Take your daddy and GO~~

Can you believe it Lane Kiffin is leaving Knoxville to go back to USC..WHAT??

He marched into Knoxville armed with big talk and bigger plans to stockpile the nation's top recruits, take down Florida and turn Tennessee back into a national power. He did none of those things, yet somehow he's managed to land an even cushier job. The kick to all his movement is he has nothing to show for any of it.. he has no stats saying he is such a bad ass. Either way maybe TN can get Mike Leach as a coach since Texas Tech gave him such a raw deal this year. Then he and Vince Gill can hang out and play twinkies on the sidelines.

and the winner is....

Every time I say I am not watching these trash TV shows I get drug in somehow. One of my New Years Resolutions was to get away from the TV and start exercising. As we all know that is on hold for a few more months. So I went ahead and tuned into the Bachelor. I am not a fan of Jake nor do I think he is much to even look at but hey to each their own. I do however have several favorite girls (Tenly, Ali, and the chick from TN) that I was hoping would win his heart. BUT today I found out this is the winner... Vienna Girardi from Florida.I am still holding out hope that my source is SOOO wrong. Either way I am hoping by the final show I am at the gym during this time and not worried about trash TV..ugh how did I get to this place again??

Best Cookie in DA world~

Over the holidays, I discovered this recipe and Oh my goodness!! It would beat any cookie in any cookie bake off...for sure hands down. Because I am NOT a baker or any kind of cook and been out of commission for almost a month. The famous NaNa made these and I hear they are pretty time consuming. BUT either way they are delisssshhhh.

Macaroon Kisses
(Taste of Home)

1/3 cup butter, softened
3 ounces cream cheese, softened
¾ cup sugar
1 egg yolk
2 teaspoons almond extract
1 ½ cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
5 cups flaked coconut, divided
48 milk chocolate kisses (“Big Bag” allows you to double recipe)
Coarse sugar

In a large bowl, cream the butter, cream cheese and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg yolk and extract. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in 3 cups coconut. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour or until dough is easy to handle.

Roll into 1-inch balls and roll in the remaining coconut (roll again gently to prevent coconut from burning). Roll edges in coarse sugar. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets.

Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned. Immediately press a chocolate kiss into the center of each cookie; sprinkle with additional coarse sugar when chocolate softens about 2-3 minutes. Remove from cookie sheet to wire racks to cool completely. Recommend putting on rack in refrigerator before trying to store.

Tidal Wave

Ahhh how sweet it is...2 words.. ROLL TIDE. I was so excited Alabama won the game last night. We were for sure a house divided last night my husband and my oldest were going for the horns and the little one and myself were Roll Tide. I have to say I hated to see Colt get hurt how awful in his final game and it may have been a different game had he stayed in BUT he didn't. That little freshman did a stand up job trying to bring them back he had to be shaking in his boots out there, I looked for poo marks on his pants. After the game the local news station had the craziest crap roll out of their mouth I had ever heard... "a longhorn fan is probably pretty upset with Nick Sabin right now for running up the score" WHAT I was in shock he was on the 3 yard line of course he is going to make a touchdown.. and for the record last time I checked Mack Brown is notorious for this same practice but with much much more of a point spread. You know bad sportsmanship doesn't get people far and excuses sure don't... you lost!! Say it over and over and like it and move on.

Either way I still caught this super cute photo of my longhorns and I am still a Texas fan as long as they aren't playing a SEC team.

What a nice Surprise!~

I was laying on the couch today and a nice man knocked at my door and gave me this... What a nice surprise it was... I must be stir crazy at this point after almost 15 days of couch /bed that I almost cried. The lady that keeps my kiddos is soo soo sweet to send this to us.. I just love these arrangements too they are so dern yummy. Thanks for all the calls and well wishes... and the help. You never know how much you use your limbs until you go down like this...

UPDATE: All 20 stitches are OUT but still have about 2 weeks left of NO pressure on this foot. Not sure how this is all going to work out when help (wonderful Mom) leaves town. I got to thinking I sure brought last year in with a bang (a premature baby) and took it out with a bang too.. I am calling NO WHAMMIES this year... No WHAMMIES.

My 2 Cents

I don't usually vent about politics,not so much for your sake, but because my poor little brain may just explode if I begin worrying about the whole world's problems.

But about this Christmas Day bombing attempt...So I've been standing barefoot on cold, dirty linoleum, shuffling strollers, bags, laptops and babies in arms, measuring liquids into 3 oz bottles before securely ziplocing them into a TSA-approved baggie, waiting around for hours before flights and getting questioned like a terrorist at every checkpoint...but some Nigerian who was on watch lists, whose father warned us he was crazy, who paid cash for his ticket, didn't check bags, had his Visa denied in UK and studied in Yemen...he goes right through? Wearing women's underwear stuffed with explosives?After a decade, 2 wars, trillions of dollars, tens of thousands of lives lost, Americans terrorized (by the TSA, not the terrorists) here at home--
THIS IS WHERE WE ARE AT WITH THE WAR ON TERROR?
Damn!
I'm starting to think we are our own terror. We are going to get ourselves killed through our own rampant stupidity and misplaced priorities. Our own people are literally going hungry and dying and we're chasing this rag-tag group of idiots around the world (and we apparently suck at it) wasting more money we don't have while barely bothering to protect those here at home?And you know, flying is bad enough. What used to be somewhat of a luxurious treat is now akin to riding a Greyhound bus. I don't want to go through a full body scanner that will show me naked. I don't want to remain seated with no entertainment for an hour before landing. The thought that flying is most likely going to get even worse, as a result of our own inability to manage the rules put in place after the last attack attempt, is truly unbearable. I see road trips in my future.Anyway, I think it is safe to say that the war on terror is going just about as well as the war on drugs.

Resolutions!~

Happy New Year to you all!!~Although, I have been enjoing the holiday season from the couch this year. I had a ton of fun with my family here in town and of course it was full of laughs and fun times. It has really been a blessed year and so thankful for all my family and friends. Now to the resolutions.. I am not sure what my list is going to consist of this year the only one I have so far is NO cokes.. guess I need to finish working on my list huh?