Loobia (green bean) Polow (rice) is a SUPER-yummy Persian dish that combines fragrant Basmati rice with a green bean tomato stew infused with lots of great taste and flavor. I learned how to cook Persian food from my lovely Mother-in-Law. She is infamous in her family for being a fantastic cook and so to keep it [...]
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Fresh flowers for the house. Spring is here!!!
By Jane on March 22, 2010
My daffodils are in full blossom and I’m lovin’ it! I cut some so that I can enjoy them inside. Fresh flowers are da bomb! -Jane, Lover of Fresh Flowers.
Category: Random Stuff
Off to Gotham City for Business and Pleasure.
By Jane on April 16, 2011
It’s off to Gotham City for yet another trip of business AND pleasure. It’s always like that for us. There’s always work to be done but there’s also room for PLAY. You remember the girls’s friends who stayed with us for a few days and didn’t want to leave? Well, it was their birthday so we [...]
Category: Anything Maternity/Pregnancy, Family
By Jane on November 10, 2009
I saw this on one of my friend’s Facebook wall and found it QUITE amusing. A woman is standing in front of a mirror, nude, staring at herself and not liking what she’s seeing one bit. Turning this way and that, she says to her husband, “I feel fat, old, ugly and saggy, and I [...]
Category: Random Stuff
By Jane on November 4, 2009
I just tried this for the first time the other day…Fried Pickles. Actually, it’s really good. If you like pickles at all and if you like fried food, then you need to try this! -Jane, New Fan of Fried Pickles
Category: Random Stuff
Aunty Lucy lugs a birthday cake for Louise all the way from LA!
By Jane on March 14, 2011
Being the loving and totally awesome Auntie that Lucy is, Lucy decides to order a cake in LA and from the same place we had bought a cake for Thelma’s 8th birthday that we celebrated in LA. Louise had decided on using a “Hippie Chick” party theme from Party City…so Lucy used the invitation as inspiration [...]
Category: Lucy Lu, Thelma & Louise
By Jane on September 7, 2011
My two naked men. Super duper yummulicous. I just love these guys so muchy. Sometimes it’s just easier to give the baby a bath at the same time you’re showering. My back always hurts after bending over to give Benz a bath in his plastic bath tub thing. We used to do this with the [...]
Category: Benz
Grocery shopping with a baby carrier.
By Jane on July 6, 2011
I had forgotten how going grocery shopping with a baby carrier leaves no room for actual groceries. You in there Benz??? I could use a baby carrier, as I’ve seen some women do, but the baby is asleep and I don’t want to wake him. I know I’m always talking about eating healthy but it [...]
Category: Random Stuff
Easiest Way to Eat a Pomegranate
By Jane on December 23, 2009
The pomegranate is a fruit native to the Persian region. Known as the apple of Grenada, the pomegranate is high in fiber and is recently known as a super heathy fruit. Drinking pomegranate juice is quite popular and can assist with high blood pressure, cancer, heart disease, diabetes and prevention of the common cold.
Category: Random Stuff
We’re Cleaning HOUSE! With tenants out, it’s time to clean up!
By Jane on February 9, 2010
Although my tenant did a pretty good job cleaning, there are some things that tenants always miss. AIR FILTERS We always remind our tenants to change the filters in the house, and they could give two shits less what the air filter does. It never gets replaced. I don’t know why Dick has me even [...]
Category: Random Stuff
Metropolis gets hit by snow again!
By Jane on January 10, 2011
I’ve been waiting for this snow all night since they kept saying the Southeast was going to get hit by a storm again. And finally, it came! It’s 6am now and here are pictures that I just took of my front and back yard. As you can see, it’s still dark outside. FRONT BACK We’re [...]
Category: Random Stuff
Favorites
By Jane on February 14, 2011
Here’s a Valentine’s card that Dick sent me in 1999 when I was living in Detroit. In case you can’t read Dick’s wonderful handwriting: “This is for you & Barfi (our dog). You guys are the best, especially you, only you, always only you. Happy Valentine’s Day.” Yes, he can be quite a sweetie. Hope [...]
Category: Random Stuff
You don’t see motorcycle riders like this in my neck of the woods.
By Jane on July 8, 2010
As I’m driving around Toronto, I spot this dude on a motorcyle. He catches my eye because the motorcyle guys around where I live don’t look or dress like this dude. Actually, this look would have totally passed in my neck of the woods if it had not been for the Parasuco bag. Only a METROSEXUAL [...]
Category: Random Stuff
Family Dinner and a Movie: Turkey Burgers & Bette Midler’s Big Business.
By Jane on February 23, 2010
Louise has been craving my turkey burgers since we haven’t had them in a while. It’s been too cold to grill so I’m just going to sear them on my stovetop. INGREDIENTS FOR THE BURGER: Ground turkey, buns, onion.
Category: Culinary Goddess, Movie Reviews
For your Manic Monday. The Bangles!!!
By Jane on October 18, 2009
I was singing in the car the other day, showing off my vocal chords to my girls, singing “Just another Manic Monday” by the super-hot all girl band The Bangles. These girls were one of my favorite bands of the 80s. I then decide to look up the video on You Tube for the Thelma [...]
Category: Random Stuff
Dinners at Freddy Mac and Fanny Mae’s. Yum!!
By Jane on November 30, 2009
Because my parents live less than a mile away from me, we’re always over there for dinner. Any time I’m lazy to cook, we call up my parents to see what they have. When I was in college, I would go home on weekends and raid my parents fridge to see what I could bring [...]
Category: Random Stuff
Merry-go-rounds and Vending Machines get my kids every time.
By Jane on April 18, 2010
It never fails, whenever we are at Wal-Mart, the girls want to ride the Merry-Go-Round. This little thing that goes around and around and around… It seems to be never ending…and brings them so much joy. Not to mention, the vending machines are ALWAYS calling their name. Here’s a video below of all the excitement and fun.
Category: Thelma & Louise, Videos
Thankful that we are unscathed by record hail, rain, thunderstorms, and tornados.
By Jane on April 28, 2011
The South was hit SUPER HARD by a tremendous amount of thunderstorms, tornados and crazy hail. Some of my friends were reporting baseball and golfball-sized hail, dinged-up cars, damage to their houses, and leaking roofs. Dick was out of town so we went to my parents’ house. As soon as we heard the pounding of [...]
Category: Random Stuff
Finally ready to assemble the Twin Beds.
By Jane on December 30, 2010
After nearly waiting two weeks in high anticipation of having their own NEW beds, we are finally ready to start the assembly process. We start with one bed and take out all the pieces. I’m in charge of reading the instructions and telling everyone what to do. As Dick points out, “You ARE the Eng-gin-eer!”
Category: Do It Yourself, Random Stuff
By Jane on July 4, 2010
Some pictures of Louise all dressed up like an adult. For some reason I think she looks like a school teacher. A cute one, of course. She makes me laugh so much. -Jane, Mother of Fashionable Louise.
Category: Smashin' Fashion, Thelma & Louise
Green Tea, Apple Cinnamon Cake & Art Time
By Jane on November 7, 2009
The girls recently came across a drawing book that I had when I was a kid, saved by my dear Mom (she keeps EVERYTHING). Inspired, they wanted to learn how to draw like Mommy. I told them it just takes practice and explained some basics. Try not to draw from memory (which usually turns out [...]
Category: Artsy Fartsy
