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Cute Soup

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I’ve been battling some sort of cold/throat/stomach thing for a few days now.  I spent most of today either sacked out on the couch or drinking copious amounts of hot tea.  Yesterday at school I was worried I was going to barf (giving me lots of empathy for Beth), so I didn’t eat my lunch.  When I got home I heated some chicken broth with some of the most adorable noodles from Wal-Mart. They look like little flowers.  Once when I described the soup to Annette, she said, “So you made Cute Soup.”  The name has stuck, and it’s one of my favorites.

Cute

Back to the couch.

FoodSucker

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Yeah, I know it’s called a FoodSaver, but FoodSucker is so much more fun to say, and it’s not crass – it’s appropriate!

Occasionally I have been known to convince myself to buy something that we really don’t need. (Occasionally – ha!)  About a year ago I really wanted a FoodSucker, so I waited the normal one-month period before I buy a major thing, all the while creating all these scenarios where I would be vacuum-sealing food left and right!  So I bought one, sealed up everything in sight in one evening….then put it in a closet, never to be seen again until last week.

Overall, I highly recommend them.  You can wrap and store a lot of things for a long time, but never, ever BUY one.  Find somebody who has one that will loan it, provide your own bags, and bake them a cake as payment.   (My favorite is yellow cake with chocolate frosting.)

Signed, Sealed, Delivered - I'm yours!

Mythbusters

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I’m happy to inform you that after hours and hours of research, the ‘No Bettys’ myth has been busted.  In my 60-tablet jar of Flintstones vitamins, there were:

  • 3 Space guys
  • 11 Dinos
  • 6 Wilmas
  • 12 Bettys
  • 12 Barneys
  • 6 Freds
  • 5 Bam Bams
  • 4 Pebbles

It is really hard to tell Bam Bam and Pebbles apart.  Their hair/cap is almost identical, so the arm is the defining characteristic.  Bam Bam’s arm is up, Pebbles’ is down.  I think it’s sweet that the spouse numbers matched up.  Regarding the numbers, we must take into account that I have already consumed two, and have also sprinkled one into Lloyd’s fish.   Did I eat Freds?  Barneys?  Who is that weird space guy? Geeky math types will notice that the total is 62.  Do I owe the good people at Bayer Healthcare more money?

 A month's supply of goodness

A caveman a day…

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I’m gettin’ healthy - yep!  Today’s impulse buy was a box of Flinstones vitamins “with Bone Building Support*”   I figure it’s smart to bulk up on health since I’m around all those barfing children, and the calcium (equivalent to one 5 ounce glass of milk!) can only do me good.   Unbeknownst to Lloyd, I’m going to trick him into taking them, too. 

Oh, the flavors! The flavors!

(*This statement has not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration.  This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.) 

(I did not make that up.)

Well, whaddaya know?

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Lloyd and I took the camera into Circuit City (where service is state of the art) tonight to return it.  I was full of righteous indignation, and was prepared to give them the what-for about this stupid camera that died within a month.  (Who are we kidding?  I brought Lloyd along because I’m a total coward.  He’s the heavy.)  We explained our situation, stood there stonily, then were completely thrown off track by the guy turning the camera on – and it worked just fine. Confound it all!!!  Now we were faced with the decision to return this one, or get the extended warranty on this one in case it should die again.  After much hemming and hawing, we bought the warranty.

So here are some of the photos from yesterday’s long day at school!  Here’s Lloyd putting cables into some roofing vent stuff to keep the room looking  non-cabley.

Computer teacher.... or SPIDERMAN?!?!

Here’s me in right-side-up, non-back-hurting mode.

Hole drilling is key

And while this in not our handiwork, this is a picture my Dad sent of his computer.  It must be where I get my skills.  I especially like the sledgehammer.  Go, Dad!

Technology gets it's come-uppance, compliments of Reverand Hofman!

(It died a while ago.  He needed to mess with it so it would stay on long enough to get some data off of it.)

Trapped?

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Lloyd and I have spent the weekend working in the computer lab switching old computers over to new ones. Actually, I spent most of Saturday reading and watching movies, but today I’m a big helper. My skills at drilling holes have come in handy to attach cable holders and surge protectors to the underside of tables. Lloyd’s doing stuff, too, but it’s not nearly as important as the hole-drilling. Hole-drilling is key.

Anyway, there’s a big ol’ buncha snow falling from the sky, so I’m certain we’ll be trapped in Lincoln overnight. So, Annette, if you’re reading this, I’ll need tomorrow off. (heh heh heh)