When the bones are good, the rest don't matter...yeah the paint could peel, the glass could shatter. Let it rain, 'cause you and I remain the same. When there ain't a crack in the foundation, baby I know any storm we're facing will blow right over while we stay put. The house don't fall when the bones are good. Although I hear people speak to the huge, sometimes insurmountable difficulties marriage can bring, I have to admit...I have very little experience on that front. And don't misunderstand me - it has virtually nothing to do with me. I happened to have married one of the most selfless humans on the planet. This is perhaps my greatest achievement. You see Jake is no ordinary pediatrician-informatician-ADNP ambassador-father of five-husband. He is the dad who has ... [Read More]
Father's Day
Shopaholic’s Top 3 Things: Father’s Day Edition
I have compiled a few of my favorite things that can double as Father's Day gifts for all of the dads in your life. Jake's all time favorite meal that I make is homemade sausage and green pepper pizza on our Big Green Egg. I use Publix's pizza dough, because I'm far too lazy to try to recreate the wheel. Our favorite sauce is Dei Fratelli, found in (gasp!) a CAN near the pasta sauce, also found at Publix. If there is one thing I have learned from making pizza on our Big Green Egg, it is that you *must* have two essentials on hand: a pizza board and cornmeal. This lesson has been a painful one that involved many a smashed, hideously burned pizza. The cornmeal on the board allows the raw dough to slide off easily onto the preheated pizza stone in the egg. Check out this ... [Read More]
