...we'd be eating 11 Turduckens during the SUPER BOWL!

A little color never hurt nobody.......

Last night was:
Lemon Pepper Chicken
Green Beans
Corn
Dessert
Sweet Tea

John Ellen Twig Jane Christian Kyle Michael Cameron Dallas Tom Alan Mary Rebecca Chris Laura Candace Eric Mike me

We had 3 pans of chicken and put Lemon Pepper on all of them, but on two of the pans me and Johnny Liverman put some Cajun seasoning on top, then a little Wesson oil (makes it crispier) and topped it off with some Texas Pete. They turned out the best.

Big turnout tonight. Sometimes the first of the month brings a smaller number of people but not always. We had about 30 at the first stop and there were about 15 people waiting for us when we got to the Mercy House, before those guys had come out. Altogether, maybe 80+.

We had lots of chicken but still ran out. We did, however have some spaghetti that Renee and Annie gave us when their BabyFast dinner was over and we passed that out until it was gone. Nobody went without, though. Everybody got a plate of something.

I wasn't here last week, so of course I missed stuff.
Anna passed out. She'd given blood earlier and just kind of keeled over. She's fine.
Twig tried to speed the thawing process of a bucket of chili. When the hot-water-in-the-sink method wasn't fast enough for him, he tried to slice it with the big meat slicer we have (think Jersey Mike's). Ask him how that went.

We have some folks with some very serious prayer needs.
Brien's father's health has gotten worse and they've called Hospice in. No timetable but we need to pray for him, her and the family.

Alan Dyer told us last night that His 82 yr. old mother had been diagnosed with cancer of the esophagus and because of her age there was nothing they could or would do. He and Mary will be with her in Pennsylvania next week.

My brother was in a motorcycle accident over the holidays. Scraped him up pretty good and broke his arm. Had to have surgery on it. One plate and 4 screws later he's okay. He looks like he lost a fight to someone with a cheese grater, though.

Started talking up the SUPER BOWL party last night with the guys.
The SUPER BOWL party is fun.
The Mercy House has a TV but it's small and everybody can't get around it to watch something. So we pick them up in the small bus and bring them back to church (a whopping 4 blocks!) and watch the SUPER BOWL on the big screen TV in the Youth room. 1st year we about 20. Last year about 30. This year? We'll see.

Last year we cooked chili and had some other hors d'oeuvres. (Didn't even have to spellcheck it! Don't act like you're not impressed.)
We'll do something similar again this year. Last year me and the McKnights made cocktail weiners wrapped in bacon and tossed with brown sugar, then put in the oven at 350 for about 15 minutes. The lasted about 5 minutes. Gotta double the amount this year. They're so good.

It's funny because the first year they were so quiet. We didn't know if it was because we were in the church or they were just nervous or being polite. I kept telling them to cheer and yell and talk junk, but had very little results. The only guy who really responded and got into it was Rodney and he stutters!

But last year they got into it more, cheering and whooping and hollering. Plus we had a great game. So I think this year it'll be the best one yet.

Clay Collier rolled up last night with 11 frozen turkeys for us. One of the girls who works at Pine Valley Country Club remembered that Clay and his girls help us on Tuesday nights and gave them to him to give to us. We appreciate that very much.

I think we'll thaw about 6 of them for next week and put them on the grill about 4:00. They'll come off about 7:30 and be good. A little mashed potatoes and some rolls.....all kinds of good.

We didn't do Turkeys for Thanksgiving this year, so it'll be cool having it in January.

Man, if somebody would donate 11 ducks, I'd go buy 11 chickens and.....