Posted by Carrie on 03 Jul 2010 | Tagged as: Cooking, Rants and vents
After a day of mild frustration (bickering from the kids, slight rejection for both of them from neighborhood punks children, Eric sick and resting in bed all day long), I was pretty darn proud of myself for not only not scooping the boys up and taking us out to eat, or even ordering pizza (both [...]
Posted by Carrie on 20 Apr 2010 | Tagged as: Cooking, Pictures and movies
Seitan. According to Kevin on Top Chef, nobody likes it, and it’s the yuck. Of course, he also said that it was fermented pressed soybeans, so I’ll take that with a grain of salt. As of the beginning of drafting this entry, I was in the process of making my first batch of it, even [...]
Posted by Carrie on 22 Mar 2010 | Tagged as: Cooking, Eric
Eric’s been struggling with diabetes issues lately. To make a long and complicated story short, the things he’s been trying aren’t working very well anymore, and something has to change. The paths remaining to him are starting to shrink in number, unfortunately. I was commiserating with him this morning; it’s about all I can do [...]
Posted by Carrie on 21 Jan 2010 | Tagged as: Completely random, Cooking, Gabriel
Fact: on MOPS mornings, I don’t ordinarily have coffee, since I know I’ll have coffee there. Fact: I don’t ordinarily eat breakfast those mornings, either, since ditto. Fact: I can’t cook without caffeine of some sort in my system. Fact: I was on tap for a “hot dish” for this morning’s meeting. Results: I had [...]
Posted by Carrie on 15 Oct 2009 | Tagged as: Completely random, Cooking, Familial things
It’s all dark, and I have no inclination to turn on a light to disrupt my slow waking. Coffee mug in my hands, terry bathrobe on my body, sleep in my eyes. Silence in the house. I’m up this early not for the usual reason – that is, to go running. It’s a rest day [...]
Posted by Carrie on 21 Sep 2009 | Tagged as: Completely random, Cooking, Gabriel, Samuel
There are dark clouds hanging low in the sky. It’s not supposed to rain anymore (it did yesterday, and it might again tomorrow), but it feels like it should, in more ways than just appearance. The part of my brain that demands chaos, action, SOMETHING, is wanting those clouds to split open and fill the [...]
Posted by Carrie on 20 Sep 2009 | Tagged as: Cooking, Fitness and Health
Starting Week 13 of this marathon training cycle; only about four weeks to race day. A 23-mile run is scheduled for this Saturday (ought to be fun; they’re predicting rain ), and then (weekend long runs only) a 12, a 14, a 10, and then…there we are. I really, really ought to figure out this [...]
Posted by Carrie on 08 Sep 2009 | Tagged as: Cooking, Gabriel, Samuel
Sam watched President Obama’s address this morning at school. Leaving aside all debate, I asked him what he thought of it. “Pretty cool,” he said. So, what did the president say to the kids watching? “Um, he said to…never give up, never surrender.” (Something tells me that movie made something of an impression on Sam, [...]
Posted by Carrie on 20 Aug 2009 | Tagged as: Cooking, Fitness and Health, Rants and vents
My stomach is kind of flip-floppy, and my throat is a little goopy (sorry), and the whole world smells sort of yellow. (Do you ever get that? Where the best way to describe a non-visual sensation somehow works out to be via a color?) I don’t want to be sick! But I’ve been feeling like [...]
Posted by Carrie on 19 Aug 2009 | Tagged as: Cooking, Familial things, Pictures and movies, Samuel
I sort of hate venting about Sam like that, even when it’s justified, because he’s human, too. Growing up is hard. I can remember that, though it’s easier to do so when I’m not consumed with how hard it is to actually be a grownup, and a parent, to boot. I’m not blind to the [...]
