Last week lordaerith and I (mostly Aerith) installed our new microwave. It is pretty and shiny and matches our stove. It also is a convection oven, which is strange but cool.


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We decided that 2.75 would be the perfect age for Little Prince to experience his first Mardi Gras in New Orleans.

On Thursday, Feb 27, we got into the car nice and early and drove to New Orleans. The drive went pretty well overall. Little Prince used the potty twice on the way there, which was totally unexpected and cool. He did fight sleep for ( Read more... )

The guys are napping and I should be either napping or doing dishes or unpacking (oh the unpacking), but I had an urge to do some good old fashioned journalling. We'll see if it lasts ( Read more... )

This weekend my father and step-mother came into town. On Saturday night we left the little prince with a babysitter and went out to Uchiko for a 6:15 reservation. For those of you who don't follow TV stuff, Uchiko is the restaurant where the most recent winner of Top Chef is the Executive Chef. I actually made the reservations in the week before ( Read more... )

I have a Hansen's Sno-Bliz. In Austin, TX. Because my family loves me.


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Yesterday started off with me waking up with pain in my right side. I'd slept with a regular body pillow, but it's just not working right for me. Good thing we have a pregnancy pillow on the way ( Read more... )

Every day Boris looks to be moving better and better. This is a good thing. We will still be keeping an eye on him to see how he is progressing.

Boris from a month ago, being adorable:

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I spent all last week in Chicago. I was there to teach 4 days of classes ( Read more... )

Monday evening the Frenchman showed up at my hotel room and we (eventually) headed out and walked up to the North End. Ended up on the rooftop eating area of a nice little Italian place. Then we wandered around and looked at the water a bit before wandering back to the hotel ( Read more... )

For dinner tonight, I made "Saucy chicken with vegetables" in my crock pot.

I put 1 large can of crushed tomatoes in the crock pot and added cut up 1 package of boneless chicken, 1 zucchini, 1 yellow squash, 1 green bell pepper, 1 small onion, and 1 huge clove of garlic. Then I added some Tony's and a hell of a lot (that's a measurement, honest) ( Read more... )