Greetings and Salutations!!

Good Afternoon - is everyone ready for more craptastic weather? I would actually welcome a snow day. I'm exhausted from this past weekend and could REALLY use a day of doing absolutely nothing. We'll see.

Even with the ice and snow, we still had a good turnout for the 10th Annual Gingerbread House CCO. We had 21 cooks Friday, 41 on Saturday and 19 on Sunday. I'm so thankful and appreciative of everyone who braved the bad weather to come out and support the NOW Pod and our charity, the Ellis County Children’s Advocacy Center (The Gingerbread House). We had a successful Liquor Basket raffle, Larry Preston of Irving won the Wendell Rankin Raffle Stove and the silent auction made lots of money for our charity. The benefit Barn Dance and dinner was also successful - someone paid $2100 for Super Bowl tickets during the live auction! Thank you to everyone who helped with our cook off, especially the fantastic volunteer staff of The Gingerbread House. Their support, hard work and dedication are what makes this cook off run so well and we couldn’t do it without them. We look forward to a bigger and better cook off in 2012!

Below are the results from each day:

Friday Night NOW Pod No Frills CCO
21 Chilis

1. Gary Brignon - winner of the world famous NOW Pod Friday Night Stove
2. Ray Calhoun
3. Kelly Brignon
4. Vicki Sanders
5. Dwayne Williams
6. Dee Palmer
7. Tom Dozier
8. Ron Baker
9. David Lefler
10. Brandon Garcia

Saturday 10th Annual Gingerbread House CCO
41 Chilis

1. Courtney Bowden - 1st ever 1st Place and winner of the NOW Pod Traveling Trophy
2. Kelly Brignon
3. Ray Calhoun
4. Tom Dozier
5. Mike Rogers
6. Dwayne Williams
7. Brandon Garcia
8. Blue Kriska
9. David Lefler
10. Dee Palmer

Sunday Cotton Patch CCO
19 Chilis

1. Tom Dozier
2. Ron Baker
3. Kelly Brignon
4. Dee Palmer
5. Kathy Baker
6. Sam Roberts
7. Blue Kriska
8. Courtney Bowden
9. Beth Moon
10. Paul Seastrunk

I'll be back tomorrow to spread my own special brand of kindness and joy.....stay tuned :)

K