Stuology

I babied a bad headache all day yesterday. I woke up with it, and when that happens, it is never a good day. By the afternoon, I was skirting the edge of nausea and constantly hushing Jay just to get some quiet. I was finally able to put Jay to sleep with science. Laying down [...]

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Food I made a taco burger the other day, of sorts. I grilled burgers that contained diced onions, bell peppers, garlic and various chili powders. Then I served the patties on top of homemade corn cakes, using the in season, wonderful corn I bought the other day. I topped it with black beans cooked in [...]

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I checked up on the weather for the day, as I typically do, and found that Lawrence has been issued a Hydrologic Statement. Here is a capture of it. In more appropriate word, it’s flooding. Really. Flood Statement. Flood Warning. Flood Watch. Whichever. Flood. I prefer the Hemingwayization of the weather. Speaking of hydrology, we [...]

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Our constant, rainy, 50-degree October weather in May was dampening my mood along with everything else. These last few days have been in the 80s and sunny and slightly humid. Just like I like it. I do like thunderstorms, but we’ve had so much rain we need a little break. The kids and I have [...]

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It feels like autumn today, and given that it is after 1:00pm and still feels like autumn, I don’t think that it will be getting around to spring today. Tonight’s dinner will be soup: cauliflower coriander soup with toasted almonds to be exact. The only thing I don’t have for it is leeks, but we [...]

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The kids and I packed our things and headed to Branson on Monday. We left today a few minutes after 2:00pm. Normally, we would have gotten home at 7:15-7:30pm. I pulled into the garage at 10:51pm. The roads were not good. There were times where 35 mph was the best we could do on the [...]

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My brother headed this way for a trip to KC. He made us Heart Attack Tacos. They were really good, but something that I should probably limit myself to eating twice a year. Mainly because they were fried. The entire taco. Ada had dance Saturday morning, but we didn’t spend our typical Saturday together. We [...]

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The current forecast says, “66, cloudy and breezy.” For those who do not live in a plains state, that means, “66, cloudy and tie down your deck furniture and hold onto your lighter-weight children.” Why I even post about this non-event? Because my co-workers in South Dakota are under a blizzard warning. Blizzard at the [...]

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I had no idea the first day of Spring this year would be in January. It is 71 degrees out. I opened the windows, and I’m sitting on the deck while Ada plants and waters flowers in my herb planters. She is even using real water. Because it is 71 degrees, so who cares if [...]

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I got to point a few red leaves out to Ada on our trip from Raintree to daycare today. The weather is beautiful–sunny, warm but not hot. Most things are still green. It makes me wish I was still on vacation, spending time outdoors. I am looking forward to fall–sweatshirts, cool breezes blowing through the [...]

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