September 30, 2015

Breakfast Casserole for One

Breakfast Casserole for One
I love the store Sur la Table.  There is one about 5 minutes from my office and it’s not unusual for me to go in there a couple times a month and drool over the $400 sauce pans.  You may think there is nothing there in your price range, but all stores have a discount section in the back of the store, and they also...
September 30, 2015

This and That

This and That
I forgot to tell you guys what was under the trap door!   Curiosity got the best of Hannah and she got a screw bar to pull the board up.  She got about half way through before freaking herself out and I had to take over.  It didn’t take much to pull it up, and when I popped open the trap door there was . ....
September 29, 2015

Wonderful Weekend

Wonderful Weekend
The summer before my twin sister and I started our freshman year of high school of high school, there was a list of fall sports that you could try out for.  My grandma on my Dad’s side was living with us at the time.  She got the list and decided that I should try out for the swim team.  I told her I couldn’t swim. ...
September 28, 2015

Busy weekend!

Busy weekend!
I seriously do not know what I do with my hair when I sleep.  It will be straight as a board when I go to sleep, but when I wake up it look all curly in the right hand picture.  I texted the picture to my sister yeseterday and she was like “did you curl your hair?”  She thought I was going to work like...
September 25, 2015

Buttermilk Chobani Naan

Buttermilk Chobani Naan
Over the weekend I posted a picture of naan that I made and several of you have asked “when are you posting the recipe?”  Well, the answer is today. This is about the easiest naan I’ve ever made.  There is no yeast, so it doesn’t have to rise.  You basically mix it, divide it, roll it out and pan fry it in a bit of...
September 24, 2015

Happy 75th Birthday Momma!

Happy 75th Birthday Momma!
First off, thanks to everyone who commented, texted me, emailed me, Facebook messaged me, etc. for Tony’s birthday yesterday – it truly made the day easier for me and I thank you to the moon and back! Today, however, is my sweet Momma’s birthday!  Three quarters of a century old!  She doesn’t act like any 75 year old I know.  I normally have to book...
September 23, 2015

Happy Birthday Tony!

Happy Birthday Tony!
Right before Tony turned 50 I wanted to throw him a big party.  He would have nothing to do with it, even with me being pretty convincing!  He said he would compromise and that for his 55th birthday, I could have the biggest party for him. Today he would have been 55.  I think he somehow knew he wasn’t going to be here for it,...
September 22, 2015

Happy 26th Birthday Joe!

Happy 26th Birthday Joe!
Today my step-son Joe turns 26!  I literally cannot believe it.  He was 10 when I met him (okay – almost 11!) and he was this cute little chubby kid who I think at the time wondered who the hell I was coming into him and his Dad’s life.  Mind you, Tony and his ex-wife had already been separated/divorced for seven years, but it had...
September 21, 2015

Korean Chicken Fingers

Korean Chicken Fingers
Hannah and I are both feeling better, but it’s remarkable how much better Hannah is because she’s got so many medications, from prednisone – which was Tony’s favorite drug, well, right after dilaudid.   I remember the first time he took prednisone and he was walking everywhere, getting in and out of cars with no problem.  The only downside is that you can’t take prednisone as...
September 18, 2015

She’s Home!

She’s Home!
The only good thing about going to the hospital is getting the prized yellow envelope that says you can go home.  Hannah and I learned one at least one thing during this time – um, we maybe need to find her a primary care physician that isn’t her pediatrician!   They sent her home with antibiotics, an inhaler, cough medicine.  When she and Jacob came home...
September 17, 2015