The Angel Forever

Favorite new family photo

Posted on August 11, 2009 9:35 am by TheAngelForever

Anyone with children will tell you that it can be tough to get a good photo of your entire family. The more children you have, the more "interesting" it can get. JSL just turned two, so we had his portraits done. Thanks to the little guy running out of the shot and being cute yet painfully uncooperative, we opted to try a family photo. I think this is my favorite photo of the session.

This seemed like the perfect new photo to add to this MckLinky Blog Hop about Favorite Photos this week. Feel free to join in the fun by clicking on the information below.

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Amazing eggplant meal and more

Posted on August 10, 2009 6:23 pm by TheAngelForever

I will admit it, I am a very lucky woman. Why you ask? The real list would be quite long if I tried to elaborate. Today, I am thinking about dinner at our house. If you are married, does your husband cook dinner often? I can honestly say heck yes on this!

Not many wives can say that their husband does approximately 99% of the meal making for dinner. I can and am forever amazed with my husband for doing this most evenings. JL comes home from work and makes a meal, or has prepped it the night before. Seriously, he does this week in and out. I am not a huge fan of experimenting with new recipes, but JL likes to. Thanks to this, he has pretty much cooked dinner since we got married eight years ago.

We have a kosher kitchen at home. Most of our meals are meatless because of the extreme cost of kosher meat. We typically have chicken 2-3 times a month and fish 1-2 times a week. The rest of our meals are pretty much vegetarian by nature. We had been eating a lot of soy products – veggie burgers, Morning Star galore and other items like that. JL and I liked these meals, until they started to make me violently ill. I now believe that I have a soy allergy/intolerance. This puts another major kink in our menu planning. Now we are looking for recipes with lots of beans and vegetables in them.

Each week, JL and I sit down and plan out a menu and grocery list. On Saturday, we decided to try something new with the slow cooker. The dish was called Eggplant Italian and cooked for only four hours. The smell in our house was amazing and I could not wait to try this. I was not disappointed. Here is a tease of the dish.

You can read more this latest healthy meal success and see the recipe on TechyDad’s website.

If you have any good Slow cooker dishes/soup or other items to share we would be greatly appreciative.

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One Artist

Posted on August 9, 2009 10:52 am by TheAngelForever

Yet another rainy/lazy kind Sunday here in my world. Thought I would share a fun Meme that my cousin sent me. Thanks M!

Using only song names from ONE ARTIST, cleverly answer these questions. Pass it on to 15 people you like (or think will actually do this) and include me. Try not to repeat a song title. It’s harder than you think…

Your Artist: Barenaked Ladies

Are you male or female: I’ll Be That Girl

Describe yourself: Second Best

How do you feel about yourself: Really Don’t Know

Describe where you currently live: Hello City

The first thing you think of when you wake up: Who Needs Sleep?

If you could go anywhere, where would you go: The Old Apartment

Your favorite form of transportation: Roadrunner

Your best friend(s) is/are: Crazy

Your favorite color is: Lilac Girl

What’s the weather like: Hidden Sun

If your life were a TV show, what would it be called: The Humour Of The Situation

What is life to you: One Week

What is the best advice you have to give: Call And Answer

If you could change your name, what would it be: Maybe Katie

Your favorite food is: Vegetable Town

Your soul’s present condition: When You Dream

How would you describe your love life: I Love You; Pinch Me

Please leave a comment with a link to your Meme if you do this. Thanks for sharing in the fun!

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Dinosaur camp graduate

Posted on August 8, 2009 3:22 pm by TheAngelForever

Dear NHL,

This week you went to camp for the first time. Nana and Papa decided to give you a week at camp and you help us to pick Dinosaur Discovery. It was only fitting that you selected this after you loved Walking with Dinosaurs. The first afternoon there you were not too sure about things. I could understand since it was a large group mostly boys that were older and quite rowdy. Still you left me and then Daddy picked you up on his way home from work. I was thrilled to hear that you loved it! All night long you talked about going back the next day. Each day you were more excited about the next. Tuesday you made a dinosaur mask and claws to match.

Your favorite day seemed to be Wednesday when you made dinosaur eggs. When your egg came home that afternoon, you were beaming with pride.

You did so many fun projects and learned a lot about camp life in a few short hours over the week. I can not wait for your next camp adventure in a little over a week. For now I hope you rest up since you were so exhausted last night.

Love,

Mommy

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Agony of da feet be gone

Posted on August 7, 2009 12:00 am by TheAngelForever

I often joke and call myself an example of recessive genes. Growing up, I fully expected to be tall since both of my parents are six feet tall. Sadly, as I hit puberty and stopped growing, I realized that I was only going to be 5’3". As the vertically challenged member of a tall family (my brother is also six feet tall), I often tried to wear high heel shoes. Of course, the reality is heels are often uncomfortable and leave your feet screaming.

When I first started teaching, I would wear heels and then at night be close to tears. After I had my first son, I learned that nice looking comfort shoes were more important than adding three or so inches. Sure, I was able to get a few pair of heels that worked for more dressy occassions, like going to synagogue, but they were few and far apart. My trusty Aerosole heels are really starting to get worn out and look horrible. For quite some time, I have been searching for the new perfect shoes to have when I need something more than my flip-flops, sneakers, Teva and slides.

Several months ago, people started to chat a lot about the new line of wedges and heels from Crocs. Yes, you read that right. The brand that many connect with the bright orange shoes that Chef Mario Batali wears now sells stylish heels using their comfort technology. At the end of June I won a Twitter giveaway sponsored by Crocs (thanks George Smith Jr – you are the best). I was told to select a pair of shoes that I would like as my prize. I immediately went to look at the wedges and heels. I selected a pair of Sassari to try.

My shoes arrived on Monday. After I stopped jumping up and down, I put them on. It took me a few minutes to remember how to walk in heels, then I was able to run after the boys with my Sassari on. Please excuse my toes that are in need of a new paint job, but here are my cute new shoes.

I really love these shoes. I can see wearing them all town. I hardly feel like I have three inch heels on. All week I have been wearing them around the house to break them in. I can not wait to wear them to places and shock people when they find out that they are Crocs!

So my question to you this week is inspired by my new shoes:

Are you a creature of comfort or will you wear anything in the name of style/fashion? What is your favorite pair of shoes, fancy or not?

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