Abstractions - Sydney Shimko http://sydneyshimko.org/blog tagline Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:06:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Running away http://sydneyshimko.org/blog/family/running-away/ http://sydneyshimko.org/blog/family/running-away/#comments Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:06:46 +0000 http://sydneyshimko.org/blog/?p=974 M: I’m never going to live here anymore

S: Oh, where are you going to go?

M: To a different state far away, and you’re going to drive me there … and drop off my car seat.

S: Hmm, just your car seat, anything else?

M: (adamantly) Yes, TOYS … magazines … jackets!

]]> http://sydneyshimko.org/blog/family/running-away/feed/ 0 Maia’s baking pies http://sydneyshimko.org/blog/family/maias-baking-pies/ http://sydneyshimko.org/blog/family/maias-baking-pies/#comments Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:04:39 +0000 http://sydneyshimko.org/blog/?p=972 M: Mom, I’m bringing some pie down for you. It’s a little bit overcooked, but oh well. I’m going to put some ice cream on it because that will be delicious.

S: Yum, but how did it get overcooked?

M: I forgot to cook it for 10 minutes … I cooked it for 8. Here it is. If you need anything just call me.

]]> http://sydneyshimko.org/blog/family/maias-baking-pies/feed/ 0 Today’s 2 Funny Stories http://sydneyshimko.org/blog/family/todays-2-funny-stories/ http://sydneyshimko.org/blog/family/todays-2-funny-stories/#comments Fri, 27 Aug 2010 01:23:33 +0000 http://sydneyshimko.org/blog/?p=945 Story #1: With the remodel in progress, we’ve moved the kids to their room upstairs while Jason and I are still sleeping downstairs. So after 4 and a half years of having kiddos in our lives, we finally broke down and bought a baby monitor. On a separate note, when we sang ‘Happy Birthday’ to Tarek earlier this month, he didn’t really get it. Since then it’s been growing on him. This morning we woke up to this coming out of the baby monitor:
Tarek (singing): Happy Birthday to Taaaaarek. Haa-
Maia (interupting): Tarek, quiet … stop singing. I’m trying to sleep!

Story #2: Maia is a little obsessed with President Obama. She recognizes his voice on the radio and gets excited if she sees a picture of him. Today, the kids and I were standing in line at Alterra coffee shop and Maia yelled, “Mama, look … Obama.” I was instantly embarrassed and sheepishly looked around the room for the unsuspecting man who was just falsely accused of being President Obama. Instead, and to my relief, I realized that she saw a photo of him on a greeting card and there was no actual doppelgänger in the room.

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Dinner, originally uploaded by Sydney Shimko.

Grilled salmon on a bed of heirloom tomatoes with homemade cilantro pesto and a squeeze of lime. Delicata squash, green beans and green onions from our Springdale Farm CSA also grilled and served on the side. What a beautiful night to eat outside on the patio.

Jason is the master of the grill in our family. I have wanted to learn and have practiced this summer (with charcoal). With only a handful of fires and a couple of meals under my belt, I’m happy so say this meal came off without incident!

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T: “No”

S: “You’re OK, you got a handle on it?”

T: (flipping it over and pointing to the spot he was holding) “I god a han-el”

]]> http://sydneyshimko.org/blog/family/hes-got-a-handle/feed/ 0 Maia’s remodel http://sydneyshimko.org/blog/family/maias-remodel/ http://sydneyshimko.org/blog/family/maias-remodel/#comments Sun, 22 Aug 2010 19:47:53 +0000 flickr http://sydneyshimko.org/blog/family/maias-remodel/

new kitchen, originally uploaded by Sydney Shimko.

Remember the stove and refrigerator we made this spring? Maia just told Jason that she put them on Craigslist.

]]> http://sydneyshimko.org/blog/family/maias-remodel/feed/ 0 Making good use of the rain http://sydneyshimko.org/blog/family/making-good-use-of-the-rain/ http://sydneyshimko.org/blog/family/making-good-use-of-the-rain/#comments Fri, 20 Aug 2010 20:56:00 +0000 flickr http://sydneyshimko.org/blog/family/making-good-use-of-the-rain/

Making good use of the rain, originally uploaded by Sydney Shimko.

Making good use of the rain
]]> http://sydneyshimko.org/blog/family/making-good-use-of-the-rain/feed/ 0 “Mom look at my cow!” http://sydneyshimko.org/blog/family/mom-look-at-my-cow/ http://sydneyshimko.org/blog/family/mom-look-at-my-cow/#comments Fri, 20 Aug 2010 00:14:08 +0000 flickr http://sydneyshimko.org/blog/family/mom-look-at-my-cow/

"Mom look at my cow!", originally uploaded by Sydney Shimko.

“this is where the milk comes out. ”

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New kitchen, originally uploaded by Sydney Shimko.

Still not completely finished, but this is awesome!

]]> http://sydneyshimko.org/blog/family/new-kitchen/feed/ 0 Dinner with the kids http://sydneyshimko.org/blog/family/dinner-with-the-kids/ http://sydneyshimko.org/blog/family/dinner-with-the-kids/#comments Mon, 09 Aug 2010 13:37:55 +0000 flickr http://sydneyshimko.org/blog/family/dinner-with-the-kids/

Dinner with the kids, originally uploaded by Sydney Shimko.

Venison tenderloin (left-over from lunch), tomatoes and beans from our garden and sweet corn from the farmer.

Dinner with the kids

Will they eat it? Yes.

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