An interesting weekend. Otto got sick for the first time. Not sick as in a fever but a stuffy nose. He didn’t seem to deal with it very well Saturday night. Didn’t get more than a couple hours of sleep that night. However, Sunday morning, mama got the saline drops and we squeegeed some of the snot out wit the aspirator and he was feeling a little better today. To get out of the house for a bit, we wandered over to the park and got some good swing time in. Regardless of how stuffed up he was, the swing definitely makes him giggle and laugh every time. I also got a new camera over the weekend and have been trying it out. Overall, a much better experience as my last one had seen a lot of wear and tear. It’s nice to see crisp clean images again. This camera appears to take much better sound with the video.
Instead of posting them here, I’ve started to host my videos at Vimeo. More storage and they don;t get compressed as much it seems. So enjoy these if you are bored or just want to see more of Otto.
I also did some salting/pickling of meat and vegetables this weekend. Got started on corning 12lbs of brisket for the St. Patrick’s Day Cribbage Tournament. Also feling a little saucy, so i’m doing a batch of refrigerator pickles withe cukes, carrots, beans, and sweet peppers.
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Tagged dinner, Food, otto
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The first ten people who comment here will get something I or Megan make. Could be a real life thing. Could be imaginary. Depends on what I think you will like and my inspirations. (Note, it’s going to be something I think you will like. Actual liking not guarenteed!) The only real rule is that you have to make this offer in your own journal/blog. (and this really isn’t a rule, if you comment, you will be included!) Megan will take either the evens or the odds and I will do the others.
Meat!
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We spent a lovely week in Mexico with Brain, Tamara, and Blake. Otto made his first trip outside of the country. He was a good traveler. It helped that both flights to and from San Jose were direst flights. Not a whole lot of action on the trip.. lots of lounging at the condo, cooking food, drinking, and going to the beach. Weather was pleasant 80 and either partly sunny or sunny. One of the highlights was brain having to “practice” his spanish while arranging for the tow truck to take our car to a local garage to get fixed. The fresh tortillas were a hit. Tom/cuke/pepper salad was tasty at every meal. The waitresses at one of the restaurants took turns holding Otto while we ate our dinner.
trying out yet another way to easily post a group of pictures at a time. We’ll try the flicker route for some of the bigger sets.
Not the best way to eat food but as a once a year type of thing, it brings some excitement and good eats. We had a few friends over for NYE – Chard, Ang, Axel, Anya, Lucas, and Delfel. Fixings for the evening were ribs, deep fried cod, asian slaw, and some latkes. Everything went off pretty smoothly other than the fryer tripping a few circuits. The night saw some drinking and later singing/dancing contests to Beyonce’s “Single Ladies” ala JT and Adam Samberg.
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- I love you beef!
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- Breaded but not fired!
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- Love me three times baby.
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- Dinner.
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- Help! We're drowning.
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- Empanadas - picadillo and chocolate/banana.
Since I had borrowed the fryer from Chard, I figured I’d have to get one more use out of it. Empanadas sounded delicious. I made up a batch of beef picadillo for the savory and also made a batch of chocolate chip – banana ones as the sweet. Very delicious!
Momma and Otto playing a little game.
He giggle on a routine basis with appropriate encouragement. Lifting him up and down is a fun one. He’s also got various noises he’ll respond to.
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Tagged giggles, otto
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Otto turned 5 months old today. He got a new used car from his friend Lucas. He’s also been spending lots of time with his new friend, teddy.
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- Me and teddy just going for a ride.
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- Yup, Yup. Good times!
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