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stay-at-home parent life

Uniform Envy

by Mitja on December 20, 2009

The school year ended on Thursday and our daughter moves up from preschool to K1 after the winter break.  The last day of school was celebrated with a gift exchange as well as an encore performance of the “Hi Ho” song.  We missed the big stage event while in California for Thanksgiving but it essentially [...]

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I took another cooking class last week and this time tried to recreate some of the Indian dishes at home.  We learned how to make tandoori chicken, butter chicken, palak paneer (spinach with cheese), and one or two other dishes.
I have learned a few cooking tips but mainly I have found that the dishes are [...]

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Daddy, Did the Cow Take Care of Itself?

by Mitja on September 23, 2009

I was marinating steak tonight and my daughter asked me what it was and where it came from.  
A cow that died?  Awwww, poor cow.
In our conversations about death we have assured each other that we will all take care of each other for a long long time.  Mommy will take care of her, she will [...]

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Daddy, did Michael Jackson take good care of himself?
My daughter and I have had an ongoing conversation over the past year about death.  A favorite uncle died last year and Citrus has been trying to figure out what happened and why.  It is impossible to prepare for her questions, so I treat them like any of the [...]

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Hail and Farewell

by Mitja on September 18, 2009

It turns out that at least two friends have pomegranate molasses ready for deployment should a recipe call for it.  How nice for them, 9,500 miles away from my cry for help.  I’ve moved on.
We are going to a Hail and Farewell tomorrow evening.  It is a potluck, a word almost synonymous with Berkeley, where I [...]

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