Who doesn’t love spicy? Lots of people, including my husband, but we won’t talk about how I married a flavor wuss. This recipe in Everyday Mexican by Rick Bayless seemed very straight-forward and easy, so I figured it would be no-stress way to start the book. There was even an accompanying tomatillo salsa recipe with like […]
Author Archives: Meg
Why I Don’t Miss Church, But Also Really Do
We don’t go to church anymore. Let me attempt to explain the morality, silliness, and probable hypocrisy of our decision to stop being “church people”, as if I am solidly decided about any of it. Background: We were very churchy people a few years ago. Hubby ran groups at the same Presbyterian church he’d gone to […]
Chalk is Erasable: The Summer Schedule
Let me begin by admitting that this is totally not what I’m about, as a parent, and I’ll probably ditch it in like two weeks. I stumbled upon the challkboard summer schedule thing on Pinterest (meggyrd). You know that over-achieving nutjob mom in your head who convinces you that theme parties and carefully coordinated Christmas […]
And Forgive Us Our Trespasses
Hubby and I used to have an on-going joke about the Lord’s Prayer. We would snicker and/or poke each other when the debts or trespasses thing went by in the middle. Because we’re very reverent people, clearly. Actually it was because we had two different churchy-upbringings, and we disagreed about whether the line is “forgive us our […]
People Who Judge People
People who make you wait behind them while they back into parking spaces. Explain to me how it’s easier, please? People who drive slowly in the left lane. It is called the “passing lane”, not the “I like this lane better so who cares about the driver behind me who just wants to pass” lane. People who […]
June
Every day they come in and act like monkies. They smell. Haven’t we had the deodorant talk yet? They wear inappropriate shoes – we told them to wear sneakers from here on out, darn it! Mostly little girls in pretty sandals. They ignore us and do what they want; talking, goofing around. Then they tattle on each other. They skip out […]
Mexican Everyday: Chipotle
My Mexican Everyday cookbook (by Rick Bayless) came from Amazon today. I haven’t even cracked it yet. It’s a weeknight, we spent 2 after-school hours in the pool, and have I mentioned I suck at cooking? I did mention that, right? Go back and read. To preface my dinner choice explanation, I would eat Chipotle for […]
Times They Are A-Changin’
So my hubby was a band director and didn’t remember desiring any other career since the beginning of things. Except that this career kinda sucked for hubby. He spent 11 years hopping around to five different school districts – doing a good job and trying hard to be happy. But his hobby was […]