Important to follow the rules....

Have one on us...

Merry Christmas from Moonpie West!!!

Hallelujah, everybody say 'cheese'! Merry Christmas from the fam-uh-leeeeeeeee!

Rick just wanted to share a few of his gifts with everyone. The first is a reminder of who calls the shots in our family.

 

The second shows the shots I get to call.

The voices in my wife's head may tell her what to tell me to do, but they also told her to get me a bottle of 15 year-old Balvenie single malt.

Have a great Holiday, one and all!

Brother Tod's Secret Identity

So it's recently come to light that Vance's brother, Tod, Is NOT really an insurance agent in Rio Rancho, but is, in fact, MegaStar Kenny Rogers!!!

You can see from the above photos -- the one ln the left is from Tod's Insurance company webpage. The one on the right features Kenny Rogers with Charo!

What more proof do you need, ladies and Gentlemen?

Whats happening today...

Having turned 54 years old yesterday, I decided to go on an adventure. I bicycled 389 miles in New Mexicos Gila wilderness......

Then I jumped on my horse, 'Dice" and rode to the Jemez mountains and crossed over into Pagosa Springs, Colorado....

To wrap up the day, I finished my log cabins great room with a little stucco and Spanish tile.

So, what did you do today?

Christmas cheer...

When enjoying the Holidays with friends and family(well...maybe just friends) always drink responsibly. And have a glass of fine rum by Captin Morgan Freeman. Cheers.

Martin's Traditional Tequila Christmas Cake

This is always a favorite around Moonpie Headquarters!

Martin writes:

Once again this year, I’ve had requests for my Tequila Christmas Cake recipe so here goes:

 Please keep in your files as I am beginning to get tired of typing this up every year!
1 cup sugar 1 tsp. baking powder
1 cup water 1 tsp. salt 1 cup brown sugar Lemon juice
 4 large eggs Nuts 1 bottle tequila 2 cups dried fruit ..
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Sample the tequila to check quality
 Take a large bowl; check the tequila again to be sure it is of the highest quality..

 Repeat
 Turn on the electric mixer. Beat one cup of butter in a large fluffy bowl.
 Add 1 teaspoon of sugar. Beat again.
 At this point, it is best to make sure the tequila is still OK. Try another cup just in case.

Turn off the mixerer thingy.
Break 2 eegs and add to the bowl and chuck iin the cup of dried fruit. Pick the fruit up off the floor.
 Mix on the turner. If the fried druit getas stuck in the beaterers, just pry it loose with a drewscriver.
 Sample the tequila to test for tonsisticity. Next, sift 2 cups of salt, or something.

Check the tequila. Now shift the lemon juice and strain your nuts.
Add one table. Add a spoon of sugar, or somefink. Whatever you can find. Greash the oven.
Turn the cake tin 360 degrees and try not to fall over. Don't forget to beat off the turner
Finally, throw the bowl through the window.
 Finish the tequila and wipe the counter with the cat.
 Cherry Mristmas

Lighting the Way.... In High-Def!!

While some cultures light pansy-assed luminarias or farolitos to light the way for the Christ-Child, Vance and I have always believed in going whole hog and bringing out the big guns to welcome the Big Guy! This year was no exception, and we barely waited until the first day of December to get started. That's Vance you can here calling the Son of God to show him the way to the Quality Inn down the road.

(if the side of this video is cut off, right click on it and select view all. Then enlarge it for full screen. Also, click the HD icon for hi-def.)

Oh brother......

Baby brother with Miss "chootchie, chootchie" sex-pot Charo at LAX. I don't know how he does it, but he seems to always be in the right place at the right time. Good on ya bro!

Best Christmas ideas for children....

Oh, when I think back to ALL the fun we had as children around Christmas time. Parents and Grand-parents stone-blind drunk, Uncles getting in fights and storming out of the house.....

well, you get the idea. Thankfully, toy makers switched gears in the 70's and pulled out all the stops with great products like this. I still remember going to bed grinding my teeth.....wow.