http://shannon.users.sonic.net/blog The Early Years of Robert Samuel Phillips, as told by His Mom Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:31:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This recipe was included in the veggie box last year, but I can't find on the Farm Fresh to You site, so I'll reprint it here. First, either make a pie crust or thaw a frozen one. I used the frozen crust this time. Bake the pie crust in a 350 ... http://shannon.users.sonic.net/blog/?p=650 I finally got around to making pumpkin puree from the pumpkins we got in our box a few weeks ago. I made two batches of pumpkin muffins and froze the rest of the puree. The recipe for the muffins is one I clipped from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch probably around ten ... http://shannon.users.sonic.net/blog/?p=646 I'm watching Robin eat squash soup, all by himself, with a spoon. I tried to get him just to drink it from a cup, but he wants to use the spoon. It's crazy messy, but I know that it's good practice for him, and that it's toddler nature to want ... http://shannon.users.sonic.net/blog/?p=642 So, we didn't end up taking Robin out trick-or-treating: he was having too good a time visiting with his Nonna, Pappy, and anti-Sara. And the doggies. And the trains. He looooved a train video his Pappy had, and now he wants to talk about "choo-choos" all the time. Unfortunately his ... http://shannon.users.sonic.net/blog/?p=639 So that housing deal is showing some abortive signs of possibly lurching back from the dead. The seller's bank wants to work with us to get a 203k mortgage. They're willing to extend escrow 90 days (it shouldn't take that long, but with a 90 day extension we wouldn't have ... http://shannon.users.sonic.net/blog/?p=637 Back home to some bad news: there's significant termite infestation in the house we were hoping to buy, and it needs a whole new roof. This will make it impossible to get an ordinary mortgage, and as you can probably imagine, we're pretty reluctant to go down the 203K route ... http://shannon.users.sonic.net/blog/?p=630 So we're here in Baltimore visiting Nina and Bizzy and the utterly snorglable baby Silas, enjoying the (considerable!) charms of Charm City—we all went to the railroad museum yesterday, and today we're planning to hit the aquarium. But I want to tell you about our adventure last night, after we'd ... http://shannon.users.sonic.net/blog/?p=628 There were bananas in our veggie box yesterday, which made me do a double take: bananas most certainly aren't grown locally. I made a call to Capay Farms to see if we'd been switched over their their general-organics box, which I know includes some produce shipped in from out of ... http://shannon.users.sonic.net/blog/?p=622 Robin has developed a bathtime ritual. He did it on his own; it took us a while to even notice. He got a set of dolphin-shaped bath toys for his birthday, and he likes to play with them in the tub. When it's time to get out he'll often grab ... http://shannon.users.sonic.net/blog/?p=620 I have a very sad story to tell, and here it is: I had planned to make stir-fried okra and tomatoes with Indian spices tonight, served over brown rice, but when I got to the store there was no more okra. Isn't that the saddest thing you ever heard? Well, maybe ... http://shannon.users.sonic.net/blog/?p=616