It’s Thursday, so that means it is almost time for Saturday football! In my opinion, college ball rules, especially the SEC.

Anything that makes yelling at the television more fun is what I need!

When gathering everyone around for beer, wings and more beer, you are going to need some fun cups. Boy do, I love these!! Swoozie’s has all the fun party gear. I adore them.

The winner's cup!

Love this.

Someone in my house is always sweet to get me another beverage. Guess who?

There are a few other designs, too. And at $5.00 each, you can collect them all and dazzle your friends!

It makes watching football more fun – even if your team loses.

Go Gators! Okay….Go Dawgs! Go Tech! That’s as far as my sweet nature will allow me to stray as far as favorite SEC teams! Maybe Auburn, too. But that’s it. Seriously. LOL

xoxo, Patti

Today blogging to LMFAO – Party Rock

Ok, I’m all refreshed after taking the day after Super Bowl to tidy up and plan what I am going to do with the leftovers. I thought you might enjoy seeing how we celebrated.

This might have been the most relaxing party we have ever given. I bought all disposables (not very green of me, but wow, it took off a ton of pressure), pulled out frozen bbq pork I had in the freezer, bought a few ingredients for 7 layer dip and grabbed one of the cakes that did not work out two weeks ago from the freezer that I had saved specifically for cake balls. Mmmm, cake balls.

Have you jumped on the cake ball band wagon? They are insanely easy to make and are totally tasty. Here’s the deets if you haven’t made them yet.

Cake balls sharing the plate with Michelle's yummy banana cream puffs.

Cake Balls

1 cake made from boxed cake mix or homemade – plain
3/4 container of frosting
2 bags of chocolate chips – semisweet or any flavor you like
2 tsps shortening or butter

Sprinkles

Crumble cake into crumbs into a large bowl

Move out of the way as everyone rushes to grab said cake ball.

I made mine with yellow cake mix combined with lemon frosting and coated in semisweet chocolate. They were sooooo good. If you haven’t tried them yet, this might be the time. With Winter weather keeping a lot of us indoors, take a moment to play in your kitchen and have some fun with a friend.

Eric’s contribution to the party was my favorite – 7 layer dip, but with an artistic twist.

7 layer dip for the big game.

Don’t you just love the football field? With black olives for the Steelers and green olives for the Packers. So cute. And it was so luscious. Especially after dipping into Rick and Denise’s fab dip made with sausage, cream cheese, jalapenos and more cheese.

Jay and Valerie brought some of the best wings I have ever eaten. I believe I ate 5 of them, rounded out by Michelle & Byron’s wowie deviled eggs, Crystal’s yummy mini-cheese biscuits, Sarah’s freshly made rice krispy treats and a mountain of assorted chips, washed down by several varieties of beer, wine and soft drinks. It was a delightful day of excess.

And commercials – oh how I loved the Doritos and the little one dressed up like Darth Vader.

About 15 of us gathered to watch, eat and drink on Sunday.

Looking down the table, desserts first!

Eric does a check to make sure the beer is good. It is.

Sarah's rice krispy treats. So yummy.

Michelle, Rick & Denise check out the game.

Shane snags the comfiest seat in the house.

I hope your party was just as much fun. What were your favorite commercials?

xoxo, Patti

Today blogging to The Black Eyed Peas – I Gotta Feeling

If you are a lover of football, you must be in your glory, with all the playoff games every weekend.  Although the college season is over (sad goodbyes to Tim Tebow and Bobby Bowden), I reluctantly move my interest to the pro teams.  Mainly for the food.  Football party food is the greatest, right after funeral food. At least here in the south….

Sweet friends, Val & Jay are the grand master and mistress of ceremonies regarding all things football in our neighborhood. They throw a terrific party and I am always happy to go along for the ride.  This past weekend they hosted us for the two games vying for that Super Bowl spot.  They cooked up some fabulous chicken chili and brunswick stew. Curtis contributed his world famous cornbread, Rick brought the tastiest little potato appetizers and we brought some pumpkin blondies and those last few twix bars that everyone seems to love, despite their cloying sweetness.  It was a terrific feast.  Because of my baking time, we missed out on the chili (it was devoured), but the cornbread, baby potatoes and brunswick stew were all sooo good.  And the pumpkin blondies were a delightful little treat  – and not so sweet considering they are filled with chocolate, white chocolate and butterscotch chips. They would even be a great breakfast snack.  You can find the recipe here at The Messy Cook.

Here’s a quick shot of my pumpkin blondies, fresh from the oven.  And some shots of my ever-fab friends at the party.

Luscious Pumpkin Blondies

My Darling Eric, Ready For Some Football!

Adorable Hostess Val and Our Sweet Chioke

As the evening progressed, favorite neighbors Becky and Tim joined us along with buddy Tracy. Denise had just returned from a visit in Ohio and it was so nice to have everyone all together.  We hugged, ate and drank and yes, we watched a little football too.  For me, it’s all about the friends.

Hope your team is winning!

xoxo, Patti