Wisdom of the ages
Ah kids. The great equalizer. The boy was sucking his thumb, cozied up in his parent’s bed whilst I was doing something in the kitchen. Walking into our room, I expressed my feelings of exhaustion…
Month: March 2009
Dinner conversations that should be served.
Spencer: “Mmmm. This tastes good with the rats.” (The cold distorted the last word somewhat.) Dad: “What?” Spencer: “Mmmm. This tastes good with the rats.” Emma: “It’s not rats its rice.” Spencer: “That’s what I…
Don’t hate me because I’m dieting.
The results are in. Six months of playing video games, I hit my goal. Granted the last three were due to illness (what was that phrase in that movie – “I’m just one stomach flu…
Saving the Universe . . . one veggie at a time
Last week I wasn’t feeling well. In fact, I was downright miserable. In listening to me contemplating whether my family would eat grits or cereal for dinner, my mother took pity on them and baked…
Mmm Mmm Good. Sort of.
So we went to a restaurant the other night – let’s just say that when you are there you are family, or something. The boy was enjoying his salad, especially the croutons. You know you…