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Wednesday, December 5th, 2007

Let It Snow!

let-it-snow.JPGIt seems unreasonable to buy snowsuit type stuff for the 6″ total accumulation that we’re likely to get over the winter but it would be nice to not have to layer her up like crazy just to go sit in the yard for three minutes. She thought the snow was pretty cool though she looks at me as if to ask what the hell am I supposed to be able to do in these stupid thumb-less mittens?

I haven’t been up to check if it’s still snowing recently but it’s of no consequence to me since my exam isn’t tomorrow. I won’t benefit from any two hour delay type scenarios. Only another week and a half of madness people. I’m carving notches into my headboard.

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Tuesday, December 4th, 2007

Tortilla Soup With Chicken

tortilla-soup.JPGI bet you were wondering what I was going to do with the two half consumed roast chickens I had in the fridge. What would anyone do? They would call in the best recipes from their most trusted sources. Chelsea made this for us at girls night 2006 to rave reviews from everyone. Read the rest of this entry »

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Tuesday, December 4th, 2007

Mustard Sage Crusted Roast Chicken

chicken11.JPGI adapted this recipe from a Tom Douglas recipe in an old issue of Fine Cooking magazine. The original recipe called for letting the mustard slathered bird marinate for several hours or overnight. I had a two pack of costco birds. I coated both in the mustard and roasted one right away and refrigerated the other. We noticed to appreciable difference between the flavor of the two birds that would warrant storing the raw bird overnight. The recipe also called for mixing the herbs into the mustard but I forgot so as you can see they are scattered over the top of the bird which was fine. Read the rest of this entry »

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Monday, December 3rd, 2007

Looking Down the Barrell of a Gun

1231.JPG Don’t you love this time of year? The time of year when everything culminates in a frenzy oh sleeplessness? My first exam is on Friday and I have suspiciously little material covered in my outline. Looks like I’m gonna have to dig a little deeper. There has got to be more to it than this. I might go so far as to tab my code sections. I just added that to ‘the list.’
Today was pretty productive in spite of constantly being at Chase’s nose. It seems that the ominous runny nose that hearkens the cutting of every tooth has returned. I like to call her my snot monster… Read the rest of this entry »

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Sunday, December 2nd, 2007

Several Glasses of a Nice Chianti

standing.JPGLast night was Ben’s office holiday party. It was a great time. Open bar, lots of food, no yankee swap gift exchange… people had a really good time. Chase especially enjoyed herself and during the year end recap presentation thought that everyone was clapping and laughing for her. She was such a trooper. I should have left her at home but it’s supposed to be a family event and it was. How lucky that I had that holiday dress so she could look festive like the grown ups. Last year the event was hosted at a local restaurant but this year they moved it to Maggiano’s. In spite of its being a chain the food and wine were very good. The apps were served buffet style. Dinner was served family style with platters at each table. The menu consisted of spaghetti bolognese, meatballs (of which I found one in my purse well after the fact), ravioli with pesto, chicken picatta, beef medallion on a bed of mashed potatoes. For dessert there was cheesecake and apple crostata. It’s so nice to have people bring you dinner AND to have someone else pay for it. It just wouldn’t be the holidays without th office holiday party. MMmm… remember that year we had two? That was excellent. Read the rest of this entry »

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Sunday, December 2nd, 2007

Baby’s Got A New Pair of Shoes

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