Tebow Trade and Peyton Manning

Ok so eventually I was going to have to say something about this.  So I am officially back to hating the Broncos.  Not only are they a team I have never really wanted to root for as they are not my team, but now they have Peyton Manning, who while he is a nice guy,  I have no love for him.  He has played in the same division as the Jaguars for many years and I have spent a good majority of my life rooting against him and that will not stop now.

I am sad to see Tebow leave and even sadder that he didn't end up in Jacksonville.  I have deep hope that maybe someday that will happen, but in the meantime I hope he succeeds in New York as I am sure he will.

Here is to an interesting season next year and I soooo can't wait for football to start up again.

Yours Truly,

KP

To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee

To Kill a Mockingbird is a riveting novel told from the perspective of a young girl.  She watches events unfold as her father chooses to defend a black man wrongly accused of rape in the south in the 30's.  I loved the ideals of this family and how the father had to protect his children, but also choose the right path in properly defending the man because he knew he could not face his children in the end if he did not do the right thing.  I thought as I read the book that it seemed such an interesting dilemma because I live in a world where I hope this kind of thing does not happen.  I know racism still exists but in this book it was so much more blatant.  I love these kind of wake up calls that can send people back to the past and remind everyone where we once were as a society.

Reading this book I loved how real it was.  The situations do not end like you would expect, instead it shows what would most likely happen in this world not just to the reader, but to the narrator and her older brother.  They had expectations and in their minds the world should be one way, but then it changed and they found that the world is not fair and that sometimes you just have to play the game.  I think those are very hard lessons to learn and we all go through that at some point, but the author is very good at showing them and the reactions of the kids involved.

Overall this is a wonderful story about growing pains in life, particularly through a very difficult time period and a difficult event for these young kids.

Anyways I highly recommend this book as it brings everyone who reads it into a different world and leaves the reader hoping to be a better person.

Yours Truly,
KP

Nutella (YUM)

So I was introduced to a wonderful product that I am sure is not new, but it is delicious.  It is called nutella and it is a hazelnut spread that has cocoa in it.  I LOVE taking a slice of toast and smearing peanut butter topped with some nutella.  Everyone should try this and I mean EVERYONE.  Also there is a day for nutella and because of this there is a website dedicated to Nutella recipes for this day.  So check it out here:  http://www.nutelladay.com/nutella-recipes/

Hopefully you find it as wonderful as I have.

Have a wonderful day,

KP