emmett says...

"sure apes are our relatives...but they never write or call."

Leftovers = the best homemade "veggie burgers"

the bulk: leftover rice, beans, breadcrumbs, quinoa, polenta, couscous etc etc
just mix 2 cups any of the above OR a mixture of the above with...
+
the flavor: 1/2 cup sauteed anything (tiny cut up onion, kale, brocolli, carrots, garlic etc)
+
the glue: add 1 or two eggs OR 1/2 cup silken tofu (depending on how quichey you want it to taste... and....
+
the yum (and kid pleaser): a cup of parmesan or swiss or cheddar or whatever ( I suppose soy cheese would work also.)
+
the spice: a cup of herbs (parley and cilantro, or oregano and basil, or even leftover tabouli)
+
the cooking: form into patties and saute with heated olive oil on medium for 5 minutes one side, then 3 minutes other side

the seasoning: salt and lots of fresh ground pepper
+
the choices: serve on a bun, over rice or with pasta or alongside a salad
=
unlimited options for deliciousness

Meg and Crys come to Jam with the Fam!!

School Garden, Beautiful and Productive!

full of food and flowers




organized

rain watered

The Girls and their Adventures

They have known eachother since almost-birth and now they are 12.



And tomorrow Mac is going with Isabel and her seventh grade class
for a 3 night/4day camping trip to Joshua Tree.
What an adventure. Although it looks a little prickly to me....



Have Fun!

Nana's Birthday Celebration

You never know what to expect around here. The best plans can be waylayed by just about anything lately ...craziness of all sorts...
But this little birthday party was very simple and sweet and peaceful.
Happy Birthday My Mama. We love you!

Multiple Sarcasms

One of my students has a son that wrote and directed this movie.
So lets all check it out and support it! The trailer looks great!
I think it's in NY now but should be all over soon.

(and thanks for all the movie recommends...you know they
immediatley made it to my netflix queue!)

fine films

With one exception, I would NEVER watch ANY of these movies Matt had me hunt for at Blockbuster.

Midsummer Night's Dream

Besides being some of the best three words strung together (that and Forest Pansy Redbud) and being the first play I participated in that I can remember in the 3rd grade (I was "Queen Titania" and the cutest boy named Carlos Privet was my "Bottom").... Midsummer Nights Dream is also great because Emmett's class put on a production of their own! Emmett and Isaiah both play "Bottom" and they are hilarious! I didn't want to miss the show because of Matt's surgery so I got to sneak peek a rehearsal on Tuesday. I just loved it! Nana got to see it last night! Beautiful job 3rd graders!

Emmett (in donkey head) as Bottom!

Spoon Fed

Interesting memoir by a NY Times food critic about the influential women in her life and the food they cook. Lots of good recipes in it ...if you ignore the ones with body parts...(teehee)
The author lives with her wife and daughter in Park Slope Brooklyn and moved there for the food co-op!! (Sheesh Cam, who doesn't live in Park Slope?!!)

Need I Say More...

Foot chop

As my brother Craig so kindly reminds me, tomorrow I am gettting the FOOT CHOP! Also known as a bunionectomy.

Love your Mother.

Someone asked me today if I went to Earth Day and I said I couldn't stand Earth Day because everyone just trashes the park and all sorts of corporate sponsors are there...and serious "greenwashing" goes on and everyone should just be cleaning up the place...and, of course, everyday should be Earth Day.
So there.
Then I went home and watched some of the PBS documentary on Earth Day and the environmental movement.
I am humbled and will stop adding any negativity to this important day.


It is true that every mother needs a special day...as well as help in the clean-up!

Matt's New Baby Fits Right In

We've spent the past few nights laying around listening to records.
First of all, I didn't know an amplifier could be so pretty (and hot!)
and I also completely forgot how much I was missing all these years
listening only to CDs. And now IPODs sound so so shitty in comparison.
Even the kids were amazed to hear Paul Simon and Joni Mitchell and
Steely Dan sound so different, "like they are in the room...and the
drums are over there..." etc.
Now our bedroom is complete...and I can't get Matt out of it...but
that is way better than the computer room...and so much better for the soul!

spring break 2010....CC&F come to visit...

...music, madness, dungeons and dragons, stinky hot springs (freezing pools), food, friends, fevers and barfing, more jamming and general hamming, easter egg dying, early morning hunting, hanging with the babies, breaking up the fights, bonding with a sister, flowers seedlings and more food, spring 2010!!

Spring!

Mac and Isabel sunbathing 2010 with sunscreen and sun hats!
Big difference from sun worshipping 1984, with baby oil and reflective mats!

Guess which days we are taking vacation in sunny southern california?

working some things out

Silas is completely excited about seeing Finley. He talks about it pretty much all day. He wants to play pretend, he says, and jump on the trampoline and go to the studio to make "scup-shas".
His one and only concern is that she might be bigger. And older. (I think he is forever trying to catch up to Ry...)
So here is a little melt down. Watch it before you show Feee to decide if she's up for it.
I only wish I caught video of all the many times he was running around the house doing the happy finley dance, or when he was kissing the calendar on the day she comes to visit....

hmmm?

Interesting chart from Kaiser comparing democrat health care proposals vs. republican plans from the past. What the democrats want now is what the republicans wanted then???
check it out here.
So what's all the hubbub bub??
Are the righties indeed getting more conservative or is it just a whole lotta bad sportsmanship
and political manipulation ?

AND...

let's look at the cost of health care in comparison to other things....
check it out

Hmmm???!!!

Happy Birthday Pop

and many more!