Marvelous Martes!

We took this pic when we stopped at Daytona Beach on the way back from Disney World. Don't you just want to be there? (The beach or Disney World. Either would suffice.)

Chancehold out.

Christmas Time At The Chancehold (Part Deux)

We decided it best to go ahead and exchange Christmas gifts Thursday evening, mostly because we just couldn't stand not having them opened any longer. It was quite a pleasant evening and we received one another's gifts with an equanimity and inquisitiveness that could rival even that of the staunchest mountain yak.

Such a well-written and accurate description of the recipient.

Carrie got I Am Legend and The Departed on Blu-Ray.

Goldeneye and Donkey Kong Country for Wii and all 3 of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movies!!!

As we settled back down for our long winter's nap, Carrie is much obliged to find out she has one more gift...

Carrie's Christmas Scavenger Hunt Extravaganza

We would like to thank you kindly for being our friend!

Merry Christmas and Happy Noel 2k10!

Disney World!!

Disney World!!

Pure. Unadulterated. Fun.

Well we just got back from a week at one of the 3 most wonderful places in the world. That Walt Disney sure did outdo himself! If you recall, Carrie received Disney World tickets for her anniversary present back in October and we finally got to go. We can tick that off our Cubo Lista (our bucket list) as well! We have some family that lives in Orlando so we had free room and board. We are using the money we saved on a hotel room as a down payment for our goat ranch.

We spent 5 days at the parks. And it was not warm. In fact, I do believe Orlando set a record low (like 31 degrees) while we were there. We had to wear our huge jackets, toboggans and gloves half the time. The other half we just walked around naked.

If you haven't been to D-World in the past 2 weeks then I can be the first to inform you of their newest exhibit at Animal Kingdom: the Dinosaur Petting Zoo! Using blood from a prehistoric petrified mosquito, scientists at Disney were able to extract Dino DNA and create real dinosaurs!! (haven't you seen Jurassic Park??) To be completely honest it was a little dangerous. Some kid got eaten so we bailed.

Noob Tip: don't ride the intense version of Mission Space at Epcot unless you want to throw up and die.

Nathan just about lost his marbles when he saw the castle.

Italian Juggler McGee at Epcot.

The high that day was like 40.

Moroccan Madness via Epcot Central.

Nathan created this masterpiece using only a potato, a set of arms, an eyeball, an eyepatch, a Darth Vader helmet, a set of lips, nose, moustache, and a pair of high heels.

She liked it too.

The kid that got devoured at the Dino Petting Zoo.

Carrie's dream home. She's already drawing up blueprints.

We took a tour of the Grand Floridian and they had a pretty dominant gingerbread house. That gingerbread sign to the left reads:

Made of: 1,050 lbs. of Honey, 140 pints of Egg Whites, 600 lbs. of Powdered Sugar, 700 lbs. of Chocolate, 800 lbs. of Flour, 35 lbs. of Spices, Tons of Creativity, Disney Magic, and Pixie Dust.

Miss Mad Hatter.

Carrie just had to ride the Kali River Rapids at Animal Kingdom. And she was the only one in the raft that got completely soaked.

Apparently this guy got pretty wet as well. At least his pants did. (Yes he is down to his whitey tighties)

Tree of Life. 'Nuff said.

We went by Daytona Beach for a couple of hours on the way back home. Sunny and in the 70s.

1 Year Anniversary Celebration Grand Finale.

AnThRopoLoGiE

holiday glam by carriebeth87 featuring a lace dress

I absolutely love the store anthropologie, unfortunately it is SUPER expensive! They do have wonderful sales though and because of that (and my loving mother) I am able to occasionally add some anthro into my wardrobe! Let me just list some reasons why I love the store so much...

1. very original

2. very colorful

3. DETAILS DETAILS DETAILS

4. nicely put together

5. style is bohemian meets classic (I also love JCREW)

6. the clothes hold up for a long time

7. makes special occasions even more special if you get to a wear something from there

8. just browsing their website or walking through a store is an adventure, so intricate!

9. not only are their clothes great but they have amazing accessories and household stuff (just look in my kitchen!)

OKAY i know that i need to calm down now....you might ask, why this blog? Well that picture that you see above is one that I created off the website polyvore.com. You can design your own anthro add and it gets thrown into the pile of the other 700 ads people have created to hopefully win a $500.00 gift card! I could get the boots I've dreamed about (in the pic with the bows!). Anyways the website had a link that said "share with your blog" so I though "why not?". RANDOM but thought you might enjoy, at least I did! Now I get to go to the Rocketts with my momma and the women of the family! woohoo!! Have a great night everyone!

Marvelous Martes!

We snapped this little diddy looking down Franklin Street here in Clarksville. Look at all them purdy lights!! It was also about 16 degrees out. Like real cold.

Bingo Fight At The Senior Citizens Home

This article was in Clarksville's newspaper today and it was just too funny not to share. It's in the crime watch section and it is very appropriately entitled:

Bingo Fight

A Bingo game being held at Paradise Hill Road senior citizens home was interrupted when two participants got into a fight.

A 75-year old woman and a 49-year old woman got into an argument over a bingo game. The 75-year old woman allegedly rolled over the 49-year old woman's foot with her wheelchair, according to a Clarksville Police Department report.

The 75-year old said the 49-year old punched her in the shoulder and screamed "Come on get up out that chair" at her. The bingo game was shut down and both women said they wanted to prosecute each other. The officer advised them on warrant procedures.

That my friends was word for word from the Leaf-Chronicle. December 4, 2010 Edition, page A6. You can't make this kind of stuff up.

Gingerbread House Hullabaloo

We were out at the store a couple of nights ago and found this gingerbread house kit for $10 which of course we had to buy. We broke it out tonight and made quite the spectacular little specimen.

The fun about to begin.

All the goodies laid out.

We had a hard time not eating everything.

About to lay the foundation.

Walls up. Roof about to be administered.

The snowman and gingerbread man obviously double as ninja turtle toys.

Well if those just aren't the best fondant shingle-gutter-roofings I have ever seen.

We were supposed to have a gingerbread man, a snowman and a christmas tree, but the tree ended up in Nathan's stomach.

Genevieve (left) and Wilmer (right) holding the fort down.

Genevieve and Wilmer's Christmas Tree (view through their back door)

Goodnight Wilmer and Genevieve. Hope a mouse doesn't come chew on you tonight.

We dedicate this house to the Chance Family Christmas!

Chancehold Out.

Marvelous Martes!

VEDA DURRETT CLOUSER born on 11/28/2010

Isn't she beautiful? My sweet cousin Laura and her husband Jon are the proud parents of this little sunshine. She was born on this past Sunday around noon. She was 7.9 lbs & I'm not sure on the length. Nathan & I couldn't think of a better picture for Marvelous Martes. Hope you all enjoy! There are more pictures on my facebook if you want to see more of her!

An Awe-Inspiring Evening

Well we just wanted everyone to know that we have just achieved a wonderfully pleasant evening with one of our dearest friends, Sarah Lynne Guessetto. The ladies made some killer pizza while I worked out and became more of a man. We talked about boys and basketball and tetris and we even practiced sitting with our ankles crossed as to not be inappropriate. It was so much fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Barbecue Chicken Pizza with Garlic Crust Recipe

I hate to say it, but I'm pretty sure we have just concocted one of the 17 all-time greatest pizzas ever made. Even old Earnest Stubb would be proud. Prepare to forget everything you ever knew about barbecue chicken pizza...

What You Need:

Barbecue Sauce (Preferably Stubb's Smokey Mesquite BAR-B-Q Sauce...the best eva)

Honey

Brown Sugar

1 Whole Onion

Shredded Cheese (we used mexican style and italian)

2-3 Cups Pulled Chicken (we bought a cooked whole chicken that we at the grocery store to use)

Olive Oil

Minced Garlic

Pizza Crust

How To Concoct:

Slice your onion up and saute it over medium heat. Add about a tablespoon of honey and brown sugar to the onions and let them carmelize. Cook your chicken if you didn't buy a big pre-cooked chicken from the store (which you should have done because it makes life 3.6x easier). And if you did buy a pre-cooked chicken, pat yourself on the back, de-skin that nasty thang and tear it up. We had a cereal bowl full of chicken that we added to the pizza. Now add your chickens to the onions and sprinkle some BBQ sauce over the whole kaboodle. Put on low heat.

Spread olive oil on the pizza crust. Then cover it with barbecue sauce and add your minced garlic to the crust. Now tell yourself you are loved and are a pretty cool person and. Then check on your carmelized onions and chicken to make sure they haven't exploded. Word.

Now cover that mudda crust with yo cheez.

Add the onions and chicken to the pizza.

Then sprinkle some mo cheese on dur. Put 'er in the oven on whatever degrees and forever how long the constructions on the back of your pizza crust says.

Now prepare to be terrorized by the greatest pizza you have ever made.

Thank us later (some Funfetti Cake will do).

Chancehold out.

Christmas Time At The Chancehold

The Chance Family Christmas Tree

Well it's that time again. Time for joy and time for cheer. Time for some Chance family tradition: a few cinnamon rolls, some mango punch, and National Lampoon's Christmas vacation. And even a little tree decoratin'.

Carrie enjoying her mango punch and cinnamon rolls.

Oh my groodness.

Before the tree remodeling.

The Mrs. unwrapping some tree goodies.

Doesn't everybody put green bursts on their tree?

Step 1: Add da' awesome tree skirt from TJ Maxx.

Step 2: Add da' lights... And change into some more comfortable clothes.

Step 3: Add da' ribbon.

Step 4: Add da' bow. Carrie wants either to study how the Grand Canyon was formed and make her own or start a bow making business. Either one would suit her.

She's a beaut Clark.

Carefully placing the green bursts in the most perfect position possible.

Decoratin' the fire outta that bad boy!

Hiding the Christmas pickle! First person to come over and find it wins a duly awesome prize.

Nathan & Corinne (or Nathan Chance, whichever you prefer)

Carrie enjoying our handiwork. Kind of looks like a photo for a white chocolate covered oreo add.

That's something ain't it? She falls in a well, eyes go crossed. She gets kicked by a mule, they go back to normal. I don't know.

Chancehold Out.