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Speaking of race and stuff, the other day I was helping my 5 year old daughter get ready for bed, and I was combing her hair and pointed out that it was getting pretty long. She said something like “well that’s ok for girls. Boys have short hair. Except I’ve seen a couple of dark people who have long hair in braids.”
Which of course at first sounded sort of shocking to me, but then I realized she’s just describing her world as she sees it. I said nothing and just let the moment pass. I chose not to use the opportunity to teach her how I think races should be identified with words. I think the outside world will do a pretty good job of that.
I made a roast once with a horseradish crust – OMG it was one of the best things I ever had – it’s a Tyler Florence recipe from food network
Thanks Bxgrl -ha, let’s hope so!!!
the little engine that could…lol
cmu, just invite rob over and you and your son can go to Europe on the Internet for free! He’s a great tour guide of all the major cities.
By jessibaby on February 24, 2011 11:52 AM
“just put a roast in my new crock pot.â€
Recipe, please! Easy to do and still tasty?
It’s my first time, but I tend to play around with things rather than follow strict recipes when it comes to simple things.
I got an eye of round roast that’s got little visible fat (and what’s there, I left).
I coated the bottom of the crock pot with:
Worchestershire, salt, fresh ground pepper, other seasonings that I like with beef, ground onion, and minced garlic.
Then I rolled the roast in it until all sides were coated.
I chopped an onion, some carrots, and baby red potatoes (left the smaller ones whole), and added those.
I put in some water (didn’t have beef consomme), a couple of bay leaves, and some frozen basil, topped the whole thing with some parsley flakes.
We’ll see if it’s tasty or bland.
Times travel section last week had ads for $500 return to Dublin – didn’t notice the dates.
A great sense of humor is a huge plus. And gerat family too. You guys will be great parents.
Bxgrl – yeah, we will have to censor a lot of what we say and do as it might be hard to explain our humor to a child. The awesome thing is that we both have great families and friends who have a great sense of humor and we get along. We are very fortunate
Snaps- sparkly, yes- I am not paying you to glitter them.
Lech- I have a bicycle pump you can use
cobble: As BH and I have discussed many times, we don’t know a single woman who has had an abortion and didn’t feel they made a very difficult choice
Actually I do, 2 . But this was in the early 80’s, the post-hippie era and it was more accepted. As neither of them remotely wanted to have the kid, while I’m sure it was to some level painful, it was not traumatic. If it’s not a ‘choice’ as to whether to have a child, it’s not that ‘difficult’ either.
In talking with women of that generation, you might find they had an easier time of it because there was not all the current psycho-babble and guilt trips we have now.