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As far as activities go, this week is moving along a little slower. Today is Martin Luther King day so no activities are planned. Sara and the kids got to spend the day at home. I had to go to work. Spending tonight dubbing off video for the basketball project I'm working on. While that task rolls (at 50 minutes per game), I'm finally able to catch up on some reading in the magazines I picked up while in Las Vegas last month.

A self-portrait of sorts

A rare night off. Relaxing...enjoying the 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards with the carcass of a Winnie the Pooh stuffed animal in the background. Sonny is not always the tidiest of dogs.

Behind the bench

What an exciting basketball game this was! The Oklahoma State Cowgirls hosted the Kansas State Wildcats...two pretty-much equally matched teams. Good reason to be a little nervous for this game. OSU won the game 66-56 and are now 3-0 in Big XII conference play!

A family member provides these tickets for us whenever we want them so it's a nice perk and ALOT of fun to sit behind the bench. I couldn't decide which picture should be tonight's picture so...you're getting a triple-shot!

These were taken during a time-out midway through the first half. Above, we have the coaches talking to the team just to my left...

...then there's the OSU Pom Squad and cheerleaders over to my right. That's the amazing Kevin Gum & remarkable Casey Kendrick, radio voices for the OSU Cowgirls, sitting down at the media desk on the left.

Then there's my trusty Zune, right by my side, giving me all of the exciting play-by-play action.

Final piece

Believe me, I tried everything in my power to avoid another food or basketball picture. Thus goes the life of a family with two children who are active in sports. This is the funk we're in right now and I have to roll with it. All I can do is change perspective of the same 'ol same 'ol. At least I have that. Oh, and one more piece of pizza.

REDUNDANCY ALERT!!! Fair warning...tomorrow, we'll be at another basketball game. But this time, it's the Big XII! The Oklahoma State Cowgirls vs. the Kansas State Wildcats. It's gonna be a barn-burner! Check back. We'll be wearing some of that new orange.

Up, up, on your feet!

If you guessed tonight's picture would consist of either food or basketball, you're right. Tonight it was basketball.

Standing behind the video camera, I'm running out of options of what this cell-phone camera can do. And it's difficult to take too much time to capture an interesting perspective or something new to click a photo of. So tonight, you get the 7th grade cheerleaders performing a stunt while they cheer. The other half of the squad is to the right of the picture. Couldn't get them all because my back was literally against a wall and I was surrounded by parents who were ready to go home by this time. I'm sure they didn't want the weird camera guy taking pictures of them after a day that had fallen into the "too long" category.

My friend, Fair Weather Runner, requested a crowd shot with someone eating popcorn, but I just couldn't get it done tonight. Maybe next week. Hey, we're only half-way through the season. There's still a chance!

Cornbread and a smile

So I'm only 13 days into this and you're probably beginning to think that all we do is eat and watch basketball. Well, it kind of feels that way, too. With two kids in the sport and a Big XII team to support (it's a family thing), shuffling between practices and games only leaves time for two other things...eating and sleeping. Since we're not usually sleeping at 7:15PM, that leaves eating and basketball this time of year.

Tonight, Amber helped out in the kitchen and made the most amazing cornbread muffins. They were dee-lish! So, tonight she is the star of the blog! I would buy a bag of them and pay 25¢ a piece. That's quite a profit when the mix cost less than a dollar.

Cincinatti-style Chili

Sunday night, we were watching a show on the Travel Channel called "101 Tastiest Places to Chowdown". At #65 was this place in Ohio called Camp Washington Chili. They kept talking about Cincinatti style chili, and all it is is chili on top of spaghetti noodles. If you get cheese on it, it's called a three-way. Add beans to the chili, it's a four-way. Add onions, it's a five-way.

We realized we had some leftover chili in the fridge, so instead of putting it on top of a hot dog, we thought we'd give spaghetti a shot. It wasn't bad! It was a nice departure from the old frank. Sadly, Sonny was only able to gaze upon our italiany-cheesy-chili goodness. Poor puppy.