Hockey hockey hockey

Ok, ok...I know this is a family oriented blog and I shouldn't condone fighting in any form...but there's just something about a good hockey fight! Here are some pictures that I took of one of Jordin Tootoo's fights tonight...one of tonight's MANY fights! I just love his "style"! Since his mom, Rose, checks out our blog from time to time, I figured she might like to see them too!

Even though we lost tonight to the San Jose Sharks, I'm still really proud of my boys!

We beat them last week in San Jose and tonight we played hard, and considering the Sharks are the #1 team in the league, I think that's saying a lot!

'Till next season...

For those of you who haven't heard, we lost last night's game. The boys played really well, they're just so evenly matched with Detroit that it could have come out either way and by scoring first Detroit just got the upper hand.
The fans did not falter at all though...the rally towels were going the entire game just about, and almost everyone stayed for the final team salute to the fans and to hear the three stars of the game. Although, I'm sure stuff will happen over the summer that will have to be blogged about...but for now: See you next season Preds!

Hello Rose!

As you all know, we're big Preds fans at Ashley's Attic (lol...really?) and many of you know that we have Nashville Predators Crocs at the shop.




We were one of the first stores in all of Middle Tennessee to get these shoes because the shoes were introduced early last summer (right around the time of our ownership issues) and a lot of stores were scared to make that kind of investment on a team that might not be here next season.



I made that investment because I had faith that we would keep the team...Tennessee loves its Preds...and also because I figured that even if we just had one season left with them I wanted to make the best of it.



Well...fans were very nice and helped make that investment worth it; because the shoes were so hard to find anywhere in the state, people from all over the state were ordering Preds Crocs from our shop! Knoxville, Murfreesboro, Chattanooga....A LOT of McMinnville Pred Fans came in...and of course we shipped several pair to Nashville.


One of those shipments found its way to Patty Pred, one of the team's most devoted fans and she loved them.


So I get a call from Patty a few weeks back and she tells me that Rose Tootoo wants several pair of the Preds Crocs...from me! Rose Tootoo, as in, Jordin Tootoo's MOM! HOW COOL IS THAT? TOOTOO'S MOM SHOPS AT ASHLEY'S ATTIC...all the way from RANKIN INLET!


And she is going to tell all of her friends about the shoes and hype up the website IN CANADA!! We're goin' international people!


(In the next week or so I will be posting a little box on the sidebar of the site to give the Preds Fans a little more info on the Predator Crocs and Jibbitz...also some shipping information for anyone wishing to order a pair...keep checking back.)


For all things Jordin Tootoo click here, just in case you don't know all about him already!


We all love Jordin at Ashley's Attic...even before his mom became a customer!



He's Chalee's favorite hockey player ever, you know...for those of you that I haven't told the story to (I even got the chance to tell Rose Tootoo an abbreviated version of the story!) :


Chalee loved her pacifier; she called it her "tootoo" (and this had nothing to do with Jordin...she didn't know the Preds just yet).
So, at her first hockey game (she was about 1 and a half years old) we took her down to the glass to watch the pre-game skate. I had bought her a "Tootoo" shirt because I figured it would be the easiest name for her to say and because the kids always love Jordin. I then pointed him out to her on the ice and she immediately locked in on him with her eyes, looked a little angry and confused, and would not take her eyes off of him. He even came up to the glass at one point to smile at her and she just looked at him. LOL...so, her mom informed me a little later that they had taken her "tootoo" away from her earlier in the week...she thought it was time.


Well, apparently Chalee did not agree and I know now that she must have thought that the "Tootoo" guy that I was talking about and pointing at must have taken her "tootoo" and THAT was why she looked so angry when she looked at him.



Chalee has gotten over that anger now. She now thinks of Tootoo with happy thoughts...she likes to see him fight and she likes Seth's 'Tootoo-Train Whistle' She has learned Shea Weber's name too and associates hockey and the Predator logo with "Weber and Tootoo". She calls her Tootoo shirt "The Hockey", as in; my mom: "You need to change back into your other clothes Chalee.", Chalee: "But I got the hockey on."!

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...only 3 to go! Go Preds! I'm just very happy for my boys tonight so I thought I'd post some pictures from tonight's game!

For the details on this Western Conference Quarterfinals series click here...

For all the details from tonight's game click here...

Here's a pic I took of Seth with a cardboard cut-out of the cup...I don't have my camera with me at a lot of games, so when I do, I take A LOT of silly pictures!

First period...
Third period...

My boys, third period...
See our pretty Stanley Cup Playoffs logo? More third period...
And this is Seth cheering for Ryan Suter at the post-game "The Zone" radio show at the Jack Daniel's Club.Keep your fingers crossed for us to do well in the game on Wednesday night - 8:00pm at the Sommett Center.

And one last thing...RED WINGS SUCK!! Lol!

Predator Crocs!!!

Finally! They're here! And just when we Preds fans could really use the pick-me-up, after yet another dip on the team ownership rollercoaster.
Get your Preds Crocs for the beginning of the season before we run out of your size.
We recieved the adult Crocs today (they will be $34.99 + tax) and should get the kids' (at $29.99 + tax) on Wednesday or Thursday.
Give us a call or send us an email and we'll work out all the details then...our contact info is at the bottom of this page.
Thanks to all of you who patiently waited for us to get this shipment in...