Playing Catch-up

Well, its been awhile! We finally are calming down after a busy month and I feel like I can finally catch up on some stuff! Between 2 weddings, 2 bridal showers, 2 receptions, a cake class, making my first wedding cake, lots of family fun and then a much needed week of relaxing at the Oregon Coast, I think its safe to say we were busy!

So be prepared for a few posts over the next few days... most likely in random order!

Are you Ready?????????

Can you fell it???? OH YES IT MUST BE!!! Its a mere 1 day away to College Football!! WHOOHOOO!!!!! I LOVE college football; and what better way to start the year off with the first game being BOISE STATE against OREGON on the Wonderful BLUE TURF. (Ok I know, enough with the Cap letters, but I am THAT excited! WOOOHOOO!!! )

Ahhh beautiful.....

For those of you lucky enough to get a ticket to the game and wondering what color you are supposed to wear. ... check this out

For those of you who haven't ever experienced the blue turf in person and wondering if the fans actually follow the pattern indicated the answer is YES!!! Here is a picture from a previous televised game :

The colors schemes change for each televised games; sometimes one half of the stadium is all blue while the other is orange, while sometimes its all blue (like when they play Oregon State) or all Orange. Its pretty much a requirement as a Bronco Fan to own apparel in all Colors. Here's another color scheme...

Amazing!

Have you ever wondered why the field is blue? Most Boise fans know the story, but I tell ya, I get asked a lot so here it goes:


BOISE, Idaho (AP) -Twenty years after the Smurf Turf made its debut, Boise State's blue football field remains an eye-catcher.

And that's exactly what Gene Bleymaier hoped for when he came up with the idea of dying the artificial turf at Bronco Stadium.

"I guess that I'm the type of person that when I paint my house I paint it a different color so the neighbors notice you did something," said Bleymaier, in his 24th year as Boise State's athletic director.

Bleymaier was the driving force behind Boise State's blue football field, which has grown into a tourist attraction rivaling potatoes for popularity in Idaho.

Two decades later, the only non-green field is the subject of rumors and myths, opposition complaints, and pride for Boise State's players.

Bleymaier brainstormed the idea flying home from the NCAA convention in January 1986 and decided if the school was going to pay $750,000 for a new playing surface, it was going to be blue.

"I was just thinking about what we could do and how disappointed I was going to be if we just put in another green field we had seen for 15 years," Bleymaier said.

With the idea in hand, Bleymaier's next trick was getting university approval. He went straight to then president John Keiser and presented his plan, highlighting that a blue field would give the school some notoriety and an unusual home-field advantage.
Keiser went along with Bleymaier's idea and the pair kept the plan quiet until the day it was announced to the public. This was not a proposal the duo wanted available for debate.


"I knew that I couldn't talk about it because it would get blown out of the water. I would not get the support," Bleymaier said. "Really, it was kept pretty much between him and me until we actually announced it. Then, of course, there was all sorts of reaction."

The current field is the third blue surface. Twenty years after its debut, no one can envision a green field returning.

"I can't tell you how many times we get knocks on the door, with people saying, 'I'm from out of town, I'm here for the weekend, I've got to walk on the blue turf,"' Bleymaier said.



Did you know BSU has 6, that's right 6, games on National TV this year? Oh its a wonderful thing for out of state fans like myself!

Although I have a much more important event to attend to tomorrow night, the wedding of my brother in law, you can bet I will be racing home afterwards to watch the game, which is likely the biggest home game in BSU history (thank goodness for the DVR!!!!).

GO BRONCOS!!!!!

Button Up Your Finances!

Sound cheesy? Well its Adam's new radio show! Yes, Adam goes live on the radio, starting Tomorrow (Tuesday) night. Crazy stuff huh? Anyway, for any of you locals that want to check him out tune into AM station 1100 at 7:30 pm Tuesday (Website here) . He'll be on for several weeks promoting insurance, finance and other investment tools.

The title is pretty corny, but actually pretty clever and catchy. Adam's boss came up with it and it just makes me giggle when I hear it. HA!

Final Fondant Cake!

OK, not my final cake I'll ever make, but the finally cake for my Wilton Fondant Class. This class was so fun and I learned so many tricks and tips.


Since we had been eating way too much cake, I took it to work where it got gobbled up, some people even said it was the best cake they ever ate.... while I highly doubt that it was still nice to hear! Who would have thought you could add a few extra ingredients to a normal box cake mix and make it so much better! The real shocker was how many people ate and actually LIKED the Fondant. Sick. It was just the Wilton stuff and I told people that didn't have to eat it, but they did anyway. One of my coworkers even ate one of the dried up gum past flowers. Some people will eat anything!

Kitchen appliance, re-defined.......

Well sort of.... Have you ever owned something and LOVED it only to find out after a long time and many uses that it was EVEN BETTER than you had originally thought? So goes the story of the Bosch Food Processor Plus....


When Adam and I got married, we started combining our kitchen items, and well, obviously I had much much more, but what he had was a Bosch Food Processor. Now I also had a food processor, but it wasn't a Bosch, so I got rid of it and promptly began to use the Bosch. Well this Bosch is sweet, it has a Blender (which is the only thing Adam had ever used it for prior), it also has a juicer attachment and of course the traditional food processing accessories. See all the fun stuff?

This isn't my exact model, but its pretty close. I also have a Kitchenaid which I LOVE as well. As I recently purchased our wheat grinder, I've made bread a few times, but most of the recipes make 2 or more loaves, and my Kitchenaid tends to overheat when kneading multiple loaves. Well, I was talking to my soon to be Sister in Law Julie this weekend and she told me all I needed to do was probably add the bowl to the processor in order to use it as a mixer.


Well, naturally I was stoked and the next day started searching the Internet for any info on my machine I could find and what I could add to it (Adam doesn't have the manual, or I just can't find it). I couldn't find much (this model isn't made anymore), but finally came across the user manual and guess what?! This machine already came with a dough hook! I just didn't know it when I first looked at it (doesn't resemble the Kitchenaid hook).So I am completely ecstatic, but at the same time mystified that I have been using this machine for over a year without knowing its full potential. I tested it out tonight and it kneaded a 3 loaf recipe just great! No over heating or anything! WOOHOO!!!!! Don't worry, the Kitchenaid still holds a prized spot on my kitchen counter and will continue to be highly used... just not for multiple loaves of bread!