I might have forgotten to feed Olivia tonight, but check out the progress I've been making on pear utilization.
I made a pear cake, some pear sauce, and some poached pears.
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Pear-o-rama
I might have forgotten to feed Olivia tonight, but check out the progress I've been making on pear utilization.
I made a pear cake, some pear sauce, and some poached pears.
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Does anyone want pears?
We have a pear tree in our backyard. I have no idea why anyone would plant a pear tree in their yard. Pears are pretty much inedible when unripe. They ripen quickly, then have a very short window of ripeness before they spoil. So, unlike with a storable fruit such as apples or lemons, your harvest is more likely to end up in the composting bin than in something edible.
I've been searching the web for pear recpies with a high pear utilization to effort ratio. I made this pear cornmeal bread last week. I'm working on making pear butter right now. In the unlikely event that I could get my act together to have friends for dinner, I'd make this pear crisp for dessert. If the baby takes a nap maybe I'll try to make a pear bread.
If you live locally and like pears, let me know and I'll bring a bag of pears or a pear dessert to your house!
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Blogroll
I was reading Edamames in a Pod today and learned that M's friend has been nominated for a Brilliant Blogger award. I love Scott's blog, his kids are adorable and reading his blog gives me a preview of what's in store for me with Olivia (his kids are about a month and a half older than Olivia.)
I didn't really read any baby books. I mostly got information on what to do with Olivia from the information packets at the pediatrician's office and by Googling various baby care topics. In the process, I found some other 'Momblogs' written by some really clever and interesting people. What's really interesting is that Moms who blog seem to have formed various web communities and friendships between themselves. What's even more interesting is that these communities seem to have grown organically without Facebook, MySpace, or some other intermediary. People who blog about common subject just seem to find each other.
Being interested and involved with technology and social media, it led me to wonder what leads a community of people to form online. Other than the commenting technology, Blogger is pretty single-user. I think what's interesting about blog communities is that people express their personality online, and people who find their personality interesting will open a discussion. While people do kind of have a high level interest in common (cars, travel, parenting, food,) it's the personality that leads people to connect. It's like meeting someone interesting at a bar (minus the tasty drinks.)
I don't see myself becoming actively involved in blogging communities, and I'll probably stop posting to this blog once Olivia turns 1. But it is fun to be a voyeur into random people's friendships and lives through their blogs.
I didn't really read any baby books. I mostly got information on what to do with Olivia from the information packets at the pediatrician's office and by Googling various baby care topics. In the process, I found some other 'Momblogs' written by some really clever and interesting people. What's really interesting is that Moms who blog seem to have formed various web communities and friendships between themselves. What's even more interesting is that these communities seem to have grown organically without Facebook, MySpace, or some other intermediary. People who blog about common subject just seem to find each other.
Being interested and involved with technology and social media, it led me to wonder what leads a community of people to form online. Other than the commenting technology, Blogger is pretty single-user. I think what's interesting about blog communities is that people express their personality online, and people who find their personality interesting will open a discussion. While people do kind of have a high level interest in common (cars, travel, parenting, food,) it's the personality that leads people to connect. It's like meeting someone interesting at a bar (minus the tasty drinks.)
I don't see myself becoming actively involved in blogging communities, and I'll probably stop posting to this blog once Olivia turns 1. But it is fun to be a voyeur into random people's friendships and lives through their blogs.
Monday, August 11, 2008
From my Inbox ...
My friend SW sent this to me, I thought it was pretty funny ...
THE NEXT SURVIVOR SERIES
SURVIVOR: Motherhood - Outwit, Outplay, Outlast
Six married men will be dropped on an island with one car and 3 kids each for six weeks.
Each kid will play two sports and either take music or dance classes.
There is no fast food.
Each man must take care of his 3 kids; keep his assigned house clean, correct all homework, and complete science projects, cook, do laundry, and pay a list of bills with not enough money.
In addition, each man will have to budget in money for groceries each week.
Each man must remember the birthdays of all their friends and relatives, and send cards out on time--no emailing.
Each man must also take each child to a doctor's appointment, a dentist appointment and a haircut appointment.
The men will only have access to television when the kids are asleep and all chores are done.
They will need to read a book to the kids each night and in the morning, feed them, dress them, brush their teeth and comb their hair by 7:00 am.
A test will be given at the end of the six weeks, and each father will be required to know all of the following information: each child's birthday, height, weight, shoe size, clothes size and doctor's name. Also the child's weight at birth, length, time of birth, and length of labor, each child's favorite color, middle name, favorite snack, favorite song, favorite drink, favorite toy, biggest fear and what they want to be when they grow up.
The kids vote them off the island based on performance. The last man wins only if...he still has enough energy to be intimate with his spouse at a moment's notice.
If the last man does win, he can play the game over and over and over again for the next 18-25 years eventually earning the right To be called Mother!
THE NEXT SURVIVOR SERIES
SURVIVOR: Motherhood - Outwit, Outplay, Outlast
Six married men will be dropped on an island with one car and 3 kids each for six weeks.
Each kid will play two sports and either take music or dance classes.
There is no fast food.
Each man must take care of his 3 kids; keep his assigned house clean, correct all homework, and complete science projects, cook, do laundry, and pay a list of bills with not enough money.
In addition, each man will have to budget in money for groceries each week.
Each man must remember the birthdays of all their friends and relatives, and send cards out on time--no emailing.
Each man must also take each child to a doctor's appointment, a dentist appointment and a haircut appointment.
The men will only have access to television when the kids are asleep and all chores are done.
They will need to read a book to the kids each night and in the morning, feed them, dress them, brush their teeth and comb their hair by 7:00 am.
A test will be given at the end of the six weeks, and each father will be required to know all of the following information: each child's birthday, height, weight, shoe size, clothes size and doctor's name. Also the child's weight at birth, length, time of birth, and length of labor, each child's favorite color, middle name, favorite snack, favorite song, favorite drink, favorite toy, biggest fear and what they want to be when they grow up.
The kids vote them off the island based on performance. The last man wins only if...he still has enough energy to be intimate with his spouse at a moment's notice.
If the last man does win, he can play the game over and over and over again for the next 18-25 years eventually earning the right To be called Mother!
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