Would you believe me if I told you that Ty’s been home for 10 months this week?!?!? It’s not the 10 months that gets me. It’s how close 10 months is to a YEAR! In some ways, I can’t believe it’s been almost a year that we were in Korea. In other ways, it feels...
Foto Friday
Re-entry into the post-Blizzards-of-2010-world, has me a little distracted and a little distracted completely not focused on blogging. Re-entry has also meant a big push to get Patrick’s new baby business, insquare, up and running which included the release of his website. What exactly does this have to do with Foto Friday? I took the photos. You...
Shrimp Pasta
Shrimp isn’t usually an ingredient that’s on my list when I’m trying to save money but it’s a family favorite and it’s a great break from chicken. Last week I was able to get a pound of tail-on, cooked, medium-sized, frozen shrimp for $7.99 to make Shrimp Pasta. Ingredients 1/2 pound medium shrimp (that was about...
From my valentine
Thanks, Peej!
Let the games begin!
For better or worse, we are an Olympica-watching family. I remember watching, mesmerized as Kristi Yamaguchi won her gold medal, mourning when Sergei Grinkov died (okay, so I’m mostly a figure skating fan), fascinated by the ceremonies in Seoul, Korea (the country of my birth), and staying up late to watch more sports than I...
Foto Friday
More snow pictures. I know…shocking! Actually the first two are videos of us sledding on Tuesday. The hill we ended on was so packed down from hundred of people desperate to get out that you really didn’t even need a sled. Just snow pants were enough. This is Mia sliding down the hill on her...
Snow Stats
Number of days since our last trash pick up………………………8 Number of days until our next trash pick up……………2 (maybe 6) Number of days of missed school…………………………………4 1/2 Number of inches of snow since Friday……………………………~39 Number of consecutive days not seeing the out-of-doors………2 I know this doesn’t seem like a lot but it felt like an...
Holy Snow, Batman!
Out front before it started snowing for the 3rd time in 2 weeks. Out back affter it snowed all night, overnight, at a rate of 2 to 3 inches per hour.