to figure all this out. Bless their hearts.

I had to get my atlas out today and check out the map of Texas. After watching that outstanding Superbowl game, Sunday night, they really had me confused. Was the football stadium in Fort Worth, Dallas or finally, Arlington? Well, yes, it was in Arlington, which, turns out is actually closer to Fort Worth than Dallas, from what I could tell. But from looking at the map, it appears that Dallas and Fort Worth have actually grown together now. Not like when we lived in "Cow Town", when a trip to the "Big D" was, what seemed to be a rather long distance of a lot of nothing in between. Well, unless I'm mistaken, Six Flags Over Texas, was somewhere around there, but if we were just going to Dallas, it seemed like a long drive of nothing, for a while, until we could see Dallas's skyline in the distance.

But enough of geography, wasn't it a great game? I loved it!! I didn't jump on the Packers bandwagon until my Illinois team, da Bears, got beaten by them. Even then, I was kinda rooting for them, as Tim Masthay, our former UK Wildcat punter, was on the team from Green Bay. But, it wasn't until I realized I couldn't, in good conscience, root for the Pittsburgh Steelers with a leader like Ben Rothwhatever. It didn't take me long to then realize that there was more than a former UK punter on the Packers that would give me a reason to be a cheesehead. ( I realize you're thinking that I've always been a cheesehead....this, however, is different.)

I read an article about Aaron Rodgers the morning of Superbowl Eve. I was very impressed reading about his God-centered life and his celebrity crush on Taylor Swift. Don't we all love Taylor Swift? It also didn't hurt that he looks like a younger version of Mel Gibson or like he said, Jake Gyllenhaal. It was easy to support a team from Wisconsin that has a super guy like Tim Masthay and a great, cute, Christian leader. I found an old green and yellow football jersey and had a neighbor join us to cheer on the pack. It was a good night to be a cheesehead.

I knew that Tim Masthay was a special guy when I noticed him in a slide show presented at a homemakers international banquet two years ago. He was in Ghana, Africa on a mission trip there, helping build classrooms for African children. He's always easy to pick out of a crowd. Just imagine a tall, lanky leprechaun. It's really fitting that his NFL team turned out to have green jerseys. It's been nice reading about him and his wife and how they had struggled nearly a year between when he was released by the Indianapolis Colts and picked up by the Packers. It seems that both Tim and Aaron have followed a rather long, difficult journey chasing their dream. Glad to see their dream come true Sunday night. I hope to see them again playing next season.

I just happened to see Aaron Rodgers on Letterman last night. He mentioned that he likes to lead by example. Previously, he was quoted as saying that he takes his role as a role model seriously. Like Drew Breez, young football players have another great person they can emulate on and off the field. Now,I just hope that Tim Teebow's career takes off this coming season as well.

Kentucky plays Tennessee tonight at Rupp Arena. I hope we can really give Bruce Pearl the welcome back to SEC play that he deserves. It's kinda funny that he has gotten himself in hot water due to recruiting violations. Illinois fans will be quick to point out that he reported a recruiting infraction made by an Illinois Assistant Coach years ago when he was an assistant at Iowa. That didn't exactly do wonders for his career. He coached for years at a Division II level school, University of Southern Indiana. We would watch him and the screaming Eagles outscore their opponents game after game. I always wondered what he could do in Division I. Guess now we know.

It's been really nice today to see the sun coming out. I hear we may have some warmer temperatures next week. I hope you are keeping warm and dry in your part of the country. The dogs and I are doing our best here in Central Kentucky. Take care and have a safe week, luv, Susan........................Go Cats!!!