We recently had the pleasure of camping out near Boonville, Missouri at our friend Shanon’s dad’s family farm (180 acres in Prairie Home, MO). He doesn’t actually live on the farm, but their family goes out every year during the Prairie Home Fair and hunting season, and this year we were invited along. Brian left for the farm before I did [...]
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It’s been a long time since I’ve published a cooking post! I really have been cooking a lot of new meals, but I just haven’t been taking the time to photograph the evidence. I made this meal over the 4th of July, and it was the perfect meal to celebrate the holiday, and a great [...]
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Last weekend we went to Emporia to visit Brian’s mom and see the Strong City Rodeo. I don’t really remember going to any rodeos as a kid, so this was a fun, new experience. Brian and his family went several times as a kid, but hadn’t been in many, many years. We went on the [...]
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We have now been to three different NASCAR race tracks with Texas Motor Speedway being the most recent. This track reminds us a lot of Kansas Speedway- a 1.5 mile “quad” oval- but Texas has steeper banking in the turns allowing the drivers to push their cars to much higher speeds, which makes for a more [...]
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I think this was the most perfect weekend of the year. The weather couldn’t have been more beautiful. Yeah for spring! We started out the weekend by attending a smoking class held at Backyard Bash and taught by Chris Marks, an eight-time grand champion winner of the American Royal BBQ contest. This was a birthday [...]
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We are ecstatic to see the weather finally starting to warm up! Especially after this long, frozen winter! With this warm weather comes camping, eating out on the deck, opening up the windows, turning off the furnace, and budding flowers and trees. It also brings many activities, projects, trips, and yard work. Basically it’s time to get off [...]
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We had weekend full of new purchases, projects and experiences. We now have a new upstairs hallway color. This was the worst painting experience I have had so far because of the very tall stairwell wall, but now that it is done, it looks amazing. The hallway went from a putrid peach/tan flat paint to [...]
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I AM SO TIRED OF THE COLD AND THE SNOW. Smoking meats while it is snowing is kind of a pain in the ass. In one week I will have frickin’ laser beams pointed at my eyeballs. It will be awesome to not need glasses (I hope)! My dog is so spoiled he sleeps with [...]
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I am very happy to finally see all that snow melting away. Spring cannot get here soon enough as I am already tired of the snow and cold weather. And I know Brian is tired of shoveling the drive and sidewalk! Unfortunately for me, I heard a rumor that February could be as bad, or [...]
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Last weekend Brian and I cooked up a great dinner for some of our great friends. The feast was delicious and so was the company. We had a great time chatting, watching Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, rocking out to The Beatles: Rockband (thanks Frank and Lynn!), and tackling Drunken Jenga. The Feast: Appetizer: Pomegranate [...]
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