Ada gives you a rose

Dec 15th, 2008 // In: Posts // By: // Comments 0

Ada gives you a rose I got my camera out yesterday. James was playing with one of the roses for my birthday, looking all adorable. I race to my room to grab my camera, and by the time I got back, he either wouldn’t play with it, or he would try to shove it in [...]

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Two tastes that do not taste great together

Dec 15th, 2008 // In: Posts // By: // Comments 2

Coffee and Cherry Menthol Cough Drops. Ew. I was sick all weekend with a head cold. I still have it now. I wonder if I’ll stop coughing if I distract my mouth by eating cake. My Weekly Menu has suffered. Here it is. Saturday: Real Man’s Chili and homemade mac and cheese, but with fusilli [...]

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Another passing event in the river of time

Dec 14th, 2008 // In: Posts // By: // Comments 4

Once you have kids, your river starts to turn into rapids–hitting full strength, I assume, when they are teenagers. About 15 minutes ago, Mac set up James’ toddler bed. His crib is still set up to assist in the transition of sleeping-in-confinement to sleeping-in-the-freedom-to-get-up-and-do-whatever-I-want-while-my-unwitting-parents-snooze-in-the-other-room. With Ada, this was never a problem. Even now, when she [...]

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James’ Birthday Greeting

Dec 12th, 2008 // In: Posts // By: // Comments 1

I almost forgot to write about James’ birthday greeting. When he walked in the house after Mac brought them home from daycare, he ran up to me after Mac prompted him to tell me Happy Birthday. His conversation went like this: James: Happ Dirday! James: Kitty? James: [shakes head] Noooo! James: Let me stick my [...]

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Updates

Dec 12th, 2008 // In: Posts // By: // Comments 2

StuDayTM: Successful. Mac made dinner and a cake and found out the difficulties of doing both efficiently with Ada as a helper. I’m glad that he let her. After hearing him say things like “No, Ada, don’t put that in there. Ada, don’t eat that. Ada, cover your mouth when you cough/sneeze.” I knew it [...]

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Thanks and illness and dinner

Dec 10th, 2008 // In: Posts // By: // Comments 4

Thanks I got my portrait book, and Season 11 of The Simpsons and the books for the kiddos, which I wrap and save for Christmas. I’ll be sure to tag the gifts from Lynn and Winkle. Illness I kept Ada home today to make sure the stomach virus (or whatever) that hit Mac and I [...]

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That’s not the orange juice you’re looking for

Dec 9th, 2008 // In: Posts // By: // Comments 4

I posed the question to Mac at dinner, “Do we have orange juice?” I asked because I’m in the mood to make a smoothie, and I hid the last of the bananas from James for that purpose. Mac replied “Yes” which prompted Ada to lean toward me and say, “No. No more orange juice. The [...]

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New Cooking Link

Dec 9th, 2008 // In: Posts // By: // Comments 0

Cookstr – recipes from chefs and cookbook authors. You can chefs and recipes with menus and techniques soon to come. There are so many good cooking blogs and recipe sites out there, there really isn’t much of a need to purchase a cookbook anymore. The only books that I would recommend anyone who wants to [...]

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For my December peeps

Dec 9th, 2008 // In: Posts // By: // Comments 3

I found this while looking for a card today for one of the many, many, many birthdays for friends and family in December. Birthdays around here are thick until mid-February, actually.

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On computers and sickness

Dec 8th, 2008 // In: Posts // By: // Comments 1

First, the unpleasant, The Sickness–It is lingering in me as long as it lingered in Mac. Food is both my love and my enemy right now. I feel constantly dizzy and drained of all energy. Saturday and Sunday were both spent lying around, most of it in bed. I took this morning off of work [...]

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