Archive for 2008 January
On chick bashing and pretty pictures
Aidan came home from school and informed me that there is, indeed, chick-clobbering in the game, although he’s pretty sure you’re not actually killing them. It’s more of a scooping them out of the way none-too-gently with a spoon kind of thing. I don’t know whether to be relieved that my four-year-old is not a [...]
continue reading "On chick bashing and pretty pictures"Simpler times
I think perhaps Eamonn has played entirely too many rounds of his older brother’s Ultra Man: Monster Crisis game… This afternoon, while playing a perfectly gentle computer game which is based on the movie Ratatouille and revolves around the collection of apple cores, Eamonn turns to me and says, “I can’t get that apple. I [...]
continue reading "Simpler times"Salsa Chicken Soup
I don’t have a whole lot to talk about today, so how about I share another recipe? This one is actually a few recipes in one. I call it Salsa Chicken Soup, and it has its basis in leftovers. Gotta love that. In order to make the soup, you have to first make Slow Cooker [...]
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Carrie of Sommer Designs started a Dinner Challenge group on Flickr. The idea is to get out of the supper rut and give each other ideas for new meals to prepare. That’s a goal I can get behind. I recently started planing our meals a week at a time again, and giving each night a [...]
continue reading "Turkey Curry Meatball Soup"I dug into the pile
I knew I wouldn’t resist the pile for long. I managed to clean the kitchen first, but then I just needed to play. Meet “Button-Embellished Patchwork Scarf in Joel Dewberry Aviary Prints,” who has taken up residence at Etsy and is waiting to go to a loving home. I really like this scarf, but I’m [...]
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