I'm Back! (And I Avoided Fried Butter)

MAN! It's been a long time since my last blog. I would say I've been too busy (which I really feel like I have), but honestly I allowed myself to get out of the habit of blogging. It's easy to do. I'm not as avid a blogger as I would like to be. I wish I could be considered a blogger, it seems like an awesome life style. I don't think there is any way I can catch you up on the past 3 or so months (but I can tell you I got back from Vietnam!) but I will make sure that I tell you stories as they pop into my head. Granted all of that depends on if I continue to blog with the consistency that I want. I also have the problem of having too many blogs, so I'm in the process of streamlining down to two. There will be this one (Niemanology) that will be my basic life blog. Then there is "Burger Pride" a blog all about burgers that I have tried out. You can check that out at burgerpride.wordpress.com its rather fun!

But what have I been up to other than thinking about wanting to continue blogging? A lot. And like I said, I can't really catch you all up on all of it (That is assuming you really care), but I will pick up my life from this past weekend.

This past weekend Maddie and I took a trip to the Texas State Fair. Almost a year ago we went out there, very early in our relationship. It was one of our most fun days as we laughed at the goofy things we saw, checked out all the trade show stuff, and ate ridiculous amounts of fried food! So this year we decided to have all the same amount of fun, but without dragging back to the car full of the most horrible food we could ever put in our bodies.

We don't ride the rides at the state fair, while they look incredibly safe...catch the sarcasm there?We just don't feel like spending that much money on the rides. I wish we could take a romantic ride on the ferris wheel, but they pack you in there with 5 other people! Nothing romantic about being in a cage with a guy near puking from fried honey buns and the tilt-a-whirl, and a kid that is so hyped up on sugar that his heart is about to explode! So we avoid the rides. But we love the trade shows, the ridiculous items that have one purpose or EVERY purpose and we love watching how on one item or another one of us gets sucked in to the sales pitch. The item I liked the most was this mini-sandwich maker that basically turns one piece of bread (or tortilla if you choose) into a perfect looking Pierogi like stuffed sandwich. So awesome!! Maddie wasn't as impressed, however I thought she was about ready to get her check book for Chef Tony's Miracle Blade Set.

While we were trying to avoid a massive amount of grease and fried bread we had to get something! So before we left we stopped by a stand that seemed to be selling everything under the sun, but not before they drown it in batter and drop it in a fryer. Fried snickers, fried oreos, fried honeybuns, fried peanut butter cup maccaroons! But as we looked down the menu we found the perfect thing for us to split, it was the fried praline! So delicious!

Doesn't that look tasty? I know! We decided to avoid this years insane fried item, fried butter. We were actually at the booth that sold the fried butter and I was weighing it out heavily until I saw how they topped the crispy heart attack ball. They take a ball of butter, cover it in batter and fry it, but if that wasn't enough they take melted movie popcorn style butter and pour a ladle full over the top of spheres of cholesterol. Good Lord I pray that you would help those who consume these instruments of death!

So ultimately it was an awesome time with an awesome girl and we didn't leave Fair Park feeling like we had to be rolled away on a pallet truck. The only sad thing is we didn't hear Big Tex talk, and Maddie still doesn't believe me that he speaks!