“Shit.” — Me, out loud as I realized at 1:30 pm that we’d forgotten to eat breakfast together, weren’t together for lunch and would be in different parts of the city for dinner But no worries, we’re pulling it out in the end. Today is a perfect example of why families don’t eat together. This [...]
Posts Tagged ‘family dinner’
Day 48 — It almost falls apart
Posted in dinner, family dinner, parenting, tagged family, family dinner, overscheduled on December 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Our first African feast: Thanksgiving & Zimbabwe
Posted in Africa, dinner, family dinner, tagged Africa, family dinner, pie, Thanksgiving, vegetarian, Zimbabwe on November 28, 2009 | 4 Comments »
“Don’t forget where you come from baby, ’cause there’s truth in it.” — Amy Ray of the Indigo Girls (Ghost of the Gang) Last night, the evening after Thanksgiving, I was sitting at The Nutcracker with a few dear friends, explaining why it is my favorite ballet. The first time I saw it, I was [...]
I could get used to this
Posted in dinner, family dinner, parenting, tagged baseball, family, family dinner, football, rock climbing, sports, Team Texas on November 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at home in the bosom of my family.” — Thomas Jefferson What a wonderful week it has been. We’ve had an unprecedented four days without organized sports. Afternoon after afternoon of little to do but make a fire in the living [...]
Simple comfort
Posted in dinner, family dinner, tagged church, dinner, family dinner, soup on November 12, 2009 | 6 Comments »
“Good soup is one of the prime ingredients of good living. For soup can do more to lift the spirits and stimulate the appetite than any other one dish.” — Louis P. DeGouy Soup. It is one of my favorite meals. I love the simplicity of the word, of the ingredients in a bowl with [...]
Who came up with this idea?
Posted in dinner, family dinner, parenting, tagged breakfast, bringing dinner back, church, co-op, dinner, family dinner on November 10, 2009 | 3 Comments »
“A poor man with nothing in his belly needs hope, illusion, more than bread.” — Georges Bernanos I seriously thought this would be easy. I read as I was considering this project that the average American family eats together 4.8 dinners together each week (for full disclosure, I can’t find that statistic right now; but [...]
Extreme multi-tasking
Posted in Africa, dinner, family dinner, tagged Africa, dinner, family dinner, orphans on November 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
“If you can’t ride two horses at once, you shouldn’t be in the circus.” — American proverb Frantic today. Kids are home from school (teacher conferences). Deadlines like crazy. House is filthy and the laundry isn’t done because my housekeeper was sick this week (poor me, right?). Friends coming over for dinner. African soup (vegetarian [...]
Bringing breakfast back.
Posted in dinner, family dinner, tagged breakfast, family dinner, Whole Foods on November 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“I love butter. It tastes good by itself.” — Sawyer at breakfast this morning. Early morning breakfast together as a family since Noah will be gone on an overnight campout tonight: done. Pancakes and hot chocolate with homemade whipped cream will apparently get anybody out of bed (thanks, Clyde, for the ‘cakes). I can’t remember [...]
Prequel
Posted in dinner, family dinner, parenting, tagged dinner, family dinner, rock climbing, tzatziki on October 31, 2009 | 4 Comments »
“I did eat with my family, so long as my mother wasn’t cooking.” — George W. Bush, joking in a PSA promoting family dinner time. So it’s the week before my blog starts, before I spend a little more than a year bringing dinner back, partially by committing that my family will eat together one [...]
I’m bringing dinner back. Yeah.
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