Stuology

On Friday, friends came over in the afternoon, bringing some brined chicken legs. I made corn and a baked mash, AKA-Fat Potatoes. I had picked up a prefab gingerbread house at Target among the end of Halloween leftovers. I thought it would be an entertaining moment for the kids. We put it together yesterday, and [...]

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Games I love The Onion: Ultra-Realistic Modern Warfare Game Features Awaiting Orders, Repairing Trucks The kids and I picked up Modern Warfare 2 for Mac yesterday. He was playing last night. I looked up to see him running around what looked like the average suburban American street. He ran up this incline and I heard [...]

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Remember that Psghettiface face contest that someone on Flickr recruited me to submit a photo I took of Jay? Yeah, I didn’t either. I completely forgot. I won second place and some free sauce and pasta. Cool.

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I’m not really what is called a foodie, but I have some very strong opinions about food. I really do like to eat some foods in season even if I can get then year round. I love to get food locally. You can’t beat the taste of food that is in season and just picked. [...]

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Saturday: Coconut shrimp w/ side of potatoes and corn. This was a Mac made dinner! I have never attempted coconut shrimp at home. It was pretty yummy! Sunday: Meatballs and peppers, for everybody except me. Mac really likes this dish and I really do not like this dish. It is packaged meatballs, sliced bell peppers [...]

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One weekend when my brother came to visit, he brought his PS3 and left it for me to babysit while he was in the middle of a move. We got our Wii about a week after Jay was born, and have had our 360 for even longer. I never bought into the PS3 because it [...]

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I have a cut on my finger which was hurting because Jay was squeezing it. I asked him to let go because I have a cut on my finger and he was hurting it. He did and then told me that I needed a man-aid* to make it feel better. Awesome. Today is our anniversary. [...]

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I’m actually making dinner tonight! Chili rubbed pork tenderloin with the same rubbed roasted buttercup squash. I also roasted and pureed three more sugar pumpkins. I have three left. Fresh pureed pumpkin is way superior to canned, but I do have to admit that I’m getting a little tired of cutting up winter squash. I [...]

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Ada room The kid’s room is mostly done. The book cubbies need to be reinforced to the wall, which is why there is no books in the one in this photo. I need to pick up the new blind. Then, eventually, I need to figure out curtains and the light fixture. I looked for one, [...]

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The kids’ room is almost done. The paint is done and dry. The electric sockets have been painted and are dry, although one needs another coat*. We did their paintings today. Those are dry and hung. Here are a few photos. A before shot of the room**. This was painted as such all over. We [...]

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