“If everything is under control, you’re going too slow.” — Mario Andretti. As I ponder what to do with this blog as it nears its planned end (only three weeks left), Andretti’s words speak to me. Who knew? My lack of time is a major reason this blog didn’t play out exactly as [...]
Posts Tagged ‘rock climbing’
Week 50: Almost done. What’s next?
Posted in Africa, dinner, family dinner, parenting, tagged el salvador, football, Haiti, high school, rock climbing on October 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Week 32: Benihana, boys, and crack blueberries
Posted in dinner, family dinner, parenting, tagged no carbs, rock climbing on June 17, 2010 | 1 Comment »
“Mom, isn’t it true that I once ate 12 ribs just for a snack?” — Noah in a 4 am call during my restful sleep and his all-night drive to Kentucky with the rock climbing team. Despite the incredibly rude wakeup call, I already miss him. Don’t get me wrong. I’m not ready for Noah [...]
Week 17: Seven more days of deprivation
Posted in Africa, dinner, family dinner, parenting, tagged Africa, breakfast, bringing dinner back, Congo Restoration, dinner, family dinner, rock climbing, schedule, Whole Foods on February 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“The human body has an enormous capacity for adjusting to trying circumstances. I have found that one can bear the unbearable if one can keep one’s spirits strong even when one’s body is being tested. Strong convictions are the secret of surviving deprivation; your spirit can be full even when your stomach is empty.” — Nelson [...]
The two-minute breakfast
Posted in family dinner, tagged breakfast, rock climbing on February 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“I’d like mornings better if they started an hour later.” — Unknown This was our Saturday morning: 8:15 am: I’m up. Check email. Sawyer gets up and reads. Clyde and Noah sleep. 8:30 am: Time to wake the sleeping pre-teen, who didn’t get to bed ’til 11:20 pm (or at least sent his last text [...]
Week 14
Posted in dinner, family dinner, parenting, tagged breakfast, diet, family dinner, rock climbing, Whole Foods on February 1, 2010 | 5 Comments »
“More die in the United States of too much food than of too little.” — John Kenneth Galbraith (author of The Affluent Society) And so, a month tardy by American standards, I have started Diet No. 2,765. Or thereabouts. The focus is the Kelly Challenge, a monthlong challenge Noah’s rock climbing team does annually. No [...]
Week nine
Posted in dinner, family dinner, parenting, tagged breakfast, family, rock climbing on December 28, 2009 | 3 Comments »
“My favorite animal is steak.” — Fran Lebowitz We have entered new territory. When I started this blog, committing with my family to eat at least one meal a day together for 53 weeks, the only caveat was that we’d have to change the rules when one of us was out of town. Noah is [...]
Dining with boys
Posted in dinner, family dinner, parenting, tagged boys, bringing dinner back, childhood, Christmas, rock climbing on December 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable.” — Plato After 42 days of daily meals together, I can tell you this: The first lesson about the family dinner is commitment. The second is routine. The third is flexibility. The fourth is realizing that the entire idea is unmanageable yet somehow, every day, [...]
Week Six
Posted in dinner, family dinner, parenting, tagged birthday, breakfast, cake, Christmas, dinner, epicurious, rock climbing on December 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »
“I can still taste it.” — Noah, eyes closed, with the last Kahlua Kiss having just dissolved in his mouth Sunday night Five successful weeks — 35 days — of eating together every day. We’re totally into the groove. It’s really not that difficult most days. Here’s what this week looks like: Sunday: We had [...]
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 [...]
Week three
Posted in dinner, family dinner, parenting, tagged book club, co-op, dallas morning news, organic, rock climbing on November 16, 2009 | 2 Comments »
“I don’t like beets. I don’t like feta. But I like them together.” — Noah at the dinner table Sunday night Every other week, we get a deluge of fruits and veggies from our organic co-op. This is one such week. For $50, we got a bucket full of organic stuff Saturday morning. There’s always [...]
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