{duct tape dress form tutorial here.}
As you can see I was so concerned about my well-being that I frantically searched my cupboard for anything including the words hydrogenated, partially hydrogenated, or high fructose corn syrup in the ingredients. Some foods were obviously going to be bad for me, but others I was slightly surprised. (those fiber one bars for example)
do old crayon bits got you down? you need something to do with them because you'd rather not throw them away? but come on, nobody likes drawing with the unwanted stubs! well, then here's your chance to give them new life. recycle them into fun, multi-colored crayons the kids (and let's be honest, you!) will love to draw with!
arrange the broken bits into a fun shaped tin for baking. or, if you don't have anything fun shaped that's suitable for baking, you can melt the crayons in something else and then pour them into molds or even heavy-weight cookie cutters (on a cookie sheet, of course!) work too.
bake at three-hundred degrees for about ten minutes or so. it is fun to watch the crayons melt into ooey-gooey swirls of color. once the wax has melted, remove from the oven and let cool. I used non-stick tins, and as the wax cooled the edges came away from the sides of the tin making it oh so easy to take out! hurrah!
get creative with the color combos. this could be hours of endless fun. seriously. and look how cute they came out!
sticker found on a light on the uofu campus. [image via my cellular telephone]
I am an avid public transportation rider. I ride the bus and/or train whenever I can, even if it's not the most convenient option. I believe in it. but when I see these signs on major routes all over the city, I get a little worried. uta, are you sure you know what you're doing?
don't try it, it totally sucks. it's somewhere along the lines of "treat milk" (aka "pink milk" aka nestle's strawberry milk) mixed into crappy soft served ice cream. and the banana swirl? yikes! it tastes like the yucky fake banana flavoring! not a very fun combo, to say the least!
while swimming tonight at a local pool in town (the taylorsville community pool to be exact) the lifeguards all blew their whistles at the same time, instigating the five minute break. what is the five minute break you might be wondering? I don't know, I'm still trying to figure it out. it basically consisted of everyone getting out of the pool for five minutes--and not all the way out mind you, we all had our feet dangling as we sat on the side. to top it off, a storm was blowing in from the south. instead of the five-thousand degree temps we've been having, a fabulous little chilly breeze was had by all. a cool front + wet bodies equals not so much fun. all the lifeguards sat at the ready in their chairs, but nobody was allowed in the water.
after a tour of my alma-mater, we had a lovely jetboil picnic on the campus of snow college. I reminisced the whole time. I miss those days...
then we drove home via the mt nebo loop scenic byway. a very scenic drive, to say the least. here we are at the devil's kitchen, otherwise known as little bryce canyon.
looking back at mt nebo herself, the tallest peak in the wasatch range. nearly 12,000 feet in elevation, she is a beauty to behold. we topped out at 9,500 on the byway. I nearly got HAPE.
here is the sweetest surprise, a gift for no reason in particular: a cute little white MacBook."What do you eat?!” may be the question most often heard by vegetarians, as if meat is the only food group available. Obviously, as the five million thriving vegetarians in America have shown, there’s a lot to eat, without choosing meat—and they’re healthier as a result.I really like being a flexitarian for the pure fact that it sounds cool. and that nobody has ever heard of it. and really it just means that I can pretty much eat whatever the heck I want. I mean, you might be a flexitarian and not even know it!
According to the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, vegetarians have lower rates of cancer, heart disease, hypertension, diabetes, and asthma. While simple recipes abound for tasty meatless fare, vegetarianism is a leap that many aren’t prepared to take. But you can still have many of the health benefits of a vegetarian diet without trading your turkey for Tofurkey by trying "flexitarianism" on for size. Flexitarians, or semi-vegetarians, are “sometimes" vegetarians, meaning people who reduce some of their meat consumption and fill the gap with other plant-based food groups—eating a mostly vegetarian diet, yet remaining flexible.
if I were to have a book club, this would be on the list. seth kantner's novel, ordinary wolves, is a beautifully expansive story of the alaskan wilderness and all those living within. it is a coming of age story; a story of social unjust and racism; a story approaching some of life's toughest questions. in it the land and her people are not romanticized; it is a harsh reality set amongst a harsh landscape. and as kantner grew up in the wilderness of northern alaska himself, some say that ordinary wolves is somewhat autobiographical. I think it is one of the truest depictions of the land, native and non-native peoples, and attitudes between the two.
kids, this is why you wear sunblock. yikes!
we were partakers of the bounty of the first yielding of our future food tonight. yesterday we harvested: beets, baby carrots, lettuce, green onions, and a zucchini. all hail self sufficiency and sustainable living!
