Good-Morning and Happpy Birthday Don! :-) Don is here visiting Donny and I think I hear him afoot above me (I'm downstairs). We're all going to Mary & Mike's tonight for a Birthday and belated Dad's Day dinner. :-)
Happy Birthday, Don! Have a great party. Fifty-six ain't bad...I'm afraid fifty-seven will feel more like "approaching sixty." Think I'll stay here at fifty-six with you.
I think Don had a nice Birthday weekend. He and Donny went to the pool, on a hike, on a bike ride, to the movie "Transformers" and a wonderful dinner at Mary & Mike's. A perfect Birthday weekend. :-) Donny made him a homemade 3-D Father's Day card (he called on Dad's Day too) and we gave him sneakers, underroonies and sox...he was happy. :-)
150 years is great...they have a plan though, the wife and son didn't show up for the sentencing, so now they will act so upset that the man they knew as Dad and Husband could have done this...but let's see what their lifestyle is like over the coming years.
The fries were good. They were from a Indian/Mexican fusion place and we were out front making jokes like "Hey - you got curry in my salsa"..."YOu got salsa in my curry". We thought it was pretty funny but I don't think the workers appreciated it.
Those fries do sound great. At the Indian food booth we worked at at DSM art festival this weekend, the bosses loved to put chaat salt- with a lot of mango salt and cumin- on everything. It is great though, especially on potatoes! I had some Italian fries last night which were delicious also, but not as exotic. What made the meatballs cajun?
Check out this link: http://www.stuckatprom.com/contests/prom/entries_finalist.asp
These high school kids made their prom dresses/tuxes out of duct tape. The link shows the ten finalists for a $3000 scholarship. The creativity and work they put in is amazing. You can vote until 7/2 for your favorite at that link. I had no idea duct tape came in so many colors! Kelli
Stevo's in Indiana this week visiting his mom and sibs. Before he left our air conditioner broke - the part where the water taken out of the air drains out. This is an OLD system....you don't just run over to the appliance store or Menard's and pick up the part. If it's available at all, you order it and wait two weeks. So he fixed it with a Rube Goldberg contraption (great word) involving, I kid you not, various plumbing pipes, tees and elbows, plumber's putty, a piece of Tupperware, wire, duct tape and, outside where the hose drains, a brick and a rock to keep the whole drainage thing running downhill. And a big bucket just in case. Then he was fixing a valve in the laundry room and the whole pipe shattered and water went gushing across the room so we had to shut off the water to the whole house (apparently they didn't believe in shutoff valves in 1901) and make an emergency run to Ace to get more plumbing stuff. So his departure was delayed by a day and a half. But he also put a lock on the back door. My hero. Now that the house has locks all over, he has a superstitious fear that someone's going to break in while I'm home alone and calls every night. Or maybe he has a superstitious fear that I'm going to run amok at SuperTarget. (He's right.) Send in your Garrigan BBQ replies!
OK...we need to decide if we can get together a STRAUB team for the alumni quiz bowl...it's on Friday July 10th at 4...c'mon c'mon c'mon...who's all coming??? just come a few hours earlier!!! DECIDE NOW!!
For the first time in this job, or maybe in my whole life, I just used the word "youngsters" in my bulletin column. You just run out of upbeat, fun-loving ways to say "kids." I feel dirty.
Oscar had a Dr. appointment yesterday. He's 75th% for height and 10th% for weight. The Dr. told me to feed him mashed potatoes and pancakes with lots of extra butter!
I would love to quiz bowl but per usual it is a scheduling conflict.
Last night, heading into our busiest weekend of the year I had worked 12 hours and rushed home to mow the yard because I knew I would not have time for the next 5-6 days - it needed it.
I'm on the mower not thrilled about it but at least it was away from work and employees. Then I faintly here my cell ring. It was my lead cook informing me that the dishwasher had just walked out - quit.
Seems every year I get one that walks off right before the motorcycle rally. I can only speculate that they A) Don't want to miss what is essentially the biggest party around and B) They don't want to spend the next few days in a miserable kitchen.
At least this year it was only a dishwasher. Last year it was my lead cook.
I don't think Molly's worried. O is a tubular kid - big-boned but without any fat. His torso is basically a 6" diameter pipe. He eats a lot and is in constant motion, crawling all over drumming on everything, clog dancing when you hold him up, singing to hiumself. Happy boy.
Tom, that bites about your dishwasher. Did you get the lawn mowed? Good luck for the rally!
Ed, this one is easy. Don't stand on a piece of glass over 3000 feet of thin air!
Quiz bowl - I'm in if you want a semi-senile geek who can never remember anyone's name. Or I could be an alternate.
How many people are on a Quiz Bowl team? Have they posted any rules? I already sent in my reply with reservations only for the BBQ, so Mary or Joe should be sure to reserve a spot for a Straub team. Is there math? Are there religion questions? How about Star Trek trivia? Can you phone a friend?
I know a lot of baby docs tell parents no glutens until the baby is at least a year, and even no cows milk. Some say 18 months. That said, there are lots of fattening carbs you could give the little O. Rice pancakes drenched in syrup. Mashed potatoes is good if he will eat them (my kids hated the texture until they were about 5 or 6 years old), tapioca pudding, etc.
I am imagining something that looks more like a high school quiz bowl than trivial pursuit. We will need to know history and physics, etc. Again, I hope Joe 4 will join in.
Molly, Jude and Sam were/ are the exact same. Just long, skinny string beans. I was a little worried about Jude becasue he was the first, but not Sam. And actually our ped said not to try to over compensate with excessively fatty foods given the diabetes in our family.
So I saw a mint condidition Michael Jackson LP selling for $350,000 on e-bay.
I think I am going to start a website called wackojackocomesbacko.com and have be a place where people can record sightings of MJ. I mean - they did for Elvis right? Maybe it will be worth some money.
OK...I've registered a STRAUB team for the Quiz Bowl...BUT I need your Grad Year and e-mail address...so far we have: Lisa Cathy Frank Ed M.E. Joe3 you're in 'cause you live here and don't own a restaurant Don is a maybe
Liam hit a grand slam today. A legit one over the outfielder's head and if Titonka's little league field had a fence it would have been a gone tater. Yesterday he had a triple and a double. Wish I would have been there.
Cathy: 1970 (gasp) and look on the address list for email; bad guys grab email addresses off of blogs. I'm with Em's pediatrician. Why in this day and age would you want to FATTEN up a healthy normal baby with a good appetite? Especially one from a family with lots of diabetics? I know I was a very casual mom, but I always figured that if a healthy kid doesn't want to eat, it's because he's not hungry. If a baby goes on a banana streak for a week, give him bananas. If a toddler won't eat what's for dinner, you can offer healthy alternatives, but not to the point where you're always cooking two dinners. And NO battles over forcing kids to eat (beyond the try one bite rule). If they're hungry, they'll eat. If you need to, there are ways to sneak veggies into your foods. Food fights are totally unproductive. Going hungry for an evening never hurt anyone. This is aside from socializing kids that they need to stay at the table whether they're eating or not because families have dinner together and talk. OK, sermon over.
Missed the post about Liam! Way to go! I once had a grand slam in softball because of errors/overthrows at every base. I didn't know why everyone was laughing.
Type 1 diabetes--the type Betty and some of the Straub siblings have--is not caused by an unhealthy diet. It is an auto-immune response that occurs for completely not understood factors and makes the body destroy the insulin producing cells in the pancreas. Type 2 is on the rise due to obesity and happens because the pancreas isn't able to make enough insulin for the demand or cells in the body become resistant to the insulin that is produced. Two very different diseases. All diabetics need a low fat diet because having diabetes increases the risk for cardiovascular disorders but even Betty's pediatric endocrinologist isn't worried about stressing low fat until Betty gets through puberty. I think desserts and treats are a wonderful part of life and can be the sweetest part of a healthy diet, even for diabetics. Kelli
I agree. I also almost think they should give type 2 a different name because it works so differently. And my little food rant was basically because I think there's no need to "fatten up" a healthy skinny baby.
No Mom, I'm just happy I love food so much. Probably because dinner was a stress free environment. The alternatives we usually had were a peanut butter sandwich, which we would have to make ourselves. So I usually just ended up eating whatever I didn't want to eat because I was a kid and I was lazy.
Andy's mom is a dietitian and although they like to eat fun, yummy foods when they go out, their normal daily diet is pretty boring and healthy and they know it. I always laugh because the only snack options in their house is fig newtons or pringles. The only thing they ever have for lunch when we are home is tuna melts or refried beans on a tortilla. But his mom never gives us grief about what we eat...what we drink though is another story.
So the unemployment report for June is out. 9.5% nationwide. McSlimy put a gun to our head and said we needed to pass the stimulus or the economy will make the depression seem like the good old days. We were assured that with the stimulus and bailouts that unemployment would not exceed 8%. Probably less.
As Pat Buchannon said this morning the White House has no more cards to play on the economy. Their hand is face up on the table. No more bailout - no more stimulus.
Meanwhile untold billions (trillions?) are being frittered and absconded away.
Never, never trust the government with money. Starve the beast, as they say, is the only way to control spending.
Quiz Bowl: Not yet sure just when I'll get to Algona. Wanna be there. Get more recruits in case I'm a no-show until Saturday.
I really think we need to recruit Joe 4.
I believe the extent of my knowledge is that I can name the colors of the rings on the Olympic flag, know who the Mets beat in the 1968 (69?) world series and that polar treats was the name of the first ice cream treat. My physics knowledge does not go beyond that I know that bullets come down as fast as they go up. Tell those who like to shoot their weapons off into the air.
Joe 4 If you ever read this, please join us. Help us young Joe Straub the 4th. You're our only hope.
You been watching the Force of July marathon on Spike?
I can name Spock's parents. Here is what I know about physics: so far no unified field theory. Sorry Albert. Here is what I know about math: the square root of -1 is italicized i. I am amazed and chagrined to say I don't know who the Mets beat in 69. My answer to any question about famous authors is I can't think of the name. You know, that one guy. Help us Joe4. You're our only hope.
hey did you all see this? http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/02/us/02nuns.html?_r=1&hp that's interesting, the nature of APOSTOLIC VISITATION.
anyhow, i'm off today for east coast tour. i made all this soap (orange/sandalwood and mint/patchouli) and all these weird granola bars (mango/cilantro/coconut and fennel/almond/cherry/apricot) to sell during shows at the MERCH table where we sell all our merchandise. maybe i'll cash in$$$$$$$
interestingly enough, on health and unhealth: all these homemade granola bar recipes i found have enough butter for a small sculpture, like one you might put on the mantel. it's just funny all these food things that are ostensibly good for you are so slyly sinful. oxoxoxo
Wow, we found a hip dog whisperer to do in-home dog training. It's more than going to a class, but it's in our house where we have the most issues. And in the 30 minutes he was here for the free consultation, Buddy (and us) learned like five new tricks. He's just relocated here from Berkley, and his sign for, "good, I like what you are doing/ that's right" is the surfer hang-ten thing. Oh gosh, am I old? What's that called? Anyway, he said it basically is a human equivalent of a wagging tail, but it's also fun to do. Ok, going to finish staking up our 6ft tall tomato plants for the second time. Last week I used four foot poles, but they are already useless. What is everyone doing for 4th of July, besides selling soap on the East COast?
Any other good ideas for using fennel? It's so pretty and feathery. I was going to grill it on some big scallops, but I don't know if it would go with salmon. I made up a recipe this spring to simmer some cream with fennel and mint leaves and use it for creamed baby peas - it was so-o-o-o good.
Really! You guys have it easy if Buddy's issues are your main problem in life. Don't be afraid to trim your tomato plants of they're getting out of hand. If they're that big they're going to produce way more tomatos than you could ever use anyway. Unless you're going to can them or something. I planted a pumpkin plant in my small garden this year and it tries to take over the whole garden every week, so I just cut half of it away every week. I just want a couple of pumpkins not a whole patch. I'm feeling positive about my technique, but it has no factual basis. Does anyone know anything about growing pumpkins? Or when to harvest Broccoli?
Ooh broccoli. Is it hard to grow? I'm doing that next year. I thought I was some kind of great novice gardener because my tomato plants are looking good at about 4 feet. I didn't stake them. I used the cages and our little garden is only 10x2 with a fence all around it so the compact area seems to keep everything growing up.
Finn still only wants to be held ALL the time. He'll sleep for a strech of about 3-4 hours now if he can be right on top of me. I've given in to this demand despite all the SIDS warnings. He can lift his head somewhat now. He looks a lot like the other two and since they all wore mostly the same clothes it'll be hard to tell them apart in pictures years from now.
Broccoli is amazingly easy to grow, but is often terrorized by moths and caterpillars. They only eat the leaves though. Ellen, what new tricks did Buddy learn?
We got news today that our 'dossier' has been approved and will be sent to the state dept. and ethiopian embassy for approval and then on to Ethiopia. It's considered a big step bc it means you're finished with classes , the multitudes of forms and checks (financial, medical, criminal)and have had a social worker visit a few times and approve you. Now we just wait 14 to 18 months for a referral.
1. Buddy's issues are anxiety about being left alone and seeing other animals. He is a great dog, and was doing amazing with his kennel the first month we were in our new house, but is crazy about it now. 2. We don't have kids, so any of Buddy's issues are our main problem. Buddy is much better behaved when we have company than when we are alone. He's great with kids though! 3. I trim a bit- I take the "suckers" that are growing in the "crotch" of the tomato plants- those ones that come up between two branches. 4. That's right, Emily. Hang ten, Buddy. 5. Buddy learned to look at a human not food when we sits for a treat, sit better without a treat, stay on the rug when someone is at the door, and respond to hang ten. I learned how to keep him from jumping with my body instead of pulling his collar and many tips to make kennel time better.
Here's some less exciting news but exciting nonetheless.
As you know we are the official Bar of Rock Gone Wild. The concert is going to be from Thursday thru Sun. On Wed. there will be a preconcert party here at Sarah's. All the rockers will be here and it will be an informal jam session. Who ever want to play can. Whatever song they want.
I'm going to do whatever I can to staff for that night so I don't have to work. I want to throw back one bourbon, one scotch and one beer with George Thoroughgood. Do a Jagerbomb the guys from Puddle of Mudd. Tell the guys from Saliva what a dumb name they have. Tell Twisted Sister I'm not gonna take it either. Go to the playground with Marcy Playground. Tell Lita Ford I drive a Chevy.
One time in Sioux Falls a drunk guy was hitting on Mary, me and Lisa (I think?) at a bar and he kept telling Mary how cool her hair was, just like Twisted Sister.
Went to the cheap theater to watch Star Trek last night. It was packed. The average age was about 55. We were about the youngest people there. I liked the movie.
105 comments:
Happy Birthday Don, hope you have a good one!
Good-Morning and Happpy Birthday Don! :-)
Don is here visiting Donny and I think I hear him afoot above me (I'm downstairs).
We're all going to Mary & Mike's tonight for a Birthday and belated Dad's Day dinner. :-)
Happy Birthday Don!
P
Happy birthday Don. Have a great dinner!
Monica
Happy Birthday, Don! Have a great party. Fifty-six ain't bad...I'm afraid fifty-seven will feel more like "approaching sixty." Think I'll stay here at fifty-six with you.
Happy Birthday Don!
I think Don had a nice Birthday weekend. He and Donny went to the pool, on a hike, on a bike ride, to the movie "Transformers" and a wonderful dinner at Mary & Mike's. A perfect Birthday weekend. :-)
Donny made him a homemade 3-D Father's Day card (he called on Dad's Day too) and we gave him sneakers, underroonies and sox...he was happy. :-)
Don just saw the blog for the first time, here at my office!!
Hey Don! Happy Birthday, again! ;-)
So, 150 years....
"Another victim alluded to Dante's "Inferno" and its three-headed devil, saying: 'I hope Satan can grow a fourth mouth for Madoff.'"
Wow.
p
150 years is great...they have a plan though, the wife and son didn't show up for the sentencing, so now they will act so upset that the man they knew as Dad and Husband could have done this...but let's see what their lifestyle is like over the coming years.
Happy Birthday Don!
Ok - so I just got back from the Taste. I got fried ravioli, cajun meatballs, fries with mango-cumin spices and a pickle on a stick.
This was kind of my walk around day and plan for the big attack later in the week.
yum...
The fries sound AWESOME.
p
Oh - and Chocolate gelato and a beer.
The fries were good. They were from a Indian/Mexican fusion place and we were out front making jokes like "Hey - you got curry in my salsa"..."YOu got salsa in my curry". We thought it was pretty funny but I don't think the workers appreciated it.
Ed
Happy Birthday Uncle Don!
Those fries do sound great. At the Indian food booth we worked at at DSM art festival this weekend, the bosses loved to put chaat salt- with a lot of mango salt and cumin- on everything. It is great though, especially on potatoes! I had some Italian fries last night which were delicious also, but not as exotic. What made the meatballs cajun?
were they alligator meatballs?
a little something for those who like their fish without the mercury:
http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/cr/SeafoodWatch/web/sfw_factsheet.aspx?gid=32
Yah know...Emily hasn't posted in a long time. It's like she's busy or something?
Check out this link:
http://www.stuckatprom.com/contests/prom/entries_finalist.asp
These high school kids made their prom dresses/tuxes out of duct tape. The link shows the ten finalists for a $3000 scholarship. The creativity and work they put in is amazing. You can vote until 7/2 for your favorite at that link. I had no idea duct tape came in so many colors!
Kelli
Happy birthday, Don! Hope you get to see this.
It sounds like you had a good time over the weekend.
lisa
randy
emma
mary
Funny, I thought Ryan O'Neill would have the same reaction, too. He's been milking this for all he could.
lisa
"MORNING JOE" broadcast this morning from Desmond's Starbucks (right outside his front door, he goes there most mornings) I saw him this morning!
I didn't know Des owned a Starbucks!?
Tom
Stevo's in Indiana this week visiting his mom and sibs. Before he left our air conditioner broke - the part where the water taken out of the air drains out. This is an OLD system....you don't just run over to the appliance store or Menard's and pick up the part. If it's available at all, you order it and wait two weeks. So he fixed it with a Rube Goldberg contraption (great word) involving, I kid you not, various plumbing pipes, tees and elbows, plumber's putty, a piece of Tupperware, wire, duct tape and, outside where the hose drains, a brick and a rock to keep the whole drainage thing running downhill. And a big bucket just in case. Then he was fixing a valve in the laundry room and the whole pipe shattered and water went gushing across the room so we had to shut off the water to the whole house (apparently they didn't believe in shutoff valves in 1901) and make an emergency run to Ace to get more plumbing stuff. So his departure was delayed by a day and a half. But he also put a lock on the back door. My hero. Now that the house has locks all over, he has a superstitious fear that someone's going to break in while I'm home alone and calls every night. Or maybe he has a superstitious fear that I'm going to run amok at SuperTarget. (He's right.)
Send in your Garrigan BBQ replies!
I forgot to add the pegboard hooks and foam noodle (in the contraption.)
There isn't really a foam noodle...is there?
OK...we need to decide if we can get together a STRAUB team for the alumni quiz bowl...it's on Friday July 10th at 4...c'mon c'mon c'mon...who's all coming??? just come a few hours earlier!!! DECIDE NOW!!
Go the the Garrigan website to see the schedule of activities if you haven't received brochure with all the info for the 50th celebration.
You all need to come home when I will be there. I'm voting for visits home on July 30-Aug. 1.
Patricia
Mary - I'm in. Let me know if we get a team.
For the first time in this job, or maybe in my whole life, I just used the word "youngsters" in my bulletin column. You just run out of upbeat, fun-loving ways to say "kids." I feel dirty.
shavers, squirts, moppets, juveniles, saplings....knee high to grasshoppers.....
p
rug rats, curtain climbers, ankle biters, demon spawn...
knee biters.
Tom,
Whatever the cost, this could be the ultimate accompaniment to the Cheeto:
http://www.omaha.com/article/20090630/NEWS01/706309880
If you buy it they will come.
Des - I couldn't open your link.
The Sears Tower has a new glass ledge that lets people walk out on and look down 1,300 feet to the ground.
I don't know about standing on glass that high.
http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2009/07/skydeck-heights-sears-tower-chicago-tourist.html
If I am in town by then, I will be in the quiz bowl. I just think we need to get Joe 4 on our team. He can play, he's an alumn.
Are there any babysitters available that weekend? Betty? Anyone?
Lisa
Oscar had a Dr. appointment yesterday. He's 75th% for height and 10th% for weight. The Dr. told me to feed him mashed potatoes and pancakes with lots of extra butter!
Molly - wow! check him for a tape worm.
I would love to quiz bowl but per usual it is a scheduling conflict.
Last night, heading into our busiest weekend of the year I had worked 12 hours and rushed home to mow the yard because I knew I would not have time for the next 5-6 days - it needed it.
I'm on the mower not thrilled about it but at least it was away from work and employees. Then I faintly here my cell ring. It was my lead cook informing me that the dishwasher had just walked out - quit.
Seems every year I get one that walks off right before the motorcycle rally. I can only speculate that they A) Don't want to miss what is essentially the biggest party around and B) They don't want to spend the next few days in a miserable kitchen.
At least this year it was only a dishwasher. Last year it was my lead cook.
Tom
Des - I couldn't open the link either.
Tom
I opened it. Weird. It was a butter statue of Michael Jackson.
p
Molly, what about a glutten (sp?) allergy?
i'm in on the quiz bowl.
we need to start thinking about events for the games...
Molly I wouldn't worry too much. There were times when Ellen and Sean weren't even on the chart as far as weight goes. As long as he's growing.
Monica
I don't think Molly's worried. O is a tubular kid - big-boned but without any fat. His torso is basically a 6" diameter pipe. He eats a lot and is in constant motion, crawling all over drumming on everything, clog dancing when you hold him up, singing to hiumself. Happy boy.
Tom, that bites about your dishwasher. Did you get the lawn mowed? Good luck for the rally!
Ed, this one is easy. Don't stand on a piece of glass over 3000 feet of thin air!
Quiz bowl - I'm in if you want a semi-senile geek who can never remember anyone's name. Or I could be an alternate.
How many people are on a Quiz Bowl team? Have they posted any rules? I already sent in my reply with reservations only for the BBQ, so Mary or Joe should be sure to reserve a spot for a Straub team. Is there math? Are there religion questions? How about Star Trek trivia? Can you phone a friend?
Molly -
I know a lot of baby docs tell parents no glutens until the baby is at least a year, and even no cows milk. Some say 18 months. That said, there are lots of fattening carbs you could give the little O. Rice pancakes drenched in syrup. Mashed potatoes is good if he will eat them (my kids hated the texture until they were about 5 or 6 years old), tapioca pudding, etc.
lisa
Re: Quiz Bowl
I am imagining something that looks more like a high school quiz bowl than trivial pursuit. We will need to know history and physics, etc. Again, I hope Joe 4 will join in.
Lisa
Molly, Jude and Sam were/ are the exact same. Just long, skinny string beans. I was a little worried about Jude becasue he was the first, but not Sam. And actually our ped said not to try to over compensate with excessively fatty foods given the diabetes in our family.
515-295-5939 is no longer in service. Wish I would have known that when I moved to town. I would have taken it.
Tom
No, I'm not worried about Oscar. I just thought it was funny that the Doc told me to feed him lots of butter.
You should take him to the State Fair and feed him a statue.
How about 55846? Can you still just dial 5 numbers in Algona?
p
NO...AND we have 295 and 395!!
So I saw a mint condidition Michael Jackson LP selling for $350,000 on e-bay.
I think I am going to start a website called wackojackocomesbacko.com and have be a place where people can record sightings of MJ. I mean - they did for Elvis right? Maybe it will be worth some money.
OK...I've registered a STRAUB team for the Quiz Bowl...BUT I need your Grad Year and e-mail address...so far we have:
Lisa
Cathy
Frank
Ed
M.E.
Joe3
you're in 'cause you live here and don't own a restaurant
Don is a maybe
Tom...why are you mowing?
Because the grass is growing.
Rain. More rain. Heat and rain.
It looks cold up there....
p
Liam hit a grand slam today. A legit one over the outfielder's head and if Titonka's little league field had a fence it would have been a gone tater. Yesterday he had a triple and a double. Wish I would have been there.
Tom
Cathy: 1970 (gasp) and look on the address list for email; bad guys grab email addresses off of blogs.
I'm with Em's pediatrician. Why in this day and age would you want to FATTEN up a healthy normal baby with a good appetite? Especially one from a family with lots of diabetics?
I know I was a very casual mom, but I always figured that if a healthy kid doesn't want to eat, it's because he's not hungry. If a baby goes on a banana streak for a week, give him bananas. If a toddler won't eat what's for dinner, you can offer healthy alternatives, but not to the point where you're always cooking two dinners. And NO battles over forcing kids to eat (beyond the try one bite rule). If they're hungry, they'll eat. If you need to, there are ways to sneak veggies into your foods. Food fights are totally unproductive. Going hungry for an evening never hurt anyone. This is aside from socializing kids that they need to stay at the table whether they're eating or not because families have dinner together and talk. OK, sermon over.
Although I agree with the no-dessert until you have a minimally nutritious meal policy.
I can't believe you're offering an alternative to what being served!!!
slippery slope!!!
Awww....I'm talking raw broccoli with ranch dressing instead of cooked.
Actually I expect one of my kids to post some long-forgotten story that would completely contradict everything I just smugly wrote. Don't do it, kids.
Missed the post about Liam! Way to go! I once had a grand slam in softball because of errors/overthrows at every base. I didn't know why everyone was laughing.
Type 1 diabetes--the type Betty and some of the Straub siblings have--is not caused by an unhealthy diet. It is an auto-immune response that occurs for completely not understood factors and makes the body destroy the insulin producing cells in the pancreas. Type 2 is on the rise due to obesity and happens because the pancreas isn't able to make enough insulin for the demand or cells in the body become resistant to the insulin that is produced. Two very different diseases. All diabetics need a low fat diet because having diabetes increases the risk for cardiovascular disorders but even Betty's pediatric endocrinologist isn't worried about stressing low fat until Betty gets through puberty.
I think desserts and treats are a wonderful part of life and can be the sweetest part of a healthy diet, even for diabetics.
Kelli
I agree. I also almost think they should give type 2 a different name because it works so differently. And my little food rant was basically because I think there's no need to "fatten up" a healthy skinny baby.
No Mom, I'm just happy I love food so much. Probably because dinner was a stress free environment. The alternatives we usually had were a peanut butter sandwich, which we would have to make ourselves. So I usually just ended up eating whatever I didn't want to eat because I was a kid and I was lazy.
Andy's mom is a dietitian and although they like to eat fun, yummy foods when they go out, their normal daily diet is pretty boring and healthy and they know it. I always laugh because the only snack options in their house is fig newtons or pringles. The only thing they ever have for lunch when we are home is tuna melts or refried beans on a tortilla. But his mom never gives us grief about what we eat...what we drink though is another story.
Funny Ellen!!
But, Pringles are VERY unhealthy...aren't they?
They have less fat than other chips. I like tuna melts. Refried beans make me vomit.
Monica
I like refried beans. Stretch 1 lb. of hamburger to make muchos tacos. or as a chip dip. Refried black beans are best.
I mean just as a side dish. In a taco or something they're fine.
Monica
So the unemployment report for June is out. 9.5% nationwide. McSlimy put a gun to our head and said we needed to pass the stimulus or the economy will make the depression seem like the good old days. We were assured that with the stimulus and bailouts that unemployment would not exceed 8%. Probably less.
As Pat Buchannon said this morning the White House has no more cards to play on the economy. Their hand is face up on the table. No more bailout - no more stimulus.
Meanwhile untold billions (trillions?) are being frittered and absconded away.
Never, never trust the government with money. Starve the beast, as they say, is the only way to control spending.
Tom
Any verdict on the crabapple trees?
p
Quiz Bowl: Not yet sure just when I'll get to Algona. Wanna be there. Get more recruits in case I'm a no-show until Saturday.
I really think we need to recruit Joe 4.
I believe the extent of my knowledge is that I can name the colors of the rings on the Olympic flag, know who the Mets beat in the 1968 (69?) world series and that polar treats was the name of the first ice cream treat. My physics knowledge does not go beyond that I know that bullets come down as fast as they go up. Tell those who like to shoot their weapons off into the air.
Joe 4 If you ever read this, please join us. Help us young Joe Straub the 4th. You're our only hope.
I graduated in 1977.
Lisa
You been watching the Force of July marathon on Spike?
I can name Spock's parents. Here is what I know about physics: so far no unified field theory. Sorry Albert. Here is what I know about math: the square root of -1 is italicized i. I am amazed and chagrined to say I don't know who the Mets beat in 69. My answer to any question about famous authors is I can't think of the name. You know, that one guy. Help us Joe4. You're our only hope.
The Baltimore Oriels. I can say it but I'm afraid I may not be able to spell it.
lisa
hey did you all see this?
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/02/us/02nuns.html?_r=1&hp
that's interesting, the nature of APOSTOLIC VISITATION.
anyhow, i'm off today for east coast tour. i made all this soap (orange/sandalwood and mint/patchouli) and all these weird granola bars (mango/cilantro/coconut and fennel/almond/cherry/apricot) to sell during shows at the MERCH table where we sell all our merchandise. maybe i'll cash in$$$$$$$
interestingly enough, on health and unhealth: all these homemade granola bar recipes i found have enough butter for a small sculpture, like one you might put on the mantel. it's just funny all these food things that are ostensibly good for you are so slyly sinful.
oxoxoxo
Help us Joe4. You're our only hope.
Who was that?
More trivia...What's the difference between a vacuum cleaner and a Harley Davidson motorcycle?...the placement of the dirt bag.
Tom
Have a great time on tour, good luck!
Have a great tour Phelan. When will you arrive in Florida?
p
Wow, we found a hip dog whisperer to do in-home dog training. It's more than going to a class, but it's in our house where we have the most issues. And in the 30 minutes he was here for the free consultation, Buddy (and us) learned like five new tricks. He's just relocated here from Berkley, and his sign for, "good, I like what you are doing/ that's right" is the surfer hang-ten thing. Oh gosh, am I old? What's that called? Anyway, he said it basically is a human equivalent of a wagging tail, but it's also fun to do.
Ok, going to finish staking up our 6ft tall tomato plants for the second time. Last week I used four foot poles, but they are already useless. What is everyone doing for 4th of July, besides selling soap on the East COast?
What issues do you have with Buddy? He's the easiest dog I know, as long as you go to bed when he wants you to.
Any other good ideas for using fennel? It's so pretty and feathery. I was going to grill it on some big scallops, but I don't know if it would go with salmon. I made up a recipe this spring to simmer some cream with fennel and mint leaves and use it for creamed baby peas - it was so-o-o-o good.
Really! You guys have it easy if Buddy's issues are your main problem in life. Don't be afraid to trim your tomato plants of they're getting out of hand. If they're that big they're going to produce way more tomatos than you could ever use anyway. Unless you're going to can them or something. I planted a pumpkin plant in my small garden this year and it tries to take over the whole garden every week, so I just cut half of it away every week. I just want a couple of pumpkins not a whole patch. I'm feeling positive about my technique, but it has no factual basis. Does anyone know anything about growing pumpkins? Or when to harvest Broccoli?
I believe hang loose is the phrase you are looking for.
Help them young Joe 4. You're their only hope.
Ooh broccoli. Is it hard to grow? I'm doing that next year. I thought I was some kind of great novice gardener because my tomato plants are looking good at about 4 feet. I didn't stake them. I used the cages and our little garden is only 10x2 with a fence all around it so the compact area seems to keep everything growing up.
Finn still only wants to be held ALL the time. He'll sleep for a strech of about 3-4 hours now if he can be right on top of me. I've given in to this demand despite all the SIDS warnings. He can lift his head somewhat now. He looks a lot like the other two and since they all wore mostly the same clothes it'll be hard to tell them apart in pictures years from now.
Have a good tour Phelan!! (she's selling soap and singing)...
OK we're set for Quiz Bowl, and I'm sure Joe4 is on our team!!
LOTS of motorcycles in town, ABATE starts today! Come to Algona and people watch! Edgar Winter is playing.
Dad now owms a building on Whittemore's main street...his office will open soon, I'm sure!!
Jim and Erin and kids will be here.
Emily, c'mon down and we'll all takes turns holding Finn!
Broccoli is amazingly easy to grow, but is often terrorized by moths and caterpillars. They only eat the leaves though.
Ellen, what new tricks did Buddy learn?
We got news today that our 'dossier' has been approved and will be sent to the state dept. and ethiopian embassy for approval and then on to Ethiopia. It's considered a big step bc it means you're finished with classes , the multitudes of forms and checks (financial, medical, criminal)and have had a social worker visit a few times and approve you. Now we just wait 14 to 18 months for a referral.
p
1. Buddy's issues are anxiety about being left alone and seeing other animals. He is a great dog, and was doing amazing with his kennel the first month we were in our new house, but is crazy about it now.
2. We don't have kids, so any of Buddy's issues are our main problem. Buddy is much better behaved when we have company than when we are alone. He's great with kids though!
3. I trim a bit- I take the "suckers" that are growing in the "crotch" of the tomato plants- those ones that come up between two branches.
4. That's right, Emily. Hang ten, Buddy.
5. Buddy learned to look at a human not food when we sits for a treat, sit better without a treat, stay on the rug when someone is at the door, and respond to hang ten. I learned how to keep him from jumping with my body instead of pulling his collar and many tips to make kennel time better.
Have fun during ABATE!
Congrats, Pat and Josh!
That initial step went fast. Hope the referral does, too.
I was looking at little babies the other day and thinking of you...
Lisa
Yay Pat and Josh! That is great news!
It didn't feel fast...it's been since early March. Maybe I told you later than that though.
p
hooray for Pat and Josh!!!
Congratulations Pat & Josh.
Here's some less exciting news but exciting nonetheless.
As you know we are the official Bar of Rock Gone Wild. The concert is going to be from Thursday thru Sun. On Wed. there will be a preconcert party here at Sarah's. All the rockers will be here and it will be an informal jam session. Who ever want to play can. Whatever song they want.
I'm going to do whatever I can to staff for that night so I don't have to work. I want to throw back one bourbon, one scotch and one beer with George Thoroughgood. Do a Jagerbomb the guys from Puddle of Mudd. Tell the guys from Saliva what a dumb name they have. Tell Twisted Sister I'm not gonna take it either. Go to the playground with Marcy Playground. Tell Lita Ford I drive a Chevy.
Tom
One time in Sioux Falls a drunk guy was hitting on Mary, me and Lisa (I think?) at a bar and he kept telling Mary how cool her hair was, just like Twisted Sister.
Can I be part of the jam session? I can play the tambourine. What if I bring them some jam?
Monica
Tom - I strongly urge you to not allow Great White to use pytotechics if they play.
Went to the cheap theater to watch Star Trek last night. It was packed. The average age was about 55. We were about the youngest people there. I liked the movie.
Monica
Hope everyone had a great 4th. Ours was pretty soggy. Cleared up by evening though.
Happy Birthday to Peter Andrew who is 9 today.
MOnica
Happy Birthday Peter! Whatcha gonna do? :-)
Happy Birthday Peter. And, Ryan too, I think.
p
Yes, Happy 34th Ryan! :-)
Happy Birthday Peter!
Happy Birthday Ryan! Stevo keeps raving about your crab boil. We'll have to do one here sometime.
Somebody get their pictures up there quick and get rid of that fat lady!
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