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| posted by Kate (from my scrapbook album), After the manicure! |
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Our Houses In EGR
Enjoy???
This is a blog Joe found. Sarah is pretty sure Dad wrote it. If he didn't, Billy has a twin brother that Grandma never told you about...
http://www.woot.com/Blog/ViewEntry.aspx?Id=16831
BTW, Dad you should write this guy and let he know you can get to a clean carcass without nearly all that cooking! Your years of experience might be appreciated by no one as much as this fella.
http://www.woot.com/Blog/ViewEntry.aspx?Id=16831
BTW, Dad you should write this guy and let he know you can get to a clean carcass without nearly all that cooking! Your years of experience might be appreciated by no one as much as this fella.
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Oldie
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Weekend in Raleigh
Mary and I spent the weekend in Raleigh with the Fields, Bickleys and Dalenas. Mary and I volunteered one morning in Mary Grace’s Class as they worked in centers. With 24 kids it is one busy place and they are happy to get any assistance that they can. I had lunch with Riley as her class eats in their classroom and Mary ate with MG in the lunch room which Mary said was very loud.
I did a listening center where I read a story & then had the kids complete a worksheet. There is a huge variation in the level of the kids. One kid could read most of the work sheet questions and another had trouble completing a drawing.
It was fun & I’ll do it again. When you go in to the school you have to register in the office. There is a terminal where you enter your name, Birthday, Social Security #. You smile & it prints out the photo pass to stick to your shirt, I thought that was pretty high tec.
Maria was putting Kate to bed on Sunday night and she was messing around upstairs. <Maria called out”Kate Fields get in your bed or I am going to come up there and lock you in your Room”
Kate Replies “It won’t do any good because the lock is on the inside and I can still get out.”
It is hard to get past her as she is always a few steps ahead.
When John woke up Sunday morning he looked in the monitor at Evelyn who was sleeping in a bedroom on the second floor. He said to Sarah, There is somebody in Evelyn’s Pack and play. Kate had crawled in and was laying next to Evelyn stroking her hair. That was a total surprise.
It was fun too to get a nice taste of Spring, it was warm sunny and the trees were in bloom.
Great weekend
Bill
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Soup for a chilly day
Hello!
This is Rikki here and I was thinking of everyone today as the temperature dropped down into the chilly 50s. I know that isn't cold for many people, but when it gets below 60 in LA, it is big news! In the spirit of cold winter days, I thought I would whip up a batch of my favorite soup and then share the recipe with everyone so that they could maybe make their own chilly day soup.
I love this recipe because it can have pretty much anything added to it and still turn out great. I basically go through the fridge and toss everything in the pot that looks a bit wilty or sad. The spicy turkey gives it a great kick as well. Plus now that we have a food processor (Yay!) the prep takes about 5 minutes tops.
From my kitchen to yours, here is Turkey Lentil Soup.
1 lb dried lentils
1 tb olive oil
1 cup onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, sliced
1 cup celery, sliced
1 8-oz can tomato sauce
1 cup water
a bunch of vegetable broght
2 bay leaves
1 tb chopped rosemary
1 package spicy turkey sausage
black pepper
salt
red wine vinegar
In a large pot, heat oil until hot. Remove the sausage from the casings and brown in the oil, adding the carrots, celery, garlic and onion after a few minutes. Cook until the onions turn translucent and the vegetables are tender. Add tomato sauce, water, veggie broth, rosemary, bay leaves and lentils.
Bring the mixture to a boil. Cover, reduce heat and let simmer for 25 minutes or until veggies are slightly soft. Add salt and pepper to taste, along with a dash of red wine vinegar.
This makes a huge batch but is so yummy I'm sure you won't have a problem eating it all!
Enjoy!
Rikki
This is Rikki here and I was thinking of everyone today as the temperature dropped down into the chilly 50s. I know that isn't cold for many people, but when it gets below 60 in LA, it is big news! In the spirit of cold winter days, I thought I would whip up a batch of my favorite soup and then share the recipe with everyone so that they could maybe make their own chilly day soup.
I love this recipe because it can have pretty much anything added to it and still turn out great. I basically go through the fridge and toss everything in the pot that looks a bit wilty or sad. The spicy turkey gives it a great kick as well. Plus now that we have a food processor (Yay!) the prep takes about 5 minutes tops.
From my kitchen to yours, here is Turkey Lentil Soup.
1 lb dried lentils
1 tb olive oil
1 cup onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, sliced
1 cup celery, sliced
1 8-oz can tomato sauce
1 cup water
a bunch of vegetable broght
2 bay leaves
1 tb chopped rosemary
1 package spicy turkey sausage
black pepper
salt
red wine vinegar
In a large pot, heat oil until hot. Remove the sausage from the casings and brown in the oil, adding the carrots, celery, garlic and onion after a few minutes. Cook until the onions turn translucent and the vegetables are tender. Add tomato sauce, water, veggie broth, rosemary, bay leaves and lentils.
Bring the mixture to a boil. Cover, reduce heat and let simmer for 25 minutes or until veggies are slightly soft. Add salt and pepper to taste, along with a dash of red wine vinegar.
This makes a huge batch but is so yummy I'm sure you won't have a problem eating it all!
Enjoy!
Rikki
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Found this picture
I was doing a bit of homework, and when I clicked on my Gmail tab, the Block e-mail opened. I noticed this picture sent from Barbara and thought I'd upload it to the blog!
Update on us!
Just a nice, relaxing Saturday for me (Hailey) and Steve. We woke up this morning to reach for our iPods, iPhones, and laptops -- Phish tickets went on sale. We ended up getting a couple pairs for ourselves and some friends, so that's something to look forward to. Meanwhile, looking out the window reminds me of anything but summertime. The weather can't seem to decide if it wants to rain, snow, sleet, etc. I'll be glad when all of the snow is gone, and we can look forward to nice summer sunshine.
Steve and I went to a job fair -- err, career fair -- yesterday. It was small, but it was angled to capture business students. The IRS was there! Scary, right? :) They were promoting positions as IRS agents, etc. It was surprisingly the organization there targeting masters level students. It seemed the majority of the companies were looking for more undergraduate/entry-level work. Regardless, it was nice to head over and see who's hiring and what they're hiring for. Steve and I put in a couple resumes, and I suppose this week, he'll fill out some of the online applications. It's really funny how in this technological age, at job fairs, they hand you a business card with a website on it and ask you to go online and apply... Hmm... Whatever happened to face-to-face resume drops?
Update on my schooling: I know I posted it on Facebook, but for those of you who might not check Facebook as often, I was accepted into Michigan State's Epidemiology program. It's a Masters program that has 2 tracks -- after the first year, I could choose whether I wanted to do a PhD and have the rest of my college paid for by university grants/assistantships, or I could finish the Masters and head off to look for work. They have a longstanding relationship with the Michigan Dept. of Community Health and the NIH, and about 85% of their graduates choose to work for one of the two. I applied to do research on cerebral palsy and Guthrie cards (the little blood spots on filter paper that they take from babies at birth) or environmental contaminants and male reproduction (sperm mobility/motility). So, that's option one.
Option 2: this is the big one. This is the reason I quit my job (besides the fact that my boss was completely neurotic and drove away almost 75% of her employees in one year). I started the process to applying to the Masters in Occupational Therapy (MOT) program last year -- about this time, actually. It is now a year later, and I have just received word that I'll be moving on to the interview process. I volunteered with the Autism Collaborative Center last summer, and I fell in love with the idea of working as an occupational therapist with children with autism. It seems like such a great, fulfilling line of work and a growing, necessary field as well. The frustration comes from waiting so long -- we were supposed to find out in late January, and here it is -- mid-March, and we're still not even to interviewing. I am not holding my breath. I am, however, hopeful. Last year, there were 300 applicants, and they chose about 34 to move on to enrollment. This year, I'm not sure how many total applicants there were, but there are 42 of us being interviewed. I met with the interim director of the Autism Center (the center is heavily tied to the OT department -- most of the staff work at both the center and for EMU). I decided to be a bit "sneaky" and explain that I couldn't start working for them until I knew where I would be next fall, because it'd be unfair of me to start working now and then quit in April when I find out I didn't get in. So, she made it quite clear that she would move the process along. About 3 hours later, I received an e-mail letting me know I'd be moving on, and my interview will be on Wednesday at 1:30 p.m.! Sometimes, I guess it pays to be sneaky...
My job will be volunteer coordination. I will be managing the volunteers and placing them in groups as well as recruiting new volunteers from social work, special education, occupational therapy, and speech/language pathology. I think it'll be fun, but the organizational freak inside of me is a bit petrified. I personally think the system needs a complete overhaul to be an organized, well-oiled machine, but I keep reminding myself that it's only part-time, and this is not my career!
Well, signing off. It's the Big Ten Basketball tournament, and today, our favorite teams play. Mine is Ohio State, and Steve's is (obviously) Michigan State. :)
Enjoy your day, Block family. I miss you all. xoxoxo.
Steve and I went to a job fair -- err, career fair -- yesterday. It was small, but it was angled to capture business students. The IRS was there! Scary, right? :) They were promoting positions as IRS agents, etc. It was surprisingly the organization there targeting masters level students. It seemed the majority of the companies were looking for more undergraduate/entry-level work. Regardless, it was nice to head over and see who's hiring and what they're hiring for. Steve and I put in a couple resumes, and I suppose this week, he'll fill out some of the online applications. It's really funny how in this technological age, at job fairs, they hand you a business card with a website on it and ask you to go online and apply... Hmm... Whatever happened to face-to-face resume drops?
Update on my schooling: I know I posted it on Facebook, but for those of you who might not check Facebook as often, I was accepted into Michigan State's Epidemiology program. It's a Masters program that has 2 tracks -- after the first year, I could choose whether I wanted to do a PhD and have the rest of my college paid for by university grants/assistantships, or I could finish the Masters and head off to look for work. They have a longstanding relationship with the Michigan Dept. of Community Health and the NIH, and about 85% of their graduates choose to work for one of the two. I applied to do research on cerebral palsy and Guthrie cards (the little blood spots on filter paper that they take from babies at birth) or environmental contaminants and male reproduction (sperm mobility/motility). So, that's option one.
Option 2: this is the big one. This is the reason I quit my job (besides the fact that my boss was completely neurotic and drove away almost 75% of her employees in one year). I started the process to applying to the Masters in Occupational Therapy (MOT) program last year -- about this time, actually. It is now a year later, and I have just received word that I'll be moving on to the interview process. I volunteered with the Autism Collaborative Center last summer, and I fell in love with the idea of working as an occupational therapist with children with autism. It seems like such a great, fulfilling line of work and a growing, necessary field as well. The frustration comes from waiting so long -- we were supposed to find out in late January, and here it is -- mid-March, and we're still not even to interviewing. I am not holding my breath. I am, however, hopeful. Last year, there were 300 applicants, and they chose about 34 to move on to enrollment. This year, I'm not sure how many total applicants there were, but there are 42 of us being interviewed. I met with the interim director of the Autism Center (the center is heavily tied to the OT department -- most of the staff work at both the center and for EMU). I decided to be a bit "sneaky" and explain that I couldn't start working for them until I knew where I would be next fall, because it'd be unfair of me to start working now and then quit in April when I find out I didn't get in. So, she made it quite clear that she would move the process along. About 3 hours later, I received an e-mail letting me know I'd be moving on, and my interview will be on Wednesday at 1:30 p.m.! Sometimes, I guess it pays to be sneaky...
My job will be volunteer coordination. I will be managing the volunteers and placing them in groups as well as recruiting new volunteers from social work, special education, occupational therapy, and speech/language pathology. I think it'll be fun, but the organizational freak inside of me is a bit petrified. I personally think the system needs a complete overhaul to be an organized, well-oiled machine, but I keep reminding myself that it's only part-time, and this is not my career!
Well, signing off. It's the Big Ten Basketball tournament, and today, our favorite teams play. Mine is Ohio State, and Steve's is (obviously) Michigan State. :)
Enjoy your day, Block family. I miss you all. xoxoxo.
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Cheap Labor
How did you guys know that post was Chuck? You didn't picture Deb shoveling snow and cussing the neighbors?
Nan, our book club discussed reading "Room". After your post, I am very glad it was shot down. Sounds like quite a book.
We are finishing up a week with Mike out of town. Another person we can curse for being in Florida. Though he is at his uncle's funeral, so I guess that would be inappropriate. I got the stomach bug and survived quiet nicely with all kids in school in the morning and Kate (and I) napping in the afternoon. I learned a great trick tonight. Give the kids a bath at 4:30, dinner at 5, by 6 they think it is bedtime and I give them the "privilege" to stay up if they do work. They have never so willingly helped out. dishwasher unloaded in record time. 3 loads of laundry folded quicker and neater than I ever do (Mike might argue that is not saying much). They were paid a penny for each piece folded. Since Riley always wants more than the gal next to her, she was racing like a grayhound. Now that I know what they are capable of, they should be able to finish up spreading the pile of mulch in our yard. A penny a pitch fork full should get our yard wrapped up under $2! Let me know if anyone would like their services. They book a week at a time and we will pay for airfare.
Maria
Nan, our book club discussed reading "Room". After your post, I am very glad it was shot down. Sounds like quite a book.
We are finishing up a week with Mike out of town. Another person we can curse for being in Florida. Though he is at his uncle's funeral, so I guess that would be inappropriate. I got the stomach bug and survived quiet nicely with all kids in school in the morning and Kate (and I) napping in the afternoon. I learned a great trick tonight. Give the kids a bath at 4:30, dinner at 5, by 6 they think it is bedtime and I give them the "privilege" to stay up if they do work. They have never so willingly helped out. dishwasher unloaded in record time. 3 loads of laundry folded quicker and neater than I ever do (Mike might argue that is not saying much). They were paid a penny for each piece folded. Since Riley always wants more than the gal next to her, she was racing like a grayhound. Now that I know what they are capable of, they should be able to finish up spreading the pile of mulch in our yard. A penny a pitch fork full should get our yard wrapped up under $2! Let me know if anyone would like their services. They book a week at a time and we will pay for airfare.
Maria
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