November 2009 Archives

I watched Iron Man again, but about 50 minutes in the machine started beeping, and I noticed something wasn't right with the needle. They shut me down then, but at least they got almost two units.

Here's the bruising on the following Monday. There's no pain — just a tiny bit of itching from time to time.

Using all the special mojo that her brother possesses, Carole flew with Michael to Orlando (using Michael's flight privileges), spent three nights in a Disney hotel (using Michael's cast-member privileges), and went to Epcot and the Wild Animal Park - all for about the same total cost as one meal at a really good restaurant.

I missed her, but she had a great time, and that's what it's all about. I picked her up at the airport yesterday.

Gail. Deferred. Unhappy.

Our friend Mandy celebrated her fortieth birthday last night at party thrown by her mom.

Our friend Cindy visited us for ten days, and made this great batch of green chili enchiladas. I made a batch as an appetizer for Mandy's 40th birthday party yesterday, and they got rave reviews. I got all kinds of abuse from Justin and Jeremy when they found out I was making some but they weren't going to get any...

• 3-4 boneless chicken breasts
• 3/4 pound shredded pepper jack cheese
• One 28 ounce can of La Victoria Enchilada Verde sauce
• 4 ounces of half and half (preferred) or milk.
• 12 standard or 24 mini corn tortillas

• Boil chicken breasts for 30-35 minutes, until they shred easily. Shred thoroughly.
• Preheat oven to 350°
• Spray a light coating of Pam on a 13"x9" glass pan (optional, but makes serving and clean-up much easier).
• Combine the enchilada sauce and half and half in a bowl or measuring pitcher, stir thoroughly, and set aside.
• Working in batches of no more than six at a time:
  • Place a paper towel on a full-size microwaveable dinner plate, and use a squirt bottle to saturate it with water.
  • Place a stack of no more than six tortillas on the paper towel.
  • Put a second paper towel on top of the tortillas, and saturate it with water.
  • Microwave for 45-60 seconds until the tortillas are steaming and pliable.
  • For each tortilla, fill with pepper jack cheese and shredded chicken, then roll up and place seam-side down in the pan.
  • Repeat until the pan is full. You can reuse the same paper towels, but keep them well moistened.
• Pour the sauce mixture into the pan, completely covering each tortilla.
• Place more pepper jack cheese on top of the sauce.
• Bake at 350° for 35-40 minutes.

• For more spice (but also more sodium), add a pack of burrito seasoning mix to the water used to cook the chicken.
• You can use slices of pepper jack instead of grated. Tear them in half, then into half again length-wise. Use one of these sections in each tortilla, and layer them on top of the sauce.
• Limit each batch of tortillas so that the last one in each batch is still warm and pliable.
• Make sure the water bottle you use for saturating the paper towels is appropriate for use with food.

PDF version of this recipe

On Friday, Jason gtalked me and asked if I wanted to go with him to a hockey game out in Ontario on Sunday. His friend has two season seats to the Ontario Reign, and gave them to Jason. It's always good to hang with Jas, and I hadn't seen a hockey game live in a long time, and it was his birthday, so I didn't hesitate to say yes.

First we all went to Casa for a late lunch/early dinner. Jeremy came too - he'd been over doing some laundry. We made good time on the drive out to the Citizen's Bank Arena, which looks to only be a couple years old. It holds about 6,000 people on two levels, and seemed just about perfect for a minor-league hockey arena.

The game was really fun. The skill level isn't quite up to NHL standards, but they play with passion, and the crowd was really into the game. The Reign scored an even strength goal in the first period, a power-play goal in the second, and an empty net goal late in the third. Their goalie was on fire, making a lot of impressive saves, and there were a couple of skirmishes - overall a great game. You forget how much better hockey is in person.

I had a great time.

I watched Juno, almost to the end.

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Our friend Cindy visited us for ten days.