{"id":421,"date":"2006-09-26T12:59:32","date_gmt":"2006-09-26T19:59:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=421"},"modified":"2006-09-26T13:04:06","modified_gmt":"2006-09-26T20:04:06","slug":"ok-ok-i-promise-never-to-cook-it-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=421","title":{"rendered":"OK! OK! I promise never to cook it again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last night I prepared a dish called &#8220;Hungarian Goulash&#8221; out of the Diabetic Fix it and Forget it.  One whiff and I knew that (1) this was NOT the Goulash I grew up with and (2) the kids would NOT eat it.  And, I was right!  Fortunately, Eric liked it.<\/p>\n<p>But today &#8211; I have the following conversations with J2:<\/p>\n<p>CONVERSATION ONE:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;J2 &#8211; what is that smell?&#8221; (it was a nasty smell!! &#8211; I&#8217;m looking for dirty socks behind the couch)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think it&#8217;s that dinner you cooked last night Mom!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>not 5 minutes later&#8230;CONVERSATION TWO<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;J2, come look at these flies!  They want to get in the house!  They know that the weather is about to change and they are going to die.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Or they smelled your dinner from last night!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sigh.  Boys.  Honesty above all!<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">So, here is my promise to my sons&#8230;.<\/p>\n<div align=\"left\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\"><\/div>\n<p align=\"left\">I will never cook Hungarian Goulash again!  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