I'm Back!

We had a great Christmas going to Arkansas. We got rest, presents, and we ate. Boy did we eat. I am convinced that if I lived in the south I would be 50lbs heavier than I am now. I know that I drank my weight in Sonic sweet tea while I was there. The ice they put in those drinks is addictive.

I will say I came across something that I have never seen despite being exposed to southern cooking my whole life. Candied bacon! I am absolutely serious. Here's the recipe (just in case Kate and Kenny want to try it). You take bacon at room temperature, put it on a cookie sheet, cover it with brown sugar, and cook it in the oven at 350 degrees. When the bacon is done let it cool on the pan and let it harden into it's candied goodness.

My 2007 Roundup:
Zeke Isbell - 7/27/07 can't really top that.
Most listened to song for 2007 (according to my iTunes): How Great Is Our God - Chris Tomlin (57 times)
Favorite Album: Tie between MuteMath's self titled album and The Shins "Wincing the Night Away"
Best Movie I've Seen: Bourne Ultimatum
Best Kid Gift Ever: Get any three-year old these and you will be a hero. (check it)
Best Electronic Acquisition: 36" Sony CRT TV. Only weighs 95lbs...but it was free (thanks Matt).
Biggest Ministry Success: "Servtainment" where serving IS the entertainment for the youth rally. And taking ten teens to Honduras.
My Favorite Netflix Obsession: Watching "The Wire" season 1.
Biggest Beat-down: Facebook - It gets more complicated and overbearing everyday.
Biggest Let-down: This blog, I know it's been pretty lame the last six months, I intend for it to get better.

As 2008 gets underway our family is taking a radical step that's going to be pretty big for our family. We are selling our car. We have had the same car for the past ten years and have never been in the city without one. For a number of reasons we have decided that now is the time to sell it and go without one for a while. So is anyone interested in a 1997 Honda Civic, with radio and tape Deck and 126,000 miles on it let me know.