Kentucky Bourbon Balls / Time Travel

Happy Friday, Happy January, and Happy New Year! So much happy and hopefully as many things to be happy about. 

Today's Blogpost comes in two parts. Part 1 took place in 2013. I poured little bits of my actual soul into perfecting the recipe. If you're interested, please click "Part 1: Kentucky Bourbon Balls" below.

PART 1: Kentucky Bourbon Balls

In celebration of the New Year, a mighty smooth-tasting Christmas gift, and the resurrection of my domestic skills---I made a famous Kentucky holiday dessert. 

*Disclaimer: if you are one of the many people who, like me, enjoy the thought of Bourbon Balls much more than the actual taste, add only half the suggested amount of Bourbon. 

As for Part 2, it is not food-related and it takes place in .... well, right now and every other second of the day. 

Keep scrolling for Time Travel and along the way, take a look at some pictures my mom took while I was slaving away in the kitchen.

WITH NO GRACEFUL TRANSITION WHATSOEVER.....

PART 2: Time Travel. Fast or Slow.

I am both amazed and completely maddened at the idea of "time." It never stops and it plows right on, whether we have completed our day's duties or not. It rules our lives. It comes to a complete standstill when we least desire it. It races when we wish it would just stop. There never seems to be enough of it, yet it's always there. Strange, right?

When I was but a tiny little person, I was perplexed by time zones. It didn't make sense that it could be 5 o'clock somewhere but 2 AM in my little world. I was very young when time-zone-talk became a "thing" in my life, because my county and the neighboring county are divided by the Eastern/Central Time Zone Line.

To REALLY understand what this means for daily life in Greensburg, you must know that we in the 'Burg go to Campbellsville a LOT. Those of us that choose not to stay in Greensburg for some things depend on it. For movies and other entertainment, for Wal-Mart, Kroger, CVS, family, friends, piano lessons, Church, school, and what-have-you. Thus, clarity is a big thing when making plans with others.

To out-of-towners, it is confusing. Those visiting or moving to Greensburg don't at first understand that "We are leaving at 4 slow time, 5 fast," means... "We are leaving at 4 Central time, 5 Eastern time." Our little nick names for the time zones keep things brief and also add a little charm. It's a way of life for us, but others require some adaptation.

So, on New Years Eve, it occurs to me. I'm sitting in slow time, watching the ball drop on TV in fast time. I celebrate when the fast-timers do because I run my life and schedule on fast time. Then, we all sit through an hour of down time before we celebrate the "real" New Year in Greensburg. 12 slow, 1 fast.

Me: "Hey! We could get in my car and drive back and forth over the Time Zone Line. We can go forward and backward in time for the next hour....2014, then back to 2013."

Friend: "One night a year, for one hour, we can travel in time."

No one, myself included, wanted to leave the confines of a warm home, a new kitten, and a really mean game of UNO to try this out, but the fact that we CAN do it is pretty cool. Still, for the purposes of my blog and my bucket list, I was rather disappointed I didn't brave the cold simply for the unique experience.

As I ventured to the zone line to snap a photo this afternoon, I realized that I and so many other folks time travel almost every single day when we leave Green County and cross into Taylor County.

I know it's not really time travel, per se...but it is unique to our quaint life in Greensburg. And, really, you have to explain it to someone who's never lived life based on the hour difference a time zone makes to understand just how cool it really is.

Whether you go slow or fast, I hope you have a fabulous week and a beautiful start to 2014.