Some Advice from the Weeone...

I'm sure she heard this from someone or somewhere, but while laying in bed with me this evening, the weeone gave some sage advice.

"You shouldn't sing when you're in the shower because it's dangerous," she proclaimed.

"Dangerous?" I asked. "How?"

"Well," she stated matter of factly, "singing leads to dancing and dancing leads to slipping!".

What did I tell you, sage advice from the weeone. =)

Sundays at the Park

Yesterday was the first of many Sunday afternoons that the weeone and I will spend with my parents at Minute Maid Park. I'm a HUGE baseball fan and love nothing more that going to a game in person. My father offered to buy 4 seats for the Sunday package that the Astros offer, so I took him up on it.



So we spent our afternoon yesterday watching the Astros get thoroughly beaten up by the Reds. I think after yesterday we should start calling the Astros the LOB team....left on base. Over 2 innings they left 3 runners on base when the third out was called. Sad....it just makes me sad. I will hold out hope for this little team from Houston, though. They often don't start to come alive until 1/3 or more way through the season. Let's just hope that this year it's not toooooo late!



Lunch of hotdogs, popcorn, helmet sundaes, hot pretzels, soft drinks and beer made it all the more palatable!

exhausting week. too tired. need sleep. will return soon. =)

Woohoo...the weeone ate BROCCOLI!!!

The wonders of the universe never cease to amaze me. The Grand Canyon, Niagra Falls and the weeone eating broccoli! =)

We were rushed a bit to get dinner on the table the other night and I didn't really have a plan, but I had some quick items on hand that were easy enough to throw a meal together. Now, I didn't like broccoli as a little kid but came to love it over time thanks to my mom throwing cheese on it some nights. So, on hand I had 2 chicken breasts that were defrosted, a steamer bag of broccoli with Cheddar and bag of Knorr's parmesan noodles (yes, I know they're processed food, but they're tasty and in a pinch they'll do).

I pounded the chicken breasts out until they were of uniform thickness, dredged them in flour, milk and flour again then tossed them in a hot skillet with juuuuuust enough canola oil in it that I knew we'd get a crispy crust. The broccoli was a quick hit in the microwave and the Knorr pasta a boil, toss in, simmer and done - simple. In about 15 minutes, dinner was served.


And the weeone at broccoli! =)

Chocolate - it's what's for dinner!

Well, not really, but it's what the weeone has been eating ALL day!!! We woke early this morning to find that the Easter Bunny had hidden our decorated eggs and left the weeone a basket full of great treats!



We went to church this morning at Grace Bible Church where we sang our little hearts out in praise and thanks to God for such an amazing gift He gave us in the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. We should be more thankful for that gift every.single.day.

After church we headed to the home of Stephen and Sherri, family friends who were hosting their extended family for Easter Brunch. The guests included my lifelong friend, Ellen(who is Stephen's sister) and her husband and kids, Ellen and Stephen's parents and an uncle and friend. Once we arrived the kids spent some time hunting eggs and having a ball opening them to reveal all the sugary wonders that would later send each of them into a sugar coma. =) Gotta love those.





We had brunch and then spent time watching the Masters as well as the kids putting on shows. The laugh-o-meter was registering high levels of fun and a good time was had by all.

This evening...dinner at Ninfa's - a fantastic local mexican restaurant that is part of the way of life in Houston (and was the only thing the Gwinn family and our family could find open that sounded good).

Now, the weeone is drawing me pictures of flowers, I'm watching Sportscenter to catch up on MLB from the day and we're prepping for a really early bedtime. =)

I hope you had a Happy Easter as well. And I hope that if you are a believer you take the time to thank Him today for the gift that truly does keep on giving.

Hey Mr. Easter Bunny...

....you might get all the glory and praise, but I get to have all the fun!

The Final Foot Post...I hope!

I hope this is the last time I talk about my left foot. It's out of the boot and it's healing (although still swelling and hurting a bit). But I thought as a final farewell to the saga of the foot I'd share what it looks like....on the inside. Here's what my foot looked like to my Ortho when I saw him on Thursday. Frankenfoot.



Saga over.