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I came up with a dinner menu for the week, and a list of groceries that we needed in order to have said menu items. It should be noted that all items here are vegetarian. Sunday: Baked Ziti Monday: Chicken Nuggets Tuesday: Stew Wednesday: Chili Thursday: Stir Fry Friday: Fish & Chips Saturday: Pizza After…
I took the kids to see The Good Dinosaur this afternoon. It was good. I understand that many critics are giving it mediocre reviews. I think this is because they are comparing it to Inside Out, rather than letting it stand on its own merits. I had talked previously about Ciarán’s fear of a movie…
Surprisingly, only a couple of pictures, despite the Thanksgiving holiday. Earlier this week I caught Tevye “reading”. And yesterday I caught him getting the camera off the table. Kyle came over for Thanksgiving dinner. This was the only good picture from the whole evening. Every other one was blurry because either people or the camera…
Because there are several items that need to be in the oven simultaneously, there is a bit of coordination that needs to take place in order for them all to be ready at the same time. Thankfully there are two things that help immensely in this regard. The first is many if not most of…
This was the year we were going to have three pies. Usually we do two, but this year was going to be different. A big chunk of the day was spent preparing the fillings and working the pie crust from scratch. Yes, that’s right. From scratch. And it was a pain in the … alright,…
This past Saturday was the championships for Dela’s gymnastics group. It is a pretty big deal because only two teams from her division were invited to the competition. I think there was something like 10 teams total from the three different branches of the Seattle Gymnastics Academy. While here other three events may not have been as…
“Justice League Unlimited” is a continuation of the “Justice League” series that followed the (rightfully) acclaimed DC animated universe titles featuring Batman, Superman and others. Over the course of 39 episodes we get an expanded roster of heroes entering a series of adventures that saw things get… well, the task was to overturn the apple…
Easily one of, if not the best animated series “The Animaniacs” was syndicated from what I remember and broadcast in the afternoons Monday through Friday. While I could easily go on and on about how subversive the humor of the series was (and still is) I want to focus on one of the other aspects thee…
Typing this out on my phone because the internet crapped out right before I (finally) sat down to type this post. Ugh. I wound up sleeping in until 6Am today. Unloaded the disheasher, helped get the kids breakfast, etc. Had to be at the church by 7:45 this morning because I was in charge of…
Today was Ciárán’s First Reconciliation. First Communion will happen in the Spring, but this was a big step in his life. I had been taking this journey with Ciárán, in the same way I did with August and Laura did with Déla (we are trading off the sacramental prep with the kids). There were a…