http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhLlnq5yY7k
PS. And a thank you to my brother Pedro, for first sending me the link when it came out - since we had only just discussed this very message ;)
Monday, March 23, 2009
Create
The first time I heard this talk, it struck a chord with me. It's come up in so many conversations, secular and religious, and to have Pres. Uchtdorf's message clipped and set to music, with such beautiful photography, it just carries the message even further. It's less than 2 minutes. Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhLlnq5yY7k
PS. And a thank you to my brother Pedro, for first sending me the link when it came out - since we had only just discussed this very message ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhLlnq5yY7k
PS. And a thank you to my brother Pedro, for first sending me the link when it came out - since we had only just discussed this very message ;)
Monday, March 9, 2009
Food Fight
I've always heard stories about kids and food. Playing with it, eating (or not eating) it, whatever. In the past couple of weeks, I've run into a few stories of my own - the culmination of which has made me ask, "What the?!"
Sarah: "hey, Liza - we're having cereal for lunch. What kind do you want?"
Liza: "I don't want cereal. I want a sandwich."
Sarah: "Fine. Peanut butter?"
Liza: "Do we have any tuna?"
Sarah thinking: "PBJ - two spreads and you're done. Tuna - open can, drain can, mix in condiments, make sandwich, add cheese, rinse can. Technically, yes - I've got at least a month's worth in "food storage" aka "the basement." Upstairs? NO."
Sarah: "No"
Liza: "What about in the basement?"
Sarah: (summoning all the acting skills that come with motherhood) Oh yes! We DO!! Feel free to get some." (okay - I'm proving my complete laziness on so many levels with this story - but in my defense, it was Friday, we'd been at the pool and visiting all morning, and I was itching for the kids to be fed and off to quiet time ASAP). Off Liza goes to the basement, returning with her canned good.
Liza: "here you go."
Tuna for Liza. Lucky Charms for me and Landon.
Where'd these kids come from?
Sarah to Landon: "No Landon, no more broccoli until after you eat some chicken"
(or, replace chicken with turkey for a repeat performance tonight)
(or, replace chicken with turkey for a repeat performance tonight)
Liza to Tyler: "I'll race you! I bet I can eat my asparagus faster than you!"
Sarah: "hey, Liza - we're having cereal for lunch. What kind do you want?"
Liza: "I don't want cereal. I want a sandwich."
Sarah: "Fine. Peanut butter?"
Liza: "Do we have any tuna?"
Sarah thinking: "PBJ - two spreads and you're done. Tuna - open can, drain can, mix in condiments, make sandwich, add cheese, rinse can. Technically, yes - I've got at least a month's worth in "food storage" aka "the basement." Upstairs? NO."
Sarah: "No"
Liza: "What about in the basement?"
Sarah: (summoning all the acting skills that come with motherhood) Oh yes! We DO!! Feel free to get some." (okay - I'm proving my complete laziness on so many levels with this story - but in my defense, it was Friday, we'd been at the pool and visiting all morning, and I was itching for the kids to be fed and off to quiet time ASAP). Off Liza goes to the basement, returning with her canned good.
Liza: "here you go."
Tuna for Liza. Lucky Charms for me and Landon.
Where'd these kids come from?
Monday, March 2, 2009
Soft Pretzels
(photo from SK)I love soft pretzels. I remember a lady I worked with in PA bringing in fresh pretzels from this downtown joint every Wednesday. What a wonderful thing to look forward to. Philly pretzels are soooo good. I had never considered before that I could make my own soft pretzels. I don't know why - I just hadn't. And then I got the latest update from Smitten Kitchen - and voila - an idea was born. By Friday evening, pretzels were made. By Saturday morning, pretzels were gone. Not only were they yummy, but Liza had a great time making them with me. The rolling and the shaping - all that - totally fun. No pictures from me, because Smitten Kitchen has wonderful photography - why duplicate?
Here's the link:
http://smittenkitchen.com/2009/02/soft-pretzels-refreshed/
*you'll see that you need to click on the archives button, after the explanation and photos, to get the actual recipe.
By the way, you'll see that one option she proposes is mini-pretzels. I didn't make mine miniature - they weren't too big anyway. Plus, then I only had to make 16.
Oh -and the other suggestion is to use parchment paper. DO IT. Putting the pretzels straight on your baking pan (even sprayed with PAM), leaves impossible-to-get-rid-of-marks. If only the outline of a pretzel didn't remind me of something else that's shaped very similar - one that isn't nearly as tasty. I just kept scrubbing.
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