Baseball, Hot Dogs, Apple Pie and a...Volvo

Well it's upon us folks...baseball season in the Velasco house. Yesterday we received the official email drafting B3 on the Pirates Bantam League. He wasn't too happy only because he said the colors stink! Go figure. I think the hidden message is really that he is a HUGE Yankee fan and he had secretly hoped to be drafted on the Yankees. Oh well...  This is his first year in the bantam league so we have a lot to look forward to. The new league will be comprised of 13 and 14 year olds. B3 is a very young 13 year old being born in December and he is, shall we say "petite" if you can call guys petite! But he is SMART and he can field that ball like no body's business. He's also a pretty good hitter and pitcher. He's a lefty!  His "spot" is best played at short stop though. He'll get the jersey on May 4th and he has already asked to be the first one there so he can get #2, ummmm yeah Derek Jeter! Pack up those folding chairs, blankets and a cooler, it's BASEBALL TIME in Ontario!
                                                        
                                                        

So last night I had a taste for a dish I hadn't made in a while. Blending cultures in the kitchen is serious work! I tend to either cook Asian or American food and I forget about some of the tried and true dishes from my repertoire.  I decided as I perused my favorite grocery store, Sobey's, that I wanted sausage, potatoes, onion and peppers for dinner. I was the only one shopping so I got to choose! I love when that happens. I picked out a bag of the tiny white new potatoes and hit the sausage cooler. I literally stared at all the varieties of sausages for 5 minutes. WOW! Did I want Italian, Polish, Hungarian, or German? I finally laid eyes on a package that read " Bacon and Cheddar" and that was exactly what I wanted. I threw them in the cart and wheeled away. Once home the kids began putting the groceries away. There is no protest anymore. It's their chore and they do it. (I did have to explain long ago that if I had to buy it and cook it and if they wanted to eat it, then they could put it away. Now the only thing that this causes is my pantry to be in a perpetual state of disarray.) BG was late coming home from school. Once in the door and down the  hall, she wanted to know what we were having for dinner. When I so proudly announced my delicious dish choice, I was met with a loud "YUCK."  Okay then...you know my policy, "if you don't like what we are having, feel free to hit the McDonald's up the road." As I went to remind her of that she stopped me and said "Mom, you don't get it. If you watched the movies we watch in Nutrition class, you'd never eat that stuff again. Sausage (and hotdogs) is made from the hooves of pigs." Well then...thanks for sharing, we're still having my delicious un-nutritious dinner and I hope you like it! She ate 2 sausages and a healthy serving of the fixings! AND...there were no leftovers in the pan!
                                            

                                                    


I've been thinking about what I could take to our multi-cultural potluck at Church this weekend. Actually, I can't even decide WHAT culture to choose. B3 asked me to make Lebanese food. There are not many Lebanese families in our Church so that is a possibility. There are quite a few Filipino families and our Nuns are Filipino so I don't think I will make Filipino food. With 7 of us attending, I think I need to take more than one dish. Ahhh Hahhh.....my still-to-be-made-famous apple pie. That always brings raves so I will dig out my NoFail Pie Crust recipe and bake away on Friday along with some delicious Lebanese stuffed grape leaves. Maybe I'll make my sausage, potato, onion and pepper dish again too. That way BG can tell everyone where sausage comes from! LOL!!!


    



It never ends in our family! We go from one activity to the next...just rolling along. Tonight though we're at home with a roasted chicken and noodles and American Idol on the tube. Just another Wednesday night and I like it. No wait...I love it!


   


Only 2 more days till the Royal Wedding, but whose counting?? ME!! (Yes, I'll be up at 3am WITH my hat on and in my jammies to partake in all the festivities via many TV channels. How about you?)

I think they forgot my name:
Lady Constance Laurayne Velasco
But I'll be there anyway!

                                             



~~Have a wild and wonderful Wednesday!