Warrior
Our little warrior, in his dress uniform testing from yellow stripe to yellow belt in Kyuki-Do.
Retrieved.
Jazz, doing what Labs do best…
Before
As they were in my flower garden; now they are sitting in a vase next to my computer. The scent will be fleeting, but it’s heavenly at this moment.
Good Morning.
A frost advisory this morning notwithstanding, life is starting to wake up around here. And finally, this year, my young lilac plants will sport some blooms. This was a nice surprise this morning.
April Reflected
Easter Afternoon in Wisconsin, 2011
Final slide show of pictures from my trip to China. The first bunch of photos were taken in Chongqing, and the second half is from Guangzhou. Click through on the slideshow to go directly to Flickr – I have descriptions of some of the photos on that site.
I continue to miss China something awful. I miss my travel companions and their sweet babies – especially little L and her mama. And, holy jeebus, I miss the food. Yesterday, ZZ and I shopped at H-Mart for a few essentials, and we stopped in the food court to eat lunch. The bibimbap at the Korean stand is decent, though not as good as the last meal of bibimbap we had at the airport in Beijing. ZZ was also eyeing up a picture of pot stickers at the Chinese stand, so we ordered those. They came out deep fried – grossly brown, grossly crusty, and grossly greasy. Gah. Neither one of us could eat them. A fresh batch of homemade jiaozi is badly needed…
One of my favorite light dinners: crab cakes and citrus-dressed greens.
Monkey Bread
Every now and then, we succumb to the guilty pleasure of monkey bread. This was always a favorite of my step-kids, and now my little boy has followed in their footsteps. The great thing about monkey bread, aside from eating it in the living room whilst watching the hockey game on TV, is that kids can easily help put it together. Just make sure they brush their teeth after eating!
Monkey Bread
4 cans refrigerator biscuits (10 per can, cheapest biscuits work best—not the honking huge flaky biscuits. Lots of times these are sold in packs of 4)
1 c. sugar
2 tbsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. nutmeg (optional)
Grease Bundt pan. Cut each biscuit into 4 pieces. Mix sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg in a zip lock bag. Place quartered biscuits in plastic bag and shake to coat each piece well.
Topping:
1 tbsp. cinnamon
1 c. brown sugar
1 1/4 sticks butter, melted
Melt butter and add cinnamon and sugar. Layer 1/2 biscuit pieces in Bundt pan. Cover with 1/2 topping mixture. Layer remaining biscuits and cover with topping. Bake at 350 degrees for 35-40 minutes. Invert onto plate while still warm. Eat by pulling apart pieces with hands.
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The joys of my life are my husband, our son, and our two dogs. Coincidentally, they are the subjects of most of my pictures. Welcome to my little corner of the internets.
