"Who will be....."

Remember this post from the end of July?

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Tonight's the night for the season premiere of the new season of Next Food Network Star.  I can tell you that I didn't make the cut for the show (obviously!), but I will be eagerly watching each week to see who does become the Next Food Network Star.  From reading the bios, I do know of one contestant has the same concept as myself and I will be critiquing him more than the others (just kidding! You know me, I'll probably be critiquing all of them!) 
As the show intro touts each season..."Who Will Be The Next Food Network Star?" 
I guess we'll just have to wait and see!

Actually, I'm really glad I didn't make the show.  Even though it's been a crazy, life-changing 10 months for me, I'm so happy to have landed where I am today.  Yesterday, my work fam and I went on a pub crawl in Soulard (home of the STL Mardi Gras).  It was a day of laughter, singing and dancing and having an all around fantastic time in the great spring-time weather!  I'm not sure there is anything this group could do that wouldn't be fun though!  Another fabulous day, another day I'm pleased with my decision to take this leap.

As for the rest of this Sunday, I'm having my parents over to celebrate Mother's Day in a few hours.  I'm making my Mom dinner and we're going to just enjoy the afternoon...perhaps throwing in a few competitive games of Scrabble (It's been awhile, maybe I can actually win this time).  On the menu are home-made shredded pork tacos, sweet corn, black beans and strawberry blondies for dessert.  Sure, I may not have been able to participate in Next Food Network Star, but I'm hoping to please some of the people that mean the most to me with my cooking skills.

Happy Mother's Day to all of the Moms out there.  I hope you enjoy your day to the fullest!