The Black Family Weblog: Archive

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Tonight. Nuff said.

Nov 4th

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how many people died that day?

well, at least I abhor what is evil. Good riddance Osama Bin Laden!

May 3rd

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hair

I go from: short hair -> kinda short hair -> perfect hair -> kinda long hair -> what are you thinking?!? hair -> grossly long hair -> fisher price little people hair Somebody help me off this cycle!!

May 3rd

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wait a minute

Robotooth will have to wait.

Apr 28th

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heirloom seeds

Those guys over at Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds just get it right.

Apr 18th

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Rea Sea and Amelie

Last night both @jesablack and I took in the sights, smells and oh so delicious food at Red Sea in Elizabeth. Small environment. Great staff. Afterwards we had dessert at Amelie’s down in NoDa. Nothing more to be said.

Apr 17th

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Don't call it a comeback

Call it, “we will start bloggin’ again.” Until then, we’re going camping.

Apr 8th

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Dec 19th

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Feb 4th

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slice & dice

Yet…it happened again. Another knife incidient in the Black household. So I was doing some bread baking, and right now I am experimenting with pre-ferment dough, and cutting off some dough to store in the fridge I had to go dig in our knife drawer for the sharpie pen (get it? we keep the sharpie pen in our knife drawer…). Well the day before I left a knife in the drawer unproperly...

Jan 21st

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extreme pain...sometimes

In a mad dash to get breakfast before church on Sunday I decided to finish off one of our loaves of bread we fixed for Christmas. I grabbed one of our cutco knives, the bread cutting kind, and went to work. I even stopped half-way through to wax poetic with Jess about our pipe dream of opening a bakery one day. Ahhh…somehow I don’t think the bakers did what soon followed. Nearing...

Dec 30th

Dec 29th

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Fire ants in December??

Arriving home from a busy morning…well, playing 18 holes of par 3 golf…I noticed the rope, that was providing some modest support for our tree, was digging into our front yard tree. Just knowing that it can prevent further growth and hurt our tree, I went inside and retrieved the pocket knife. William followed me out in his socks and started to walk across our front yard. I told him...

Dec 13th

chicken on a cold day

Today for lunch I am planning on making chicken-in-a-pot and will be posting images and directions on our flickr page. Should happen in about half-an-hour. Enjoy! Menu plan: Chicken in a pot, brussel sprouts, and potatoes Update: The chicken, well, wasn’t sooo fresh. I chunked it in the trash and made chick pea soup instead. We’re saving the brussels for Thanksgiving though.

Nov 23rd

Oct 23rd

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baketecture →

This is the site you wonderful baking types should go to if you are curious about what is being baked in our kitchen.

Oct 19th

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Oct 17th

Oct 4th

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Sep 19th

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why did I do that?

Jess made some mini-meatloafs today for our Sunday lunch. The last step is to broil them with the sauce, at a particular temperature. She pulled them out of the oven, just moments before I walked in. For whatever reason, I was going to move the meat thermometer into the sink and touched the 500 degree piece of metal with my bare fingers. Tonight I am nursing two burned fingers and my dignity...

Sep 8th

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Sep 6th

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embarassing

These Yankees of mine just don’t show up to play some games. 1 run? Against the last place AL West team even. You have to wonder, particularly if you are a Yankees fan, if the hiring of Joe Girardi was the right one. I tend to think so, but at the same time you high powered offense needs to produce more than one little run in these type games.

Sep 6th

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content change

Hi folks who frequent our blog or visitors who have no idea what is going on. As you can see by going through our archive, our blog is and has become a hodgepodge of many different things. We’ve decided to break this down into several different blogs for your viewing pleasure. Without further delay… http://jesa.tumblr.com will be a blog focused about Jessica’s love of baking ...

Sep 3rd

“But I can’t get away from Rachie. (Why?) Because she’s so cute!”

– William, after being advised for the umpteenth time to leave his little sister alone while in her walker. (via jesa)

Sep 1st

Aug 31st

Cupcake Update (Cupdate?): The Polls Are Open!

jesa: Wahoo!! Please click the logo below to vote for my Iron Cupcake Chili entry (listed under the Black Family Weblog)! There’s a voting section down the left side of the site when you get there. Voting is open until Thursday, Sept 4 at 1pm eastern. Thanks for voting!!

Aug 31st

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Aug 29th

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Our friend Vic from NJ who moved down south via email: “Oh yes, we’ve gotten rain. Some yesterday, and tons today. PTL! I was starting to wonder how the south ever grew any cotton.”

Aug 27th

Aug 25th

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weird funk

Both Jess and I have been experiencing a weird funk these last few days. I’m sure it is all the physical and emotional turbulance we have been going through since middle of last week. I think it is all just catching up to us. What would be nice right about now would be a vacation, or just to get away. A praise report would be a couple from church really stepped in the other night and...

Aug 22nd

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Aug 20th

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more on Pop

this came as a comment from my brother on the Pop post. Thought I would share with everyone: We were blessed to live with him for a few months leading up to this. He was awesome. He enjoyed us being there and made us feel that way. We felt really welcome there, and while Pop had his ups and downs health-wise, he always made us feel like he was happy we were there. Hugging Carrie. Holding...

Aug 19th

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Pop's passing

Just wanted to alert you that my granddad, Pop, took his last breaths this morning at or around 6:30am. He was resting, but still laboring to breathe up until a few short hours before, and then became peaceful and his breath was more and more shallow. Yet we rejoice. In Christ Alone - words by: Townsend & Getty No guilt in life, no fear in death, This is the power of Christ in me; From...

Aug 19th

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thoughts from a rough day

Today was a painful day. We still appreciate your prayers. Some thoughts from today… 1 John 2:15-17 “Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world-the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride in possessions-is not from the Father but is from the world. And the world...

Aug 17th

Aug 16th

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Aug 16th

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mighty mouse!

I placed an order this week for a mac mini for my uncle & aunt. They were in need of a new computer, and knowing that playing tech support for Microsoft Vista would be a pain, I talked them into going with Apple. The most they use a computer for would be email, surfing and occassionally printing something. Today the package came in the mail, and opening the first container in the box...

Aug 16th

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Hop on Pop

[Jessica posted this in the comments of the Pop entry.] The one I always think of as the quintessential Pop story is the one he would tell me over and over about how some cat was getting into the outside trash all the time and making a mess so he found a way to wire up some board with nails and electrical wire and put it on top of the trash can. So the next time the cat jumped on it it shocked it...

Aug 15th

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now he's a problem

I look at the “professional” news guys over at ESPN and laugh. Particularly your friendly neighborhood BoSox homer, JayJay Stark, and his comments about Manny found here. Come on Stark, he’s just Manny being Manny…get over it.

Aug 15th

Aug 13th

our dilemma

My grandfather is ready to leave this earth. He told me so this morning. While he didn’t communicate it directly, his words were of the sort - “I don’t know why I am still here.” And just looking into his eyes I know that it pains him a great deal just to be in a bed, and not able to look after himself. My grandfather was part of a local church body, and my grandmother...

Aug 13th

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Pop

These are the last days of my grandfather on this earth. He lived a full life, and the Lord blessed him with many talents that he used to glorify Him. I have many good memories of Pop over the years. Most of those come from when he would come over to our home to eat, he would sit and watch whatever was on the TV, while my mom and grandmother would pour over the last minute preparations for our...

Aug 11th

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My girls

Aug 8th

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Aug 5th

“Well, at least on one level it means that worship takes work. For the priest to...”

– From James Grant at Between Two Worlds I can honestly say that I don’t respond sometimes to worship - too distracted by my son (weak), and sometimes it feels a little too redundant (again weak).

Aug 4th

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Aug 3rd

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Limiting Free speech? →

Actually I welcome this novel use of technology. Why are our public representatives so apprehensive of embracing this? Do they or do they not know who they serve? Some folks might tell you that they serve the lobby or in some cases each other. In some cases I tend to agree. It will be interesting to see how this plays out in the coming days (ed note: the house is on vacation for 5 weeks, so...

Aug 2nd

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But would they drink it? →

Aug 1st