Monday was the Busy Bee's Halloween Party. Jeanie has been sick with the flu since last Thursday. The school's are saying it's the H1N1. It's a weird flu as she seems to be better than relapses. Monday she claimed she was feeling fine so she went to the party. Tuesday morning she felt sick and stayed home but later in the day she was fine. I sent her to school on Wednesday and she ended up in the office at about 10:30. She came home and slept. I kept her home yesterday and she seemed perfectly fine last night but since it's Friday anyway, I think I'll just keep her home to be safe.
Any one know where I can buy bread bags? I bought 1000 bags from GFS about three years ago and they are finally gone. They were a little too small and not as thick for freezing as I'd like. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
This is my new favorite book! It is fiction but it's about the author's great-great grandmother so it's based on real life. It starts out in Ireland during the potato famine. An excellent read!
Also, I just finished another one of John Dunning's books. A Cliff Janeway series book. I really, really enjoy his books. Truthfully, I've mostly listened to them on CD's. He has an excellent reader. Cliff is a ex-cop who is now a bookseller of rare books. They're "who done it?" mysteries but enjoyable reads.
I received a call last week from Danny's teacher. An eighth grade technology class has to do a research paper on disabilities. One group is doing Down Syndrome and they asked their teacher if they could interview Danny. She said she will send home the questions so I can help Danny answer them. This group is going to video tape the interview. Danny is so excited, he told me, "I'm going to be in the movies!"
The first question was, "What's it like to have Down Syndrome?" When I asked him, he thought for a minute and then said, "This is hard." I told him to just think about it for awhile. So he sat there thinking for a minute and then said, "Fine. It's good. I like it."
Adrian and his parents came to visit. This little guy is either sleeping or smiling. He's such a smiley baby! It was so fun to see them. (I can't get that bottom picture bigger.)
I found this recipe on Jennifer's favorite food site, foodgawker.com. I went on there and searched Turkey Soup. It was very tasty! I made my sister Kristin's Reiska from the family cookbook to go with it.
2. In a bowl, whisk together milk, flour, salt, chili powder and cumin. Increase heat to high and whisk milk mixture into soup. Stir until thick and bubbly, about five minutes. Reduce heat to low. Add turkey, corn, cilantro and cheese; stir until cheese is melted and soup is hot, 5 to 10 minutes.
I made Matt's Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip cookies from the family cookbook this weekend. They are very good. You roll the cookie in sugar before you bake them. I didn't have enough regular chocolate chips so I used part milk chocolate chips. Next time I think I'll use all milk chocolate chips. Like Jeanie said, "They taste like those cookies you make at Christmas with the candy kiss on it."
These pictures didn't come out too good......Brad took Danny hunting last night. He was pumped! I was trying to take a picture before he had the face mask on and he had such a goofy grin going that I told him, "don't smile". He kept grinning and said, "I can't help it, I'm so excited!"
I thought he might get bored but he loved it. Brad said he was a good hunter. Very quiet. They didn't see anything but heard coyote. In fact by the time they were coming in, Brad said it sounded like they were surrounded by coyotes. As they were walking in, Danny says, "I'm just curious.......Do coyote bite and eat people?" The funny thing is, he wasn't a bit scared. I guess he felt safe with his big brother there to protect him.
Monday was the Busy Bee's Halloween Party. Jeanie has been sick with the flu since last Thursday. The school's are saying it's the H1N1. It's a weird flu as she seems to be better than relapses. Monday she claimed she was feeling fine so she went to the party. Tuesday morning she felt sick and stayed home but later in the day she was fine. I sent her to school on Wednesday and she ended up in the office at about 10:30. She came home and slept. I kept her home yesterday and she seemed perfectly fine last night but since it's Friday anyway, I think I'll just keep her home to be safe.
