Happy Friday! It's Spring even if it doesn't quite feel like it yet here (does it where you live?) Let's look back at this week, shall we?
On Saturday, after arriving home from the hospital, we made Eamon's requested dinner of fettuccine alfredo (and chicken) because his half marathon race was the next day and he wanted to carboload like his running inspiration:
"I ate more fettuccine alfredo and drank less water than I have in my entire life"
~ Michael Scott
On Sunday morning, After dropping Eamon off at the race, I made this sign for him and remembered why art was never my forte:
Then we walked from our house over towards Mile 12 of the half marathon and cheered him on. Eamon was looking so good! Smiling and strong!
He did such a great job. I guess the fettuccine alfredo worked! Maybe also the energy chews he ate at Mile 7. I was very sceptical that he would be able to run this race after barely any training (he ran 7 miles two weeks prior and 10 miles the week before the race) but he proved me wrong for sure.
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| That's an 8:20 pace for 13.1 miles |
While Eamon was running, Maggie was playing in a volleyball tournament an hour away. Her team won their pool, then placed 3rd in playoffs - go girls!
Meanwhile, Andrew met up with some friends from college that also live in MA and headed to the St. Patrick's Day parade in Boston:
On Monday we celebrated our Irish heritage (I'm 100% and Phil is about 50% so our kids are 75%) by wearing green and eating Guinness Beef Stew and Beer Bread:
There were Shamrock Shakes as well!
On Wednesday, we celebrated the other side of Phil and the kids' heritage because it was St. Joseph's Day. I'm not sure how the Italians got to claim St. Joseph but they lucked out! We made chicken parm and it was just so so good. Italian food beats Irish food anyday.
JP eating his Italian food on an Irish placemat - Garlic and Gaelic, just like our kids.
Phil went and got blood work and an ultrasound done on his legs yesterday and good news - no clots! So just the pesky PE in his lung and he will meet with the hematologist at the end of April.
I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!
Our spring started with 2 inches of snow after thunderstorms the previous day. March weather is crazy. I made corned beef and soda bread for St Patrick's day- neither very Irish as my soda bread has sugar annd butter. I don't think Guiness stew would go over well here. ( about 75% Irish here but.i can't stand beer!)
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to Eamon- he did a great job! Enjoy the weekend!
I also hate beer! You can't taste it in the stew and it's surprisingly a favorite meal for everyone in the family. Thunderstorms and snow? Oh my, I will accept our cold rainy day instead :)
DeleteOh to be young and just decide to run a half marathon! Love your Garlic and Gaelic week and that Phil has no clots! That is very good news! Now hopefully his PE will disappear! That was a lot of exclamation points but I am not going to change them.
ReplyDeleteI am a big fan of exclamation points!! And your comments!!
DeleteMichael Scott...he always makes me laugh!
ReplyDeleteI clicked through to the stew link and have written down "Stew?" on my meal plan for next week! Thanks for the reminder that I always love a good hearty meal option.
All my kids love it, which is very rare! I hope it works nicely for your family too :)
DeleteShaking my head over Eamon running a sub-2 half marathon with virtually no training. Teenage boys, I tell ya! I guess Michael Scott was on to something. That's phenomenal!
ReplyDeleteI had to laugh over your comment about Italian food beating Irish food. Nick goes on a rant every year about this. "Why does everybody obsess about being even 1% Irish? The food is horrible!!" Haha.
I have also wondered why the Italian traditions became so widely spread in terms of celebrating St. Joseph's Day but I think it may be because in Italy, St. Joseph's Day is also Father's Day (appropriately!) and then Italian immigrants brought those traditions over to the US. That's my guess, anyway. This year we didn't do anything fancy regardless, but your chicken parm looks delicious.
sorry for leaving the longest comment ever but just had to give a shoutout to Maggie for her awesome volleyball skills! That's great!
I guess we all just need to eat fettuccine alfredo next time! The St. Joseph and Father's Day connection makes a lot of sense. I just love St. Joe so much that I want to claim him, but at least my kids can :)
DeleteGarlic and garlic. Ha. I had not heard that one. Way to go Eanon and maggie. Reg went downtown to the parade in Chicago. I once made corned beef, but it was meh. I should probably try an Irish stew. For not I make soda bread and that’s it.
ReplyDeleteYou guys dye the river green in Chicago, right? You crazy kids! I'm not a corned beef fan either, my dad who came from Ireland at age 19 doesn't like it so we never bought into that tradition. But my mom bakes Irish Bread all the time...with raisins and caraway seeds, which I'm not a fan of. Sigh, I wish Italian, Indian and Mexican food was the food of Ireland ;)
DeleteGlad his legs are clot free! And wow! Eamon's pace is awesome! Oh to be young again!
ReplyDeleteTo be young and foolish - cheers!
DeleteGlad Phil is okay! Yikes.
ReplyDeleteThat's a fantastic pace your son has!
Thank you, I wish he would work at it a bit more. He's a natural!
DeleteHahaha - Garlic and Gaelic is so cute! Congrats to Eamon -- he knocked it out of the park!
ReplyDeleteJust caught up on the ER visit and wow, that sounds scary. I'm glad Phil is leg-clot free, and hope the lung PE doesn't cause any issues.
Thank you! Phil has lots of tests and appts coming up to try and figure it out, but he's feeling better :)
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