: Have still been reading about various artists that I have seen recently at the museums...some new ones, some favorite ones.
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: Have still been reading about various artists that I have seen recently at the museums...some new ones, some favorite ones.
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I'm a week behind here at Whisk Wednesdays, but at least I am posting something, ANYTHING, on a Wednesday, so I am counting this as progress. My Wednesdays have become a tad occupied with other things...I am struggling to get this all in hand, and I am determined to do so, so thanks for the patience.
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This week's Tuesdays with Dorie recipe, from the cookbook Baking: From My Home to Yours by Dorie Greenspan, is Chocolate-Chocolate Cupcakes, can be found on pages 215-217, and was chosen by Clara of I Heart Food 4 Thought. If you would like to try the recipe before buying the book, click on Clara's site above and she will have it posted today.
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When Matt returned from the retreat on Sunday, I picked him up as we didn't want to leave his car unattended up at OLMC for the weekend. After he hopped in the car, his first words were, "Mom, can you drive me down to Butler as I can make the last hour of IYC rehearsal if we leave right now?" I have grown very accustomed to Matt driving himself everywhere...he tends to go from one activity to the next with not much time between...I am getting way too old for that sort of schedule on a regular full-time basis, but this was an exception, so off we went for rehearsal. Yesterday he went from school, to swim practice, to another rehearsal for his school choir, and since it was located down in Indy after dark, I figured I would drive him there as he was getting out of swimming too late to make the bus and then he could just ride the bus back with his friends if he wanted, I would pick him up at school, drive him over to CHS to get his car, and head home at that point. Am I ever happy that The Boy has his driver's license...it was close to ten before the dust settled! While I was down at the rehearsal location, I decided to just sit in on the rehearsal as it was Brahms' Requiem and I knew I would enjoy listening to it...now I am beginning to think I might be missing out on too much with him driving everywhere himself. Always a tug this way or that on the issue of independence. I always think I am ready for it, but then I think maybe I miss all that carting about to and fro much more than I realize. And, I also miss getting to see all the other kids, like these two in the photo above...two of my favorite pinks...Kristin and Samantha...I had better enjoy times with them now as they are both seniors this year. Even if their parents don't cry at their graduation, I know I will! The gaathering of the guys as Mr. D gives them a pep talk about tackling the difficult choir piece last evening. The Boy is easy to spot as he is still the tallest one around.
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The young Knights group, about 70 boys from various parishes, had a retreat in southern Indiana (gorgeous this time of year with all those lovely leaves turning all those lovely colors) this past weekend. They had a great time and here are a couple of photos from when they returned...I had intended to get all five of Matt's group of friends in one shot, but Colin headed out before I could round them all up, and I couldn't corner Marshall until the very end (pictured in photo to the right). Teenage boys are like that...you really need lassos to keep them in one spot. They attended Mass three times over the weekend, and each of the leaders for their parishes got to serve in some capacity, so Matt got to do that as he is the leader at SEAS. He enjoyed meeting Knights from the other parishes and came home with a list of new friends which is always nice. A lot of them were from a neighboring parish in Zionsville, just miles down the road, so that seems close enough that they will see each other from time to time. Marshall is a member of that group actually. He is a friend Matt has known for many years. All in all, Matt was extremely delighted with the entire weekend and said the paintballing was absolute chaos with that many guys! This, I take it, was a good thing. Matt, Jack, and Stephen at OLMC after the Knights retreat weekend. Looking tired, but happy. (Jack swims with Matt at CSC and Stephen goes to Guerin.)
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Definitely time to get the corn in... It's been a lovely autumn here in Indiana. The leaves have stayed nice for quite awhile, the days have been warm, the evenings have just a little crispness to them...a perfect fall.
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Okay, please be patient and I promise to post right here tomorrow. Really. I promise. Today just had way too much going on with me cooking for others in need this week and I did not get to the Whisk assignment. Tomorrow, though, I am setting aside time for just such. See you then. Oh, and thanks for your patience. You are being patient, right?
Update on Sunday: Okay, I lied, unintentionally...it is still not up...I went out and enjoyed a couple of days with my teenage son home on fall break...really, who will remember that I didn't post this in a timely manner as opposed to my son who will remember that we went out and had a lot of fun together over his fall break? Be patient...maybe I will get it posted here yet. Maybe.
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This week's Tuesdays with Dorie recipe, from the cookbook Baking: From My Home to Yours by Dorie Greenspan, is Pumpkin Muffins can be found on page 13, and was chosen by Kelly of Sounding My Barbaric Gulp.
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Being away for a bit is always fun...you get to do things like spending hours and hours and hours in the museums without thinking you really should be home doing something really productive.
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How's your weekend going? Mine's going great...am out of town, out of state actually (clue: a four letter state with three of the letters being vowels...nope, not IOWA like you are all thinking, but instead the other four letter state with three vowels, OHIO, as the IOWA version will be next weekend when I am headed out there to see my sister and her new post-flood house). This weekend is a chicks weekend in Cincinnati, just rejuvenating a bit and having a great time doing chick things and visiting the museums.
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This week's Tuesdays with Dorie recipe, from the cookbook Baking: From My Home to Yours by Dorie Greenspan, is Lenox Almond Biscotti, can be found on page 141-143, and was chosen by Gretchen of Canela & Comino.
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Yes, it has been awhile, hasn't it? Things have been a bit at sixes and sevens here with this, that, and the other, and to top it all off, Old Clarice has given up the ghost (a little Halloween reference being the month of October and all), so as of this evening, I am now operating with New Clarice. New Clarice comes complete with a whole new wardrobe and updated occupational skills. Yep, she does some pretty fancy things, she does. Matthew has uploaded and downloaded and probably overloaded New Clarice with all sorts of new bits and pieces and I will no doubt be unable to operate most of them from this day forward. That said, New Clarice is totally yare. Photo is Matthew today excitedly showing off New Clarice in her lovely Midnight Blue attire. Thank goodness for teenage boys who love computers...he figured it all out, ordered it, and is having the best time setting it all up for me. Which is good because I would not have a clue.
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