A Football Prayer

Dear football gods,
Please let us win! Please let us go to the Super Bowl! I can't handle a repeat of January 17, 1999. Thank you that Gary Anderson won't be kicking, (no, i'm still not over it). Thank you that we have a great team. Sorry I doubted the whole Favre thing. I'm on the bandwagon. Oh Please Oh Please Oh Please let us WIN!!!

GO VIKINGS!!!!

Amazing Women!

I spend a lot of time on my blog talking about ME! Yep, lil' ol' egocentric moi! So today I am going to do a shout out to some very special ladies... I hope you stop by their blogs and say hi!

The first one is an amazing lady name Susan. I heard about her and her story through my friend Beth. Sue is Beth's cousin, has gone through some difficult times with cancer. She recently had surgery... and it wasn't an easy one. She had to have cancer removed from her sinus cavity in her face. Please stop by and say hello to her here! She could use some "company" and happy wishes\prayers during her recovery! :)

The second lady is my blogging pal Michelle. I "met" her through Tuesday's with Dorie. Last year she sent me an AWESOME Christmas care package! Recently, she was deployed to Iraq to serve our country... only to find out... she was pregnant! Now she is back home, still serving in active military duty and living far away from her hubby who is serving in Iraq. Wow! She is amazing! Visit her here.

And of course I can't forgot about my most favorite blogger, Stephanie Nielson. She just went through more skin graft surgeries for her burns. I talk about her lots, but if you've never visited her blog you can check out Nie Nie here.

Spread some love around!

(comments have been turned off... now go do some visiting! ;)

Try Try Again...

I woke up this morning and decided to be in a good mood. The other day at work someone said I was always so nice and chipper. I don't feel that way. Today I made the choice to be happy. It's been a good day. It's amazing what happens when you give yourself a little attitude adjustment.

I have been doing fairly good on my 7 new years resolutions. I've been baking, writing real letters, reading, and crafting. But not as good as I hoped, so I'm going to try try again.

I keep hearing the line, "If at first you don't succeed, Try, try again."

But for the life of me I can't remember where that is from? A movie? A cartoon? Can somebody help me?

The next thing I am going to try try again at is, Running. I used to run, I didn't love it, but I considered myself a runner. I ran races and a marathon. I stopped after the marathon. So I have set a goal to run a 5k by June. I am going to pick a race, enter it, train for it and run it sometime this spring! I will keep you posted on my daily progress. The last race I ran was 8 years ago! So there ya go... Try Try Again.

Okay, If you were wondering, cause I know you were, if i ate at a buffet in Vegas, this should hopefully answer your question:

I don't mess around when it comes to Buffets!

....I will NOT be eating like this during my training.***

***(I will TRY to not eat like that during my training)

TWD ~ Chocolate Oatmeal Almost-Candy Bars

Despite the fact that I had a crazy weekend and turned another year older, I knew I had to make these bars! They just sounded too yummy to pass up! I followed the recipe, except that i didn't add the raisins. I also used buttered toffee peanuts instead of salted peanuts. This was done in a three layer process. Bottom layer was cookie\oatmeal\peanut base. Followed by a chocolate\sweetened condensed milk (i used non fat!)\peanut layer. The last layer was the oatmeal dough sprinkled over the bars. Super easy, very quick. Dorie recommends you serve these bad boys cold, but I just couldn't wait! I'm so glad I didn't! They were super duper delicious!

My Fabulous Weekend!

What Happens in Vegas, Stays in Vegas!

Including:

Bumpits

Fake Tattoos & Fake Eyelashes

Seriously, it was a fabulous trip! Lots of fun & lots of laughs! I was happy to win $90 on a slot machine, with a $10 lucky bill I found on the ground! Every night was a new adventure, including the Saturday that turned into Sunday that turned into my Birthday! 33 big ones! I spent part of my birthday singing, dancing, playing slots, on an airplane, sleeping, going out for Pad Thai and seeing Romeo + Juliet at the Guthrie. It was a great day! I'm happy.

a smorgasbord post

I have lots to say, but little time to say it.Tonight I will be leaving for Vegas! whoo whee! First I have to get through this work day. Then I can get my Oompa Loompa Mystic Spray Tan and a new pair of False Eyelashes. I want to look as unlike myself as possible.

But first things first, there are a few things I wanted to share before I leave.

I made Healthy Hot and Crunchy Chicken Cones with Mango - Jalapeno Slaw for dinner the other night. You can find the recipe here. (On that cool girl Teanna's blog) It was one of the best meals I've made in awhile! Extra spicy too!

I made Asian Style Beef Short Ribs in the Crock Pot last night. (recipe found here)They were good, but I don't like how fatty short ribs are. Like my thighs. Which by the way I heard cause people to live longer. I'm going to live forever then!!!!

I also made some cupcakes!



I'm in LOVE with photos that have these cute little heart lights all over. How do they do this? You can find the tutorial here! I might even try my hand at this in Vegas!

(photos courtesy of make do and mend)

Speaking of hearts... My heart and prayers go out to the victims of the Haiti earthquake. Such tragedy in an already burdened country.

And one last thing... I blogged over on If Life is a Highway. It's not light and chipper like this blog. It's just me being real. ugh. So don't say I didn't warn you.


Have a great weekend... I know I will.

TWD - Mrs. Vogel’s Scherben

I had great intentions of making this one, but I haven't been home since last Thursday night. This week is a little hectic, being that I leave for LAS VEGAS on Thursday! I'm so excited.

But I did want to make sure that you all check out one my favorite cooking blogs...

Teanna of Spork or Foon? picked today's recipe and she awesome! I've been following her blog for awhile now, and not only is she a great baker, she is very smart and funny too! Go check her out here!

If you are wondering what Scherben is, it's basically thin strips of fried dough! mmmmm! And then you sprinkle yummy things like powdered sugar or cinnamon sugar on them. Eventually I will make this recipe... and probably eat every last one!

Viva Las Vegas if you don't hear from me...