The school we work at was giving away some books from the library. This one looked appealing and I had heard good things.
Like everything one reads, so much of it ends up reflecting life. This book was no exception and just became more and more reflective, from death, to fruit, to crocheting, to compromising on our meanings of life.
We are growing...
an avocado tree...in the winter...in Minnesota. One day, while riding the bus home from work, we missed our stop and ended up at the next one. At this stop, we found our roommate's brother. He gave us two avocados. One became guacamole. The other became an interesting toothpick induced balance in water. We shall inform you of the progress.
We have spent the weekend crocheting and knitting earrings to sell at ArtiCulture. We drop them off this Saturday if you are interested in checking them out.
I am teaching a community education class after school on making things out of duct tape. The kids have begun making up their own creations and even showing other kids how to make them. This one is a superhero that can fly around the classroom when you throw it. I feel it is quite relevant to current situations.
We made a very simple yellow cake this weekend, with vanilla frosting. It was so simple that I managed to make at least one mistake in almost every step. The real kicker of the mess ups was adding 3.5 tbsp of powdered sugar instead of 3.5 tsp of baking powder. All mistakes where caught and the cake ended quite well, with a celebratory decoration, reminding us that we are, in fact, functioning people. Hurray for cake, celebrations, and fixed mistakes.
We went ice skating at Matthews Park last weekend, and had a blast. They provide free ice skates and a free rink so we decided why not? The system is quite simple, there is a table, there are skates on the table, everyone is expected to be a good person, and use skates in their size, and then put them back on the table nicely. I managed to fall straight down onto my butt right away but that was the only slip, the rest of the outing went much more gracefully.
My warmest winter hat for the last couple years has been the only store bought winter accessory I own. I recently decided to amend the situation. For the record I have been trying to amend the situation for the last couple of years, but no avail, the patterns weren't right, the yarn didn't feel right, you name it, it was a problem. But this year I put my foot down, I made it using leftover yarn from other finished projects, and made up the pattern as I went. I also lined the rim with fleece, to be extra warm. I love the results and have been wearing it everytime I go outside.
We made mini chocolate and berry pies over the weekend. We used the Betty Crocker pie crust recipe and modified the mixed berry pie filling recipe, so that our little mugs could hold all the filling. They were super tasty, and if you warm them up just a tiny bit before eating, the chocolate gets melty, making the whole thing even tastier.
We kept running out of kitchen counter space (as does everyone it seems) and so we decided to try out a cookbook holder to use the vertical space. We made it using wood scraps in the garage,and bolts that were once part of an ikea piece of furniture. So far it's worked well for holding up the cookbook. I don't think we are saving all that much space, but the vertical is way easier to read.
