Connor's 9th birthday dinner

Alright, these pictures are old. Over a month old. But I'm going to post them anyway because they are from Connor's 9th birthday dinner. He chose carryout from Roadhouse Wings & Grill as his birthday meal. As always, he ordered 10 wings with medium sauce.

Connor is showing off for the camera here.


Here's my meal - chicken tenders with extra hot sauce and a side of wedge fries.



I banned Tony from my blog several months ago. He was starting to pose for the camera and seeking out opportunities to get his picture posted. His ego is already big enough and I didn't want to encourage his antics. BUT this picture was too funny not to post. He had 10 hot wings.

Here is the birthday boy with a very un-homemade cupcake!

Oh No He Didn't

Pictured here is my dear husband, Tony, with his sister at her wedding. Tony clearly has a case of "wedding reception drunk" in this picture. There is nothing else that would explain what he is doing here.

More Pictures From St. Louis

Here are some more pictures from St Louis.




Tony is thisclose to being banned from the blog. He hams it up for the camera at every possible opportunity.



Chicken quesadilla. The food at this little brewpub was really good. So was the beer.



Connor with onion rings as big as his head.



Ian and some chicken.



F*cking Jeff Hard strikes again. Enough already, Ian.

Tony is Funny

I love it when Tony thinks that he has discovered something new, but it's really something that's been around forever. One example of this is his recent discovery of the band Blue October. He saw a video of theirs a couple of weeks ago and decided that it was his favorite "new" band. I tried to explain that they've had many hit songs and are popular enough to have videos shown pretty much 24/7 on VH1, but he wouldn't believe me... Example 2 is Tony's discovery of the homemade egg, cheese, and bacon on wheat toast sandwich. The other night he asked me to make him this sandwich and I said "fine, no big deal." He then felt it necessary to go in to great detail, describing how to cook the egg (this coming from the guy who hasn't cooked anything in the 9 years that we've been married). I told him to shut up, that I had it covered, and he still proceeded to describe how the guy in the cafe at work makes this sandwich. Finally he left the kitchen and I cooked the sandwich. Tony loved it but couldn't believe that I knew how to cook a hard-fried egg (with the yolk broken), as if was a secret recipe or something. I tried to tell him that my homemade egg sandwiches are featured pretty frequently on my blog...

The Franklin County Fair - 7.24.2009

Connor and Ian on the Scrambler

Ian throwing gang signs. The west side is the best side!

$48 in unlimited ride wrist bands.

Tony and Connor on the Super Shot.

The grilled chicken pita that I ordered. I didn't know what to do when the server asked what kind of dressing that I wanted on my pita because they didn't have anything spicy. In a moment of confusion, I asked for Italian dressing. Big mistake. It ruined the whole damn pita. I ate half of it before I gave up and threw the rest away.


Fair fries with extra vinegar and salt. Tony and each had an order of these. Tony actually stood by the condiment table and ate his so that he could re-salt and re-vinegar when he was half way through his fries.






Turkey legs! We didn't eat any turkey legs, but they really deserved to be photographic and posted on the world wide webs for all to see.







Carmel apple









Connor played this game several times on Wednesday when my dad took the kids to the fair. He came close to knocking all of the blocks off of the table with a baseball (the objective) but couldn't quite beat it. We tried again on Friday. I even made the guy stay the blocks in a different order before Connor's second try, just to make sure that the bottom one was weighted or bolted down. No go. Connor still couldn't beat it.

Tony totally did this on purpose... 06.21.2009

First off, I would like to wish all of the good dads out there a happy father's day!

Secondly, Tony knows that most of the pictures on my digital camera either end up on this blog or on Facebook. Today I told him that Ian ate a hot dog at my dad's house and he asked to see the pictures. I handed him my camera and left the room to start making dinner. An hour later, I upload my camera pictures to my Mac and what do I discover? This delightful series of pictures that I KNOW that Tony wanted me to post on the internets!
ENJOY (Miconi and Gilzow - you know that I'm talking to you)!


Nose hair angle...


Contemplative Tony


Blinding Glare Off of My Bald Head Tony

I Think That I'm a Badass Tony

Watching Jon and Kate Plus 8 Tony

I Have No Fucking Clue What I Am Doing Tony

Blair Witch Project Tony

I'm On a Roller Coaster Tony

Happy Go Lucky Tony

I Definitely Buy My Underwear At Kmart Tony

Tony Being Tony



We love you, Tony. Happy father's day!

A Very Special Guest Star Comes Over For Dinner - 06.17.2009

The most fabulous and talented Jason Sidwell joined us for dinner last night. Not only is he a good friend, but he's also the brains behind a wildly innovative and explosive rock band called Truth For Sanity. His band mate, and my husband, Tony also was on hand for dinner. It's always a delight when Sidwell comes over! As this picture was taken, Tony actually said "Welcome to the Gun Show!" as he flexed his bicept!



I made Chicken Paprika for dinner. It's a Hungarian dish that involves chicken simmered in stock with garlic, onions, paprika, tomatoes, ground cayenne pepper, flat leaf parsley, and sour cream served over egg noodles tossed that have been tossed with butter and more parsley.



Holy fucking shit, this meal was good. Shockingly, Tony even ate a full plate of this.


In other news, Connor lost another tooth last night. It was the tooth the the left of his front teeth. Thank god he finally lost that tooth because he seriously needs another adult sized tooth to balance out the enormous adult front teeth that he has.

Tony Likes Attention - 06.06.2009

Tony loves the attention that he's been getting on my blog, and if he tells you otherwise, he's lying. On Saturday we went to Barley's for a late lunch and he and the kids spent most of the time showing off for the camera.

Tony was delighted to discover that Scottish Ale is now served in a pitcher!




Next up, ale washed onion strings.




Then Ian decided to make his "cute" face for me.




Food - Shockingly, Ian had chicken fingers.





Tony had the Barley Burger.




Connor had grilled wings with medium sauce. Connor arrived at this decision after much debate and several minor fits when he found out the the wings would be served grilled and not fried.

I had a turkey reuben with perogies on the side.