tales of the unexpected
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mamajoanJust a day late, let me start off with belated happy-wedding-anniversary wishes to ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
metafrantic and sandykidd, and belated happy-adoption-anniversary wishes to orbitalmechanic and Violet. yay.
We did go to the school open-house last night, and I was pleasantly surprised by how well both the kids did with it. They both had a lot of fun with the provided childcare (which consisted of a bunch of 6th graders in a classroom with some crayons) and ate huge piles of fruit from the provided snack trays. The info session itself was fairly interesting as well. I was a little disappointed that it didn't include any opportunities for one-on-one chat with current parents from the school, but it was still good to hear some parents, students, and teachers talk about the school. I'm almost completely decided to put this one down as my first choice. (As we were leaving, Isaac asked if we could come back tomorrow. :) )
We didn't get home until almost 9 so were quite late getting to bed. And then both kids were up early this morning. *facepalm* Hopefully we'll get a bit more rest over the weekend.
Ruthie insisted on bringing her lunchbox along to the open house last night. She noticed it as we were heading out the door, and I guess she's now indoctrinated that we need to bring it when we leave the house, LOL, so she grabbed it. And when I was getting her out of the car at the school, she got mad that I tried to take it away. So I just let her bring it in with us. And yeah, you saw this coming -- we ended up forgetting about it and leaving it there. *facepalm* I shall have to call on Monday and find out whether they found it or it's lost forever. It does have her name on it, so hopefully we shall retrieve it at some point. Luckily I have another one (long story) which I sent with her to daycare today.
Today I had lunch with "the girls" at work. Our marketing director has initiated these every-so-often lunch outings with the female contingent of the company. Currently there are ten of us, although two are temporary contractors (head-hunters). Anyway, it's fun to go out with "the girls" and it's nice because the company pays for it and we go to nice restaurants with $15 lunch entrees. ;) I had a spinach salad with blue cheese, clementines, and walnuts that was SOOOO good. I also had a "frittata" (fancy omelette) with spinach and cheddar, which was okay, except that I should have predicted that the cheese would make it really REALLY greasy. So I couldn't finish it, but that's okay too. I passed the rest of it to our HR lady who had been eyeing it covetously. lol. I should have just ordered two or three of that great salad.
That reminds me, my latest recipe -- am I up to #10? -- eggy-potatoey breakfast "wrap":
Peel 1/2 large-ish Yukon Gold potato and cut into 1/2-inch cubes. Boil in water until soft.
While potato is cooking, beat 2 eggs and chop up 1 clove of garlic. Also (this is the step I wish I had done) take a slice of American cheese out of the fridge to warm up to room temp.
When potato is almost done, put a little oil in a frying pan and start sauteing the garlic.
Drain potatoes and pat dry thoroughly with a paper towel, then add to the pan with the garlic. Add salt and pepper, fry until golden-brown.
Meanwhile, take a plate, lay a tortilla on it, and cover with a paper towel.
Spread potatoes on top of the paper towel. (I did this because I wanted to warm up the tortilla but didn't want it getting greasy. Though as it turned out the potatoes were really not that greasy at all.)
Return the pan to the heat and add the eggs. Scramble them. Note that they cook a lot faster on the pre-heated pan than they usually do.
When eggs are done, quickly take the paper-towel-wrapped potatoes off the tortilla, spoon eggs onto the tortilla, top with the cheese, and top that with the potatoes. Attempt to wrap it all up and eat. Discover that you made way too much filling so the wrap can't close. (lol) Well, fold it up any which way and eat.
Lessons learned: Take cheese out of the fridge earlier. Use less filling, and/or two tortillas. Also the ratio of potatoes to eggs could have been a bit lower. Otherwise, a truly excellent and fairly easy, though not particularly low-fat breakfast. :) Yum!
In unrelated news a post on the![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
davis_square community has just reminded me that my emissions inspection sticker expired yesterday. Oops. I guess I know what I'll be running out to do tomorrow. And now I'm crossing my fingers that I won't get a ticket between now and then.
We'll be spinning our wheels all weekend with no grandma and no plans -- any locals want to hang?pekmez? ima_omi? ww1614? Bueller?
metafrantic and sandykidd, and belated happy-adoption-anniversary wishes to orbitalmechanic and Violet. yay.We did go to the school open-house last night, and I was pleasantly surprised by how well both the kids did with it. They both had a lot of fun with the provided childcare (which consisted of a bunch of 6th graders in a classroom with some crayons) and ate huge piles of fruit from the provided snack trays. The info session itself was fairly interesting as well. I was a little disappointed that it didn't include any opportunities for one-on-one chat with current parents from the school, but it was still good to hear some parents, students, and teachers talk about the school. I'm almost completely decided to put this one down as my first choice. (As we were leaving, Isaac asked if we could come back tomorrow. :) )
We didn't get home until almost 9 so were quite late getting to bed. And then both kids were up early this morning. *facepalm* Hopefully we'll get a bit more rest over the weekend.
Ruthie insisted on bringing her lunchbox along to the open house last night. She noticed it as we were heading out the door, and I guess she's now indoctrinated that we need to bring it when we leave the house, LOL, so she grabbed it. And when I was getting her out of the car at the school, she got mad that I tried to take it away. So I just let her bring it in with us. And yeah, you saw this coming -- we ended up forgetting about it and leaving it there. *facepalm* I shall have to call on Monday and find out whether they found it or it's lost forever. It does have her name on it, so hopefully we shall retrieve it at some point. Luckily I have another one (long story) which I sent with her to daycare today.
Today I had lunch with "the girls" at work. Our marketing director has initiated these every-so-often lunch outings with the female contingent of the company. Currently there are ten of us, although two are temporary contractors (head-hunters). Anyway, it's fun to go out with "the girls" and it's nice because the company pays for it and we go to nice restaurants with $15 lunch entrees. ;) I had a spinach salad with blue cheese, clementines, and walnuts that was SOOOO good. I also had a "frittata" (fancy omelette) with spinach and cheddar, which was okay, except that I should have predicted that the cheese would make it really REALLY greasy. So I couldn't finish it, but that's okay too. I passed the rest of it to our HR lady who had been eyeing it covetously. lol. I should have just ordered two or three of that great salad.
That reminds me, my latest recipe -- am I up to #10? -- eggy-potatoey breakfast "wrap":
Peel 1/2 large-ish Yukon Gold potato and cut into 1/2-inch cubes. Boil in water until soft.
While potato is cooking, beat 2 eggs and chop up 1 clove of garlic. Also (this is the step I wish I had done) take a slice of American cheese out of the fridge to warm up to room temp.
When potato is almost done, put a little oil in a frying pan and start sauteing the garlic.
Drain potatoes and pat dry thoroughly with a paper towel, then add to the pan with the garlic. Add salt and pepper, fry until golden-brown.
Meanwhile, take a plate, lay a tortilla on it, and cover with a paper towel.
Spread potatoes on top of the paper towel. (I did this because I wanted to warm up the tortilla but didn't want it getting greasy. Though as it turned out the potatoes were really not that greasy at all.)
Return the pan to the heat and add the eggs. Scramble them. Note that they cook a lot faster on the pre-heated pan than they usually do.
When eggs are done, quickly take the paper-towel-wrapped potatoes off the tortilla, spoon eggs onto the tortilla, top with the cheese, and top that with the potatoes. Attempt to wrap it all up and eat. Discover that you made way too much filling so the wrap can't close. (lol) Well, fold it up any which way and eat.
Lessons learned: Take cheese out of the fridge earlier. Use less filling, and/or two tortillas. Also the ratio of potatoes to eggs could have been a bit lower. Otherwise, a truly excellent and fairly easy, though not particularly low-fat breakfast. :) Yum!
In unrelated news a post on the
davis_square community has just reminded me that my emissions inspection sticker expired yesterday. Oops. I guess I know what I'll be running out to do tomorrow. And now I'm crossing my fingers that I won't get a ticket between now and then.We'll be spinning our wheels all weekend with no grandma and no plans -- any locals want to hang?
pekmez? ima_omi? ww1614? Bueller?
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Date: 2008-02-04 12:55 am (UTC)Anyway I'm sorry not to have responded sooner and would have enjoyed seeing you and the kids...raincheck?