Sunday Dinners #6 (03.08.09)

Pizza—too tired to cook after traveling this weekend

This week I'm thankful for the opportunity to travel to Illinois to visit my mom and stepdad with G-tot and Josh. We were able to see them because of a work related conference I had in Chicago over the weekend. It was the first time we have been able to visit since they moved in August. It was also the first time we traveled any distance with G-tot. He did fantastic. Such a great weekend.

How about you? What are you thankful for this week?

Sunday Dinners #5 (03.01.09)

salad, fried chicken breast tenders (from scratch),
and crash hot potatoes (a recipe I discovered here)

What I'm thankful for this week is an easy one. I'm thankful for having JQ in my life. Today we celebrate our sixth wedding anniversary and it amazes me that it has been that long already. The days with JQ and I go way, way back. We were friends long before we were a couple and he has been in my life for over 15 years now. That's almost half my life. There are plenty of days when we butt heads, but JQ is my best friend. Instead of being disgusted, he laughs when I fart. And I wouldn't want it any other way.

Sunday Dinners #4 (02.22.09)

Homemade tacos. One of our favorites. Salsa was made from tomatoes in our garden and canned by us back in August. We didn't have a packet of taco seasoning on hand so we whipped one up with a recipe pulled of the internet this afternoon. The beef is venison burger made by my dad and brought to us on their last visit. If the idea of that grosses you out, I would bet you wouldn't know the difference if you ate it this way. Seriously. It just tastes like what you would expect taco meat to taste like. Which is of course, yummy.




This week I'm thankful for the generosity of one of my blogger friends, Nobody. In the comments of my F.T.U.T.S.A. post earlier this week, I jokingly asked Nobody to convince my local PBS station to convert back to analog. It was the only channel we really watched—mainly for G-tot—and they made the digital switch back on the 17th. We have no cable, so that meant no PBS any longer. Yesterday in the mail we received a package from Nobody. In it, a digital converter box. We now get the best picture we have had in years and several additional channels—including two more PBS stations.

Thank you so much Nobody. You are awesome.

How about all of you? What are you thankful for this week?

Sunday Dinners #3 (02.15.09)

I forgot to take a picture of our dinner yesterday for my Sunday Dinners post. JQ and I went to a classic pianist recital and when we got home I was rushing around to make dinner and totally forgot about taking photographs. I didn't remember until we were finished and the dirty dishes were in the sink. Lucky for all of you I used my mad skills to render an incredibly realistic illustration of what we ate.

veal parmesean, garlic bread,
and whole wheat pasta with chunky mushroom sauce

Nice, huh? This week I'm thankful for the fact that I finished up my grades and turned them in before the weekend started. What a relief to not have that looming over me these past few days.

How about you? What are you thankful for this week?

Sunday Dinners #2 (02.08.09)

green beans
parsley potatoes
bacon wrapped lemon garlic turkey tenderloin

This week I'm thankful for the kind words bestowed upon me by Lisa & RR regarding the purchases they made from my etsy shop. It is really validating to get positive feedback on your work of art (no matter what the medium). What are you thankful for this week?

When I opened the can of potatoes, there on top was a perfect heart shaped tater.

Sunday Dinners #1 (02.01.09)

I had this great idea yesterday. I would take pictures of our family dinner on Sunday and post them along with one thing that I'm grateful for from the previous week.

My thinking was that Sunday dinner for us is that sort-of end of the week/new beginning/family time. I love making a sit-down dinner for us to cap off the week. Most of the time, Sunday is that one day that the three of us don't HAVE to be somewhere. It's family time. It's time to rejuvenate and prep for the upcoming rush of the week. It time to reflect and enjoy one another. It's a good time.

But I forgot to write the post yesterday.

I took the pictures but after dinner was dishes, bath, story time, bed time, The Office, and then I was exhausted. And…I forgot all about my great idea.

So, do me a favor. Pretend this post was up last night, won't you?

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This week I'm thankful that I was brave enough to take the initiative and introduce myself to two strangers at a AIGA member meeting.