Category: Daily Life

Ramblings, often stream of conscious, journaling the events of my life.

  • From the mouths of babes

    Evan, almost 5: "MMMmmm. Dad what’s this?"
    Dad: "Old coffee grounds for the compost pile."
    Evan: "I like old. Wait. No, I don’t like old because old people don’t let me do whatever I want."

  • From the mouths of babes

    Me: "This machine measures my blood pressure. See that blue line in my arm. That’s the blood in my arm."
    Evan, nearly 5 years old: "Blood? Blood is bad for you! Blood will make you die. I’ve seen it on Noah’s game."

  • Man Toys!

    Sometimes I find things on Amazon that just make me giddy.

  • Amy’s Earth Day Lunch

    Earth Day Lunch

    Update: This update for Jim, the no good deed goes unpunished commenter. The students discussed healthy eating for lunch today, not conservation. The landfill packaging may or may not have presented the students an opportunity for discussing organic eating.

    Recipe

    The secret is to turn the 2 pieces of bread into a rectangle. My first attempt I put one slice directly on top of the other and that did nothing. You want to overlap them ever so slightly before using the rolling pin. Work the seam really well so that you end up with a good bond between the two slices.

    When putting the ingredients on, cheat it toward one of the narrow sides to leave some bare bread at the end for keeping the roll together (bread on bread after rolling). Roll it tight but not so tight as to tear the bread and at the end go back and forth over the final seam with slightly increasing pressure to try to keep the bread together.

    I picked up the sushi tray from Kroger’s deli.

    The sushi is: white wheat bread, ranch dressing, 2 slices of ham, shredded carrots, 1 slice of swiss cheese, and 2 sweet baby pickles

  • Need a break

    Been fighting a logic problem. Ready for this day to be done.

  • Great relaxation / High anxiety

    I had an awesome weekend. The offshoot of this wonderful weekend is a hellish Monday. I neglected some client obligations and much needed paperwork. Now to make up for it!

  • It’s Saturday! What does that mean?

    Yard work, auto-repair, home repair, and programming of course!

  • Seeking Symptom Free: Today’s Cocktail

    The picture of healthI have a project that must be completed in three days. I cannot afford to be sick right now.

    • 150/160mg Valturna
    • A chug (approximately 1050mg) bismuth subsalicylate
    • 180mg Simethicone
    • 60mg dextromethorphan hydrobromide 14mg sodium
    • 325mg Acetaminophen
    • 200mg Guaifenesin
    • 10mg dextromethorphan hydrobromide
    • 5mg Phenylephrine
    • 10mg loratadine
    • 1000mg calcium carbonate
    • 60mg simethicone
    • .65% sodium chloride in deionized water
    • 650mg aspirin
  • Life Lesson #512

    Maalox comes in a bottle shaped like a flask for a reason.

  • Stress dreams have the best imagery

    My dreams were so vivid and wacky last night that I suspect I’d fail a drug test this morning.

  • Can I go back to sleep?

    I’m having one of those days where it would be best to simply hide in the covers until LOST comes on.

  • From the mouths of babes

    Amy, seven years old: "Thanks for dinner Daddy. Without you, we’d starve to death!"
    Me: "Well, you’re welcome."
    Evan, four years old: "You can say, ‘my pleasure.’"