While Courtney worries about the important stuff relating to our trip to Talladega I am left to concern myself with more entertaining pursuits. My top priority: fitting in with the local inhabitants of Alabama. Some things that we need to do are obvious: Display NASCAR themed flags. Wear nothing related to Barack Obama. No beer [...]
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This past weekend the NARSCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide Races came to Kansas Speedway. Race weekends are always a lot of fun, despite Kansas Speedway being a “cookie-cutter track” and one of the most boring tracks to watch as a fan. It’s not just about the racing, however, it’s about the tailgaiting, the people watching, the [...]
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Last weekend we had a friend from out of town visit our house (Hogs from Manhattan), as well as a couple of friends from in town (Nate and Meglet). For this special occasion we smoked a giant pork shoulder, baked a lot of goodies, hung out on the porch, and watched a craptastic Chiefs football [...]
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Something that pisses me off: Wealthy company executives got richer on sub-prime mortgages. Example: Lehman Brothers gave out 6 billion dollars in bonuses last year. None of those executives have to account for that now that the company is bankrupt. Something that scares me: Now we have more huge companies ready to go under because [...]
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I’ve decided that I want to become a better baker, and the only way to do that is to practice. So starting this past Thursday night I did just that. Brian and I are having company this weekend, which is always the perfect excuse to make food that you don’t normally allow yourself to eat. [...]
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Friday night while I was at work Brian played the role of the perfect husband and cleaned and organized the house for 6 hours!! I came home and all of the dishes had been done (2 loads worth), the carpet had been vacuumed, the office had been de-cluttered (we had stacks of paper everywhere!), and [...]
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Last Monday I was going to make a meal with shrimp, but by the time dinner rolled around, I just didn’t feel like cooking (we went to Longboards instead- YUMMY!), so I ended up with leftover, thawed, raw shrimp. Well, I needed to come up with some way to use the shrimp, so I decided to [...]
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On Saturday afternoon I was pulling out random weeds in the grass next to our driveway, and I noticed that the first weed I pulled out came out very easily, and so did the second one. So I started pulling up the grass around it, and look what I found: GRUBS!! Seriously?! I’ve worried about [...]
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This past weekend I attempted to make a turtle cheesecake for Brian’s mom’s birthday. I got the recipe from Amber’s Delectible Delights blog. I say I attempted the recipe because at the final step I ruined the entire cheesecake and didn’t actually get to eat it, but I will get to that later. I am going to [...]
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There really wasn’t a whole lot of festivity this past weekend, but we had a pretty good time over the three days. It started off Friday evening because I didn’t have to work (I did have to go in Saturday morning). During the day on Friday I made a turtle cheesecake for Brian’s mom’s birthday [...]
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