Kim Says

I got a new toy! I got a new toy!

Hubby is very bad at keeping secrets, but to his credit he claims that he had to give me the toy in order for us to read the directions and practice for the upcoming holidays (yeah right).

It’s a super cool Canon camcorder. HD and DPI and whatever other initials one needs to qualify as super cool. Hell, I’ll be lucky to figure out record and rewind.  (I am not too terribly technologically advanced don’t ya know)

But fair warning, once I get my paws on that thing, streaming video will be a regular sight on here. I can record the Cat and the Pig and any other furry thing that happens to cross my path…

I’ll try not to turn this thing into a XXX rating in the process.

Bow-chica-wah-wah!!!

Roll Tide Roll

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The mayor of Alabama’s largest city, Larry Langford, was arrested Monday on federal bribery and fraud charges connected to a multibillion-dollar sewer bond deal that has driven the surrounding county to the brink of bankruptcy.

Federal prosecutors in Birmingham said Langford, Montgomery investment banker Bill Blount and lobbyist Al LaPierre were charged in the 101-count indictment released Monday. The charges also include money laundering and filing false tax returns.

We can only hope he gets prosecuted to the fullest extent! Happy days are here again!

Kimmer is impressed with Bama this year. Was convinced Saban was the devil, but he keeps winning. (Maybe that’s why) As Boy says, “Pleased to meet you, hope you guess my name” (for sure) Well, Bama has now broken its curse of not winning the Iron Bowl. Suck it Auburn! But even as the only undefeated team, we still go into the game against Florida Gators as the underdog. How does that happen? We can only hope we have half as good a game as we did today. Hopefully, Tebow will fumble or get picked off a few times. And if Arenas gets his way, he will run one back in the first half. Man that would be awesome! So even though I am a fair weather Bama fan, I do hope they remain undefeated and can have a championship under their belts. That would be totally fab.  So get your houndstooth hat out, dust it off and channel Bear Bryant for next week. Saban might need a bit of luck to pull this season off. Roll Tide Roll!

Recently I had posed a question to some friends about what is the man-quivalent of sending flowers? For example, Hubby often runs to the local bodega for the obligatory gallon of milk and wamboozlers. While there, he often picks up a lovely bouquet of flowers that smells good and brings them home to me.  I find it really sweet that he was thinking of me and wanted to let me know in this manner. So, I wanted to be able to do the same for him, but just can’t seem to figure out what would be appropriate.  I am not a sweets kind of person, but he definitely is. One day I brought him home a pint of triple death-by-chocolate ice cream and he loved it. Ate every bite. Another time I brought home a bag of spice drops. Again, he loved it and ate every last one. He mentioned he had not had an apple pie in ages, so I found a recipe and we baked one together. He coated it in cool whip and finished it off.

Today my husband told me to stop showing my love for him or he would simply explode.

Help! Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?

After clearly too much college football on TV on Saturday, Hubby and I needed a reason to get out of the house. Any reason at all, we desperately needed to just go somewhere, anywhere. Therefore, here is where we went:

The world’s leading supplier of outdoor products is much more than a hunting and fishing store.  Part museum, art gallery, education, conservation and entertainment center, the 150,000 square-foot Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World in Leeds will also offer equipment for hiking, backpacking, camping, outdoor cooking and more.  Shoppers will find outdoor apparel for men, women and children, along with a fine selection of outdoor, casual and athletic footwear.  A gift and nature shop serves up a wide variety of outdoor-related items from lamps and dishes to bird feeders and furniture.

Now we are probably the last people to camp, kill things or hunt animals for sport but the commercials made such a big deal about this grand opening, that we had to go see for ourselves. It really is quite a destination. There are just as many displays as there are actual retail items. There are actual NASCAR cars and a mannequin pit crew; there are taxidermy animals of every shape and size in natural settings all over the place. There is an aquarium that holds these funky fish that actually look like they are dog paddling to stay afloat. (Is there really such thing as Dog Fish?) You can actually practice bow and arrow shooting in a special glass enclosed area.  This store also has a food court and hiking trails. Hubby fell hook, line and sinker for the fake ducks in the pond out front. I had to prove to him that they were decoys actually sold inside the store. There is an arcade shooting gallery for the kids and Pictures with Santa.

I think the most interesting thing about this visit was the people that flocked in and out the entire time we were there. Men showed up in their full camping/hunting/fishing camouflage regalia as if they were just stopping in on their way to collect another deer head for the mantel.

Anyway, two hours and $20 later, we emerged with a souvenir of our day trip and a new appreciation for a store that has launched an entire subdivision, shopping center, motel and gas station at an exit on I-20 that previously held nothing more memorable than a fireworks shop.

Re-reading this post it has dawned on me that I have become quite a bit more southern in year 11 of living in The Ham. I actually watch college football when I never cared for it before (other than the Ohio State v. Michigan game once per year). I have gone to an outdoorsman’s paradise for the fun of it and I have become a major fan of Dreamland barbeque. But please, please, please, if I ever say “fixin’ to” someone go to the Bass Pro Shop, get a nice piece of weaponry from the Fine Gun Department and mount me on your wall.