i’m trying to cram this post in quickly before i head to bed. after a restless night of being eaten alive by mosquitos, i awakened, fed the lidkids breakfast and we headed off to austin park, once home to the dirtiest, diseasiest wading pool in america. or maybe batavia. and i can proudly say, i […]
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derek’s last day in town

we put derek on a plane back to winston-salem today. well, greensboro. by way of washington, dc. which is where he is right now, because his flight keeps getting delayed. poor fellow. we had a pretty low key morning, while derek spent his last hours with the lid kids before his departure. we began by […]
lazy sunday in the 14020

the plan is, derek helped us drive up on saturday. (and by “helped”, i mean “did most of the driving”). today (monday), he’s flying back to lovable winston. we will remain behind, hang out, etcetera, until a future date and time, in which i will enlist the assistance of jake paine (my brother) for the […]
Starry Lunch

worked hard on this star shaped menu for isaac’s lunch today. it’s already worked to trick him into trying a peanut butter sandwich (something he wouldn’t even dream of trying in it’s native format).
eat free chikin.
jake, isaac and myself will be dressing up as cows today and heading to chick fil a for some free food today. it’s cow appreciation day! learn all about it at cowappreciationday.com.
Fluffer Nutter…..
….was Kernel Kustard’s delicious flavor of the day that Isaac and I sampled on our way home from Target. It’s still second in my heart behind Moravian Cookie.
Kernel Kustard
After five visits to the newly opened Kernel Kustard restaurant, Isaac and I would like to publicly give rave reviews. This message was unsolicited. So far, I have tried the following:1. Vanilla Kustard with Butterfinger mixin.2. Lick the Bowl Jumble (Vanilla w/ pb cookie dough, brownie batter, and chocolate chip cookie dough)3. Brew Nerd’s Mocha […]