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    Journal rant exposed

    March 28, 2014 - By 

    A couple days ago I had something that was eating me up…interfering with my entire day. Someone that I care about…not living in my house…but that I care about…had hurt me once again.  After supper, I decided to do what always helps me…WRITE.  Just get it out. A simple rant.  An unloading of all the bottled up ick. Spill it out on the page…and so I did.rant blurredIt’s funny because as I write I see myself working through it in my mind. Of course…you…cannot see it since I blurred it. Sorry…personal stuff…no peeking.

    So today…feeling much better I painted over my rant. I still know its there. I know what it says. It helped, so it can now become something positive.

    let it goThese words of wisdom come from the recent Disney movie “Frozen“. If you’re not familiar with it here’s the song that inspired the end product of this page.  Both the song and movie are a new favorite in our house.

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    Messy kids stuff

    March 27, 2014 - By 

    Ok, in the grand scheme of things…this wasn’t that messy at all.  Little J spotted this recipe for homemade flubber on Pinterest.20140325_4531I was careful to use glass bowls and disposable plastic spoons to begin with.

    20140325_4532After pouring off the excess water…it was time to dig in with my hands…at least I remembered to take off my wedding ring. 😉

    20140325_4534Little J thought it looked like I was having way too much fun with her flubber so she traded off the camera to me.

    20140325_4537We made the flubber a pale lavender color that doesn’t show terribly well in the photos.20140325_4538Finally it was time to play. The flubber is more viscus than silly putty and a little wetter feeling. It’s a solid that behaves as a liquid. Some cool science going on there.

    Of course, I had to show the kids that when stuck in a jar with any air gap, pushing on it makes the most satisfying “toot” noise.  You know…passing gas…breaking wind. I’ve always used the word “toot” instead of the version of that word that starts with and f and ends with a t.  I hate that word….not sure why but it just irks me…even more so when I hear young kids saying it. There, now you’ve just learned another quirk of Halle…you’re welcome.

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    T Tuesday: Spring Break edition

    March 25, 2014 - By 

    I wish I could say this was a scheduled post and I was relaxing with a cocktail on a tropical beach somewhere…that was not to be. Instead our “real feel” temp was below zero this morning. And it snowed yesterday. Little J  made the remark “this isn’t Spring Break…it’s Winter Break.” So true.spring break teaLittle J and I are going to make flubber later…should be messy.

    For now I’m going to visit the link list over at Elizabeth’s blog.

    What are you doing today?