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May 05, 2006
Cod and Potatoes
It's time I broadened my cooking horizons. I used to really enjoy trying new recipes but for the past 3 or 4 years I have relied on making the same dinners over and over. Do you think it has to do with having small children?
Anyway, I subscribe to a couple of cooking magazines and I have resolved to try at least two recipes out of each one every month. All it takes is a little planning and organization.
Last night I made baked cod and potatoes with horseradish cream sauce and it was really good. I was taking a risk because Eric isn't much of a fish or potato person but he really liked it too.
Posted by Julee at 11:22 AM | Comments (3)
Friday Random Ten
Shuffle Those MP3s
1. Fifty Miles of Elbow Room - Iris Dement
2. Jerusalem - Mirah
3. Sweet Leilani - Chris Isaak
4. Get Me Away From Here, I'm Dying - Belle & Sebastian
5. Too Far Gone - Feelies
6. Hey, Hey What Can I Do - Led Zeppelin
7. One by One All Day - Shins
8. Somewhere They Can't Find Me - Simon & Garfunkel
9. Vincent O'Brien - M. Ward
10. The Partisan - Leonard Cohen
Posted by Julee at 11:05 AM | Comments (0)
May 03, 2006
Wacky Tag
Ebonymommy tagged me over 2 weeks ago and I'm finally getting around to playing. Sorry that it took me so long!
Well, I'm supposed to post 6 wacky facts about myself, but I don't think wacky is a word that really describes me. I see myself as being more serious. I tend toward the literal and I have a dry sense of humor, though I've been known to laugh at stupid, physical comedy.
Anyway, I decided to post 6 facts about myself that you may not know. I think they hardly even qualify as interesting, let alone wacky.
1. I had always hated peanut butter. I wouldn't go near it until I was 31 and had just given birth to Theo. I was about 6 weeks post-partum and out of nowhere I had a strong craving for it. I have eaten it nearly everyday since then.
2. Philosophically I'm opposed to plastic surgery. However, having 3 babies in less than 4 years has done quite a job on my stomach. The hypocritical side of me fantasizes about a tummy tuck.
3. I don't really watch television. I haven't had a regular show since the days of Brenda and Dylan. I have never seen an epsiode of Americal Idol, Desperate Housewives, Survivor, Grey's Anatomy, CSI or Lost. For the past 5 or 6 years I have probably watched more episodes of Dragon Tales, Little Bear and the like than I have adult shows.
4. You would have to work really hard to hurt my feelings. (Not that I'm putting out that request) I figure that if you are rude for some reason, it's most likely because of something going on within yourself. After all, it's not always about me.
5. As a girl I was a Barbie fanatic. I was positive that I was the oldest girl ever, still playing with them secretly in my room at age 12.
6. And for the most fascinating of all... I can only read long lists from the bottom up. If I don't start at "Z" my mind goes blank and I cannot concentrate on the list at all. I have tried to force myself many times to start at the beginning and it just does not work.
Posted by Julee at 02:15 PM | Comments (1)
Wiki Wednesday
Courtesy of Karen
1. Go to Wikipedia.
2. Click on "Random article" in the left-hand sidebar box.
3. Post it!
Awlad Hassan is an ethnic group of Sudan. It is an Arabic-speaking minority. The number of persons in this group exceeds 50,000. Most members of this group are Muslims.
I found the random selection of this ethnic group somewhat timely due to the talks in Darfur. I did a search in Google News to see if the Awlad Hassan had any significant part (at least, in terms of what has been reported in the news) in the civil war. Nothing came up so I did a general search. There isn't much out there regarding this group except in the extensive databases maintained by the evangelical missionary organizations that catalog the peoples of the world.
Posted by Julee at 01:26 PM | Comments (0)
May 01, 2006
Happy Arbor Day (A Little Late)
A recovered Theo planting a pine tree.
Posted by Julee at 10:17 PM | Comments (2)
Friday Night at the ER
Friday night I had plans to go out and have fun while Eric and the kids stayed home to watch a movie. Wouldn't you know it... about 5 minutes before I was supposed to leave, Theo falls and whacks his forehead on the floor while balancing on one of those oversized plastic outdoor balls.
He was crying pretty hysterically but we kind of shrugged it off at first since there was no cut or bruise. But after a few minutes he started to act very strangely, staggering around and slurring his speech. That was a little scary so I immediately drove him to the ER, which is a good 20 minutes away. By the time we got there it had gotten a lot more scary because I couldn't get him to stay awake. Over the course of our four hour visit it got progressively harder and harder to rouse him, except the one time he woke up by himself to vomit all over my legs and the waiting room floor. The sleepiness did help out when they ordered a cat-scan. He was completely out and didn't move a bit. They were able to get a great scan and gave him the all clear. He just got a concussion. We were released and he was ordered to take it easy for a few days. He slept most of Saturday and was still throwing up some, but by yesterday our old Theo was back. Phew!
This experience sealed the deal; my sons (and my daughter) will never play football.
Posted by Julee at 02:07 PM | Comments (4)