Makes you want to shout!

What do sneaker squeaks +

springtime +

 pedicures =

In my part of the universe it all adds up to

MARCH MADNESS!!!

Every year for the past 4 or 5, Reese and I 

have held a March Madness competition. 

The prize?

Pedicure day with the loser picking up tab!

Here is how it all starts...

Reese, being the HUGE sports gal that she is

watches random teams during the season,

reads up on injury reports and watches

the conference championship in preparation for

her bracket selection.

Maggie, being a sports lover but not as 

insanely competitive as Reese, 

picks up her bracket sheet

(that Reese has so kindly printed for her) 

the evening before competition begins 

and selects her teams based on mascots,

 school colors and sentimental favorites from her youth.

She has also been known to put in a call to her two boys for a friendly conversation that usually starts with...

"so who do you like for the final four this year?"

But all who know Maggie know it doesn't 

really matter because all roads go through 

DUKE!

In spite of the differences in our selection processes, 

we are pretty even in wins, go figure.

So today is the big day! 

In the next few weeks Reese and I will be joining fans 

from Buffalo to San Diego, 

listening to the fabulous sounds 

of squeaking sneakers, bullhorns and 

the endless commentary of TV announcers,

but what better way to start spring than

 with a pedicure on the horizon.

Makes me want to throw my hands up and 

SHOUT!

~Maggie