Wedding Quilt #2

Hmm, does this look familiar?

I made this for the wedding this weekend.  I knew I had made one that had similar colors in the summer, I just didn't realize how close it is!!  I like the fatter blue edge on this one.

I need to make this a few more times to satisfy myself and be done with this pattern.  My new plan is to do something in dark colors with the knots (the blue and yellow here) in really light colors or white.  That means the white and flowered here would be something dark.  Intriguing but kind of risky because dark colors run....

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Hanging In, Hanging Out, Just Keep Hanging

I can't even tell you what I've been so busy doing this week, but busy I've been and I've left you all swinging in the breeze.

I bet you thought I'd really gone off to pursue this newfound passion of mine.  Don't think I'm not considering it.  Particularly after last Friday's C period class.  It's just mind boggling how one class can be so outrageous and the other 4 are angelic.  On a daily basis.  Spending time with toilets all day could be no worse than spending time in C period every morning in  my classroom.

It would probably be more rewarding, actually.

But seriously, this week has raced by and we're going to a wedding this weekend and I am so not prepared.  The wedding is for k-ster's brother and it's just far enough out of town to require a 2 night hotel stay.  Since we are driving and I'm not in the wedding, I've been really blase about getting ready.  Until tonight, when I realized I had a few more things to do before I even thought about what I was taking and oh, um, yeah I forgot to sew my Handmade by Sparkling tag onto the back of the quilt and oh, it would be nice to have a clean sink when I return instead of dirty dishes and on went the list.

I usually make a short list when I am going anywhere and this time I'm all out of sorts.  And we're leaving right when I get out of school so it's not like I have all the time in the world to get things together.

I think I'm wearing this to the wedding.  I did find a great dress at Old Navy that I am in love with, so I might wear that instead, depending on my mood.  Shoes are a major issue.

And I need clothes for moments that are not related to the wedding.

I can't seem to wrap  my head around this.

Maybe it's time to step away from the blog and actually go pack?

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http://meltingmoments.net/2013/05/17/fly-on-by-friday/ 


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I Think I've Found My Calling

I think it's time I give up the teaching racket and become a Restroom Redesign Engineer.  I am a self proclaimed expert in the field, but I know plenty of people who will back me up and guarantee that I know what I'm talking about when it comes to toilets.

I've squatted, I've sat, I've used potties no one else deemed worthy, but when you gotta go, you gotta go.  Just don't touch anything and you'll be fine!

This revelation about my new title came about because of an unfortunate bathroom experience I had numerous times yesterday.  I was doing an expo, a women's technology expo no less, and the nearest bathroom only had this option.

I didn't have to keep my foot like this, but I thought I'd use it to illustrate the mishap that had clearly happened when they put in the partitions.  There is literally a space the width of my foot between the wall and the toilet.

But on the other side, there is about 2 feet of space.

And you know exactly what happened when they installed it.  Someone said "Hey Joe, this doesn't quite fit right, does it?"

And Joe said "Who cares, it's close enough."

But what Joe didn't realize is that whether we sit (the horrors!) or squat over this toilet, there is no way not to bang your elbow and God knows what else on that wall.  I'm a pretty small person, but I imagine a larger woman would have some serious issues actually fitting over that toilet if used the conventional way.

Using a public bathroom is an annoyance for most, but using one that isn't comfortable is just wrong.

She could, of course, always use it sideways, with her back to that wall, absolutely not the way it was intended, but at least she'd fit.  And those of us waiting outside the stall would be left to marvel at the position of her feet under the partition until it was our turn to use it and we realized her brilliance.

So again, I clearly could have been of help to these boys as they installed the partitions and demonstrated exactly why close enough won't cut it this time.

Would you hire me?

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Charge the Batteries

Can someone plug in the cat?  I think her battery is low.

Oh wait, never mind.  Looks like she's charged and ready to go.

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Teaching Aliens French

K-ster got a little nervous when he saw a book I had sold on amazon.com, ready for shipping.

Well, I suppose it wasn't the book as much as the place I was sending it to:

He thought it was a little suspicious that I was sending something to a Mr. Happy in Roswell, NM.

Did you just hear the X-Files theme?  I swear I did!

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Marching to the Beet

I grew these beets over the winter and today, they demanded to be picked.

How do I know they demanded to be picked?  Because this one was already poking the brown part out and then today I noticed the red part was on the surface too!

It's interesting that I can't grow long, straight carrots, but my beets are always long instead of round.

Beet salad for lunch tomorrow :)

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No More Washing

Remember when they said you had to wash your raw chicken before using it?  I was sooooooo good about doing that.  So good that when I saw my mother not wash her raw chicken I lost my mind.

I would wash it, then it would be a slippery mess, then there'd be water everywhere and so on. I don't buy paper towels, so I never did the blotting thing, but that never made any sense to me.  I always envisioned little bits of paper towels stuck to the chicken.  But I did it because of all those salmonellas running around, uncaged, raising mayhem on the counters...

And then one day, I thought about it.  We all know we can't eat raw chicken, right?  Never eat it if it's pink, they say.  And who would want to?  It's so unappealing.

Ok, well most of the time it is.

So I decided one day that I was done washing chicken.  It had to be the dumbest use of my time.  I always cook it to death anyway, so what is a rinse going to do except make a huge mess?  My mother doesn't wash it and none of us have died.  We don't wash any other meats before using them.

It was so freeing, not having to wash the chicken anymore.

Now, washing my hands?  Of course.  Multiple times.  Or sometimes, I just wear gloves.

I also stopped worry about the separate cutting board.  Yes, if I am going to cut raw chicken and then make a salad, I use a different board, different knife, different kitchen if I can.  But once I put the board through the dishwasher, I have no issue using it on something like fruits.  It's as clean as it's going to get.

Also very freeing.  I know people who will not use a certain board for vegetables because it's the meat one.  I also ask if they wash the meat one, what difference does it make?

So today, in the newspaper, someone from the cooperative extension said the new regulations say no more washing of the chicken.  And their reason?  It makes so much mess that it contaminates the counters and sinks!  DUH.

So glad I won't even feel the least bit guilty that I'm not doing this anymore.

And I'm worried that the person who took this might not have washed his/her hands before using the camera and now the camera is contaminated....

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