Yes, Kentucky has a Dixie Chick, too...

Ashley Judd was recently in the news because speculation was rampant that she had had work done on her larger, swollen, puffy, chubby, bloated, old face. 
 

What? Does that sound mean? Well, if she can dish it out, she surely must be tough enough to take it. She was disgruntled over the fact that people said she looked fat. She wanted sympathy. But boy, the girl can sling some mud of her own! What's the opposite of misogynistic?

This little video is another reason that—in the words of another famous Dixie Chick—I am ashamed that she is from Texas Kentucky! (Video is entitled Rick Santorum Aborts Presidential Campaign). Here is what the caption or byline or whatever it is called reads: "There are a few things Rick Santorum should keep in mind before terminating his candidacy. Ashley Judd, Michelle Trachtenberg, Katy Mixon, and Eliza Coupe weigh in."

First of all, I don’t even know who these last three women are. Second of all, they sure think they are special! Third, this video is so obnoxious! It’s not FUNNY, so don’t say, “It’s a joke,” the way so many Lefties do (okay, sometimes I do think John Stewart is funny – so sue me!). I want to throw up my hands up and scream at these feminazi liberals (redundancy, I know)! “Live Free or Die”? Fine by me if these ladies choose the latter – for themselves, not the unborn babies that I hope they never are blessed with!

Now, this video from the same website would be funny -- if it was true! [It’s a joke – Funny or Die is the name of the website!]

How Sweet (and Sauer) It Is!

What a great feeling! My University of Kentucky Wildcats just won the National Championship! All of us from Kentucky who love the Wildcats use the possessive terminology -- the Cats are MINE -- they belong to all of us who grew up with them and have given so many hours of our lives to watching them play.

Indeed, the Cats proved they are #1 tonight!

Daddy is up in Heaven tonight, smiling and laughing with all the other Kentucky fans who have left the Bluegrass Heaven on Earth and gone to the big Bluegrass Heaven in the Sky! Men like Cawood Ledford, who called the games for radio and was the voice of UK for so many years.

Cawood Ledford

And no doubt Daddy found Adolph Rupp many years ago, and was probably by his side tonight when this sweet victory came to be. Despite the besmirching of Rupp's name in recent years, he was a heckuva coach, and he made the UK program into the storied, winning program that it is.

Adolph Rupp

I prayed hard to Daddy in the last few minutes when things got tough. I asked him to keep the guys calm and to let them be mature and not fall apart. If it was withon his power or control, Daddy surely used his influence up there tonight!

Some may call me fanatical. If I am, then I am in good company. I texted Saturday night and tonight throughout the games with one of my younger sisters and with my mother. My sister has always been a Wildcat fanatic, and she has raised her four kids in southern Indiana as UK fans -- no small feat amongst all that red. And Mom, well she carries on Daddy's devotion. She said she likes to watch the games alone so that she can yell all she wants. I know what she means. I do a lot of yelling and, yes, cursing when things aren't going so well.But it is how we get our entire beings involved in the game. Ashley Judd may be the best known UK fan, but she cannot be more dedicated than my family!

Ashley Judd and the Wildcat mascot

Although I would have liked to win going away, we'll take the smaller margin of victory. It's just as sweet.

Yes, I took a picture of the TV.

 My hubby and our girls are now Kentucky fans.

Christmas 2011 and our new UK apparel

 Our 17-year-old is looking at colleges. I am proud that she is even considering Kentucky as a possibility. I wanted to go there for college when I graduated high school 33 years ago. But, I went to a small Catholic college close to home instead. I have no regrets. If things had not happened as they did, I would not be who and where I am today in my life. And I can say without hesitation that I love my life. I love my family. I love my country. I love my God. And I love my Wildcats.

Can I get an "Amen!"?