Continuing with this week’s chicken theme…we had this for supper tonight. It was so good. I made it once before years ago and I’m not quite sure why I waited so long to make it again. I got to use a bunch of fresh (and some frozen) herbs from my garden in the preparation of this dish, so I guess this isn’t something I’ll be making again this year. My garden cleanup is almost done for the year. All I have left are a few herbs, my pepper plants, and a lone Brussels sprout plant. The herbs have been trimmed back, but they almost always have some growth on them (unless it is snowing); the pepper plants are still producing so I’ll let them go until the frost kills them; and the Brussels sprout plant will continue growing until it gets too cold. I’m sure that will be sooner than I’d like.
chicken run
It must be family film week. We watched our 2nd G-rated movie tonight, Chicken Run. The movie was fine for the genre, but I was expecting to enjoy it more than I did. Maybe it was because I was trying to do some other things and it didn’t have my full attention. In any case, I liked Chicken Little more. But, this movie did make me hungry for chicken potpie. I guess I’ll have to put that on the menu.
chicken little
Jake and I watched this movie tonight. It was his second screening of the film–my mom had taken him to see it when it was released. For a kid’s movie, it wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t anywhere as good as Shrek or The Incredibles, or any other films of that ilk. Still, we had a good time watching it and Jake pointed out all of the “good parts” before they happened, so I didn’t miss anything. I made a big vat of popcorn and he ate a surprisingly large amount of it, but we still managed to save some for Brian, who just arrived home a few minutes ago.
angela and jacob’s day of fun
Brian is at the Penn State game with my dad today. Seeing that he’ll be gone most of the day, I figured I better plan some stuff for Jake and I to do. Our day started off with haircuts for the two of us in the morning. We came home and had lunch and did some chores around the house. After that, he helped me put some stuff away in the attic. I have a bad habit of piling things up in the library and there was quite a pile this time. While we were in the attic, we got out the Halloween decorations and then we decorated the house. He’s all fired up about Halloween, let me tell you.
By this point, it was time to make supper. Chicken soup was on the menu. I was hoping he’d help me cook, but the TV was more enticing. After the soup was on, I zoned out on the couch while he watched TV. After this, we ran an errand and I put the finishing touches on the soup. Right now, he’s outside playing with his neighbor buddy. And we have plans later this evening to watch a movie. The day has been quite pleasant thus far.
anchorman: the legend of ron burgundy
I wasn’t in the mood to think this evening, so this looked like the perfect movie to watch. About 30 minutes into it, I was ready to change the channel, but Brian was enjoying it too much (he was simultaneously saying how bad the movie was and laughing). Sure, it had some funny parts, but that doesn’t make it worth watching. So, I sat here, did some work on the computer, and watched the funny parts. Now, I’m cleansing my brain with some Monday Night Football before I go to bed.