congrats to lemonhead84 on her beautiful new baby evelyn.

i think i woke up still drunk this morning. but damn, our street fireworks show with the neighbors was pretty awesome.

ang and i went down to rochester this evening to visit theresa who is 28 weeks (i think) pregnant and on bedrest for the next six weeks. we went bearing coloring books and a portable 20q game. basically we just hung out in her basement reading baby name books and trying to distract the dogs. she and her husband have a german shepherd, and they ( Read more... )

i cooked lunch for my dad for father's day on sunday. on the menu: fresh smoked pork loin from the farmers' market with a honey mustard ginger glaze (made with birdsfoot trefoil honey from the farmers' market, spicy brown mustard and fresh grated ginger), accompanied by grilled apricots (which dripped onto the pork loins while they were grilling ( Read more... )

the mighty ducks was just on cartoon network, and for some reason i decided to pay attention to it for the first time. and of course, i noticed some pretty big inconsistencies. for instance, if district 5 (not actually real) is supposed to be on the border of minneapolis and edina (for all the cake-eater references), why do charlie and his mom ( Read more... )

i don't know why, but i am positively giddy about the fact that season 1 kicked season 2's asses in the top chef four star all-star smackdown.

quote from my dad from lunch on sunday:

"i think i'd like to go back to disneyworld sometime...with my grandchildren."

so i replied "so when you're 80 and they won't let you on the rides anymore."

nope, not gonna cave. not til i'm in my 30's and that clock starts ticking.

tonight's dinner adventure: homemade pan-fried meatballs in red sauce on toasted hoagie rolls with goat gouda and fresh parsley.

how is it possible that i had all that stuff in my kitchen but i haven't been able to figure out what to make for dinner lately?

tomorrow...something with mushrooms and asparagus.

i sincerely apologize to anyone i've talked to over the past couple of days whom i have seemingly hung up on mid-conversation when my computer crashed. it has crashed at least twice a day for the past week and likes to do it when i'm multitasking (ie, checking my email and iming at the same time ( Read more... )

this weekend was a very welcome break from normal life. the head of our church elder board decided that he was going to take over the service on sunday, so i just slept in. yep, that's right, i skipped church. hooray, it felt so good! this means that we actually had an entire weekend free of obligation ( Read more... )