http://jungwirths.com Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 01 Mar 2010 02:13:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here are some obligatory Snow 2010 pictures: Papa in the snow Mama can't see in the snow without sunglasses James getting his hat in his eyes The whole neighborhood came out to go sledding in the big bowl at the park near our house. The car outside our front door. What, you don't see a ... http://jungwirths.com/2010/02/picture-dump/ My sister Alyssa has a birthday today! Thus begins the two weeks or so that she and I are only one age apart (i.e. we are 27 and 28 until my birthday). Here is my cute sister with her little German boy, Canyon Thomas, and her bigger German boy, Ian. And here ... http://jungwirths.com/2010/02/happy-birthday-auntie-alyssa/ I usually balk at making menus more than a week ahead (but I ALWAYS make menus a week ahead and go shopping once a week; see this post for a good explanation for why) because I actually LIKE to cook. It's kind of a hobby and I enjoy going through ... http://jungwirths.com/2010/02/lenten-menu/ A little belated, but posting it for my own reference too. Here's the menu for the last week we eat dairy before the fast begins. (We give up meat as of last week. Easing us in slowly.) Sunday We actually ate breakfast on a Sunday! Other than right after I had the ... http://jungwirths.com/2010/02/cheeseweek-menu/ Posing for the six month shot Now what, Mama? How 'bout we DANCE! Was that good dancing? I'm also pretty good at sticking out my tongue and drooling a little bit. MORE DANCING! http://jungwirths.com/2010/02/just-shy-of-six-months/ I just had an idea. I have a very personal relationship with my Google Reader. I have discovered so many wonderful people out in the internet-world that have so many good things to teach me. My only problem is that there are SO MANY of them! I can never keep ... http://jungwirths.com/2010/02/blog-is-such-a-funny-word/ Outside my window… There is an awful lot of snow and it is still falling fast and furious. The weirdest part was looking out the window in the middle of the night (up feeding the baby) and seeing that everything outside was glowing orange! It was so bright I had to ... http://jungwirths.com/2010/02/snowy-daybook/ Stolen from my friend Rebecca: "Constancy is something which is worked out by a spiritual regime based upon wisdom handed down from the Holy Fathers - not mere obedience to tradition for tradition's sake, but rather a conscious assimilation of what wise men in God have seen and written down. On ... http://jungwirths.com/2009/11/a-long-quote-from-fr-seraphim-rose/ I have promised my hummus recipe to people many times. And never delivered. Not because I don't want to share it, but just because I don't HAVE a recipe. I know what goes in it, but not how much. I just throw stuff in and then stick my finger in ... http://jungwirths.com/2009/11/hummus/ I just discovered a new game that makes me positively GLEEFUL. I left a couple of bananas out for too long, and was punished by a swarm of fruit flies, so many that they were driving me totally mad. I took out the trash and then looked up online how ... http://jungwirths.com/2009/11/new-game/