Fantastic Thursday

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, Please welcome...your victorious Kansas State Wildcats! Wow, what a beat-down my Wildcats issued the Gayhawks of KU. 59 to 7...enough said. Here I am towards the end of the game doing the Willie K-S-U-Wildcats thing with my trusty Rolling Rock in hand.
we had a burrito bar for eats...everyone chipped in with a dish. we rented a projection machine & one of our guys has a DJ sound system, so we had a 14' x 14' image of the game thrown up on a garage door in the shop...it was awesome!!! sat around with full bellies and coolers of beverages on lawn chairs and cheered our Wildcats to victory...it was great!
during the day of the game, me being "civil" to a fellow "misguided" KU fan employee (their are 2 in our 20 person workforce) check out the "way cool" fatigues i got this year for games! i'll be wearing them in Manhattan when i go up for the Texas game. it was a gooood day!

Annie

poor little annie! she has an owwie on her passenger front, and we have to put triple antibiotic & hydrocortisone on it, which she promptly licks off. so we tried the self-adhering elastic wrap and she surprised us...she didn't chew it off and its been on almost 24 hours! way to go, girl corgi!

Lazy, Rainy Sunday afternoon

what else do you do on a lazy, rainy Sunday afternoon...we lounge in the front room watching Ghostbusters on the A&E channel and enjoy a plate of sharp cheddar with our favorite wine, a 2008 Piesporter Michelsberg from the Schmitt Sohne vintners. Ahhhh, relaxation...

SUNDAY'S RECIPE

OATMEAL BREAD FOR THE BREADMAKER

Add ingredients in this order: 1-1/4 cup boiling water, 1 TBSP butter, 1/4 cup brown sugar, 1/2 TBSP salt, 1/2 cup oatmeal, 1/4 cup whole wheat flour, 1 TBSP gluten and/or 1 TBSP cornmeal, 3-1/4 cup flour, 1-1/4 tsp yeast.

Turn bread machine to Dough only setting and walk away. When bread has mixed, kneaded, and rose, turn out and roll up tight, place into greased bread pan-cover with towel and let rise in warm place. Bake in 350 degree oven for 25 minutes.

Sutton comes for a visit...

everyone watching Sutton, including the hounds, to see if he can roll over yet.(sorry, no dice)
Sutton wanted to sit on the arm rail of our deck, so we gave him the chance. He did make a remark about "ahbmphf reee"... must have meant" what a beautiful evening for dinner on the deck"

A Good Day....

what a great day it is today, P.T.L.! what is a good day?...

- a load of fresh washed socks & underwear drying on the line

- a beautiful, crisp, clear Sunday morning of temps in the high 50's to low 60's

-the quietness of a Sunday morning to meditate & give thanks



-a nice fire going in the chimenea with a fresh cut pile of firewood

-fresh overseeded lawn coming up nicely

- a great lunch of a chuckwagon sandwich (big burger bun, chicken-fried steak, lettuce, tomato, onion & mayo) and beans n' fruit (pork 'n beans, bbq sauce, chopped raisins/apples/onion, and brown sugar)

WOW, what a great day! b.t.w.- the poppers last nite were outstanding!

SUNDAY'S RECIPE

Bob's Jalapeno Poppers

24 fresh jalapenos, top cut off and seeds/veins removed, 1/2 cup soy sauce, 2 TBSP brown sugar, 5 oz. can whole water chestnuts, 1-1/2 pkg cream or neufachel cheese, 1 lb bacon, slices cut in half

Open and drain can of water chestnuts. Mix soy sauce & brown sugar well, dump chestnuts in and marinate 4-8 hours. After cleaning jalapenos, spoon 1-2 tsp of cheese in each, shove in a marinated water chestnut, then top with more cream cheese. Wrap each with 1/2 slice of bacon, stand up in popper rack (really helps if you have one...i borrowed Bob's). Bake at 350 degrees for 45-60 minutes, till bacon looks well cooked.

I don't claim to be a popper expert, but I've tasted a few in my time...these are the best I've had. You can also grill them if you want, be very careful not to burn with the bacon dripping onto the coals.