Michelle called me the other day and offered to take me along on her Target run. It was a nice little outing but definitely much shorter than I would normal stay. Since we had Jack in tow, we were shopping on his time schedule. Fortunately, we made it all the way around the store just as he was starting to get grumpy. Shopping on baby time can be challenging but it can also be loads of fun.
Last night, we received a very sad phone call. Jes’ paternal grandmother passed away yesterday morning.  Jes’ paternal grandfather passed away in 2002 and things hadn’t been the same with her since his passing. In their nineties, they had been together for decades and now they are together once again. We’ll be driving down on Friday afternoon for the memorial service this weekend.
I thought I’d share some photos of stuff that’s going on in my home.
I made some Khao Thom Gai, which literally translates into “Chicken Boiled Rice”, on Saturday morning. It’s one of my favorite homemade dishes and I think it tasted pretty close to how my mom makes it. I made the broth from scratch, poured it over some cooked rice, and topped it with some salty preserved cabbage, fresh cilantro leaves and homemade fried garlic oil to give it an authentic flavor. Yum. The photo above also features one of the three small square dishes that Holly bought for me…so cute.
I also bought a garden bunch of purple tulips at Costco on Thursday, which have started to open this weekend. Since Spring is just around the corner, I thought I’d freshen up our home with some color.
Koa needed a new dog tag since I changed my cell number. So, I purchased a coolio make-your-own tag. All I had to do was use a Sharpie to write his name and my number, pop it in the oven for 5 minutes, and voila! It was like when I was a kid again playing with Shrinky Dinks. It starts out as a huge floppy piece of plastic, shrinks before your eyes, curls up, and then flattens out again. The end product is a thick, hard, compact little tag a third of the original size. What fun! Here‘s Koa modeling his new tag. I think it’s cute and makes less noise that his old metal one.
On Monday, we tried to reserve a zipcar but none were available next door so the next best choice was a Prius just around the corner. I thought it would be fun to try out a hybrid but it turned out to be a little awkward. It uses a little rectangular pseudo-key that inserts into a little slot and has a START button. Once you push the button, nothing happens…at least not for a few seconds when you finally hear something that sorta sounds like an engine. When you drive the car, it’s soooo quiet. But then it makes random sounds like a light honk, a squeak that sounds like a little mouse is in the trunk, and another strange creaking sound. The engine stays on for only a few seconds at a time and it’s a takes a little getting used to when you’re idling at a red light and the engine turns off. It’s hard not to think that the car has turned off or has broken down. I’d say that it’s really an ideal car for driving around in SF since it doesn’t have much power when you accelerate and feels kinda unstable at 40 mph.
Anyway, now I can say that I have had a true experience with “going green”. Not only are we participating in car sharing but we’re sharing a stinkin’ hybrid. All I need now is a composter in my kitchen and a solar-powered TV! I hate myself.
Weekends are so great. Sometimes the best ones are when you spend them at home in your PJs. It was raining outside so I stayed indoors for most of this one. I took care of some house chores and played with my computer while watching the entire Season 2 of House. I watched episodes here and there before but there’s something very satisfying about watching all the episodes in order with no commercials.
This evening, after two days of hanging out at home, we went to Michelle and Ryan’s for dinner and to watch the Oscars. I consider it like the Super Bowl of entertainment. I watch it because everyone else does even though I have no idea who is involved each year and who has a chance of winning. Ryan tried to trump Jes’ super-whitey Pot Roast dinner from last week with ribs and corned beef with cabbage, which were all very good. We also got to see Jack who was showing off some of his new tricks like opening his mouth really big instead of laughing out loud. Check out these other photos of Jack that evening.
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