Most of the time, I’m a slacker.  I’m not proud of this, but it just seems to work out that way.  I’d like to more.  I’d like to be better.

But Somehow, I’m always too tired, too busy, too something.

Take dinner.  I want to eat healthy.  I want to give my family good meals.  But most nights Mrs. Geek and I just look at each other and end up eating pizza or hot dogs in front of the TV.

What a great way to spend time as a family.  But it’s easy and we’re tired parents.

What’s the point, you may ask.  
What makes you think that there is a point, I retort.

But there is a point.

Last night, it was time for dinner and I decided that I was sick of not having real meals.  I looked in the freezer and saw that there was some frozen shrimp and scallops.  Over the summer, I’d gotten inspired and made shrimp and scallop kabobs.  It was great but there was a little leftover.  I knew that it wouldn’t be nearly as good as a leftover do I froze it, thinking that it might be good in a soup or something.

It was raining out.  Soup sounded good.  I’ll make soup, I thought.  Seafood Chowder, like Clam Chowder but with shrimp and scallops.  Heck I’ll throw in some catfish for good measure.

I got Mrs. Geek to peel some potatoes for me, and I proceeded to make Seafood Chowder from scatch.

Not too bad for a slacker.

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