burglar bars
upon returning home from a family outing to see a christmas carol (which i was so excited about because it has both robin wright penn and carey elwes in it and the first time i saw them in the same movie was the princess bride - which is movie magic)  we found this…

couldn’t pay me enough
i’m sure i’ve posted a similar picture before, but every time i see something like this i’m dumbfounded.  this picture was taken at rush hour on a major road.  and, yes, there are ropes tied around all that stuff.  he just must not trust his knot tieing abilities. Posted in nablopomo, thailand

thanksgiving – year 2
today, we celebrated our second thanksgiving in thailand.  and i had a thanksgiving crisis. i’ve totally lost my family cook book. can’t find it anywhere. i’m sure it will turn up in the house shift. but it meant that i couldn’t make the banana pudding i was supposed to be making – the one that i always make.  the same one that has been part of special meals since before i was born.  i still took banana pudding, i found a recipe online.  it was substandard.  so very disappointing.  i was also put in charge of sweet potatoes and broccoli salad.  and for both

grown up
tonight we had a guest for dinner.  a coworker of michaels from uganda.  and i prepared a real grown up meal.  complete with two vegetable dishes.  something i haven’t done in quite a while and i owe most of my inspiration for this meal to the internet. a few weeks ago i saw the recipe for noble pig’s tangy-sweet plum-spiced chicken over at 4ever mom.  it’s a new favorite.  everyone liked it. and, while hunting down a recipe for something new to try for thanksgiving, i came ac

gender identification issues
i feel the need to reintroduce s’mores.  and do it correctly this time.  i mean i did a pretty good job the first time.  but i missed something, pretty major.  he is a she. how’d every single member of our family get that wrong? well, the place michael,s10 and a12 got s’