We got the girls a few different Wii accessories for Christmas, but both of them seem to enjoy the Wii Fit the most. Abby is working mostly on balance, but Camille has taken to yoga.
Neither Susan nor I have had a chance to test it out, but considering how unbalanced we both are, this could be interesting.
I’m sure we can’t do this too often, but we cooked up pasta carbonara for dinner tonight. When the kids are licking the bowl as they did tonight, you can take satisfaction in knowing you did a good job. On the flip side, the leftover bacon has already been claimed by Camille for breakfast in the morning.
I doctored this recipe from My Recipes (Southern Living) by cutting some of the egg, and sadly forgot the garlic, pepper and salt, but there was none left for my lunch for Tuesday, so I guess we did okay.
Ingredients
2 eggs (We used one whole egg and one egg white)
3 ounces parmesan cheese (The stuff in the canister is fine for this)
1/2 cup loosely packed flat-leaf parsley leaves (Whoops, we didn’t have any)
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, plus more for garnish (Dang, forgot it)
1/4 pound pancetta or thin-cut bacon, chopped (We used five slices of Applewood smoked)
2 cloves garlic (Oh, no! We forgot it)
3 tablespoons olive oil (Nixed it)
1/2 cup dry white wine (Nah)
1/2 cup Half and half or Heavy Cream
1 tablespoon salt (Forget it! The bacon’s enough)
1 pound spaghetti or spaghettini
Directions
1. Put a large pot of water on to boil. Meanwhile, crack eggs into a large bowl and beat lightly. Add the cheese, 1/2 cup, to eggs, and set the rest aside. Set aside.
2. We cooked the bacon in the oven on our Pampered Chef large stone which gives it a perfect texture on 425 degree heat. Remove the bacon and drain on paper towels.
3. Heat the Half and Half or Heavy Cream in a sauce pan until warmed.
4. When water boils, add spaghetti. Boil pasta until it is tender to the bite. Drain well and immediately pour pasta into bowl. Toss with two tablespoons of butter. Add the egg mixture. Toss to thoroughly coat pasta with egg mixture (the heat from the pasta will partly cook the egg and melt the cheese). Pour in the cream and mix, then add the bacon and continue to toss until well mixed. Top with a little more cheese. Serve immediately.
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Wow! It seems that all technology on the web has gone haywire tonight. Twitpic isn’t letting me log in. Facebook won’t let me see the photos I’ve uploaded or upload anymore. So it’s back to my old standby – the blog.
Susan had foot surgery today to correct a joint problem that was causing her pain in her left foot. It was primarily her second toe which was also affecting her middle toe. Walking when we were at the beach had become an odyssey of pain.
Last August, I learned that my staff had won a first place Missouri Lifestyle Journalism Award. This August, after some bureaucratic snafus and a mailing mishap that left the first trophy a shattered mess, we got the replacement.
When I pulled it out of the box, I found myself paraphrasing Chief Brody in “Jaws”: “We’re gonna need a bigger trophy case.”
Click on this photo from Twitpic to see it more clearly. It’s half my size!
Our pouting puppy’s protest
The girls had a sleepover Saturday. What that usually means is Pippin, who normally sleeps with Abby, gets relegated to the kitchen.
Why?
Because when the girls have a sleepover, they usually sleep in the den. Why some of them like to sleep on the coffee table is another bizarre story…
We keep Pippin out of the den. But there is no way he’s going to sleep in our room for reason #1 and reason #2.
So he gets a little alone time in the kitchen. We bar the entrance to the den – and the girls – with his crate. We close the pocket door that leads to the living room. And we have a gate that closes off the entrance to the dining room.
He ended up sleeping in his crate. I checked on him about 1:30 in the morning because I went to the kitchen to take some medicine. The girls were still up singing to the likes of Miley Cyrus, Demi Lovato, Jesse McCartney and Taylor Swift with the Wii game “Sing It: Pop Hits.”
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