About Me
We are Sara, Kyle, Noah, and Eli living in the city. These our are adventures: cooking, playing, creating, laughing, and yes, sometimes, crying. We believe strongly in the "it takes a village" philosophy to not only raise children but to also build a community of people to help each other. Welcome to our little hut in this great big world. "Life is a great big canvas; throw all the paint you can at it." - Danny Kaye
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Friday Fragments
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1. Memorable food this week:
-broccoli mashed potatoes. mash the broccoli into the potatoes. Easy and good.
-French onion dip sandwiches with carrot and broccoli coleslaw. I loved the coleslaw because it wasn’t made with mayo. I’m a mayo hater. It was instead made with olive oil and lemon. Mmm-mmm. The sandwiches were also pretty awesome. I felt like I was eating at a greasy spoon – my own!
-Carmel Coconut Fudge Brownies. While the recipes was docked some stars by others for the tough caarmel, I’m not sure what they were expecting. I’ve never met an unsticky caarmel. These brownies were fudge-y, caramel, and coconut deliciousness. I will definitely make them again.
Caramel Coconut Fudge Brownies
2. I’m running the Houston Half Marathon Sunday morning. Hoping I cross the finish line running. My leg has been bothering me because I over did it at boot-camp last week. I’ve been trying to take it easy on the leg. I also didn’t do the best at training for this marathon. Here’s to the finish line for my 2nd half marathon!
3. I am Wendy this week. Wendy from Bob the Builder that is. And I am sick of the Bob the Builder song, but it keeps Noah happy. I guess I will just continue to randomly sing Bob the Builder. Although every now and then I sing Habib the Builder. I don’t know why, maybe to add a multicultural bent to it.
4. School starts for me next week, and I will be working for free in school libraries. It’s part of my master’s program, lucky me! I haven’t worked for almost 2 years now, I’m hoping getting on a schedule will be a good transition, and it’s only for two months. Keep telling myself I can do it!!!! And then I step into a middle school and remember why I left. Ack!!!
5. Looking forward to Jamaica!!!! Going there for a wedding soon!!! So excited!!!!!!!!!! Off to go purchase our tickets. (And I’m also timing myself on the computer so that I get off and do some practical stuff like clean out the dishwasher. I’ve been slacking this morning.)
6. Sucked into American Idol. How do I let this happen???
Peace!
Friday Fragments
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1. The festival of lights begins to night. We’ll be celebrating with latkes. Yum-yum in my tum tum! Kyle actually does the latke making around here. I pick them up at Central Market. They are much better when Kyle makes them. Although, we never use the same recipe.
2. I need to get to Channukah shopping. Wish we could plan accordingly so I could do it early. Maybe next year.
3. I’m still thinking about Glee, Top Chef, and Flash Forward mid year finales. Glee did such a good job wrapping it all up. I’m still on the fence about the Emma and Shoe coupling. He did just leave his wife. I don’t like his wife. Still. I loved seeing the brothers as the last two standing in Top Chef. Such a nice moment. I’m a little ticked that Flash Foward won’t be back until MARCH! GEEZ! To watch American Idol or not? Will it be any different? I always get sucked in and I don’t know how it happens.
4. Speaking of Glee I found this great little video through the SITSta of the day Lulaville
5. Favorite line from Glee finale: I’m trying to envision what an orgy of evidence looks like. Hmm. 5. I had a good week of socializing. I just need to keep getting out there and getting to know the people. It’s gets a little less uncomfortable the more I keep getting out there. Happy Channukah!
Principal Figgins: Sue, there is an ORGY of evidence stacked against you!
Friday Fragments
(Hosted by Mrs. 4444)
*I finished the first round of Thanksgiving shopping. I say first because I probably forgot something. I hope some store is open that day, just in case.
*Book Fair night was not like the book fairs of my childhood. First of all, it was at Barnes and Noble. Second there was a clown named Honey Dew who made balloons animals and painted faces. And overall, it was pretty chaotic with the crafts and the story times, and the kids playing sword fights with their balloons. Wow.
*Planning to watch W. to support my American Wife reading.
*I almost bought Sarah Palin’s Going Rogue at Walmart. I had read it was 9 bucks. That was not true, so I did not buy it. I’m intrigued and Oprah helped influence my decision. If she’ll read it, then maybe I should too. I should be well rounded – poltically (and physically).
*WTF Oprah!!!! I still want to go to your show. I hope getting your own network will still mean I can come visit you sometime.
*Reading a book with my iPhone Kindle app. It is going pretty well. It’s a book I’ve already read (The Lovely Bones). One thing I really like is being able to read in bed without having to mess with a book light. I seem to struggle often with getting the light to attach to the book, and then it’s flopping in my face or not pointing the right way. I would be willing to try a real Kindle.
*I think I may be tiring of Chic Fil A. I always thought I was a die hard fan. There are so many Chic-Fil-A’s here, it’s too easy. I was eating almost every week when we moved here. It’s too available.
*Noah asked, “Why did you make that face?” when he walked into the kitchen after having used the potty. He had taken all his clothes off to pee just cuz. That’s why I made that face.
*This next weeks is going to busy. Hoping my house will get cleaned some how, the food will all work itself out, and everyone will be happy and stuffed.
Noah wanted to push Eli's swing. Some times he's sweet to his little bro.
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- Chicken and dumplings for dinner, chocolate coconut cream pie for dessert.