The skinny on swine flu

All the kids are over the 'flu' part, but it's not the flu part that's dangerous. You remember in the movie Labyrinth when Sarah fell down the oubliette and all those hands caught her and lowered her into the hole? Well, the lungs are lined with little 'hands' that help carry any foreign substance up and out of the lungs. H1N1 kills these hands which then fall to the bottom, not only congesting you but now there are no hands to help carry out the junk or make freakin awesome faces!. This causes the deadly pneumonia. So for the next couple of weeks we have to watch the kids closely to make sure they don't develop a persistent cough.

Other than that, we're having a pretty good time here at the McNally house. We got through the turning phase without any real discomfort, except when Dr. G had to crank on it. Garrett is relatively oblivious of all this strange stuff he has to go through. The big kids are so fun. They help out, they entertain us, they're exceptionally considerate. They're really like little adults... goofy, loud, demanding adults but that describes most of my family anyway.

Oh, you want to hear about what Bens been cooking? Fine.
Last night he roasted chicken with a very coarse dry rub and broccoli stuffing. He baked a butter nut squash in honey and some super special secret ingredient. So sweet and creamy.