Friday, July 13, 2012

Kevin Harvick Rules!!

Kevin Harvick Was Willing To Miss Daytona For Birth Of Son, Might Win Husband Of The Year

At 7:30 a.m. last Saturday – the morning of the Coke Zero 400 – Kevin Harvick boarded his plane in Daytona Beach with wife DeLana and headed back to North Carolina.
DeLana, who was close to giving birth, needed to get home. And her husband was willing to stay with her if she went into labor – even if it meant losing valuable points toward NASCAR's Chase.
"Everybody knew where I stood on that," Kevin said. "... I would hate for anybody to miss that. There's nothing around here (in NASCAR) that's really even comparable to it.
"Richard (Childress) has been a big supporter of that. It's always been, 'Family first, and we'll figure the rest out later.'"
Think about that: Harvick would rather miss the Chase than miss the birth of his son. So as it turns out, he might be nominated for Husband of the Year.
He may not actually win the award, though, since he delayed getting DeLana to the hospital on Sunday morning. By the time she got there, it only took two hours to give birth to a baby boy named Keelan.
"Dad waited a little long to get her to the hospital," Kevin said. "I was obviously not her favorite person as they told her they wouldn't give her an epidural. She had it all natural, no drugs or nothing."
At least DeLana got a hospital ride from a professional race car driver. But Kevin said he took it easy and avoided going too fast through the corners or hitting bumps, because "she was obviously in a lot of pain."
"I didn't get yelled at on the drive over, so that was my only goal," he cracked.
Now that mother and baby are healthy, Kevin acknowledged the anxiety of worrying about the impending birth had been weighing on him in recent weeks. Would the baby be healthy? Would DeLana make it through OK? He couldn't get those thoughts out of his mind, he said.
After Sunday, he added, there's a "huge sense of relief."
The Harvicks already secured a Twitter name for the baby – it's @KeelanHarvick – and a website domain name in order to protect their child.
"I didn't want some crazy-ass fan getting ahold of" the names and misusing them, Kevin said.
By the way, Keelan's mom and dad are hoping the boy will choose a safer profession than racing.
"We're hoping for golf clubs over go-karts," he said. "But whatever he wants."

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

PB Yumminess♥




Peanut Butter Cream Filled Brownie Cupcakes
Brownies
3/4 cup all purpose flour
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
3/4 cup packed light brown sugar
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted
1 Tablespoon vanilla extract
2 large eggs, at room temperature
1/2 cup mini chocolate chips
Peanut Butter Filling
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1/2 cup creamy peanut butter (not natural)
4 Tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 1/2 Tablespoons heavy whipping cream
Sift together the flour, cocoa powder and kosher salt. Set aside.
In a bowl of a stand mixer with the paddle attachment, mix together the brown sugar, sugar, butter and vanilla extract on medium speed for 3 minutes.
Add in the eggs, one at a time.
Slowly add in the dry ingredients on low speed until almost combined. Then take a spatula and fold everything together.
Add in the chocolate chips and fold them in.
Line a cupcake pan with cupcake liners. Spray the inside of the cupcake liners. Using an ice cream scoop, scoop the brownie batter into each cupcake liner. Each cupcake should be about 1/2 – 2/3 full. Then take a small spatula or knife and spread the brownie batter so that the tops of the cupcakes are flat.
Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes in the cupcake pan and then transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely before filling.
To make the filling:
Sift the powdered sugar. Set aside.
In a bowl of a stand mixer with the paddle attachment, mix together the peanut butter, butter and vanilla extract on medium speed for about 3 minutes.
Slowly add in the powdered sugar.
Then add in the heavy whipping cream and mix on medium high speed for 3 minutes.
Cool the cupcakes before filling them! Put the filling in a piping bag fitted with a round decorating tip. Take a brownie cupcake and insert the decorating tip into the cupcake, all the way down to the bottom. Squeeze the peanut butter filing into the brownie cupcake.
Continue filling all of the cupcakes. Enjoy!

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Tuesday, February 14, 2012

dreams

i have lots of dreams.
i dream i fixed what went wrong with wkw.
i dream that my child finds her inner happiness.
i dream that my oldest child realizes he can't stand to be so far from us.
but my biggest dream of all?
to have my own store featuring all handmade items.
sweet dreams blogger, i'm off to dream of warm blankets, thick socks, pretty hair thingies, shiny jewelry and love.