Saturday, April 2, 2005

We went to see the Marshalls U.S. Figure Skating Challenge at the Forum.  I took the little Canon and watched one of the pro photo journalists work with his array of high end digital SLRs.  It really made me wish that I had one.  I did the best I could with the camera I had and posted some photos over here. 10:19:44 PM

Today was the day for the Florida Bandmaster's Association Middle School Music Performance Assessment. Chelsey's school participated and they sounded great.  I've tried to post a couple of clips over at OurMedia. They haven't appeared yet but are supposed to show up withing 24 hours.  I'll chack again tomorrow and see if they show up. Today was also a beautiful day to spend outdoors.  I was out back on the deck most of the afternoon pressure washing all the dirt and crud off the deck.  I noticed that the Iris in the pond is blooming again. 10:07:50 PM

Watching a little of the NCAA basketball tonight.  Could it be an all Big Ten final? OsKee Wow Wow! 9:54:38 PM

"The choices you make in your life, your work, your neighborhood, your partner have an enormous effect on your child." Halley is talking about Sacred Trust.  I was just thinking about this the other day.  I was thinking about the fact that we trust the safety of our children to others on a daily basis.  We drop them off at school and trust the teachers and staff at their school to watch and take care of them with the same level of care that we would.  When they go on a field trip we trust the bus driver and the caperones to watch over our children.  Every day we give over our children into the trust of others, and trust that they will care for them the same as we would. 9:48:55 PM

I am always looking for a more readily available alternative to the wonderful Pleasant Ridge Reserve and have found something that is close. At our Easter dinner over with the folks (photo should be posted soon) Lindsey and I made this Asparagus on toasted bread with almond garlic paste side dish that has a melted cheese topping.  When we originally made the recipe we used plain grocery store Cheddar, but this time I thought we could experiment a little.  I had some Lorraine Swiss and grocery store Cheddar plus I decided to try some Fontina and this cheese I found at the Fresh Market, Midnight Moon.  We snacked a little on the Midnight Moon  while we were cooking and it was the favorite of the cheeses we had on hand.  It was still quite pricey, and is a different cheese that the Pleasant Ridge, but it is closer than anything I've been able to find locally up to now.  The folks still have some Carr Valley 4 yr old white Cheddar so we made some with that too.  It was way potent.  This was not the best recipe for that cheese. 9:33:22 PM

"Once someone has died, the past is no longer shared. I can't be corrected. Whatever I remember becomes the truth for now." This is something that really bugs me.  Cindy was so good at remembering things.  I am so bad at remembering things.  I worry that the girls having lost so much will lose even more because of my terrible memory.  When they ask me about their mom will I be able to remember enough of the important details to be able to give them an accurate picture of what she was like? Cindy had such a good memory that she could identify what the popular song was during the summer of the year in question.  I can't even remember what year it was. 9:31:25 PM

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