Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Friday, April 17, 2009
Happy Birthday, Dad! Happy Honor Breakfast, Molly!
Posing for the camera, dodging Aunt Kristy's kisses, & singing "Happy Birthday" to Grandpa! (Dad was treated to "Happy Birthday" in TWO languages this morning; after we finished the last notes of our song, Kirsten piped up with "Hoch Soll Er Leben!")
A photo of Dad taken in grass-less Andrews, Texas...
along with dialogue from his favorite movie, Raising Arizona!
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Did you hear "Speaking of Faith" today?
I'm always calling my dad and asking if he heard this week's Speaking of Faith with Krista Tippett; here was my favorite part of today's broadcast...from the chapter "Lenten Spring" of Inheriting Paradise: Meditations on Gardening:
"Several summers ago my children found two turtles and put them in the vegetable garden. During a thaw the next February, as I was digging up the soggy soil where the peas go, I lifted a heavy mound with my shovel, and then another. The two turtles had burrowed down for winter sleep, and I had rudely awakened them too soon. So I carried them to a corner of the garden where I would not disturb them and dug them in again. When my wife said that she feared the turtles might be dead, I said I did not think so (though I wasn't as sure as I sounded). I insisted that in spring they would come up. And they did in Easter week.
Lilies and hyacinths signify the resurrection, and I can understand why. But I have a pair of turtles that plant themselves in my garden each fall like two gigantic seeds and rise on Easter with earthen crowns upon their humbled heads. With the women at the tomb, I marvel..."
"Several summers ago my children found two turtles and put them in the vegetable garden. During a thaw the next February, as I was digging up the soggy soil where the peas go, I lifted a heavy mound with my shovel, and then another. The two turtles had burrowed down for winter sleep, and I had rudely awakened them too soon. So I carried them to a corner of the garden where I would not disturb them and dug them in again. When my wife said that she feared the turtles might be dead, I said I did not think so (though I wasn't as sure as I sounded). I insisted that in spring they would come up. And they did in Easter week.
Lilies and hyacinths signify the resurrection, and I can understand why. But I have a pair of turtles that plant themselves in my garden each fall like two gigantic seeds and rise on Easter with earthen crowns upon their humbled heads. With the women at the tomb, I marvel..."
Friday, April 10, 2009
Sunday, April 05, 2009
Saturday, April 04, 2009
Rosemary's Nuts
Got nuts? Got rosemary? Get ready for a DELICIOUS snack!
I used the basic recipe for the Union Square Cafe's bar nuts, but reduced the salt and added the zing of Tabasco and Worcestershire sauces.
* 1 tablespoon butter, melted
* 2 tablespoons coarsely chopped fresh rosemary
* 1 teaspoon cayenne
* 2 teaspoons dark brown sugar
* salt to taste (approx. 1/2 tsp--1 tsp. kosher salt should do it)
*generous dash of original recipeTabasco sauce
*generous dash of Worcestershire sauce
1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Toss the nuts in a large bowl to combine and spread them out on a cookie sheet. Toast in the oven until they become light golden brown, about 8-10 minutes.
3. In the large bowl, combine the melted butter with the rosemary, cayenne, brown sugar, salt, Tabasco, and Worcestershire sauce.
4. Thoroughly toss the warm toasted nuts with the spiced butter and serve warm. Store leftovers in airtight containers; they're great for a couple of weeks.
I used the basic recipe for the Union Square Cafe's bar nuts, but reduced the salt and added the zing of Tabasco and Worcestershire sauces.
Rosemary's Nuts
* 1/4 pound each peeled peanuts, cashews, brazil nuts, hazelnuts, walnuts, pecans, and whole unpeeled almonds OR 1 pound unsalted assorted nuts* 1 tablespoon butter, melted
* 2 tablespoons coarsely chopped fresh rosemary
* 1 teaspoon cayenne
* 2 teaspoons dark brown sugar
* salt to taste (approx. 1/2 tsp--1 tsp. kosher salt should do it)
*generous dash of original recipeTabasco sauce
*generous dash of Worcestershire sauce
1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Toss the nuts in a large bowl to combine and spread them out on a cookie sheet. Toast in the oven until they become light golden brown, about 8-10 minutes.
3. In the large bowl, combine the melted butter with the rosemary, cayenne, brown sugar, salt, Tabasco, and Worcestershire sauce.
4. Thoroughly toss the warm toasted nuts with the spiced butter and serve warm. Store leftovers in airtight containers; they're great for a couple of weeks.
Thursday, March 26, 2009
For Bethany...
...her favorite bedtime book is coming to the Big Screen. (Save this one for me, Bessie Lou!)
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Monday, March 23, 2009
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Happy 50th birthday, Kirsten!
I think it's so funny that you and Barbie were both in 1959...and Midge and I were both born in 1963.I'll be at your house around 9:00 for the big birthday trip to San Angelo,
Midge
P.S. As much as I love you, I'm totally ditching you and your family once we hit Cactus Books...
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
You're welcome, Texas!
Want to know what finally ended the drought and gave us rain last night & today? Because, for the first time anyone can remember, I spent $12 getting my car washed yesterday. Yeah.
Y'all are welcome. Guess I should've taken it to Rainbow two months ago...
Oh, well. Here's a helpful video to distract me from the spots and splashes and streaks all over my newly-washed car (and it wasn't all ashes...I'm convinced the fresh wash is the only reason it passed inspection needing only two license plate bulbs!):
Y'all are welcome. Guess I should've taken it to Rainbow two months ago...
Oh, well. Here's a helpful video to distract me from the spots and splashes and streaks all over my newly-washed car (and it wasn't all ashes...I'm convinced the fresh wash is the only reason it passed inspection needing only two license plate bulbs!):
Saturday, March 07, 2009
Happy Birthday, Houston!
May you always greet your house guests in unusual ways! May you always be a good big brother to the two little sisters who adore you...and may God bless you always.
Friday, March 06, 2009
Tattoo!
Got the DVD of the Scottish Military Tattoo last night from Adel-not-Abdel. :-)
You only enjoyed a little *taste* of the Edinburgh Tattoo with the video above...so maybe it's time to buy your plane tickets now for Scotland's HUGE Homecoming festival this summer!
A little too far? Little too expensive? The largest tattoo in the U.S. is held each year in Virginia! Details here. (Mom and Dad, this is only hours from you, and I'm *begging you* to drive to Norfolk for this...BEGGING you!)
Thursday, March 05, 2009
Phone FAIL.
Please enjoy last night's Communication Breakdown! Here is an actual phone call from last night:
me: "Hello?"
caller: "Hello! Kristy?"
me: "Yes, this is Kristy."
caller, with slight Middle Eastern accent: "Do you know who this is?"
me: "I have no idea. Oh...hold on...is this Abdel?"
caller: "Yes!"
me: "Oh, listen--I want to THANK YOU for that meatball soup! I packed it and took it up to school for my lunch today, and it was simply DELICIOUS! I can't believe you made that from scratch!"
caller, hesitantly: "Oo-kaaaay. Hey, are you going to be at bagpipe practice tomorrow night?"
me: "Yeah, I was planning on it."
caller: "Great. I'll have those DVDs for you."
me: "Oh, I already have the DVD. It's sitting right here on my dresser! I guess Karen must have slipped it into my room."
caller, after a long pause: "You already have the DVDs we talked about last week?"
me, after another long pause: "Is this Abdel?"
caller: "Yes. Adel!"
me: "We discussed some DVDs last week?"
caller: (silence)
me: "Hold on. A-del? Not AB-del? Oh, this is Dr. ----?"
caller: "Yes! Adel -----!"
me: "Oh, dear! Oh, how embarrassing! I thought you were ABDEL! Well, no wonder this conversation didn't make any sense. You probably thought I'd lost my mind...making me soup and whatnot. Oh, how funny!"
caller, clearly convinced he has dialed a lunatic: "Okay. Well. I'll have those Scottish videos for you tomorrow. See you then. Perhaps we'll discuss a change in your meds."
(Okay, he didn't say that last part...but I could hear him thinking it...)
And since we're on the subject, here's a tie FAIL for your enjoyment:
me: "Hello?"
caller: "Hello! Kristy?"
me: "Yes, this is Kristy."
caller, with slight Middle Eastern accent: "Do you know who this is?"
me: "I have no idea. Oh...hold on...is this Abdel?"
caller: "Yes!"
me: "Oh, listen--I want to THANK YOU for that meatball soup! I packed it and took it up to school for my lunch today, and it was simply DELICIOUS! I can't believe you made that from scratch!"
caller, hesitantly: "Oo-kaaaay. Hey, are you going to be at bagpipe practice tomorrow night?"
me: "Yeah, I was planning on it."
caller: "Great. I'll have those DVDs for you."
me: "Oh, I already have the DVD. It's sitting right here on my dresser! I guess Karen must have slipped it into my room."
caller, after a long pause: "You already have the DVDs we talked about last week?"
me, after another long pause: "Is this Abdel?"
caller: "Yes. Adel!"
me: "We discussed some DVDs last week?"
caller: (silence)
me: "Hold on. A-del? Not AB-del? Oh, this is Dr. ----?"
caller: "Yes! Adel -----!"
me: "Oh, dear! Oh, how embarrassing! I thought you were ABDEL! Well, no wonder this conversation didn't make any sense. You probably thought I'd lost my mind...making me soup and whatnot. Oh, how funny!"
caller, clearly convinced he has dialed a lunatic: "Okay. Well. I'll have those Scottish videos for you tomorrow. See you then. Perhaps we'll discuss a change in your meds."
(Okay, he didn't say that last part...but I could hear him thinking it...)
And since we're on the subject, here's a tie FAIL for your enjoyment:
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