Pineapple Park

Andrea and I went to the pineapple park, in the rain last weekend.

we had a lot of fun, despite the rain.

guess what i've been doing?

i've been knitting!

it's a neck warmer thing for Paul, that he can pull up over his mouth/face when he gets cold. it's almost done!

and andrea will be here in 18 ish hours!!!

Decorating

Andrea will be here in 2 days woot!

and her room is ready!

my favorite thing about her room is the rug

the curtains are pretty sweet too!

Favorite things of the week

I love my Paul Mitchell spray hair wax

I love my cooking (just wish i had my P to cook for)

I love H2O Almond body lotion

Most of all this week I love my blonde hair.

Where does your food come from?

I just got done watching Food Inc

In Food, Inc., filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation's food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that has been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our government's regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA. Our nation's food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profit ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment. We have bigger-breasted chickens, the perfect pork chop, herbicide-resistant soybean seeds, even tomatoes that won't go bad, but we also have new strains of E. coli—the harmful bacteria that causes illness for an estimated 73,000 Americans annually. We are riddled with widespread obesity, particularly among children, and an epidemic level of diabetes among adults.

That is the blurb from their website, i strongly recommend that you watch this film. Quite interesting the things you don't know about your food and where it comes from

Next time you worry about germs

did you know that when Europeans came to the Americas that roughly 9 out of every 10 people were killed. The numbers are estimated around 75 Million people inhabited the Americas (North, South & Central) and 90% of them died. Why? it wasn't all by the sword, it was mostly from sickness. Europeans brought with them many diseases like small pox, which spread rampant through early civilizations and people died in massive numbers. so why did all the Americans drop like flys and Europeans were fine, because the Europeans had been exposed and their ancestors had been exposed to these germs for thousands of years, so they had build up a bit of a resistance. The Americans had no resistance, they were not in any contact with Asia and Europe so they had not been exposed to Eurasian peoples since they crossed the Bering Strait in 20,000 BC. No common contact, no mild germ exposure, no defense.

The reason I am sharing this is, being a germaphobe only sets you up to get sicker, not exposing yourself to mild germs prevents your body from building needed antibodies that can help you fight when "the big one" comes and you get really sick.

I need to follow my own words because I am a germaphobe, I carry hand sanitizer with me, I wash my hands dozens of times a day. it's sort of sad. But after an enlightening discussion in my history class ab

out this, I have decided to not be such a spaz because a cold wont kill me, in fact I think I'm more likely to die from exhaustion considering my current schedule than I am to get a deadly flu (swine flu you stay away!)

also recent studies show that antibacterial soap can do more harm than good, causing bacterias to mutate and form more resistant strains (ever heard of MRSA)

Don't Belive Me? READ

and since it's on the internet we know it must be true, becuase the internet doesnt lie! (serious thread, needed humor)

Infused Vodka

from Left to Right- Ginger vodka, pineapple vodka, pineapple vodka in the making

Take some fresh pineapple, (i used canned for one batch and it just wasnt as good but it still quite drinkable) put it in an airtight container, like a big pickle jar, fill it a lot with chosen fruit, almost to the top, next fill with vodka, the more distills the best, i used absolute it’s all i had on hand, put in fridge, for at least 3 weeks, mine has been about 3 months, and it’s perfect. i’ve read if you add sugar the flavors infuse faster, but i dont want to rush a good thing. after letting it sit, when flavor has reached your liking, strain fruit (cheese cloth works best so you can ring out fruit) into permanent container an ta-da you have fun vodka!

can be done with nearly any fruit, and many veggies. just nothing squishy like tomatoes. (that would be nasty anyway) peaches, raspberries, blueberries, pears, apples, all good choices. you could even try mixing fruit for fun flavor! cucumber for vodka martini hot peppers for bloody mary ( this one is my next endeavor)

i also made ginger, it wasnt as great, but not bad. havnt found what to drink it with yet…