American Idol Finals!

Yeah um... I forgot to vote last night. I watched AI at the normal time (no DVR) and thought to myself, I have four hours to vote. I'll wait two hours then vote so I'll get through...then I forgot and remembered around midnight while I was asleep in bed. Then I had this amazing dream that Kris fell in love with me and we had this secret love affair. It was great, and by the way I wasn't married in this dream... so I didn't dream cheat. OK so on to the important things.

Kris had an amazing night minus the last song that Kara co-wrote. It wasn't very good. It was really lame and way to high for either singer. The fact that whoever wins has to use this song as their first single, really makes me sad. It's really not either one of their styles. Kris' first song was AMAZING. He is so musically talented. The fact that he can play the guitar AND piano really makes me like him even more.

Adam had a great night too minus the last song. The first song really creeped me out and I said to Amanda (who was at my house watching it) "He totally should have played Edward in Twilight" Then Randy said it reminded him of Twilight so It wasn't just me thinking that. It was so creepy with the trench coat and the fog. The trench coat made me think he was going to pull out a rifle at any minute and start shooting and the fog made me think he was walking through a graveyard. And I didn't realize that Adam didn't blink until BooMama pointed it out. Oh my gosh it all makes since now! Adam IS a Vampire! I wonder how old he really is...I bet he isn't a vegetarian vampire either...I wonder if he has a human lover! Oh this is too much! (All references to Twilight)

OK so anyway back to real life. I thought Adam's second song sucked. He sang it on key and didn't miss a note but obviously this isn't Adam's genre and his voice sounded really weird with that type of music. The producers really shouldn't have picked this song for the finale for Adam. I really enjoyed Kris' second song. I agreed that it was a little light for the finale but then again, the producers picked the song so what was he supposed to do with it? Make it a ballad??

Over all I think both guys did great. I think Kris is more of the "idol" type and Adam is more of a rock guy. Adam should go on Broadway and leave the mainstream pop to Kris. I can't wait until tonight. I think we are going to the Peabody downtown in Little Rock to watch the finale! Go Kris!

Working for the weekend

What a weekend! My camera was left in my friend Charity's car so I'll post pictures later. Five of us girls went to see Kenny Chesney and Miranda Lambert in concert. It was Amazing! We had a blast. I spent Friday night with the dogs and Sunday relaxing and cleaning house. Sean went all over the region this weekend from Rodeo to Rodeo. I think he came out ahead a little bit so that's good! He placed 4th down in Carthage TX, and finished 3rd in one round in a Jackpot he went to in Checotah Oklahoma. Out of 70 something bulldoggers Sean finished 5th after 4 steers. The top 12 went on to compete in the short go and Sean drew a really bad steer and was pushed out of the money. I'm really proud of him though because most of the guys in the top 12 were Professionals.

I really thought for Memorial Day we'd have a nice slow weekend but apparently not. We're going to three more rodeo's from Conway, AR to Talihina, OK and then to Paris, TX. Or so Sean says, there's probably a few more along the way that he's forgetting to tell me about. He did that last time we went to rodeo for the weekend like this. So I have a weekend full of stinky boys ahead of me!! Yay, can't wait.

Sympathy is for the Birds!

Some of you may think this post is a little sadistic since I show pictures about geese and tell how graceful they are then turn around and tell you how to eat them. Ha! Sorry that's how we live on the Circle T we hunt animals, then we eat them!

The last few months I've had some back yard visitors. They come every afternoon and walk around with the cows. They are so pretty and graceful. Yesterday we had two other geese come fly to the pond behind my house and the two geese in my back yard started honking and fluffing up their feathers and flapping their wings. It was fun to watch.

I watched them for a long time, then Banjo decided to go investigate...

...and they flew off.

Sean loves to duck and goose hunt. We had a bunch of duck and goose meat in the meat freezer in his mom and dad's storage building. We also had my first deer skin in the freezer we were going to have tanned, a huge red fox Sean was going to mount, and a mallard and hen we were going to mount, along with a bunch of duck wings that we were going to train Birdie with. Someone accidentally unplugged the freezer and when Sean went over there to get some bird wings, he almost fainted from the smell, everything was ruined! He and I both were so disappointed because I love duck and goose meat. I have a great recipe for goose burgers I found in the Ducks Unlimited Magazine. For those of you who think that duck and goose is too gamey, this recipe will blow you away! It is amazing how great these burgers taste, not at all gamey and not at all tough and actually pretty juicy.

Goose Burgers

1/3 pound patties

Prep Time: 15 Minutes

Cook Time: less than 10 Minutes

Serves: 4

Ingredients:

2-3 skinless goose breast fillets, cut into one-inch pieces

1/4 pound smoked bacon, diced

1 cup canned diced tomato, drained

1 tablespoon sweet pickle relish

1 egg

1/2 cup Italian breadcrumbs (since I'm gluten free I used gluten free
breadcrumbs)

1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

1/3 teaspoon of table salt

First place the goose breast pieces in a food processor. Pulse a few times
until the meat is thoroughly ground. If you don't have a food processor just
chop the meat very finely with a knife.

Second, in a large bowl, combine the ground goose with the next six
ingredients and mix well. Add breadcrumbs, salt, and pepper, and mix until firm
enough to hold together in patties. Form into 3/4 inch thick patties.

Place on a medium-hot grill or in a hot skillet and brown evenly on both
sides to desired doneness, about four minutes per side, place cheese on top to
until melted, and serve with hamburger buns and all the condiments!

Since all our goose meat was ruined the last time I made this I used
hamburger meat instead and it was still delicious. Sean loves spicy stuff so i
chopped up some jalapenos and mixed them in too, it made it so much better!

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My Extra Bedroom

OK so I'm a day late on posting my extra bed room but oh well! I have two extra bed rooms. One is Sean's hunting room and it will have a bed but it isn't finished yet. The other one I have converted into a "closet" this is the room I am featuring today since my extra bed room isn't finished. Below is my "Closet". My bedroom has a tiny closet so I converted the extra bedroom into a bigger one. I also painted the "closet" red because the previous owner had painted the bed room purple for her little girls and had a big tree painted in one corner and grass and flowers around the baseboard. I had to use a dark color to cover the dark color that was already there so I chose this color-brick hearth.

This is my computer desk. I like that you can close the doors, otherwise it would look like the picture below this one all the time.

Below is where I get ready every morning. I got the Mirror at the Resale shop for $20! The table is where I put on my makeup in the morning. I got it at the resale shop too for only $15 dollars. It's an old sewing machine table. I'm pretty sure this mirror was the best idea ever! I love being able to see what I look like in the mornings before work, plus it makes the room appear bigger.

Just in case you didn't notice, I like clothes. My actual closet in my "closet" filled quickly so I set up clothes racks and hung my t-shirts and work clothes on them.

This is a zoom of the shadow box above my jewelry box. I made this right after we moved into the house because I wanted to display all our wedding keep sakes.

I found this pants rack and shoe rack in a magazine and thought it was pretty neat, it only cost 30 dollars for the pair!Can you tell I like shoes too!?

Well that's my "closet." I really hope we don't have children anytime soon because I don't know where I'll put all this stuff!