Wednesday, May 28, 2008

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Encouragement - I have a bad habit. I knew it was a little problem, but two people mentioned it the other day. Now I know it's a big problem. I interrupt. A lot. I need to stop interrupting. I need all of you to encourage me to keep my mouth shut when someone else is talking. If I cut you off, then just remind me that you were still talking. I'm totally serious. Call me on it. Encourage me to not be a conversation hog.

Etsy Envy - If we were playing Scattergories, then I'd get double points for that heading. Now, I don't really have a problem with Etsy. My issue is with anyone who is qualified to sell stuff there. The artsy, crafty and/or creative people. I am completely jealous of people who can create something cool, who can envision what something could become and then make the transformation, who can transform the "blah" into the "wow", who can paint or draw or sew or knit or whatever.

Experiment - Have you ever pigged out on gummy worms? Did you feel bloated after the fact? Well, Becky and Brandon told us that gummy worms expand in liquid. Not that we don't trust them, but we had to check this out ourselves. And we're homeschoolers, so we can call it science. Anyway, we measured a gummy worm, then kept it in water for about 24 hours, then measured it again. Wowza!! Check this out. There are other pics on our Webshots page, but this should suffice for here. The thing doubled in size!!!


The original worm at 3.75 inches.





The bloated worm at 7 inches.


3 comments:

Mary Lou said...

Hey now...you have great creativity....you have fantastic looking cookies that you invision and bake....you have a great looking garden....that takes a lot creativity.

Lindsey said...

I love the bloated worm experiment (very clever real-world learning) but am also disturbed by it. This explains the way I feel after overdosing on gummy candies!

perkyguy said...

No Etsy? Have you looked at your garden year after year after year? Etsy!