Now that Fall is here, I’ve been cooking again. I found this basic recipe in Good Housekeeping magazine, and doctored it up a bit. Everyone liked it – Emma even took leftovers of it to school for her lunch. (And her friends asked for copies of the recipe.)
1 lb. spaghetti or linguine
1 clove garlic, thinly [...]
Entries from September 2009
September 22, 2009
Peanut noodles with chicken
September 16, 2009
DNR
Our cat, Mick, wasn’t doing well. He was old. Somewhere between 15 and 20 years old. (We don’t know for sure because he had several owners before Tim.) He was blind, he was down to skin and bones (maybe 4 pounds soaking wet), and this weekend, he could no longer jump on the couch.
Last night, [...]
September 12, 2009
A list of things I can’t do
1. Fix a balloon animal when it starts to fall apart, or unwind, or whatever it is that balloon animals do when they stop being the shape that the balloon animal man created.
2. Go back in time and make things be different. (As in, BUT I DIDN’T WANT YOU TO CUT MY SANDWICH!!!!!) (But won’t [...]
September 7, 2009
Things I learned this Labor Day weekend
1. A blue Sharpie in the hands of a 3-year-old is a very bad thing.
2. Blue Sharpie does not come out of tan Berber carpeting, although Mr. Clean Magic Eraser makes it less noticeable.
3. Blue Sharpie does not come off Mac keyboards.
4. When using a wet Mr. Clean Magic Eraser to try to clean a [...]
September 2, 2009
The hardest part
The hardest part about adjusting to kindergarten is not the new routine. It’s not all the new kids and the new teacher (Ms. Weigel, whom David refers to as “Miss Waggle.”) It’s not remembering the backpack every day (although I confess that I forgot to check the backpack on Friday and therefore didn’t realize that [...]
