My Daily Portion: October 2010

Sunday, October 24, 2010

Pumpkin Carving Contest 2010

Every year we host a pumpkin carving contest. This year we decided to post the entries on my blog and let YOU vote for the winner! We had four entries this year. Vote for the one pumpkin that you like the best! Use the voting poll on the ride hand side of this page. All votes must be submitted by this WEDNESDAY, October 27th by 6:00pm. Send this link to as many people you know and get them involved in the voting competition. Here are the contestants...

1. PALMETTO PRIDE

2. PALMETTO MOONSHINE

3. A "COOLER" PUMPKIN

4. THE BAD SEED

Oh what fun we had! Here are some pics from the day!

A Carolina Girl Married A Clemson Boy

If you've ever driven by the Porter house, you might have noticed that the collegiate flag hung just outside our front door is in constant rotation throughout the year. Sometimes the flag is UNC...other times it is Clemson. Yes, we are definitely a "house divided." Our first big marital dispute was over which flag we would hang outside. Orange or Blue? Tiger or Tarheel? Because both of us are incredibly stubborn, neither one of us gave in to the other. After hours of debating, acting like two-year-olds, and hiding each other's flags, we had to come up with "flag rules" to help keep our marital disputes at bay ;) Here is what we came up with...

Brad will fly the Clemson flag during football season
I will fly the UNC flag during basketball season
Whenever the two teams play one another, be it football or basketball, the home team gets their flag flown.
If the two teams are playing one another in a championship; I fly the UNC flag for all basketball events, and Brad flies the Clemson flag for all football events.

Two weeks ago, Clemson played UNC in football at Chapel Hill. Instead of hanging our flags outside the house, we packed them up and headed up to Chapel Hill...hanging both of them proudly outside our tailgating tent! No marital disputes broke out and everyone was happy!

Here are some pictures from our wonderful weekend with UNC/Clemson friends up in Chapel Hill: