Thursday, January 19, 2006

theo is back!

This news makes me happy. Especially because of this quote: "[one day] he slipped out of Fenway Park wearing a borrowed gorilla costume to avoid the media." Priceless. At any rate, Theo "the boy genius" Epstein is back with the Sox, and that's good news all around. Plus, he sold the gorilla suit to benefit charity. How classy is that? Believe me, if I had a gorilla suit, you wouldn't see me parting ways with it anytime soon

Dad and I are having a "men's-only" weekend. Mom is heading off to be a camp nurse for friday/saturday, so we'll have the place to ourselves. Yikes. He has to drive up north tomorrow for some work-related stuff, so I'm going to kick off the weekend early by tagging along. Should be fun. Hopefully we'll remember to do things like bathe ourselves and not burn the house down. No guarantees, though


I'm not a huge fan of most household chores (after all, that's what the women are for, right???..... oops. can i say that out loud? i'd better not. could cause too much trouble), but I like to cook. Notice I didn't say "I like to bake," because that would have been a lie. Baking takes too long, dirties too many dishes, and there is always the off chance of cataclysmic failure. Cooking, however, usually involves in preparing a main dish, two or three side dishes, and maybe a salad. That I can handle. So tonight we had the following for supper:
  • Steak. Cooked on the grill, of course... it's the only real way to cook steak. But since it gets dark really early and we don't have a light on our back porch where the grill is, I had to resort to using my trusty headlamp to illuminate my outdoors kitchen. Worked just fine. And I dashed some chipotle sauce on the steak it for a slightly spicy and smokey flavor that ended up being pretty outstanding
  • Mashed potatoes. But not just any mashed potatoes... that would be too easy. Nope, I sauteed up some onions, and then mixed those in with the potatoes for a tasty blend
  • Corn and green beans... mixed together. OOOOoooooooooooo.
  • Salad. Every good meal needs a salad
That was my cullinary adventure for the day. I'm still full... but not so full that I'm not going to go grab a bowl of ice cream. Right now. Plus it's almost time for the one tv show I actually watch every week.... and I actually have to get up at a decent hour tomorrow to head upcountry with Dad

so bye.


-noonan-

posted by Patrick @ 8:07 PM

1 Comments:

At 1/20/2006 6:36 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Ken can't cook. If I leave, it's pizza, yogurt or cereal. This is the case even when I spend copious amounts of time preparing meals ahead that only need to be reheated. usually I come home and find them all still in the fridge with their overwhelmingly difficult instructions (Bake at 350ยบ for 1 hour.) still taped to the side. At least that means less work for me for a few days after I get home.

 

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