Not a creature was stirring, Not even my sweet pups. Happy holiday, friends!
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Christmas eve with the pack
Not a creature was stirring, Not even my sweet pups. Happy holiday, friends!
Monday, December 14, 2009
Bison Burgers? Hells Yeah!
I've been eating out a lot lately. So, I decided to cook at home tonight. At work today some of my peeps got into a discussion about cooking stuff other than beef and chicken, more colrful things, you might say. Things like rabbit, turtle, alligator, Raccoon, buffalo. Of the previous list I have never cooked any but have eaten several. So, it was on my mind to try something different. i also wanted to use my cast iron skillet, which has been sitting dormant for a while.
So, I stopped by the local whole foods and picked up a few things.
Bison Patties to make Bison Burgers, thick cut applewood smoked bacon, Smoked Gouda Cheese, Sweet Onion, Baby Bella Mushrooms, Tomato, oh, and buns. All total it came out to about $25 bucks. Even more expensive than if I had gone out to eat.
From watching too much food network I decided that I should do all of my prep work first. Here's the prepped maters, shrooms, and unjuns. And they are all in nice matching bowls. Maybe I could have my own cooking show, if only I had a catchy name. Any suggestions
Did i mention the thick cut applewood smoked bacon? OMG, this could have been a meal by itself. I absolutely love this stuff, and so did Sadie and Lily. My sous chefs.
My years of eating hamburger steak at city cafe in Northport, AL inspired me to add sauteed onions and mushrooms. But to "kick it up", I sauteed the juns and shrooms in the pork fat from the bacon. DEEEELICCCCIOUSSSSS!!!
And finally it was all put together. I added i side of "butter beans" or to you non-southerners, Lima Beans. I added a little butter and a bit of the leftover grease from bacon. And yes, I do love me some Lima Beans. After adding the freshly sliced tomato and smoked gouda cheese and fixin' a tall glass of sweet tea it was time to dig in, and I did. This was definitely one of the best meals I have ever cooked.
But in all honesty, I did slightly overcook the burgers, and next time i will try a different cheese. But even the way it was it was absolutely delicious. The best part, LEFTOVERS!!!!
And now, i'm gonna put on some stretchy waist pants and watch Monday Night Football.
Tonight is a good night at the man cave.
So, I stopped by the local whole foods and picked up a few things.
Bison Patties to make Bison Burgers, thick cut applewood smoked bacon, Smoked Gouda Cheese, Sweet Onion, Baby Bella Mushrooms, Tomato, oh, and buns. All total it came out to about $25 bucks. Even more expensive than if I had gone out to eat.
From watching too much food network I decided that I should do all of my prep work first. Here's the prepped maters, shrooms, and unjuns. And they are all in nice matching bowls. Maybe I could have my own cooking show, if only I had a catchy name. Any suggestions
Did i mention the thick cut applewood smoked bacon? OMG, this could have been a meal by itself. I absolutely love this stuff, and so did Sadie and Lily. My sous chefs.
My years of eating hamburger steak at city cafe in Northport, AL inspired me to add sauteed onions and mushrooms. But to "kick it up", I sauteed the juns and shrooms in the pork fat from the bacon. DEEEELICCCCIOUSSSSS!!!
And finally it was all put together. I added i side of "butter beans" or to you non-southerners, Lima Beans. I added a little butter and a bit of the leftover grease from bacon. And yes, I do love me some Lima Beans. After adding the freshly sliced tomato and smoked gouda cheese and fixin' a tall glass of sweet tea it was time to dig in, and I did. This was definitely one of the best meals I have ever cooked.
But in all honesty, I did slightly overcook the burgers, and next time i will try a different cheese. But even the way it was it was absolutely delicious. The best part, LEFTOVERS!!!!
And now, i'm gonna put on some stretchy waist pants and watch Monday Night Football.
Tonight is a good night at the man cave.
To Play or Not to Play
The Saints are 13-0. I love it. I can't believe that BAMA is in the national championship and the saints have clinched a first round bye. Man, I am in football heaven.
But,some debate has started about whether or not the Saints should start resting players for the playoffs or keep fighting towards an undefeated season. Opinions vary, and everyone has one.
I have one too. i have given this a lot of thought and I can say that without a doubt, The saints should keep the starters on the field. Why? well, I have watched all the games this year and have listened to countless interviews with coaches and players. All season the team has repeated one thing, "we are only focused on our next game". In my opinion, you should never mess with a streak(see Kevin Costner's rant to Susan Sarandon in "Bull Durham"). Our team has focused on one team at a time and has been successful. To begin resting players demonstrates the we would be focusing down the road instead of on the task at hand. Thus we would be changing what we have been doing, And you should never make changes when you are on a streak. Plus, with the first round bye we will have an extra week of rest built in. What we don't need is our starters going for multiple weeks without action. We are playing well and things are clicking. It is not a good idea to remove parts from a well oiled machine.
So now you know what I think. Keep the starters in. But not to play for a perfect season, to play for a win this week. One week at a time, one game at a time, one play at a time. It's worked PERFECTLY so far, why change it now.
And isn't that something we can all learn from. Just focus one the task at hand, you can't worry about things that far down the road. You can only worry about whats in front of you right now. handle this task, do it well, be successful. Then face the next challenge. Quite a life lesson we can learn from our team.
WHO DAT, Y'ALL!!!
But,some debate has started about whether or not the Saints should start resting players for the playoffs or keep fighting towards an undefeated season. Opinions vary, and everyone has one.
I have one too. i have given this a lot of thought and I can say that without a doubt, The saints should keep the starters on the field. Why? well, I have watched all the games this year and have listened to countless interviews with coaches and players. All season the team has repeated one thing, "we are only focused on our next game". In my opinion, you should never mess with a streak(see Kevin Costner's rant to Susan Sarandon in "Bull Durham"). Our team has focused on one team at a time and has been successful. To begin resting players demonstrates the we would be focusing down the road instead of on the task at hand. Thus we would be changing what we have been doing, And you should never make changes when you are on a streak. Plus, with the first round bye we will have an extra week of rest built in. What we don't need is our starters going for multiple weeks without action. We are playing well and things are clicking. It is not a good idea to remove parts from a well oiled machine.
So now you know what I think. Keep the starters in. But not to play for a perfect season, to play for a win this week. One week at a time, one game at a time, one play at a time. It's worked PERFECTLY so far, why change it now.
And isn't that something we can all learn from. Just focus one the task at hand, you can't worry about things that far down the road. You can only worry about whats in front of you right now. handle this task, do it well, be successful. Then face the next challenge. Quite a life lesson we can learn from our team.
WHO DAT, Y'ALL!!!
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Up to date
Howdy Pardners!
I thought i would post a couple of my favorite pics to let you know what I've been up to. It'll be more of a photo post than literary award winner. After the Redskins game I'm still speechless.
On Saturday My Brother Steve ran his 1st Half Marathon. This is him at mile 10.
He made it! Guess I'll never be the favorite now.
My favorite cheerleader picture. With a support crew like this its easy to finish the race
It was a cold weekend, even snowed, but I survived thanks to my space heater/foot warmer
"Roads? where we're going we dont needs roads". What's the point of having a jeep if you don't put it to use.
Kelley and I took the dogs hiking 2 weekends ago. You already know Sadie and Lily. The little dog is Brady, Kelleys dog. She's a jack russel - Sihtzu mix (thus, she is a jack-shit). she did a good job of keeping up with the big dogs.
Sadie and Lily in the "sac". Always ready to go as we leave the house headed for the hills.Nice photo work by Kelley.
I thought i would post a couple of my favorite pics to let you know what I've been up to. It'll be more of a photo post than literary award winner. After the Redskins game I'm still speechless.
On Saturday My Brother Steve ran his 1st Half Marathon. This is him at mile 10.
He made it! Guess I'll never be the favorite now.
My favorite cheerleader picture. With a support crew like this its easy to finish the race
It was a cold weekend, even snowed, but I survived thanks to my space heater/foot warmer
"Roads? where we're going we dont needs roads". What's the point of having a jeep if you don't put it to use. 
Kelley and I took the dogs hiking 2 weekends ago. You already know Sadie and Lily. The little dog is Brady, Kelleys dog. She's a jack russel - Sihtzu mix (thus, she is a jack-shit). she did a good job of keeping up with the big dogs.
Sadie and Lily in the "sac". Always ready to go as we leave the house headed for the hills.Nice photo work by Kelley.
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Polls
I just looked at a poll taken on espn.com which asked who is the best team in the NFL?
The choices were:
1. New Orleans Saints
2. Minnesota Vikings
3.Indianapolis Colts
The Saints Led the poll with about 65% of the national vote. But what was more interesting to me was the breakdown by state.
In Minnesota the vikings got 79% of the vote.
In Indiana the Clots got just 66% of the vote
In Louisisana the Saints got 95% of the vote
It just seems sad that the Colts, who are undefeated don't have the confidence of their own state like the Saints do. I figure those people pay close attention to their team just as we do the Saints. I think it's clear who the best team in the league is, even with hometown bias the Vikings and Colts states admit it's the Saints.
WHO DAT? Y'all!!!
The choices were:
1. New Orleans Saints
2. Minnesota Vikings
3.Indianapolis Colts
The Saints Led the poll with about 65% of the national vote. But what was more interesting to me was the breakdown by state.
In Minnesota the vikings got 79% of the vote.
In Indiana the Clots got just 66% of the vote
In Louisisana the Saints got 95% of the vote
It just seems sad that the Colts, who are undefeated don't have the confidence of their own state like the Saints do. I figure those people pay close attention to their team just as we do the Saints. I think it's clear who the best team in the league is, even with hometown bias the Vikings and Colts states admit it's the Saints.
WHO DAT? Y'all!!!
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Who Dat? you dat
Man, I am on Cloud 9 right now. Bama is playing for the National, um, I mean SEC championship Friday. It promises to be a great game against Florida. Hopefully The Crimson and White will prevail. Florida is a good team though, it will be a tough win for either team. But as happy as I am that the Tide is rolling, nothing compares to my excitement about our beloved Black and Gold.
Our Saints are 11-0. Wow! it just sounds so awkward, but so good to refer to them as the 11-0 New Orleans Saints. What a season.
Today, I consider myself the 2nd luckiest man on the face of the Earth(I'm no Gehrig). I was one of the lucky ones in the Dome Monday night as the Saints destroyed the Patriots. It was AWESOME. Luckily my Mom isn't real big on going to night games and monday night games, so her ticket fell to me(maybe I encouraged it, but I didn't twist her arm very much). I told her it would probably be a good idea for me to go with the SD to make sure he doesn't fall asleep on the drive home. I was full of anticipation all day, and yes, a bit nervous too. After all, the Patriots are a good team.
I team teach my last class of the day and my co-teacher said she would cover the class so I could leave early, when i told her it was so I could go to the game she said, "go, go, why are you still here". My asst Principal was teh same way."oh yes, you can leave, and give a big who dat for me when you get there, yell loud" she said.
She also aloud me to come in late on Tuesday, as I am off 1st period.
So I did leave early, headed to the Dell and met up with the SD. Slipped out of my teacher gear and into the lucky shirt and was ready to go. But before we could go the SD realized that he forgot his lucky saints jacket in Moms car. It wasn't an option, we had to go across town to get it. By the way, it does get a little chilly in the Dome, whoever does the AC there is a a beast. We got downtown about 5pm, gates wouldn't open till 5:30. We milled around outside the Dome taking in the sights of crazy and excited saints fans. It was an electric atmosphere.
I was at the Monday night game against the Falcons after Katrina, and I have never experienced anything like that. This was different, people at this game were just excited for the game to be played, for opening kickoff to happen, for the team to actually be at work.The excitement this time wasn't about returning home. This time it was about the battle to come, and Saints fans were ready for war.
I'm not gonna get into the details of the game, but the attitude of the fans has definitly changed in New Orleans. I have been to many games where the Saints look good and the fans cheer hard, but still fear a let down at the end. Those days are gone. At the two games I've been to in person this season the attitude is completely different (as it is also withpeople I have watched the games with on tv). Even when things are not going our way, Saints believe that there team will find a way. I was thinking about this. Why have our attitudes changed? simple, watch the game. Drew Brees never gives up. Vilma never gives up. No one in black and gold ever gives up. Remeber the Miami game? we were getting killed. did they panic? No, the got back up and went to work. Did we panic when we went down to the Patriots? No. We got back up and went to work, and we worked hard. 38-17, Damn Good!
To me that's what it's all about. Football is ultimately a game. But the lesson applies. Surround yourself with people who are willing to work hard, surround yourself with people who don' t give up and you will be successful. Will you win everytime? No, but life, unlike football doesn't have an off-season. Gametime is year round. You are the Drew Brees of your team, you are the Darren Sharper of your team. Go to work, work hard. If you get sacked for a loss get up and throw one to the endzone. But don't be like the Patriots and give up with 5 minutes left in the game. Fight on my Saintly friends.
Congrats to our boys in black and gold. We are so proud of you. You make us proud of ourselves and our hometown. Nowhere is the connection between a team and its fans as strong as it is here in New Orleans.
Who Dat say they gonna beat US Saints?
Our Saints are 11-0. Wow! it just sounds so awkward, but so good to refer to them as the 11-0 New Orleans Saints. What a season.
Today, I consider myself the 2nd luckiest man on the face of the Earth(I'm no Gehrig). I was one of the lucky ones in the Dome Monday night as the Saints destroyed the Patriots. It was AWESOME. Luckily my Mom isn't real big on going to night games and monday night games, so her ticket fell to me(maybe I encouraged it, but I didn't twist her arm very much). I told her it would probably be a good idea for me to go with the SD to make sure he doesn't fall asleep on the drive home. I was full of anticipation all day, and yes, a bit nervous too. After all, the Patriots are a good team.
I team teach my last class of the day and my co-teacher said she would cover the class so I could leave early, when i told her it was so I could go to the game she said, "go, go, why are you still here". My asst Principal was teh same way."oh yes, you can leave, and give a big who dat for me when you get there, yell loud" she said.
She also aloud me to come in late on Tuesday, as I am off 1st period.
So I did leave early, headed to the Dell and met up with the SD. Slipped out of my teacher gear and into the lucky shirt and was ready to go. But before we could go the SD realized that he forgot his lucky saints jacket in Moms car. It wasn't an option, we had to go across town to get it. By the way, it does get a little chilly in the Dome, whoever does the AC there is a a beast. We got downtown about 5pm, gates wouldn't open till 5:30. We milled around outside the Dome taking in the sights of crazy and excited saints fans. It was an electric atmosphere.
I was at the Monday night game against the Falcons after Katrina, and I have never experienced anything like that. This was different, people at this game were just excited for the game to be played, for opening kickoff to happen, for the team to actually be at work.The excitement this time wasn't about returning home. This time it was about the battle to come, and Saints fans were ready for war.
I'm not gonna get into the details of the game, but the attitude of the fans has definitly changed in New Orleans. I have been to many games where the Saints look good and the fans cheer hard, but still fear a let down at the end. Those days are gone. At the two games I've been to in person this season the attitude is completely different (as it is also withpeople I have watched the games with on tv). Even when things are not going our way, Saints believe that there team will find a way. I was thinking about this. Why have our attitudes changed? simple, watch the game. Drew Brees never gives up. Vilma never gives up. No one in black and gold ever gives up. Remeber the Miami game? we were getting killed. did they panic? No, the got back up and went to work. Did we panic when we went down to the Patriots? No. We got back up and went to work, and we worked hard. 38-17, Damn Good!
To me that's what it's all about. Football is ultimately a game. But the lesson applies. Surround yourself with people who are willing to work hard, surround yourself with people who don' t give up and you will be successful. Will you win everytime? No, but life, unlike football doesn't have an off-season. Gametime is year round. You are the Drew Brees of your team, you are the Darren Sharper of your team. Go to work, work hard. If you get sacked for a loss get up and throw one to the endzone. But don't be like the Patriots and give up with 5 minutes left in the game. Fight on my Saintly friends.
Congrats to our boys in black and gold. We are so proud of you. You make us proud of ourselves and our hometown. Nowhere is the connection between a team and its fans as strong as it is here in New Orleans.
Who Dat say they gonna beat US Saints?
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