Sick TV

So after taking care of a sick child for a few weeks, amazingly enough, I got sick. Fr. Hubby scored a lot of points towards good will by taking charge of the kids and taking them after church down to the family birthday party we needed to go to at Chuck E Cheese waaaay down in Orange County.

So I got to stay home and camp out on the couch, which was delicious. Jessica was also sick, and we had our blankies. First we watched the Gilmore Girls, and then watched some My Fair Wedding with David Tutera.

He's a likable one, this David Tutera, who takes a disastrous wedding plan and then turns it around in 3 weeks to make a beautiful, snazzy affair.

I still can't figure out who pays for the weddings, but I sure like what he does. The episode we saw was Mummer themed wedding. Which I had never heard of the Mummer parade, but all I know is that the groom only seemed to come alive when the Mummer stuff was going on, so it was probably a good theme for them.

Here are David's top 5 wedding tips:

Diary of a Wimpy Kid

So yesterday, after all the hoo haa at the tournament, we went to Target to go and buy birthday presents for our nephew and also for Rich's OG goddaughter who is 20something.

And may I say we got her a super cute Sonia Kashuk smokey and sparkly eye makeup set and also a Sonia Kashuk brush set, that me, Jessica, and Naomi probably would have liked to snag and keep for ourselves, but we refrained.

I tried to buy a mystery for Luke, since he has to write a report on a mystery. But alas, we saw no mysteries and we ended up with one of the Wimpy Kid books.

For some reason, Luke eats these books up like candy. My girlfriend's son, who is a year older, the same thing. Both of them can laser focus on these books and read a good 50 pages at a time.

Originally they started out as part of the www.funbrain.com site. You can still get lots of Wimpy Kid for free there.

But the books are great to travel with, and actually read a real book with real pages. A great way to get the young boys to take a break from the video games.

Another interesting site I found from doing some of the wimpy kid research was www.readkiddoread.com, from author James Patterson, and www.guysread.com, which you can only imagine what that site is about.

So. There you are. Need to get an elementary school aged boy to read? Diary of a Wimpy Kid.

Tae Kwon Do Tournament

Here is Dad and his daughters. Although it sure is hard to get a picture where everyone is looking good, at the camera, and not being crazy.

Luke got a gold in forms and a gold in sparring today - Yay Lukie!

Note to self, buy a seat cushion to sit on hard bleachers for so long.

Gleeful

Reasons why we loved Glee tonight, in no particular order.

1. It featured the fake wheelchair boy who went to high school with Jessica
2. The piece from Wicked, which Naomi and I saw together when we went to Chicago
3. Puck saying it would be cool if Quinn's baby came out with a mohawk
4. The dancing number with the entire choir in wheelchairs
5. A Down Syndrome girl tried out for and made the Cheerios
6. Mean Sue Sylvester went to go and visit her sister, who has Down Syndrome, and holding her hand and reading to her
7. Sue Sylvester made the Down Syndrome Cheerio girl push for excellence instead of get by with mediocrity and pity
8. The diva-off between Rachael and Kurt
9. The fight between Puck and Finn in their wheelchairs
10. Artie reassuring the stuttering Asian girl that even though he is in a wheelchair, his penis still works

http://www.rickey.org/?p=26937

Chicken Broccoli Soup

Now, you could make this delicious soup by using your leftover chicken broccoli casserole and adding chicken broth and a can of cream of mushroom soup to it. Or you could use this recipe.

Chicken Broccoli Soup
Makes a lot :-)

3 boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into bite sized pieces
1 lb. broccoli florets
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 can cream of celery soup
1/4 cup mayonnaise
1.5 tsp curry powder
2 cups cooked rice
2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
8 cups water
6 chicken boullion cubes

In a big pot of water, boil the chicken in water with a few tablespoons of salt until it's almost cooked through. Add the broccoli to the boiling water for about 6 minutes or until tender. Drain it all in a colander.

Return the chicken and broccoli to the big pot. Add cans of soup, mayonnaise, and curry, and stir it all together. Add water, chicken boullion cubes, and rice. Boil it together for about 20 minutes. Before serving add cheddar cheese, and heat it until it melts, then serve. (If you add cheese too early, it will get all funky as it cooks with the soup). Add salt and pepper to your taste.

Wagging Church

That's what the cool people call it. Our Australian girlfriend started the terminology, and now I can only think of missing church on Sunday as "wagging."

So I wagged church to stay home and take care of Nadia, who is sick. Usually I delegate staying home with a sick kid to one of the big girls, but due to the potential severity of this illness I thought I'd better handle it myself.

We watched the Hannah Montana movie.

I cooked soup, and drank coffee.

I caught up on Facebook and my favorite forum.

A kind soul brought us pizza.

We cozied on the couch and therefore I am sure I will soon be coming down with the flu too. But sometimes you have to show a little mama love to the sickies.

Hydration Sensation

As a gift from my work for 20 years of service, I am snazzing up my home office. One of the first things that arrived was the water cooler.

This water cooler is super cool. It has hot and cold water, and an energy saving mode. I also got the Greenway water filter, which means that we never have to cart big giant water bottles back and forth, we just fill up the thing from the tap and it will make filtered water come out of the cooler.

And I do believe that drinking more water will be good for all of us. And I'm thinking that I can get some nice powdered beverage mixes to put next to the water cooler, and probably a few Cup of Noodles in an emergency to use with the hot water spicket.

We mskis are going to be well watered!