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A tip you probably already know…

May 6, 2009 by Lauren 11 Comments

… or don’t care about.

Lloyd was talking to Brad on the phone last night and I yelled, “Ask Brad what we should have for dinner.”

Lloyd – “Lauren wants to know what we should have for dinner.”

Brad – “Enchiladas.”

Lloyd – “Enchiladas.”

Me – “We don’t have the stuff.”

Lloyd – “We don’t have the stuff.”

Brad – “Isn’t improvisation her thing?”

Lloyd – “Isn’t improvisation your thing?”

Me – “We had improvisation last night.”

Lloyd – “Thanks, Brad. Now we’re going to have tuna enchiladas.”

So, no, we did not have tuna enchiladas, we had Messed-Up Spaghetti because I didn’t have any jarred sauce. I put a can of tomatoes in the pan and whirred it up with the stick blender, which is great fun.

blend

Then some frozen ground meat and spices were thrown in, the batch was tasted, and I found I had killed all the tomato flavor with my ‘spices’.

(Basil, garlic, some celery (I don’t know why) and a gigantic glug of Italian dressing.)

Bleh. It needed tomato paste.

Now, I have never used an entire can of tomato paste at one time in my life. I’m always freezing the leftover dabs, then finding their frozen corpses in the freezer months later. I actually thought of that ahead of time and checked the freeezer. No dabs. So, finally this too-long post will get to the jist: When opening a can of tomato paste, cut off both ends and push it out like a push-pop. You will get every little bit out of the can, even that little bit you’ll throw away in August.

one-handed

The end.

Filed Under: Cooking, Lauren, Lloyd Tagged With: brad, phone, royuk

Dear Brad,

December 23, 2008 by Lauren 5 Comments

Thank you for agreeing to feed the cats while we are away.  A few things have changed.  We’re feeding them Iams cat food to try and help Cricket’s diarrhea problem, which ain’t really working but we’re going with it anyway.  Anyway, I keep it in the green coffee can in the freezer.  Don’t ask why it’s in the freezer- Lloyd has his reasons. (Don’t feed them coffee by mistake. That always ends badly.) You can also feed them the rest of the stuff in the can in the fridge, but be warned that they’ll keep bugging you for more and there isn’t any more.  Your choice.  Morning and night is when I feed them, or when they’re annoying.  Or when they seem bored.  Or when I want to reward them for good grades.

A smorgasboard.

Oh, I think they need water, too.

Filed Under: Cricket, Phennig Tagged With: brad

Backyard Birds

February 14, 2008 by Lauren 9 Comments

Y’all are going to count birds this weekend, right? You’re supposed to count ’em and send the info to www.birdcount.org so we can find out just where someone put all the birds. My students are going to look for birds at school (frozen, popsicle-like birdies) through ‘binoculars’ that we shall make from toilet paper tubes. Ah, imagination. Also, we’re going to attempt to reproduce these sickeningly cute birds that I saw at Pottery Barn Kids. I hate Pottery Barn Kids. Everything in there is so dang cute and expensive, and I’m so dang old and cheap. This, though, I like. Its construction should be exceedingly simple.

Birdie, birdie, in the tree.  Birdie, birdie, let me be.

Brad, if we had more money and if you were ten, we would have bought you these:

SuperBrad!

Filed Under: Journal, Lauren Tagged With: brad, preschool

Happy Birthday, Brad!

February 7, 2008 by Lauren 9 Comments

Ahem. Take two. When I told Lloyd that tomorrow (today, when you’re reading this, but I actually said it two nights ago) is Brad’s birthday, his first reaction was, “Dang. That means I missed Sam and Brittney’s birthdays.” So, Sam & Brittney – Happy Belated from (Crazy Uncle) Lloyd. He’s too lazy to say it himself.

Back to Brad. Have a great day! What’s the gift that keeps on giving? I think you know.

[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyYDqwl1qH8 520 433]

No Carnation Instant Breakfast Drink was harmed during the making of this film. After filming, though, it was sucked mercilessly into the vacuum cleaner and died a horrible death.I think that one thing is a Shrek-head, though I didn’t mean it to be one. I’ve never done this before, ok? And how come I don’t own a tripod? You people would be a lot less seasick if I had a tripod. And you have to admit – it’s the best rockin’ birthday song that you don’t have to pay Paul McCartney royalties for!

Filed Under: Journal, Lauren, Videos Tagged With: birthday, brad, royuks

Too sad

August 28, 2007 by Lauren 9 Comments

I know Ned wasn’t my cat, but I’m just too sad to write about anything tonight. Well, maybe this. Requiem for a Cat

Filed Under: Lauren, Worst day ever Tagged With: brad, ned

Good-bye, summer

July 17, 2007 by Lauren 18 Comments

Well, Brad is gone.  All the carefree fun of summertime took off on that plane with him.  Now comes the hectic beginning of the school year, complete with unfinished projects, home visits, and daily panic.  It’s the worst time of the year.

Last year when Brad left I made a version of Goodnight Moon to document the sorrow.  Maybe I’ll post that tomorrow when I figure out how to use the scanner, but this year we made a movie.  It will only be meaningful if you’ve followed our websites during his visits.  I hope it will bring every single viewer to tears!!  Fetch your Kleenex boxes, folks.  Who am I kidding?  This is only meaningful to me.

‘Bye, Brad.

Filed Under: Videos, Worst day ever Tagged With: brad, summer

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