Birthday Boys!

Happy Birthday to big brother N and A!

Fall

We have been blessed with a few beautiful fall days lately and so we took advantage of it and took Joshua to the pumpkin patch. It was great to watch him have fun after all of our misadventures lately.

They had a 40ft long irrigation tube slide at the Pumpkin patch and that pretty much kept him entertained the whole time. Also he played the rubber duckie race which was pretty entertaining to watch as well. As for me, I just enjoyed capturing each moment with my camera - he he he.

Nobel Peace Prize Misadventures

Before I get a slew of flaming comments, for the record, I do believe that Global Warming exists. The inconvenient truth is that Al's film should have been named "An inconvenient laugh-riot" as it contained no proof of causality, but I guess if you say something often enough it will be accepted as "truth".

On to the insanity.

-P

Good to be wanted

So, I tend to procrastinate, as many folks know. Ever since my last job change there has been this nagging feeling I should update my information and I had decided this week was going to be it. Turns out, I had someone do it for me :) A & K C probably knows what it is as I believe they said they left a message on their answering machine. They want to suck my blood... again. This is my second run at a 1 in 12 shot.

If you haven't done it yet, register or shame on you! For M's friends that goes double! :)

I was told over the phone that I was a 6 of 6 match (Page 6 and 7).

-P

Good to be wanted

So, I tend to procrastinate, as many folks know. Ever since my last job change there has been this nagging feeling I should update my information and I had decided this week was going to be it. Turns out, I had someone do it for me :) A probably knows what it is as I believe they said they left a message on her answering machine. They want to suck my blood... again. This is my second run at a 1 in 12 shot.

If you haven't done it yet, register or shame on you!

-P

Cast ...

Today, I took J to the Orthopedics. They put him on a fiber glass type of cast to protect his wrist better as well as so he can maneuver and move his fingers a bit. It is water resistant so at least he can take a bath or shower. The doctor said, he has a "buckle fracture", his bone is bent but will definitely heal and won't impede the growth of his bones....good! He'll have to wear them for 4 weeks though so no swimming or baseball for him for a month. The doctor said he can swim but then will have to wait for his cast to dry which takes about 3 hrs. That is just not going to work for us since he needs to be in school and will be very inconvenient. We can wait - for sure.

Anyway, he is definitely much better. Pretty bored the last few days but is finding other ways to be entertained lately so that is a good thing. He missed school today since I took him to the doctor. The visit took longer than expected but he'll be fine. I did ask permission from his teacher last Friday...so we're all good.

Will post a new pix of his colored cast sometime.

-M

Teriyaki

Here's the Chicken/Pork Teriyaki recipe for Mom and Sue. I was going to email it but you guys might also want to try it. It's really tasty - yummy for my tummy!

Ingredients
1 1/2 lb boneless chicken breast, skin removed or pork - cut in bite size.
1/4 cup soy sauce
2 tbl mirin sauce
2 tbl sherry
2 tbl brown sugar
2 tsp grated fresh ginger
1 medium red pepper cut into 3/4 inch squares
4 scallions/green onions, cut into 1 inch lengths
2 tbl oil
bamboo skewers

Directions.
1. Soak bamboo skewers in water to prevent from burning.

2. Trim chicken/pork of excess fat and tendons. Place the chicken in a shallow glass or ceramic dish. Combine the soy sauce, mirin, sherry,brown sugar and ginger in a small bowl. Stir to dissolve the sugar; pour over the chicken. Cover and refrigerate for up to 2 hrs, turning occasionally.

2. Thread the meat onto the bamboo skewers alternating with pepper and green onion pieces.

3. Brush the kabobs with oil and place on a lightly oiled grill. Cook over medium-high heat for 6 minutes or until tender, turning and brushing with oil occasionally.

4. Serve with rice and stir fried or grilled veggies.

P.S. You can try to bake it too which I haven't tried yet but I think it should work. I will try to stir fry it as well and let you know how it goes.

Enjoy!