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Our House A/C

was fixed today.

And there was much rejoicing.

I’m so happy to live in the age of A/C and advil.

Happy Mother’s Day

to all of the mothers who read this blog. I sure hope that y’all had a nice day with your family.

This Mother’s Day, I received some beautiful lilies and a pretty little plant in a homemade pot. My 12 year old son wrote an encomium for me for today. I’m not allowed to share it, though. I wish that I could because it was lovely. My youngest son made a book for me. It was hilarious. In it he thanked me for teaching him to snap his pants and told me he thought me intelligent since I “knew all about the wether”. (That is his spelling of weather, by the way.) Finally, my oldest son wrote me a poem that is equal parts sweet and self-interested. Which sums him up well.

Here it is:

My Mother’s Day Poem

Dear Mother,
You’re beautiful,
Each day I love you more.
You always know what’s best
and what you have in store.
I won’t be mean to you anymore,
And I know just the thing.
We’ll check the show times for Hop
And see which time will ring.

These busters…I’m glad that they’re mine.

Happy Mother’s Day

to all of the mothers who read this blog. I sure hope that y’all had a nice day with your family.

This Mother’s Day, I received some beautiful lilies and a pretty little plant in a homemade pot. My 12 year old son wrote an encomium for me for today. I’m not allowed to share it, though. I wish that I could because it was lovely. My youngest son made a book for me. It was hilarious. In it he thanked me for teaching him to snap his pants and told me he thought me intelligent since I “knew all about the wether”. (That is his spelling of weather, by the way.) Finally, my oldest son wrote me a poem that is equal parts sweet and self-interested. Which sums him up well.

Here it is:

My Mother’s Day Poem

Dear Mother,
You’re beautiful,
Each day I love you more.
You always know what’s best
and what you have in store.
I won’t be mean to you anymore,
And I know just the thing.
We’ll check the show times for Hop
And see which time will ring.

These busters…I’m glad that they’re mine.

Happy Mother’s Day

to all of the mothers who read this blog. I sure hope that y’all had a nice day with your family.

This Mother’s Day, I received some beautiful lilies and a pretty little plant in a homemade pot. My 12 year old son wrote an encomium for me for today. I’m not allowed to share it, though. I wish that I could because it was lovely. My youngest son made a book for me. It was hilarious. In it he thanked me for teaching him to snap his pants and told me he thought me intelligent since I “knew all about the wether”. (That is his spelling of weather, by the way.) Finally, my oldest son wrote me a poem that is equal parts sweet and self-interested. Which sums him up well.

Here it is:

My Mother’s Day Poem

Dear Mother,
You’re beautiful,
Each day I love you more.
You always know what’s best
and what you have in store.
I won’t be mean to you anymore,
And I know just the thing.
We’ll check the show times for Hop
And see which time will ring.

These busters…I’m glad that they’re mine.

Granola and Super T

I have a new recipe for granola that I’ve been wanting to make for a couple of weeks now. It sounds so, so yummy. The ingredients are oats, pistachios, walnuts, coconut chips, maple syrup, evoo, light brown sugar, salt, cinnamon, cardamom, and dried apricots.

Sounds delicious, right? Now, I’ll post my recipe when I do make it because I’m just using the ingredients as a jumping off point. For instance, I’ll probably not use 2 different types of sweetener. I don’t really like sweet granola and using a whole lot of maple syrup in a recipe kind of goes against my frugal nature.

Main question here: what kind of cardamom should I buy? I saw green, black and some in pods (the green kind, I think) at the store. Does it matter? Anybody have any cardamom advice? Maybe I should just mosey on over to Penzey’s.

Okay, switching gears from granola, here.

Last night, Jon and I all of a sudden remembered a band that we used to see while in college. I don’t know why we got to thinking about it but we did. The band is the Tyrone Smith Revue, also known as Super T. The band’s official website is here. Basically, this band has been touring the South for the past 30 years — they even played the White House a few years ago. The front man, Super T, is in his seventies, y’all. He has more spine flexibility than most 30 year olds that I know. The audio on this clip is awful, but you might get a kick out of the first 30 seconds or so when he whips off his cape to reveal his Super T outfit, complete with red cowboy boots. Too bad the recording is so terrible because they are actually a really tight band with some accomplished musicians.

Makes me want to figure out what I can do for a living that would be as much fun as they seem to have in this band.

Happy Saturday night, everyone!

Granola and Super T

I have a new recipe for granola that I’ve been wanting to make for a couple of weeks now. It sounds so, so yummy. The ingredients are oats, pistachios, walnuts, coconut chips, maple syrup, evoo, light brown sugar, salt, cinnamon, cardamom, and dried apricots.

Sounds delicious, right? Now, I’ll post my recipe when I do make it because I’m just using the ingredients as a jumping off point. For instance, I’ll probably not use 2 different types of sweetener. I don’t really like sweet granola and using a whole lot of maple syrup in a recipe kind of goes against my frugal nature.

Main question here: what kind of cardamom should I buy? I saw green, black and some in pods (the green kind, I think) at the store. Does it matter? Anybody have any cardamom advice? Maybe I should just mosey on over to Penzey’s.

Okay, switching gears from granola, here.

Last night, Jon and I all of a sudden remembered a band that we used to see while in college. I don’t know why we got to thinking about it but we did. The band is the Tyrone Smith Revue, also known as Super T. The band’s official website is here. Basically, this band has been touring the South for the past 30 years — they even played the White House a few years ago. The front man, Super T, is in his seventies, y’all. He has more spine flexibility than most 30 year olds that I know. The audio on this clip is awful, but you might get a kick out of the first 30 seconds or so when he whips off his cape to reveal his Super T outfit, complete with red cowboy boots. Too bad the recording is so terrible because they are actually a really tight band with some accomplished musicians.

Makes me want to figure out what I can do for a living that would be as much fun as they seem to have in this band.

Happy Saturday night, everyone!

Granola and Super T

I have a new recipe for granola that I’ve been wanting to make for a couple of weeks now. It sounds so, so yummy. The ingredients are oats, pistachios, walnuts, coconut chips, maple syrup, evoo, light brown sugar, salt, cinnamon, cardamom, and dried apricots.

Sounds delicious, right? Now, I’ll post my recipe when I do make it because I’m just using the ingredients as a jumping off point. For instance, I’ll probably not use 2 different types of sweetener. I don’t really like sweet granola and using a whole lot of maple syrup in a recipe kind of goes against my frugal nature.

Main question here: what kind of cardamom should I buy? I saw green, black and some in pods (the green kind, I think) at the store. Does it matter? Anybody have any cardamom advice? Maybe I should just mosey on over to Penzey’s.

Okay, switching gears from granola, here.

Last night, Jon and I all of a sudden remembered a band that we used to see while in college. I don’t know why we got to thinking about it but we did. The band is the Tyrone Smith Revue, also known as Super T. The band’s official website is here. Basically, this band has been touring the South for the past 30 years — they even played the White House a few years ago. The front man, Super T, is in his seventies, y’all. He has more spine flexibility than most 30 year olds that I know. The audio on this clip is awful, but you might get a kick out of the first 30 seconds or so when he whips off his cape to reveal his Super T outfit, complete with red cowboy boots. Too bad the recording is so terrible because they are actually a really tight band with some accomplished musicians.

Makes me want to figure out what I can do for a living that would be as much fun as they seem to have in this band.

Happy Saturday night, everyone!

Low Anthem and A.A. Bondy

The band,Low Anthem, did a live session at HearYa recently. Those live sessions always sound great.

It’s here.

Also, I heard this song the other day and remembered how much I love it. So, here’s A.A. Bondy doing “World Without End”.

A.A., please come out with another album, soon. Please.

Music for your Friday. What’s left of it, anyway.

Friday night, yay!

Low Anthem and A.A. Bondy

The band,Low Anthem, did a live session at HearYa recently. Those live sessions always sound great.

It’s here.

Also, I heard this song the other day and remembered how much I love it. So, here’s A.A. Bondy doing “World Without End”.

A.A., please come out with another album, soon. Please.

Music for your Friday. What’s left of it, anyway.

Friday night, yay!

Low Anthem and A.A. Bondy

The band,Low Anthem, did a live session at HearYa recently. Those live sessions always sound great.

It’s here.

Also, I heard this song the other day and remembered how much I love it. So, here’s A.A. Bondy doing “World Without End”.

A.A., please come out with another album, soon. Please.

Music for your Friday. What’s left of it, anyway.

Friday night, yay!