Freezer Burn
Apparently last night it was really, really cold outside. I know this because when I got up this morning and went outside I noticed my garden looking rather peculiar. The tomatoes,squash and most of the marigolds had turned to the consistency of mush! Everything was laying on the cold, cold dirt looking oddly sad. They looked just like when you accidentally freeze your lettuce in the refrigerator! I was going to take a couple of pictures but I remembered about 1/2 way through the digging up process...so no pics. Oh well (insert sigh here) now I have more time to prepare the garden for the next planting. The plants are now making a contribution to the compost pile!
Adventures in Cooking
The other day I went grocery shopping and while at the store I got this hankerin' for lasagna. I don't know why...it just sounded good. However, I am not a big fan of spagetti sauce so I bought all the ingredients except that. Yesterday I made up my own recipe for lasagna using hamburger gravy and cream of mushroom soup as the sauce! I cooked the hamburger, then gravy, which I added to make the sauce. Then I layered the meat sauce, "no boil" noodles, mushroom soup then cheese..repeat. Baked the concoction about 30 minutes. It was really quite tasty! I think I will name it Brown Lasagna.
Sunday School
Here they are working hard on their project.
Still working.
The finished product!We didn't finish everything I had planned, but we definatley had fun. We voted and their most favorite part was the Turkey Hokey Pokey (which was hilarious). I sent them home with a coloring page and a Thanksgiving word scramble. A very good day!
Going home to take a nap!
Its My Turn
On the 4th Sunday of each month I "teach" Sunday School to the 1st and 2nd graders. Today is my turn. The lessons are come in a kit with everything the instructor needs. I usually follow the lesson plan and occasionally add my own twist to it. It is pretty easy and straight forward. This week as I was reviewing the lesson I almost fell asleep! It was BORING! No, the Bible isn't boring...just this particular lesson. So I decided to do something completely different (shhh..don't tell Reverend Roy). I figured since Thanksgiving is almost here I would teach about that. I found a "kid friendly" Thanksgiving story, Bible verses about thankfulness, a fun craft, I thought up a goofy game AND we are doing the Hokey Pokey turkey version. You put your right wing in.... It should be interesting.
Tough Birds
Yesterday, while at work I looked out the window and saw an amusing sight. There was a gang of Grackles (birds) loitering in the parking lot. One of them emerged from the group with a cigarette butt in its beak (I kid you not!). One of the other birds ran over and tried to steal it way...what a thug! No pictures though...they were gone when I came back with my camera.
