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Not So Dark
A couple of weeks ago, I reached a really dark place. Part of the darkness was feeling inadequate about how dark I felt. I was watching the people around me go through problems around parents with horrible illnessess (seriously, more than one of these), and I was feeling utterly depressed because, when you really boiled it down, I was having ( Read more... ) -
Bacon Pesto Chicken
Our last day in Austin, we ate at Kerbey Lane on our way out of town. I squee'd over gluten free gingerbread pancakes (SO GOOD), and HRH had Bacon Pesto Chicken. I only had one taste, but it was so good, it became clear that we'd have to make up our own version. Here's what we did:
4 thick cut slices of peppered bacon
2 large chicken breasts
2 T ( Read more... ) -
On Superpowers
I used to (and I suppose I still do) have a friend named Richard who challenged my worldview on a regular basis. It was my favorite thing about him, really. One night a couple of years ago, he and HRH and I were out drinking beers, and I made some disparaging remark about someone, probably about them not being very smart. Richard shook his head ( Read more... ) -
World's Most Expensive Diaper
The Noodle Boy has the ability to do some truly startling things from time to time. He'll be just sort of hanging out when an event of such volume will emerge from the general vicinity of his diaper that people who are in the room with him will jump. We were 2/3 of the way to Leavenworth on an unplanned outing when just such an event occurred. ( Read more... ) -
This Week: A Summary
This last week was supposed to be my first back at work, and it sort of was. I was thinking that it'd all go well. The Boy was regularly sleeping from about 10:00pm til about 6:00am. I thought I was the luckiest working mom in the world. On Saturday, he woke up with a stuffy nose. On Sunday, it was 102 degree fever and a trip to Children's ( Read more... ) -
Accidental Awesomeness: Italian Vermicelli
I had a plan. That plan involved browning some Italian sausage, dumping it into a jar of pasta sauce, and pouring it over Tinkyada spaghetti. It wasn't an elaborate plan, but it was mine. This simple plan was, however, stymied by a complete lack of Tinkyada in my pantry. I regrouped. What I did have was Wai Wai rice stick, which is my ersatz ( Read more... ) -
On Root Cause Analysis
iBoo: What's that on your shirt ( Read more... ) -
The Great Kitchen Remodel
You probably know that part of what's been distracting me is the MASSIVE kitcehn remodel that we did that involved destroying effectively half our house and putting it back together again. The scope:
1. Extend kitchen into "dining nook"
2. Vault ceilings in original kitchen to match the rest of the downstairs
3. Raise the floor in the sunken ( Read more... ) -
Sometimes a 3yr Old is a Harsh Critic
The newborn is, as you might expect, nursing, and the 3 year old has, also as you might expect, questions. Yesterday, she asked me to do something with her while I was feeding her baby brother. I said that I couldn't, and she asked, "Why you have to feed my baby brother and Daddy can't? Is it because you hace those things and he doesn't?" She ( Read more... ) -
On Naming
If you're following along on Facebook, you'll probably have gathered that the new little one has arrived.
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