Baby it's cold outside

Brr.

Chuck Berry Tickets & My New Do

I bought tickets they day they went on sale!

I am going to Chuck Berry at The Pageant on March 27th.

I also got my hair cut today!

BB King & Buddy Guy

Since I've decided to go to more concerts this year, I bought myself a floor ticket to B.B. King and Buddy Guy at the Family Arena on February 18th.

Resolved

I don't usually make New Year's Resolutions. I do tend to eat a little better in January to atone for the "since Thanksgiving sweets binge" I go on every year.

This year, however, I am resolving to go to more concerts.

I had asked for Monster's Ball tickets before the concert was even officially announced. I would gladly trade all of my Christmas gifts for this one small thing.

Now tickets are unobtainable to mortal beings.

So I officially decided yesterday that I was not going to miss any more concerts I want to see this year. I don't need to drag Dennis along. I can get much better seats if I buy a single.

The Frozen Tundra

We used our Cracker Barrel gift certificates for lunch today. This is still not a place I'd choose in my own town with my own money, but it wasn't a terrible experience either. I always equate Cracker Barrel with Denny's for some reason. It is road trip food to me.

After we ate too much, we went back to the lease to hunt the last day of youth season. It is really too cold to sit for hours, so we did some quick paced still hunting today. Basically we told Chris to take the .30-30 and lead us down the paths around the farm. I think the deer were bedded down in the warmest spots they could find, but you never know when you might kick one up out of bed.

We didn't see anything again, but Chris kept at it until the sun went down. We got a good walking tour of the property with all of the foilage down, and we did see pleanty of sign that proves there have been deer out and about since the last big rain storm. The ground is frozen solid now, so there weren't any real fresh signs to point out.

Brrrr, cold hunting

Chris went out today for the second youth season. It is bleeding cold outside! We sat from about 4:00 to sundown, wearing what felt like every piece of clothing we own.

No deer were crazy enough to be out in this weather!

Black eyed peas & greens

We're having black eyed peas and greens for good luck this year.

Greens are the same recipe as before, but these have a lot more flavor. I did one bundle of collards and one of mustard greens, since I could not settle on two good looking bunches of one kind.

The black eyed peas come from Southern Plate. Chris ate them up, but wouldn't do the greens. Everyone else leaned towards the greens.



I also made this Hillbilly Pie for dessert. My Grandma used to make this, but we never called it that!