California McMillans

The past two weeks have been filled with incredible blessings for my family.  We have had the opportunity to truly celebrate her wonderful life, family and friends. While it is never easy to say good-bye, there is an incredible peace that comes knowing my mom could not have lived a better life.  She is a loving daughter, devoted wife, incredible mother, amazing grandmother and caring friend to all who knew her.  Thank you all for the visits and special memories.  She often says, "I am so lucky."  Many of your kind words have lifted and blessed her life.  Her relatives who all hopped on a plane as soon as they could from New Jersey to say good-bye was the most wonderful gift she could receive.  Her friends quick visits.  The meals.  A showering of love and prayers has all filled her days with peace and gratitude.  Here are some beautiful pictures Stacey took for my mom that will forever be cherished! Each picture truly captures the LOVE that we all feel! We will continue to t

I don't know why my posts are the only ones that get these random comments.  Whatev.  So Scott wants to make an invisible blanket, like the one Harry Potter uses.  Today, at school drop-off, he said, "We can make it out of something clear.  Are there any clear chemicals?" We talked about gases, oxygen and nitrogen, and then got into the phases of matter.  He seemed interested and I was glad because my chemistry background has given me a good knowledge of how stuff works.  Gotta run.

I make breakfast for the kids.  Mostly, I do what I'm in the mood for, but we rotate through waffles, pancakes, oatmeal, and cracked wheat.  In dental school, I ate cold cereal for breakfast every morning.  There's enough sugar to get your blood sugar to a good level and there's enough fat in the milk to satisfy your entero-gastric reflex.  But cereal's too expensive. I'm excited about oatmeal because it's cost-effective and good for your heart.  We have to sweeten it with brown sugar and the kids like to add maple syrup.  I've been making my own syrup since high school (Dan-o's mom's recipe), and it's not so much a cost thing as a taste thing.  We got a gallon of high fructose corn syrup with sodium hexametaphosphate for like six bucks, which is quite reasonable, but the taste was lacking.  Then, Heidi somehow picked up some "lite" syrup which the kids didn't like.  So I make my own.  I also like to beat some heavy whipping cream