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Eat this for dinner – Asian Chicken Lettuce Wraps

Missy — Thu, 17 May 2012 13:06:44 +0000

I had my physical recently. My doctor is very pleased with my slow but steady weight loss, and my cholesterol, blood sugars and other bloodwoork-y things all look great! Basically, I’m kicking ass at being healthy, which is awesomesauce. I’ve been working hard at doing the South Beach Diet thing, in part because it’s the [...]

It’s all fun and games until someone gets poisoned

Missy — Mon, 14 May 2012 13:16:07 +0000

Alternate title: What Happens In Atlantic City Ends Up on My Blog [Image courtesy of Harrah's Resort Atlantic City] We whisked Emily away for her bachelorette party this weekend and had a BLAST! We drove in the Ultra Mom-Mobile (heated seats in back! Enough cup holders! In-dash navigation! Automatic doors!) down to Harrah’s in AC [...]

Sorry

Missy — Fri, 11 May 2012 13:15:18 +0000

“Mrs. Carvin, can I have a quick word with you? I need to talk with you about something Abby did.” Does this sentence EVER lead to something good? (Well maybe. Once in a while.) It sure knocks the wind out of your sails when you hear it, though. And when I heard it from Abby’s [...]

Yummy in my tummy – Artichoke-Parmesan chicken

Missy — Thu, 10 May 2012 12:50:12 +0000

[UPDATE: Brian wants you all to know that *I* did not cook this dish. He followed the recipe that I put together IN MY HEAD and HE cooked dinner on the night in question. So there. Thank you, honey.] When Abby was born, Brian and I ended up staying the state of Florida for an obscenely long time. Four [...]

Showered

Missy — Thu, 03 May 2012 14:20:38 +0000

A few Saturdays ago, we had Emily’s wedding shower. It was a really lovely affair, attended by great people and she dragged home a freaking boatload of stuff. Other than one SNAFU where the restaurant tried to kill me with some unidentified penne a la vodka, everything was perfect.

Puttering along

Missy — Wed, 02 May 2012 15:04:54 +0000

Well, I’m home. As much fun as I had in Rome, and as much as I want to go back someday, I am kind of glad to be back home and getting back in the swing of things a bit. Of course, I got back and it was freaking MAY and I’m just not sure [...]

La dolce vita

Missy — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 06:00:47 +0000

As I write this, I’ve been in Rome for 5 days. I’m getting ready to head out for my last Roman dinner with friends, and I’ve walked from Campo dei Fiori to the Forum, from Stazione Termini to Piazza Barberini. I’ve hopped on and off buses and seen things I read about in my Latin [...]

A la Roma

Missy — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:04:52 +0000

I’m in Rome for a conference this week. It’s the first time I’ve traveled overseas without a family member or pack of Girl Scouts and it’s been pretty exciting so far. The flight was relatively uneventful, except for the baby in the row ahead of me who decided 3-5 a.m. Rome time was a perfect [...]

Telling tales

Missy — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 13:05:09 +0000

Abby doesn’t just make stuff up for me. No, that would be too easy. I often get reports from other grownups about the fantastical yarns she’s spun. For example, when I dropped Abby off at school yesterday her teacher told me that Abby had told her all bout spring break and the fun things she’d [...]

You don’t know this

Missy — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:03:20 +0000

“Abby, why are you pulling your hood up?” “Because it’s raining, Mommy. I went outside before and felt a drop on my nose.” “Abby, when did you go outside this morning?” “You don’t know this, but I’m actually invisible.” “Oh, interesting. Are you invisible all the time?” “No, just sometimes and you don’t know this [...]