What was I saying

about barely any homework? I have a tendency to start slacking hardcore if I'm not being slammed with enough work. Today I got up early to do homework, do my psychology project (way to procrastinate), finish my Sunday School homework, get ready for the confrence next Saturday, and do some things around the house I didn't have time for during the week (cleaning, giving the dog a bath, laundry, etc). I don't have the instructions on what format the results form the psychology project is supposed to go in... so I'm kinda at an impasse with that. I have a Spanish test on Monday that I haven't even started to study for - maybe if I remember I'll bring my flashcards with me during the car ride tomorrow.

You know you're a nerd when you freak out because Creek Connect is down...

Last night I went to the mall to look for homecoming dresses. I found one I wanted to buy in Windsor. It was uber pretty. Of course it was the last one in my size... and of course upon bringing it to the register I find a rip in it. Great. I go on the website to see if I can order one - their shipping is 15 days, the dance was in 14. Even better. So I went to call the 1-800 number to see if they could mail me rush delivery. The office is closed until Monday. I don't think I'm meant to have that dress... So tomorrow I'm going to Sanford with some of the girls to see if my picky self can find one there.

I made salt dough with the kids on Thursday. They did amazingly well with it, especially considering Teri wasn't there. It kept them busy almost the entire night. I made two big bowls of it on both ends of the table so I wouldn't have too much "I can't see!" whining, and told them to not touch it until told - most of them did pretty well with it. Cleanup was a huge deal - beating the flour out of the chairs, scraping the hardened chunks off, washing all the play-dough toys and their little tiny crevices, cleaning up the mess in the bathroom left from washing the toys, cleaning up the chunks off the floor, vaccuuming the floor several times, washing the tables several times and finally deciding that some of the hardened peices just weren't coming off any time soon. I didn't get home until almost 10. I don't mind cleaning too much though; messes stress me out, and I find cleaning quite relaxing. I slept well. I got two of the little kids to do the dirty work of picking all the hardened peices off the floor by telling them they were "super helpers" going on an adventure to find lost treasure (the chunks). It worked well :) I was pretty impressed with them.

Flour and Salt Clay #2
Can be reused if stored properly
Ingredients:4 cups flour1 cup saltFood coloring (optional)Water2 tablespoons cooking oil (for reusable only)
Steps:
1. Mix flour and salt in a large bowl.
2. Add food coloring to water, add enough water to the flour mixture to moisten and make workable.
3. If making reusable clay, add oil to water also.
4. Model into shapes, let dry, or put into air tight containers and store in the refrigerator.

I tested the dye I had (it's the gel stuff) on my own hand to see if it would stain before I gave it to them. It was sticky (it's mostly corn syrup) and didn't come off for several washes - though I think I may have just been seeing my vein after a while that appeared to be blue / green. It might have worked, since what I put on my hand was concentrated, but I didn't think Pastor Tim would appreciate tye-dye table tops...

In World History, Tiffany, Elyce, and I put together an amazing project. One side of the posterboard we had to do a display of Ying & Yang, and the other side was Judaism, specifically the story of Abraham, using magazines.

We cut out scraps of blue to make a collage of the sky, and scraps of tan to make a collage of the sand. Then we went threw and picked out our Isaac, Ishmael, Hagar, Abraham, and Sarah. We went through Obama, both Clintons, Bush, Cheney with a rifle (there were some old magazines, back from when he had his hunting incident), and some strange looking people. We settled on an adorable old couple holding hands to play Abraham and Sarah. We had a Hagar... but she somehow got lost in our mess. We didn't have much time left, so we cut out an Amish woman holding bread. We cut out a little boy and dubbed him Isaac, but we couldn't find another one to play Ishmael. So Tiffany got the bright idea to cut out the head of a baby and glue it onto the loaf of bread in Hagar's arms. Mr. P thought it was disturbing, I thought it was hilarious. Elyce cut out "one hot momma" and "multiplies" to put over the old couple - Abraham does after all have as many children as stars in the sky. Haha. We found a large print "GOD" to put at the top, too.

Then with 4 minutes of class left to go, we flipped over the board and put together a craptastic Ying Yang with white and black magazine scraps with the help of Athena, 3 glue sticks, and Yug and Artem standing over us telling us we wouldn't have time. We had one minute to spare :) It actually didn't look too bad. I'll have to take a picture of it - especially the Judaism side, it's hilarious. I smell an A coming :)

When did it get to be 11:34pm?