Bead Organizer that's Easier than Plastic Boxes

This makes beads easier to sort and use than those plastic boxes.  I think this is true anyway.  This one was on Amazon for about twelve dollars.

Sketches from SAMA by Leonore Shield

I want to rework some of my sketches from the SAMA.  I think I am going to try and go back there on Tuesday.

Turn it up or turn it down.

I turn the volume up because I'm hard of hearing.  I turn the thermostat down.  I turn the a/c up for the same reason.  Turn the heater down is immediately understandable.

Bridge at Breckenridge Park, San Antonio, TX

This is really a nice bridge.  I love Breckenridge Park. I also love the Witte Museum which is right next door on Curiosity Lane.  I love the Witte.   http://www.wittemuseum.org/

Art is the Stored Honey of the Human Soul, Theordore Dreiser, Gary Sweeney 2001

This is on the wall next to the parking lot at the SAMA, San Antonio Museum of Art   http://www.samuseum.org/

Recycling Old Vegetable Oil

I don't think I have enough old vegetable oil in my kitchen to figure out how to recycle it for my car. I don't own a diesel engine anyway.  I did find a little bottle of oil that is way too old to guess about it.  I'm saving it to use on those sticky price tags.  A little oil rubbed on them and then they soap off pretty well.

Additionally, I'm including a homemade playdoh recipe.  This is great stuff and cheaper than the store kind.  Cook on a low heat stirring constantly.  The pan will be ruined for this project only, but you can use the pan to make more playdoh.  Anyway, my pan was scorched too much to use for cooking anymore.  As you stir it and it takes only a few minutes to set up, it gets harder and harder to stir.  When it looks right pour it out onto foil so it will cool faster and then you can put whatever color you want to mix into it.

2 cups flour

2 cups warm water

1 cup salt

2 Tablespoons vegetable oil

1 Tablespoon cream of tartar  (sort of expensive stuff, but recipe doesn't work without it)

Add the numbers to break the code for answer to riddle.

This is an example of worksheets I am going to be adding to my site.  I am attaching a PDF of what I have so far. 

Menu Idea with best healthy foods as mentioned on MSN

Appetizer:

Red Peppers stuffed with avocado & quinoa  {not sure about this one yet}

Dessert:

apples, cinnamon, Oatmeal, Blueberries  {cookies, muffins, baked apples or something like cobbler?}

Main Dish:

Lentils,  Balsamic Vinegar, salmon , Almonds  {not sure about this one either.  I am going to look at recipe sites for ideas.  Food.com has a recipe by ingredients finder. http://www.food.com/

Beverage:

Green Tea  {I found a tea at HEB in a nice metal canister that wasn't expensive.  It is green tea mixed with mint; made by Vinis premium tea.

CUTIES!! I Love these oranges. They are as sweet as sugar candy.

Ok MSN reminded me again.  Avocados, Quinoa, Lentils, Green Tea, Almonds, Oatmeal, Balsamic Vinegar, Blueberries, Red Peppers, Kale (not for me), apples, cinnamon, salmon.  I need to think of some recipes that combine these maybe. 

Shermila Kher wins gold in Lincoln Douglas Debate

Dog Beds - I really like www.fetchdog.com

No Pants Day

Save the Frogs Art & Poetry Contest

 

Isabel Johnson - Grand Prize Winner

Congratulations to 8th grader Isabel Johnson of Anaheim, CA, for her wonderful poem "Won't They?".
Won't They?
by Isabel Johnson, Age 13
Listening to frogs
Violins in the night
My children will see them
Won't they?
Sitting by a stream
As it rushes by
It'll always flow
Won't it?
Nothing is forever
Things always have an end
We won't always be together
I know it
The frogs did no harm
They deserve a second chance
The clock is ticking faster
Make haste

Take nothing for granted
And help where you can
To do nothing is to regret
To look away and forget.

Nicole Scherzinger - Right There ft. 50 Cent

Great Dancing!  I like this Nicole Scherzinger music.

Cinco De Mayo! How to Prepare Cilantro Video and Steps | Real Simple

How to Prepare Cilantro Video and Steps Real Simple

This video is great if you have ever struggled with cilantro for salsa.

FINA Pink Air & Pflash sources: Wikipedia & I remember that

In 1966, when "Pink Air" finally arrived at every FINA station, FINA replaced that campaign with a new one regarding an ingredient in its gasoline called "PFLASH." At a time when other US oil companies were promoting their gasoline products with campaigns such as Exxon/Esso's "Put A Tiger in Your Tank!",. Shell's "Platformate" additive that improved gas mileage, Texaco's invitation to "Trust Your Car to the Man Who Wears The Star" and Mobil's "Detergent gasoline"; ""PFLASH", was promoted as an ingredient in FINA gasoline that would improve driving pleasure by "turning red lights green," "smoothing out rough roads," "improving the food at roadside restaurants" and "making you feel less sorry you ever got a driver's license." FINA stations even offered free "Pflash" bumper stickers to motorists who pulled in for gasoline purchases.

Teacher Appreciation Week May 1-5

Artist Scarlett Clay at http://www.bluepurpleandscarlett.wordpress.com/

Teachers are why we can read.  Thank you Teachers!

Coffee Filters

Another use for coffee filters.  Squeeze a lemon with a coffee filter over it and then there is no need to fish out the seeds.

Helpful Housecleaning Tool

This kid's toy rake was $2.50 at Walmart.  Now I can get all those papers out from under my desk.

Gummie Bears and Caramel Sauce

This is my photograph of gummie bears with caramel sauce.  I just wanted to see if it would be a fun picture.  I used sugarfree caramel sauce because that is what I had. 

Google Search Engine Image

I really like the mouse over magnifying glass on the Google Search Image that is being used today, Sunday, May 1, 2011 to commemorate the 160th anniversary of the first World's Fair. 
The glass highlights an animated fountain and a dress display. 
I remember the Hemisphere here in San Antonio (what year?).  We had a flat tire on the car after the fair was over and someone had to walk to a gas station.  No cell phones!  The phone exhibit at the fair had displays of how video phones would work, but I don't remember anything about cell phones.  I think there was also a display about drive through banking, but I'm not sure.  I think we already had that.