Dallas comes to town

Yogurt and more Yogurt

We invented a new game...

and it was a HIT

Fried Chicken 101

Empty a bottle of wine with a friend.  This can be done a variety of ways, get creative.

Marinate chicken in honey and honey mustard.  Emphasis on honey here. Then take your empty wine bottle and pound your chicken breast flat. 

Don't do what I did and pound too hard.  You will end up with popcorn chicken.

 Ali is a pro.

Dip in flour, egg, then your crumbs (Special K, wheat thins, almonds, and parsley)

Then lick your fingers.

Fry a few minutes in EVOO and a little butter and squeeze either oranges or lemons over it!

Coming up soon will be the the upside down tuna sandwich. 

Neato

Dad, this is what I was trying to describe to you over the phone...The mic is built into my headphones so I can talk hands free on the phone.

Excuse the hair-I got new kicks this week that have me running like a cheetah

Championship Chuck Wagon Races- Clinton, AR

First year you are a spectator, second year you are in the thick of things amongst the 30,000  rednecks.  We may have found a new hobby.  We may be recruiting spectators next year to camp out for the entire 6 days.  We may be buying horses so we can sit on them down on the field.  We may even build our own chuck wagon that may come apart like a $2.00 tuxedo.  (This happened that Saturday)  Our chuck wagon may completely run over 2 horses and require the horse ambulance. (This also happened).  Our horse may buck us off before the starting line on the very first race of the day and require us to be escorted away in an ambulance (This happened too).  Our horses may lead our chuck wagon straight into the crowd of of horses and wagons and create an entire mess (This happened).  Our outrider may take off and run the race before we get on (This happened a lot).


When you mix a lot of beer, horses, homemade wagons, Arkansas slang, and spurs, you are bound to laugh at least 52 times.
I don't care where I am next labor day, I can bet I will be making it back to Clinton, AR.


If any of these videos are upside down for you...you might want to get to the doctor.

Grasshoppers

I perfected a mean Grasshopper after dinner drink.  It might replace my occasional bowl of ice cream.  

The one on the left has a dallop of Nesquik. Secret trick that ain't so secret anymore.  On a side note, does anyone want to invent blinds that don't flicker in the wind? 

That is not normal

Cool Beans

Nat got me an ice cube tray intended to freeze drip coffee to put in my iced latte! It worked great!

Fallin' it up

I bought my first ceramic pumpkins! And of COURSE they are white haha....and 50% off. Now that I think of it, all of the fall decor I purchased was 50% off.  I need to print off a quote I have to put in this frame still.

I also changed this up a bit and am quite happy with the right side above my stove but still not comfortable with the left side. It has too much color and too many trinkets.  I will keep working it.  I will also be printing off antique keys to put in the frames above my sink. 

Cinnamon. Cinnamon. Cinnamon. Cinnamon. Cinnamon. 

Ready and Prepared.

 Ready to hit the aqua...

Pallet Shmalet

I have this an abundant supply of pallet pickin' in town and brought one home.

I keep debating which project I want to tackle. 

Obviously a children's bed is not needed. So I can cross this one off.

 And this one might put my back out.

Don't need to panel a wall that I don't own. So this one can be crossed off too.  I may be making a sign similar to the "Watson Creek" I just need to think of a few good words.

And I don't need a headboard at the moment.

Or a table