Real Life Math

Xavier's first math problem of the day, born of a conversation about salary, is this: How long would it take you to make more than $1000 a month, if you started out making 1 penny the first day, doubling it every day?

Healthy?

Xavier has proposed a research paper topic: Why do that take hellthy milk, cook it, then fill it with hellthy, but not so hellthy things?

Well, perhaps the milk was healthy before they cooked it. Apparently, cooking milk makes it hellthy. We all had a good laugh over this. I'm not letting him use this new word for Scrabble, though.

Don't Give Up

Your first try isn't always in line with your vision.


Ira Glass on Storytelling from David Shiyang Liu on Vimeo.

Covered Bulletin Board

Remember the calendar I made? I needed some way to display it. My sister recommended a belletin board. Fortunately for me, Gary had just brought me 2 bulletin boards, so I had one to play around with. I had almost everything I needed. I was just missing some ribbon. 

I used a glue gun to keep the fabric in place while the glue dried.

I bought these buttons for something else, but I can't remember what, maybe a button.

I love this fabric! It's all I have, so if you know of somewhere I can buy more (it's Moda Cocka-Doodle-Doo),
I'd love to have some for curtains.

I didn't buy enough ribbon. I'll have to get some more before I can finish the board.

Rug Making

From Soule Mama {this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. 


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Rethinking Breakfast

When my doctor put me on a gluten free diet in October, I thought I was going to starve to death. After all, my breakfast mostly consisted of gluten. I ate pancakes, waffles, and bagels. And, since I was also sugar free, I couldn't eat pancakes or waffles. One day, I bought that Brie I'd been craving and made myself a new breakfast. It's fast, easy, gluten and sugar free, and healthy.

I eat half a circle of Brie each morning. I believe they are 4 oz each, which would mean I eat 2 oz each morning. I put a couple tablespoons apricot jam in a bowl and mix a couple teaspoons of dijon mustard in with it. The dijon cuts the sweetness of the apricot jam. If you don't care about the sweetness, you can leave it out. For added protein, and vitaminy goodness, I crush almonds to add to the mix.

Spread it on top and pop it in the oven or microwave. The oven works better, but the microwave is faster.

Slice up some apples and enjoy.

By the way, this makes a great appetizer if you cook the whole circle of brie. If you don't, you get the ooey-gooey mess that you see above. It still tastes delicious, but it's not as pretty.

Like Grandfather

Last night, I walked into the dining room to find this. It immediately put me in mind of my grandmother and grandfather. Every night, Nonnie would put a bowl on the table, along with a glass, spoon, and a box of Raisin Bran. I do love my Dominic.