British Invasion

Date & Time: September 25, 2008 6:30pm
Main Course: Burrito night is back and better then ever. The grill was lit. The chicken breasts were rubbed with seasoning. Tasty grilled chicken with grilled onions were prepared. It was more of a fajita night but I do enjoy the grilled chicken with onions.
Sides: A veritable plethora of sides was offered. We had guacamole, fully processed and squeezed out of a bag but still tasty; black beans with chorizo, could use more chorizo; store bought fresh like salsa in medium and hot, I couldn’t tell the difference between them, they both seemed medium (with the flooding of the garden I’ve mostly abandoned the fresh garden vegetables and salsa); Sour cream; Colby and Monterey Jack cheese; homemade Jalapeño hot sauce (preflood peppers); corn chips; flour tortillas; and Wyatt ate a store bought tomato and didn’t share with anybody.
Beverage / Libation: Some sort of large bottle of Livingston wine which was consumed and we sent Tom home to get another large bottle of wine which was also consumed.
Desert: Italian bakery cookies that Carolyn’s dad dropped off earlier in the day. Wyatt ate the majority of the cookies.
Guests: Tom and Sue and Sue’s dad and his wife (both English) visiting from Florida. We had to get the forks out for them...
Misc.: Delia did not join us for dinner. She did not nap today and demanded to eat at about 5:30. So she was fed and put to bed at approximately 6:15. Hopefully this is not the start of a no nap trend.
It’s good to have burrito night back,

NATE

It's gonna rain; I said it's gonna rain; Yes, It's gonna rain; I'm so happy to say; Oh It's gonna rain on the world today

Date & Time: September 18, 2008 5:30pm
Main Course: Smoked pork tacos left over from Labor Day. Well the tacos weren’t left over but the smoked pork has been in the freezer since Labor day.
Sides: A new batch of black beans with chorizo, I added the chorizo when I cooked the beans I needed more chorizo. We also had sour cream, store bought salsa (no more homemade salsa from homegrown tomatoes, more below) and cheddar cheese.
Beverage / Libation: Some sort of large bottle of Livingston wine and gin and tonic with Key Lime juice and grenadine (kind of gin lime rickey tonic).
Desert: None
Guests: None. Tom did eat some pork before leaving having helped out during the day.
Misc.: Burrito night was a little early today because of curriculum night at Noah’s school was conveniently scheduled at 6:30. Additionally burrito night was kept mainly to a family affair since the area has been declared a disaster area and clean up has been ongoing after the Sunday evacuation of our home when all roads to our house were submerged. Leading shortly after to the submerging of our basement in 4 to 5 feet of water…

Stay dry,
NATE

In Memory of Arthur Albert Schmid, Jr.

"I found Great Grandpa he's sleeping in the treasure chest" -Wyatt Roger Morriss, 4 years old

I did bring two home made salsas, tomato and roasted tomatillo to the wake for the family to enjoy.

Enchilada Night

Date & Time: September 4, 2008 6:30pm
Main Course: Carolyn made tasty chicken enchiladas. She made two trays one with mild and one with smoked jalapeños from the garden. The jalapeños are spicy this year…
Sides: Chips, homemade salsa, homemade hot salsa, sour cream, jalapeño hot sauce, and sweet corn bread casserole thing (I think it’s a ChiChis mix, regardless it’s tasty)
Beverage / Libation: Linies Octoberfest, Heineken, one bottle of Charles Shaw and a large bottle of some other sort of wine. Lushes...
Desert: Homemade oatmeal and chocolate chip cookies. Carolyn makes me oatmeal and raisin.
Guests: Tom and Sue
Misc.: The robot was displayed. The microprocessor is hooked up and I can now program its movements. Carolyn remains unimpressed until it can do the dishes… See movie of robot below.

Note picture of Delia giving up on using the little chip for teh big spoon to eat the salsa...

Cheers
NATE