{"id":5596,"date":"2009-05-10T20:54:25","date_gmt":"2009-05-11T00:54:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/?p=5596"},"modified":"2009-05-10T21:06:01","modified_gmt":"2009-05-11T01:06:01","slug":"may-10th-2009-dinner-my-own-personal-model","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2009\/05\/may-10th-2009-dinner-my-own-personal-model\/","title":{"rendered":"May 10th, 2009: Dinner (My own personal model)"},"content":{"rendered":"

My thought process went like this. “Hey it’s Mother’s Day, I bet no one is going to be at the park!\u00a0 They’ll be all off BBQing or at restaurants or whatever, but totally not at the park.\u00a0 Let’s go!”<\/p>\n

And off to the park we went where it was jam-packed with people.\u00a0 And do you know what they were doing?\u00a0 Grilling.\u00a0 Wha the wha?!\u00a0 Who goes to the little community park down the road and decides to grill?\u00a0 Right, does this sound strange to anyone else?\u00a0 If you were going to grill, wouldn’t you stay home?\u00a0 Unless I guess if you have an apt where you can’t grill maybe.\u00a0 So we walked Rocks around the path once and by this point it was getting to be a little too Stepfordish of a situation and we boogied out.\u00a0 My dog was satisfied with his walk.\u00a0 I know this because his big old boxer tongue was hanging out.<\/p>\n

\"Hooray<\/a>

Hooray for the park!<\/p><\/div>\n

Also I would like to take this time to show you how different my husband and I can be sometimes.\u00a0 This is what I like to call, “No I’m fine. I’m just with that homeless person” kind of situation.\u00a0 When I say, “Hey, toss on some clothes and let’s hit the park.”\u00a0 Or, the more common phrase, “Hey toss on some clothes so we can go to the grocery store.”\u00a0 The reason we have to “toss on clothes” is because both of us are normally in jammies all day long. When you work from home, business casual takes on a entirely different meaning.\u00a0 Anyway, this is my version of “tossing on some clothes.”<\/p>\n

\"Yes<\/a>

Yes I have a permanent address, why do you ask?<\/p><\/div>\n

I look like a homeless person.\u00a0 Mismatched cruddy sweats, no makeup, hat, you get the idea.\u00a0 But I am wearing a bra AND undies (which is rare) so I score points there.<\/p>\n

\"Halp!!<\/a>

Halp!! Get me away from homeless lady!<\/p><\/div>\n

Apparently Rocky doesn’t think so.<\/p>\n

But my husband?\u00a0 Always looks like he just walked out of a clothing ad.\u00a0 Observe.<\/p>\n

\"Well<\/a>

Well isn't today a fine day to be out.<\/p><\/div>\n

This is his idea of “tossing on some clothes”. More evidence?\u00a0 Coming right up!<\/p>\n

\"Hey<\/a>

Hey buddy, what's that over there?<\/p><\/div>\n

What are they looking at?\u00a0 Is it exciting?\u00a0 I have no idea but it’s so great it gets “the point” and has both of their attentions.<\/p>\n

\"Here<\/a>

Here it is!<\/p><\/div>\n

What ever they were looking at has leaped across and landed right in front of them!<\/p>\n

\"Ewww.\"<\/a>

Ewww.<\/p><\/div>\n

And I have no idea what happened here but I think maybe Rocky farted from all the excitment of the looking at the thing that deserved the point.<\/p>\n

Clearly we have two very different ideas of “casual”.<\/p>\n

Once we got back home, Scott went out to mow the lawn and I started busting around in the kitchen.\u00a0 But there was a time out for a snack because I was hungry.<\/p>\n

\"crunch<\/a>

crunch <\/p><\/div>\n

Some Kashi cereal, oat flakes and blueberry clusters.\u00a0 After the picture I added a little bit of vanilla soymilk.<\/p>\n

I put some rhubarb on to cook and then I called my mom.\u00a0 I chatted with her for a bit and then I made a crumble topping and baked it.\u00a0 Smelled awesome!<\/p>\n

When Scott was done mowing, I got dinner together.\u00a0 I put in some sweet potato fries and prepped the seafood.<\/p>\n

\"Trio<\/a>

Trio <\/p><\/div>\n

First the sauces.\u00a0 From left to right, top to bottom:<\/p>\n