We will find you snow

We went on an a family outing on Saturday to find snow after morning chores.  Somebody forgot to bring boots for the baby.  He wore his crocs, but that was not going to stop him from stomping around.  The only bummer is that we did not plan enough time for them to play.  They could have lasted hours.  It was a gorgeous day, and reminded me that boys need to be outside to roam free and discover.  It was lovely.

Resolutions??

Well, it is that time of year where everybody is depressed.  You know it's true.  The January blahs.  I always start the year feeling so inspired.  If you could see my thoughts they would scream, "This is going to be THE BEST YEAR EVER!!"  And then 2 weeks into January I am already done with this year.  Well, not done totally, the summer still looks promising.  Anyway, I would like to tell you about two resolutions I am making good on.  First of all I have launched my food blog again, using that term in the loosest kind of way.  Not that I ever really had a food blog.  But, still, it is now gluten free/dairy free, which I'm sure all of my 10 blog readers could care less about.  Oh well.  It was a personal goal, and let's call it good.  If you are interested, I will be posting recipes that fit my son's diet, but some are just regular meals everybody can enjoy.  Enough said.  Wait one more thing, I might stop doing this after about a week.  Let's keep those hopes nice and low where they belong. Also, two weeks ago when I was still shouting about the best year of my life, I bought blue paint for my dining room.  I decided to go blue walls, gold curtains.  Those are much easier to come by, I might even be able to find the sparkly shade I have been dreaming of.  If it turns out, I might post pictures.  Painting is scary.  How are you doing on your resolutions? 

Enjoy

So, I made it to the gym this morning before the Snowmeggedon began.  While there I happened upon a cooking reality show.  Yes, I sometimes watch cooking shows while working out.  I'm sure there are some deeper issues there, but mostly I just like to pick up cooking tips wherever I can get them.  Anyway, I am watching this show and they are throwing a party for somebody.  This somebody is wandering around and getting annoyed why they haven't started serving the food at her fabulous party yet.  Then it happened.  She said something AWESOME.  It went somethuing like this.

Where is the food?  I'm starving!  In fact, now I am just hangry.  You know, like, angry hungry.

What?  Angry hungry?  Yes, I do know.  I have been to the angry hungry place.  My kids go there all the time.  You can actually see the hunger turn angry.  It is not good.  But I just love the idea that she was talking about it.  There you go, as you embark on all your new diets this year, don't get hangry.  It is not pretty.  Well, unless you are on a reality tv show, and then it is still pretty because you have a team to keep you pretty.

Two is Magical

We had such a fun birthday celebration with Nathan last night.  It was so simple, and so lovely.  We had nachos, his favorite.   Everyone got their own bowl of salsa and a mini bottle of sparkling cider.  What a hit! Matthew made him a hat, Jeremy put two red lines on the cake and called it a baseball, and it might have been the best party ever.