Super Bowl Sunday at McKuster Ranch

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Giants - 20

Bills - 19
New Snow = 5 inches

Weather forecast for today in the Blue Mountain foothills is 3-5" of new snow, with more accumulation overnight.
I got up this morning about 3:30 to put another log on the fire, check on the cats, and saw that it was once again turning white outside. Kittee and I discussed last night about looking for a place/ arena to ride horses this morning/ early afternoon before game time. Since we don't drive our horses around on snow covered roads, now horseback riding is out of the picture for this day.

After our morning coffee by the fire, Kittee headed out to feed the herd while I prepared breakfast. Thereafter I did some update work on our ranch website, Kittee sit by the fire and read
over client files in preparation for her week to come.

About noon I started working on our Super Bowl party treats. Pulled out of the pantry our lunch of red beans, sausage and rice with cornbread and put this on the stove to re-heat. Hard to beat a batch of cured bean soup on a snowy winter's day.

At 12 o'clock - high noon- we popped beers in preparation for the game's screaming and shouting match.

Now Kittee and I, do not have TV connection with the outside world, so we have not followed football seasons/teams for a number of years, actually since we have been married. We just watch the Super Bowl on these particular day each year for the thrills of this game.
Today, Kittee will be routing for the Giants; I will be shouting at the Bills.

Usually for Super Bowl festivities we go out to our favorite local watering hole and watch their Big TV for the afternoon and have a brew or two, burger/fries with all kinds of party favorites that goes with the game. This year we decided to do something a bit different...
we are going to stay home, watch it snow, create our own Super Bowl Party and watch the game... here at the ranch house. Gee the Black Butt Porter really taste good, coming out of our 40° open-door mudroom this afternoon. After the mid-day feeding of horses and goats, we had an enjoyable walk back to and along the snow covered river bank. We talked about the next time it snows and the wind doesn't blow we should probably Pam a couple of horses' hooves and go for a snowfall ride up Cashe Hollow Rd, a rarely used wheat harvest road across from the ranch. Today it was really gorgeous walking along the river through the fresh fallen snow with air temperature about 40°, almost no breeze.
This snowy weather is becoming a regular Sunday event in our corner of the Pacific Northwest this year.

Snow is still pouring down hard outside as we go into the Super Bowl Pre-Game Countdown...

1:00 time to put another log on the fire and head out to feed the horses
2:30 we just got back from a snowy walk along the river
2:40 had lunch and getting ready for the 3:00 festivities
2:55 reset our husband/wife lounge in front of TV
3:00 we turn TV on watch pre-game, coin toss, and Whitney Houston sings the National Anthem
3:15 Kickoff of Super Bowl XXV - Bills win the coin toss, and chose to receive

Half-Time Score

Bills - 12
Giants - 10

This game had a great first half, that keeps Kittee and I shouting... do it this way, do it that way, watch out for the pass, etc., most of the way through it.

At half time it was time to go feed the herd so Kittee went out in the snow and took care of everybody and special fed Shaiela her mare and foal suppliment while I prepared our Super Bowl snack treats. Kittee found the first bite of my cajun fried chicken thighs a bit spicy, but she ate her fair share of them before we headed back to the game's second half. I thought the spicy thighs went very well with our beer and side dish of fresh veggies/dips.

Yep, these were spicy and hot chicken thighs.
Mmmm good--- Oh Baby, remember it's cold outside.

Today's game finished up around 8:30 this evening and with that we had a pretty full day. The Bill's lost the game by one point with the miss of a 47 yard field goal attempt in the last 5 seconds of the game. We feel that it was one of the best Super Bowls ever played, and even though Kittee and I had not followed any teams this season, this game was a good one for us to have chosen sides and rout, rout, rout for our team of the day.

So as we polished off the day, putting our Super Bowl XXV party stuff away, I gave my chair to Charlee to lay back and enjoy the warmth of the fire for the rest of this evening. Kittee is still going through her client's files, says the case doesn't look good.

I have to stop here and thank the teams playing today's Super Bowl XXV, the NFL, ABC Sports, and all the sponsors for today's replay. This was a great football game, just good clean play and winning football strategy.

OH, by the way has anyone heard what the score was for the other Super Bowl game played today??
Maybe we will hear about that on the BBC tonight.

a day in the life at the ranch --- Dale