Questions from Katie!

Because I'm at a loss as to what to write, I'll be answering random questions from Katie.

Q:What all did you eat today?

A:Haha, this may be embarrassing. I nibbled on food all day today. It involved some granola bars, a petit four, cottage cheese and mandarin oranges, peanut M&Ms, ham, and a popsicle. There may or may not have been some more in there. Heh.

Q: What do you think of when I say "Marshmallow"?

A: I think of this time when I roasted marshmallows as a kid. We were out in the woods around our house, and we had built up a fire. I think one got dropped on the ground, and our dog Bruno ate it. It got stuck on his nose, and he spent a long time afterwards trying to lick it off.

Q: What is your favorite frozen yogurt topping?

A: Kiwi! I don't know why, but I just love kiwi on top of vanilla frozen yogurt.

Q: Would you rather be burning up/almost dehydrated or FREEZING cold?

A: I would rather be burning up, I guess. Neither sounds very enjoyable, but when I get cold my feet go all numb and frostbitten looking.

Q: Explain the saying, "It's raining cats and dogs."

A: Well, you see, the explanation involves me making things up completely, since I have no idea what I'm talking about. A long time ago, there was a storm so bad that it swept away all of the animals in the world into a big tornado (which is a Spanish word, but the storm was before Spain). When the winds finally died down, all of the animals were deposited topsy-turvy on the villages, the rivers, and the hills. It was a great mess, but as they fell from the sky, the people shouted "It's raining cats and dogs!" THE END.

To Utah!

Behold! A picture blog to feast your eyes upon!

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On our way to the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth Airport!

The Dallas Airport. Very modern looking.

Ogden: Home of this sign.

Also home to this Mormon thing and a collection of painted horses.

A theater themed like ancient Egypt. Can't get much cooler than that.

My water had a strawberry in it. Imagine that. Much better than a lemon, that's for sure.

Something was on fire. We spent the drive theorizing what it was.

Here you go, history nuts. The monument at Promontory Point.

If train A leaves the West traveling 100 MPH and train B leaves the East traveling at 100 MPH in a winding, curving fashion and the distance between the two is a whole continent, how far from the East will it be when the two trains meet?

Salt Lake. It smelled really nasty. This is how I think the moon would look if it had water on it.

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Before School Blues

I'm well into my last week of freedom before the school year starts, and the mixed feelings are already setting in. But I'm not going to miss the long hours with nothing to do as much as I'm going to miss the food. It's nothing amazing and just out of the Food Channel, but there's something wonderful about not having to eat cold peanut butter and jelly sandwiches that taste more like refrigerator and ziplocs than they do anything natural. You know, the kind where the jelly's soaked through the bread and gone stiff, like the sandwich bled out and died in your bag.

I'm going to miss having whatever I want for lunch, so for the next four days I'm going to enjoy lunch. Here's what I had today for lunch:

That right there is the extent of my cooking skills. I overcooked the egg a bit, but it was still delicious and it disappeared within minutes. Later I got creative and made a smoothie:

I know it looks gross and you would probably give me raised eyebrows when I told you what all I put in it but I assure you it was delicious for a first try at making smoothies.

Here's to enjoying varied foods for lunch while we still have a chance!