Stuology

Anytime our phones ring, Ada runs to find the phone and bring it to us*. Ada ran to me with my phone while I was preparing dinner. It was a voicemail that was transcribed by Google and delivered via text. I started reading it, and then I said, “Oh, that’s the call from earlier. That [...]

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Cook an entire chicken in 15 minutes. Warning: It requires setting your yard on fire.

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Mac finally, finally finished season one of Babylon 5. He kept falling asleep, and I got really, really tired of watching the same episode over and over and over because he missed it. At one point, I just wanted to summarize the season so we could get on with it. We interrupted part of it [...]

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When I have one of the kids help me with dinner prep, I typically go for Ada because she can actually do things. Jay has started setting the table, although I’m still leery handing him my ceramic dishes–two of which have a nice crack down the middle courtesy of him. I do let him do [...]

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The latest business to fall in Lawrence: Blue Heron. It is probably falling because it is my favorite place to window shop. I haven’t bought much there, but I loved, loved walking around there. The going out of business sale is this weekend. I didn’t go. I have children. People with children don’t buy things [...]

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I let Ada command my interval training today. When Ada said run, I ran. When Ada said walk, I walked. When Ada said to run, she often followed it by a command to run faster. At one point, I told her she needed to let me catch my breath before she cracked the whip again. [...]

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Well, okay, free books are mostly always welcome. I’m sure there are subject matter that I wouldn’t really want, and even if it is free, it becomes only clutter. There is a restaurant in Chicago called Alinea*. I’ll let you read the many accolades of the food and the chef–there are many. Apparently, I’m only [...]

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We ate the bread tonight, along with grilled filet mignon served on baby spinach with a warm balsamic vinaigrette, some warm goat cheese and apple sauce for the kids. And wine. These are my issues with the bread: the dough had too much water and I didn’t like the bottom crust. I don’t like the [...]

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First No Knead Bread Since my KitchenAid is being repaired, I thought I would finally give No Knead bread a shot. I mixed it all together last night and let it rise for 16 hours. Then I gave it a quick knead, shaped it, and let it proof for 2.5 hours before dumping it in [...]

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I haven’t posted this in quite a while. I have been a little more diligent in making sure that leftovers get used. Right now, my fridge is almost bare! In an effort to clean out my deep freeze, I planned all of last week by the first three pieces of meat I could reach: a [...]

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