bones

I go 36 years without ever breaking one bone in my body and now I have broken 2 in just 6 months.

I am a klutz. Actually I am a disaster.

The other night I smacked my pinky toe really hard on the kitchen island. Since the pain of breaking my foot (in April) was still fresh in my mind, I knew right away I had broken my toe. I waited a day and Monday went to the doctor to get an Xray and sure enough I had a decent-sized break in my pinky toe. At least the toe bone only takes about 12 days to heal.

What good can come out of this?

#1) It is forcing me to practice my swim for my next Triathlon in October. I have been swimming everyday this week and can already see an improvement in my time.

#2) My ugly distorted left pinky toe now matches the right.

That darn tongue

Why is it that my camera CANNOT capture the 1 second smile I try and get from Dylan but it can get countless photos of White Dog's tongue?

Potato Gnocchi Tourmalet

Potato Gnocchi Tourmalet



For those that really know me, know that I don't cook. I bake and I heat-up.

Once in a blue moon I find a recipe and try it out. Tonight I found a winner. A make again over and over, winner.

Paul found this in one of his Outdoor magazines. He rarely (ok has never) brought home a recipe and has asked me to make. Being the good wife, I knew this was something I should attempt.

http://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-gear/food-and-drink/A-Mountain-Stage-Feast.html

Also I did not make the Gnocchi by hand like the recipe calls for (are you kidding me??). I used bagged-frozen from our local supermarket. It was still excellent. I should mention that because of the chili sauce it calls for, it does have a bit of a kick. So if you can't take a little bit of heat only use about half of the chili sauce as what the recipe calls for.

Do fish have a Heaven?

Ty received 2 fish as a reward for reading ten Step1 Reader books all by himself. We went and purchased the tank, rocks, heater etc for the fish. We carefully let the water sit for 3 days before we put the fish in. Then picked out 2 guppies "Lemon" and "Orange." Later after the kids went to bed Paul checked the tank and just 5 hours later the fish were belly up. Turns out the tank heater would not shut off after a certain temp so basically we boiled the fish. Of course my first comment was "maybe the boys won't notice?" Hahaha right. The first thing out of T's mouth in the morning was "let's check my fish." Even D woke up saying "fish." Lovely. We did explain what happened. There were tears in T's eyes but he took it ok.

Yesterday in the car he asked me if fish have a Heaven...

And here comes the "life and death" talk. Is there a manual I can follow for stuff like this?