Grampa’s Birthday Lunch at the Getty Museum

Saturday was perfect–absolutely beautiful if you were at the Getty Museum.  We kids brought a pot-luck lunch of tri tip, Russian potato salad, bean salad, apple pie and iced tea for dad (The Getty allows this) and sat on the dining patio enjoying the great views, the lovely fall weather and one another.  There was a Bernini [...]

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Shall I call in Peter Singer?

Precisely how immoral is it to purchase Twinkies for one’s child just so that one can blog about it? 
Not that I did that mind you, but if I did, how immoral would it be? 
Worse than letting her stay in the sun too long but better than letting her watch ‘The Bachelor’?  Worse than feeding Thanksgiving guests a dry turkey, but [...]

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Adding Structure to Our Day I -the walk

We need some structure.  When I have no structure, one item for the day seems to expand and take up the rest of the day.  And it’s not that that one thing doesn’t need that much time, but that it’s necessary to limit the amount of time I give anything so that I get more done.
So [...]

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Where Have All The Chicken Thighs Gone…Long Time Passing?

Where have all the flowers boneless, skinless chicken thighs gone-long time passing? Where have all the flowers boneless, skinless chicken thighs gone…a long time ago?
You know there are some blog entries that one’s foreign-born spouse won’t comprehend without extensive YouTube visits.
So where have they gone?  Are we exporting them to some other country?  They used [...]

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My Weird Kid

Kate likes sucking on lemons.  I won’t go into how we discovered that, but let’s just say my MIL wouldn’t have been pleased had she been there; my husband certainly wasn’t.  Anyhow, yesterday I purchased lemon juice for Roman’s cheese making experiments.  Kate dug out the bottle from the bag today and asked for some [...]

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No, I’m Not The Sharpest Knife in the Drawer

I’ve never really understood the whole dessert thing.  Why do parents give their kids sweets after meals?  Now keep in mind, I get eating sweets as a snack or as a meal in and of itself…just not the “after meals” part of it.  It just seems like a way to ladle on the sugar and [...]

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Hand Me a Shot Glass

I think the steak obsession is getting out of control.  Am I eating the steak just to get the Worcestershire?  Truly, I actually contemplated throwing the Worcestershire into a shot glass and trying it straight.  But wouldn’t that annihilate the purpose of drinking it?  Aren’t shot glasses so that you can get the buzz without [...]

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Kate Wants to Swim at Gram’s

Kate keeps asking me if we can go swimming at Grandma’s.  It took five months (starting in May) but we managed to reconvince her that water is wonderful and that she likes it.  She likes being in the pool with her cousins and seeing all their antics.  Heck, I like it too–it’s lively.  But now the [...]

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She’s a bit more clingy now

Oliver’s arrival has really thrown Kate’s world into turmoil.  She’s extra clingy now and needs the constant reassurance that being held provides. 
Anyhow, on Sunday morning, Roman was making breakfast and Katie wanted to be held. 

 Don’t I have a resourceful husband?
Thank you, Lord, that Roman can carry a wobbly headed baby at the same time he [...]

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Short Bald Guys

Short Bald Guys know not to even go for debonair; it’s a waste of their time.
Just go for goofy.

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