Phipps Feeding Fiasco

The experience It’s another crazy day for the Phipps family.  We had Mina’s birthday party this afternoon.  When it came time for dinner, Dusty wanted to join us and recommended Mexican food.  We listed some off that we could eat at, but decided that we would do Gloria’s even though it is really El Salvadorian food.  Mina [...]

The experience I had a late afternoon meeting in Dallas, so I did not get home until around 6pm, this was after I stopped by my mom’s house to pick up Benji and found him to be asleep.  So, I left him there and drove home to meet Ogre and Mina.  Ogre apparently had made [...]

The experience Sometimes I don’t even know what day it is!  For most of the day I thought it was Wednesday, when Mina goes to Music Class with her grandparents.  In my head, I was considering dinner based on that and the fact that I’d be working tonight.  Late enough, though, that I could still [...]

The experience The weather today was absolutely gorgeous.  I did not wake up until noon today (hey! I left work at 7am this morning) and was looking forward to enjoying the cool temperatures.  I googled patio restaurants dallas and happened upon Ozona Bar and Grill.  When I asked Ogre about it he kept saying that [...]

The experience If any of you have children who are into Dora the Explorer, then you will know about “El Dia Especial.”  Well, today is Mina’s El Dia Especial; she had a great week at school, ate her veggies well all week, and she’s been doing a great job practicing her reading.  We planned to surprise [...]

The experience Today we planned to have dinner with one of my best friends and her family.  Unfortunately, one of them was sick, so we had to change plans.  I did not want to go to the restaurant we planned to go with them, so I looked on-line to find something for this evening.  I [...]

The experience This place couldn’t have had a better set up for a great review.  It has been a long time since we ate at this restaurant.  The last time Ogre and I went, we were still dating and the corn was way too spicy for me.  But at Christmas last year, we had them cater [...]

The experience When we left my parents’ house with the kids, I heard those words that make me nervous, “No nap, today.”  I had hoped to go to the Big D to eat dinner, but we decided that this is not the best decision in light of the possibilites of crankiness at the dinner table.  [...]

The Experience Another solo night and we get off to a late start.  Mina asks for Chili’s, yet again.  Dusty also joins in for a second round.  It’s only on the ride over that Dusty finally realizes exactly what we are doing with our eating out challenge.  He suggested I break the rules since Grace [...]