It was the one hundred and eighty third day of the twenty-fifth year of this life and...
Yesterday was a blah day, neither one of Uus had much energy and Wwe had errands to run. First was a stop over at a manufactured home dealer to see if Wwe had good enough credit to get a house. Before you ask, the two big debts they look at are student loans and child support, and Wwe're in the hole 10k each. But hey, there was a $10 gas promotion just for coming out. That's like 1/3 a tank in our car with current prices [just paid 29.09 for a full tank]. Next was a stop at the WHRI farm where Wwe didn't find any veggies for sale Wwe wanted. I also used a compost toilet for the first time. It wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it would be. A quick stop at the Goodwill Computer store was just as fruitless, and it's also been decided I'm just going to build a computer one piece at a time.
Today was a more productive day. A trip to BBB to get My girl a heating pad and nothing for Me for once. Walmart was the next stop to get a toy for the DS [23m] and everything I needed to change the oil [$100 hit to the wallet]. What!? I needed tools, plus an air filter, and enough oil for 2-3 more changes. Don't look at Me like that. A quick stop at HEB yielded a few more things I needed for cooking, then it was home. After lunch and a little cleaning came the work on the car and the worst part of this month by far. When I moved the tarp to get to the tools I stirred up a couple kittens that had been abandoned by a stray. After a talk over what Wwe were going to do [and the shelter was closed so that was out] I sent her inside and did what needed to be done. They were too sick and deformed to survive on their own or without intensive care so I showed what mercy I could. I still don't like what I had to do but it had to be done and the shelter would have done the same just with drugs instead. But like I said, it needed to be done and I've lived in the country far too long to think otherwise.
Well that's it, I'm signing off to go fix dinner.
2008-04-20
2008-04-14
PS Review | Silver Jewelry Club
It was the one hundred and seventy sixth day of the twenty-fifth year of this life and...
This is the first of possibly many product and service (hence the PS) reviews I plan to add to My blog. A couple weeks ago My girl showed Me Silver Jewelry Club. Ofcourse I wondered what the catch was, since sterling silver is cheap but not cheap enough to just give away as they only charge $6.00 for shipping. So I watched and waited until something I liked came up. Eventually a size 9 stainless steel ring was up to buy.
This is the first of possibly many product and service (hence the PS) reviews I plan to add to My blog. A couple weeks ago My girl showed Me Silver Jewelry Club. Ofcourse I wondered what the catch was, since sterling silver is cheap but not cheap enough to just give away as they only charge $6.00 for shipping. So I watched and waited until something I liked came up. Eventually a size 9 stainless steel ring was up to buy.
It arrived today. Honestly I was expecting it to be a bit lighter than it is. It slides on nice and smooth and comes off just the same. Even My wedding band, which this is replacing by the way since we never found it after the move, didn't feel so comfortable. The actual rope detail looks more copper than gold, but I prefer copper so that's a bonus. They are definitely worth more than they sell them for, and I'm more than willing to pay for something full price from Peora, their mother site.
After Further Consideration
It was the one hundred and seventy sixth day of the twenty-fifth year of this life and...
After honestly thinking about what Wwe want to do after the kids are grown and out 0n their own buying a house might not be the best option. Wwe want an RV so Wwe can travel, see the family, see the country. After all, there's no way Wwe'll get a morgage for a home big enough for 5 down to less than $800 but to rent a similar place it would be a couple hundred cheaper a month. Plus when it does come time to move on splitting an acre lot 3 ways for the kids is pretty worthless so Wwe would end up selling it outright and help them pay for college with the money. Hook a trailer on the back with mechanic tools and storage for a pair of bikes and Wwe're set. So I guess it's renting for a while longer while Wwe better decide what Wwe want to do.
After honestly thinking about what Wwe want to do after the kids are grown and out 0n their own buying a house might not be the best option. Wwe want an RV so Wwe can travel, see the family, see the country. After all, there's no way Wwe'll get a morgage for a home big enough for 5 down to less than $800 but to rent a similar place it would be a couple hundred cheaper a month. Plus when it does come time to move on splitting an acre lot 3 ways for the kids is pretty worthless so Wwe would end up selling it outright and help them pay for college with the money. Hook a trailer on the back with mechanic tools and storage for a pair of bikes and Wwe're set. So I guess it's renting for a while longer while Wwe better decide what Wwe want to do.
2008-04-13
Supermercado La Providencia And Much More
It was the one hundred and seventy fifth day of the twenty-fifth year of this life and...
Saturday, as usual, was a shopping day. After a quick stop by Target (mostly fruitless, went for diaper covers and found none) Wwe went to the local hispanic grocery store, Supermercado La Providencia. Wwe like saying that name way too much. Not so different from any other grocery store save for the plethora of products I cannot pronounce for the life of Me. That and the meat section was interesting. Chicken feet, thats all I have to say. I also picked up a tort press ($7). Its cheaply made, but you get what you pay for considering B3 (Bed Bath and Beyond) has them for $20. But what Wwe weren't expecting to find in a hispanic store was asian candies, and good ones. Yum Yums!!! White Rabbit out of Shanghai China, go buy some now.
Now the tort press was an important addition to My kitchen. Now, I'm putting this out here now since all of you are just getting to know Me, but I hate Hate HATE unitaskers in the kitchen. I have a small kitchen so if it can't do more than one job it doesn't have a home. The tort press, a unitasker by nature, is an exception. Wwe love hispanic food here, but rolling out dough by hand for something like empanadas is tedious and tiring. So that night I made a grand total of 3 batches of empanada dough (roughly 12 a batch) and made/froze the emps for cooking later. The filling was a spinach ricotta and a ground beef filling I made earlier in the week for empanadas I made for her to take to work. Yes I made big batches just to freeze later. It makes life easier with 2 under 2 to have food I can just pop in the oven that isn't mass produced and filled with chemicals.
Eventually I'll share a few of My recipies, as canibalized from others as they are. But for now here's the :
Empanada Dough
1 and 1/2 cup AP Flour
1 cup Masa Harina
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 cup melted butter
water
egg wash
cooked filling of choice [spinach ricotta, marinated beef, sausage egg and cheese, ect]
Sit dry ingredients together. [I usually just mix it up with the pastry blender]. Cut in melted butter until completely incorperated. Add water in small amounts and mix until dough is coheasive and workable. Chill 30 minutes. Roll out dough to 1/8 inch thick and using a 4" cookie cutter cut out as many rounds as you can manage. If using a tort press divide dough into 12-16 equal portions depending on the size you prefer and press. Fill with half tablespoon of filling. Coat one side of edge with egg wash, fold over and press together. Use a fork to crimp edge for better seal and using the fork or a knife poke a hole in the center to allow steam to escape. Apply eggwash to tops for nice golden color and glossy look. Bake at 375 degrees for 20-30 minutes until dough is golden brown.
Saturday, as usual, was a shopping day. After a quick stop by Target (mostly fruitless, went for diaper covers and found none) Wwe went to the local hispanic grocery store, Supermercado La Providencia. Wwe like saying that name way too much. Not so different from any other grocery store save for the plethora of products I cannot pronounce for the life of Me. That and the meat section was interesting. Chicken feet, thats all I have to say. I also picked up a tort press ($7). Its cheaply made, but you get what you pay for considering B3 (Bed Bath and Beyond) has them for $20. But what Wwe weren't expecting to find in a hispanic store was asian candies, and good ones. Yum Yums!!! White Rabbit out of Shanghai China, go buy some now.
Now the tort press was an important addition to My kitchen. Now, I'm putting this out here now since all of you are just getting to know Me, but I hate Hate HATE unitaskers in the kitchen. I have a small kitchen so if it can't do more than one job it doesn't have a home. The tort press, a unitasker by nature, is an exception. Wwe love hispanic food here, but rolling out dough by hand for something like empanadas is tedious and tiring. So that night I made a grand total of 3 batches of empanada dough (roughly 12 a batch) and made/froze the emps for cooking later. The filling was a spinach ricotta and a ground beef filling I made earlier in the week for empanadas I made for her to take to work. Yes I made big batches just to freeze later. It makes life easier with 2 under 2 to have food I can just pop in the oven that isn't mass produced and filled with chemicals.
Eventually I'll share a few of My recipies, as canibalized from others as they are. But for now here's the :
Empanada Dough
1 and 1/2 cup AP Flour
1 cup Masa Harina
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 cup melted butter
water
egg wash
cooked filling of choice [spinach ricotta, marinated beef, sausage egg and cheese, ect]
Sit dry ingredients together. [I usually just mix it up with the pastry blender]. Cut in melted butter until completely incorperated. Add water in small amounts and mix until dough is coheasive and workable. Chill 30 minutes. Roll out dough to 1/8 inch thick and using a 4" cookie cutter cut out as many rounds as you can manage. If using a tort press divide dough into 12-16 equal portions depending on the size you prefer and press. Fill with half tablespoon of filling. Coat one side of edge with egg wash, fold over and press together. Use a fork to crimp edge for better seal and using the fork or a knife poke a hole in the center to allow steam to escape. Apply eggwash to tops for nice golden color and glossy look. Bake at 375 degrees for 20-30 minutes until dough is golden brown.
2008-04-11
Speculation
It was the one hundred and seventy third day of the twenty-fifth year of this life and...
My wife and I admitted something last night Wwe had been trying to overlook, or atleast hoping this wasn't the honest conclussion. Our DS [23m] (Darling Son, 23 months old) shows signs of autisim. His speach is delayed, only using a handful of rough words. And by rough I mean not fully pronounced. He loves cars but shows signs of OCD, lining them up on the stairs. He is easily frustrated too, getting upset if he can't line them up for whatever reason or if his routine is changed drastically.
He's been cloistered most of his life, but now that we do get him around other kids he flip-flops between being interested in playing with them and wanting to play on his own. I've come to think this is to be expected since I was much the same younger (only child). He's been showing the most improvement now that our DD [8m] (do I really need to explain?) can move around and tries to play with him, though he does get a little rough with her occassionally but what kid doesn't.
In the back of My mind though I wonder if it's atleast partly My fault he's turned out this way. Immediately a few of My past sins come to mind, mostly the drug use in My teens. There's no definitive study about the effects of a parents use to a child's development but I know enough about modern medicine not to rule it out. Then another thought slowly starts to creep up on Me too. Maybe its My raising, since I am the SAHD. Maybe I haven't tried hard enough to help his development. Maybe I've been too slack on reading and trying to teach him, both of them.
Okay, I'm cutting this off before I go too much further down that dark and narrow path.
My wife and I admitted something last night Wwe had been trying to overlook, or atleast hoping this wasn't the honest conclussion. Our DS [23m] (Darling Son, 23 months old) shows signs of autisim. His speach is delayed, only using a handful of rough words. And by rough I mean not fully pronounced. He loves cars but shows signs of OCD, lining them up on the stairs. He is easily frustrated too, getting upset if he can't line them up for whatever reason or if his routine is changed drastically.
He's been cloistered most of his life, but now that we do get him around other kids he flip-flops between being interested in playing with them and wanting to play on his own. I've come to think this is to be expected since I was much the same younger (only child). He's been showing the most improvement now that our DD [8m] (do I really need to explain?) can move around and tries to play with him, though he does get a little rough with her occassionally but what kid doesn't.
In the back of My mind though I wonder if it's atleast partly My fault he's turned out this way. Immediately a few of My past sins come to mind, mostly the drug use in My teens. There's no definitive study about the effects of a parents use to a child's development but I know enough about modern medicine not to rule it out. Then another thought slowly starts to creep up on Me too. Maybe its My raising, since I am the SAHD. Maybe I haven't tried hard enough to help his development. Maybe I've been too slack on reading and trying to teach him, both of them.
Okay, I'm cutting this off before I go too much further down that dark and narrow path.
2008-04-04
A [Sorta] Short Introduction
It was the one hundred and sixty-sixth day of the twenty-fifth year of this life and...
I figured I would introduce Myself. I am a father, SAHD if you will, of 2 [soon to be 3] miniature troublemakers which drains much of My sanity daily. I am a husband and much more to probably the most wonderful and understanding woman in the world. I am a jack of all trades. I am getting tired of the 'I am' sentences so before I feel too much like Sam I'm moving on.
I have other blogs, each with a purpose behind it. This is just a general day to day blog about life that is replacing/suplimenting My vent/rant blog that stays hidden within the recesses of the internet. I claim to be a writer, and thus have one for that open to the public. A sex-addled one explains that 'much more' from earlier so read it at your own risk.
Introductions aside now I'll post more on the house dynamic later. And feel free to ask questions existential is a good thing in this, the realm of My mind.
I figured I would introduce Myself. I am a father, SAHD if you will, of 2 [soon to be 3] miniature troublemakers which drains much of My sanity daily. I am a husband and much more to probably the most wonderful and understanding woman in the world. I am a jack of all trades. I am getting tired of the 'I am' sentences so before I feel too much like Sam I'm moving on.
I have other blogs, each with a purpose behind it. This is just a general day to day blog about life that is replacing/suplimenting My vent/rant blog that stays hidden within the recesses of the internet. I claim to be a writer, and thus have one for that open to the public. A sex-addled one explains that 'much more' from earlier so read it at your own risk.
Introductions aside now I'll post more on the house dynamic later. And feel free to ask questions existential is a good thing in this, the realm of My mind.
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