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Howdy Folks!
It's Wednesday! Are you as excited as I am? We have a huge weekend planned starting with:
Texas State Fair:
If you have never been to the Texas Stare Fair you are missing out!
Mostly on a heart attack! They have every version of anything fried you could possibly ever want and dream of including things nobody ever dreamed of frying. You can thank the State Fair people for frying Oreos, Twinkies, S'mores, Mac and Cheese, an aside here, why does Mac and Cheese need to be fried? It was perfect before, right? I mean, sure, that crispy crust is delicious and I am sure it just takes it to another level, probably cardiac arrest, but come on, Mac and Cheese is probably what God sent down from heaven as Manna. Who's with me. I mean, Manna from Heaven surely had to be something very close to Mac and Cheese.
Anyway, now that I have completely gotten side tracked by my Mac and Cheese love, let me remind you that all things bacon come in second only to mac and cheese...wait there is bacon mac and cheese. Me? I am looking forward to trying the new bacon margarita because what my margaritas have been missing my entire life is pork fat!
So aside from my fixation lately with the Texas State Fair, my pins have run in two simple directions food and alcohol! You see I am ready for fall but I don't like pumpkin anything. Instead I prefer apples, cider, and salted caramel. Well imagine my joy when I was shopping for a birthday present at the local liquor establishment and ran across Caramel Apple Vodka!
Adult Beverages
Now I have an entire new "adult beverage" board which leans heavily toward the caramel, salted caramel, and caramel apple theme. :)
Just yum! I have been under the weather all week so I have had zero tolerance for alcohol or food or breathing.
Texas Rangers:
My Rangers are still fighting to win the West and it is going to come down to the last series of the season with the HATED Angels of California. *Yes, I know they don't go by California Angels anymore but I refuse to change. Period.
My husband and I may seriously be forced to watch games in different rooms if he doesn't quit being so negative. Only I am allowed to be negative, darn it! I mean, I try really hard to leave him alone if I don't have anything nice to say about his beloved Cowboys. REALLY!
I love this set of signs so much I think I am going to make them for my spare bedroom which is rapidly becoming my sports bedroom. I have plans for a new=old full size bed in dark grey or dark blue and light grey walls for this room so it will work for all my teams but it will lean heavily on the Rangers, ND Fighting Irish, and Texas Longhorn side because I have so much....and I mean so very much stuff.
This has basically become my go to Tweet for the Rangers this season. I post it a lot lately.
Think of all the money my Hubs could have saved if only we had known we could get a Rangers engagement set! LOL You know, I could easily make this work for my right hand!!!
These are so not practical for the Ballpark in Arlington but they are so darn cute! I have a good friend who would love these. Yes Tricia, I mean you. Your shoe wardrobe is missing these and you would actually wear them to RBIA because you are just that girl.
Randoms:
Yeah, I am not much for PC these days. Count me out on caring if I offend someone's feelings because usually me being required to care about someone's fragile ego means I have to give up some right I am guaranteed under the Constitution of the United States of America and that just doesn't really sit well with me in my grumpy old age.
My grandfather, God rest his soul, told me 20 years ago, "I am done with worrying about this country. It is your problem now." I really want to say, no thank you Grandpa. Don't get me wrong, he earned the right to be done. He was in World War II. He lived his life, paid his taxes, raised his family, worked his job and his farm both. He earned his right to be done. I am just not sure that either of my grandfathers would like much where this country has gone. They would tell you to stop feeling so much and pull yourself up by the boot straps and get to work. As, I believe, most World War II vets would tell you. There is a reason they were the Greatest Generation. They didn't waste time, they got to work!
Food:
I made a version of this and it was mighty fine. Not as good as my poppers themselves but a lot easier on my hands!
God forgive me, but I am tired of hamburgers and tacos. I am ready for soup, casserole, and pot roast. Come on cold weather. BTW, my hubby, stud that he is in the kitchen, makes THE most incredible pot roast. I am drooling just thinking about it! I still prefer my pasta but I will gladly never make anything pot roast related again.
And back to my fall inspiration. Pears and Apples. Actually, I have been baking with Pears for the last couple weeks. This is a Apple-Pear coffee cake. YUM!
Okay that is it for my Have a Pinteresting Wednesday post. By this time next week, God Willing, the Texas Rangers will be AL West Champs. Pray for me. Pray for them. Pray for 4 wins this week so there is no question!!!
GO RANGERS!!!
