“don’t throw the baby out with the bath water”

starting line

its a wiener dog world

overhead

take the to the hatchery

break

we ride

super supper

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Ingredients

2 egg yolks
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup buttermilk
1/4 cup butter, melted
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda1/2 tablespoon white sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 egg whites
1 pinch ground cinnamon

Crème Fraîche

Recipe Adapted from AllRecipes.com

Back in September of 2005, on the first day of school, Martha Cothren, a social studies school teacher at Robinson High School in Little Rock, did something not to be forgotten. On the first day of school, with permission of the school superintendent, the principal and the building supervisor, she took all of the desks out of the classroom.

The kids came into first period, they walked in, there were no desks. They obviously looked around and said, “Ms. Cothren, where’s our desk?” And she said, “You can’t have a desk until you tell me how you earn them.”

They thought, “Well, maybe it’s our grades.”

“No,” she said. “Maybe it’s our behavior.”

And she told them, “No, it’s not even your behavior.”

And so they came and went in the first period, still no desks in the classroom. Second period, same thing. Third period. By early afternoon television news crews had gathered in Ms. Cothren’s class to find out about this crazy teacher who had taken all the desks out of the classroom.

The last period of the day, Martha Cothren gathered her class. They were at this time sitting on the floor around the sides of the room. And she says, “Throughout the day no one has really understood how you earn the desks that sit in this classroom ordinarily.” She said, “Now I’m going to tell you.”

Martha Cothren went over to the door of her classroom and opened it, and as she did 27 U.S. veterans , wearing their uniforms, walked into that classroom, each one carrying a school desk. And they placed those school desks in rows, and then they stood along the wall. And by the time they had finished placing those desks, those kids for the first time I think perhaps in their lives understood how they earned those desks.

Martha said, “You don’t have to earn those desks. These guys did it for you. They put them out there for you, but it’s up to you to sit here responsibly to learn, to be good students and good citizens, because they paid a price for you to have that desk, and don’t ever forget it.”

Easy Veggie Eggs Benedict

Ingredients

3 eggs
1 jar roasted red bell pepper
1 cup fresh organic spinach
3 slices bread of english muffins

Hollandiase Sauce
1/2 stick of butter
1 cup of milk
1 packet of Knorrs Hollandaise Sauce

Melt butter in a sauce pan. Slowly wisk in Knorrs Hollandiase Sauce. Incorporate til smooth. Wisk in milk. Wisk til low boil. Switch to simmer til thickens slightly.

Preparation
Poach 3 eggs. Fill a pan 2-3 inches of water and bring to a boil. Add 1 TBSP of vinegar to the water. Place poacher into water and break eggs into each section. Cook 15 minutes on Medium to Medium High. Turn off heat and cover for another 15 minutes. Clean spinach and dry. Cut and dry roasted red peppers. Toast english muffins. Layer the spinach, roasted red bell pepper, egg and Hollandaise Sauce.

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defiance
braid it mommie
triple timing
school
bath daydream
ortho
spring
tub time
sherbert
swish

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Ingredients

6 medium cooking apples, peeled, cored, sliced
1 ½ cups flour
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 tablespoon cinnamon
½ teaspoon nutmeg
¼ teaspoon ginger
¾ cup butter or ¾ cup margarine, softened

Directions

Generously spray a crock pot with non stick cooking spray, line with apples.
Mix together flour, sugar, spices and margarine in a bowl.
Cover the apples with this mixture.
(Pack it on top.) Cook on high for 3-4 hours.
Scoop out a portion and serve with any or all of the optional toppings: Vanilla ice cream, Whipped cream or whipped topping, if desired.

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breakfast.
apres meal game.
pretending.
Walmart.
spill.
You Pick Two.
1/2 birthday day.
off the bus.
Brenda Acuncius inspired v-day idea.

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A bunch of bags of pizza dough from Trader Joes. Seriously, buy a lot. They are $1.09 and only make about a 12″ round.
Trader Joe’s has several different kinds of pizza dough, plain, whole wheat and garlic herb (which I will buy next time).
Flour.
A relatively large flat working surface for dough.
Rolling Pin, or your hands.
Lots of pizza sauce. Canned Sauce or Classico brand is pretty good.
Barbeque sauce – We love Sweet Baby Rays.
Trader Joes already grilled plain chicken.

The toppings are the best part of making homemade pizza!

Lots of veggies. Pick some. Chop them up. Make it colorful. Get creative.
Here are some ingredients I wish I had (next time)
Sweet Basil, sliced tomatoes, sundried tomatoes, turkey sausage, artichokes, roasted garlic, mushroom .
We had Turkey Pepperoni.
Sweet onion and red onion.
Black olives.
Cilantro
Salt and Pepper
Olive Oil.
Lots of Mozzerella Cheese.
Gouda or another smokey type cheese.
Spices. I use Penzy’s Spices, mostly their garlic salt and red pepper flakes.
A Pizza Stone. Read directions for your particular one, you may need to preheat oven with stone.
A pizza cutter, and large pizza oven spatula.

Make sure you set out the pizza dough 20 minutes before you start kneading it.

Take out ball of dough and add a little flour. Don’t over flour or over knead the dough as it will taste too dry and flaky.
This part was a lot of fun as the kids really loved making their own pizzas. We stretched the dough to make
rough circular shapes. We should have added a little olive oil and cooked the crust slightly before putting
toppings on it.

Add sauce and toppings. Cook for 10-12 minutes.

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A friend of mine from college called me last week. She had a friend who needed help “getting the word out” about his disease. She had worked with him in the past and asked if I would help.

The gentleman my friend was speaking of is EJ Scott. The disease is slowly taking his eyesight. He will eventually go completely blind. He is 36 years old. The disease is a rare inherited retinal degenerative disease that causes blindness and has no cure. It is called Choroideremia.

Last year he ran the Chicago Marathon, blindfolded.

This year he is running 12 marathons in 12 months in 12 US Cities in 2012, all blindfolded. EJ is running 314.4 miles, blindfolded, for charity!

One of the 12 EJ Scott is running in is here in St. Louis, Missouri. The Go St. Louis Marathon on April 15th 2012.  I am helping get the word out and fundraise here in St. Louis.  We are hoping to get a few sponsors, events and an improv show set up to raise money.  If anyone is interested in donating or sponsoring EJ Scott for the GO! St. Louis Marathon, please contact me at sara@sarategman.com.  You can donate for EJ’s cause directly through the foundation, Choroideremia.org here.

Please follow EJ Scott on twitter @EJScott and @12marathons2012. Follow EJ on Facebook.. Help spread the word!

He already ran the one in Phoenix in January. He runs the Austin Marathon in February.

Here are all the cities he plans to run in 2012. He needs video of him running in the races. If you own a video camera or flip or even an iPhone, come out to cheer him on and take a video or two!

1) Sun January 15th – Rock n Roll Arizona Marathonhttp://runrocknroll.competitor.com/arizona
2) Sun February 19th – Austin marathon http://youraustinmarathon.com/
3) Sun March 18th – Los angles marathon http://www.lamarathon.com/
4) Sun April 15th – Go! St Louis marathon http://www.gostlouis.org/
5) Sun May 20th – Rite Aid Cleveland marathon http://www.clevelandmarathon.com/
6)Sat June 23rd – Rock n Roll Seattle marathon http://runrocknroll.competitor.com/seattle
7)Tue July 24th – Desert News marathon Race Series Salt Lake City, ut
8)Sat August 18th – Fallsburg – Lowell, MI
9) Sat September 15th – Krolls Diner Bismark marathon – North Dakota
10) Sun October 7th — Bank of America Chicago marathon
11) Sun November 4th — NY ING NYC marathon
12) Dec first weekend yet to be announced date for Las Vegas , NV

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Shadow Dancing

train speed

“tickets please”

map it

family at the bean :: millennium park

Park Grill Bistro Hot Chocolate

the city

maya & marilyn monroe

american girl

back home

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