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This is the lawn in front of our apartment today!

I thought it would be a pleasant surprise after Chemistry Lab.

Pictures

Here are some pictures of this year (literally) that I like. I am trying to get them printed for our house, but I can't seem to get on top of it.

Individual Heaters

Fall has now come and it is FREEZING in the Library. It seems that the temperature has cooled down outside, but they still keep the buildings cold. Some may speculate that it is to keep the students awake while studying or taking tests. Others say that they've just forgotten to turn the AC down. I suppose it could be because if it is warm, all of the computers might over heat. Regardless of the reasoning, it is unpleasant to have goosebumps all morning while you are trying to study and work. It may seem like I am whining, however, when you are wearing long pants, socks, shoes, an undershirt, a long sleeve shirt, and a jacket, you have the right to whine. I feel bad to the people next to me wearing shorts and flip flops. My solution is personal space heaters under each of the library desks. Just for winter of course. Seeing as it snows for a good amount of time, it would be a great investment. That way, like in every classroom, under every desk we could adjust our temperature to a comfortable setting. I mean it is more practical than bringing one of these babies into the library. I think they might be louder than a whisper.

I think the desk warmers would look like this. How great would that be for those of us who freeze while we are studying. You might even be able to curl up and take a nap underneath the desk.
Some of you may be opposed to this idea, but TODAY I am all for it.

Going Green: the Miracle of Manure and Salsa Verde

Upon recently returning from almost two weeks of vacation (pictures coming), I thought it best to go check up on my tomatillos and the other things at my grandma's. It's a good thing I did. I think almost all the plants there are out of control! And not in a bad way; they are just the size of plants that have been mutated by "THE OOZE" in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (FO REAL). The zuchini plants are literally up to my chest and produce zuchini squash that only the "ooze" could have produced. Exhibit A:

It truly is the width of a female thigh and the true length of an adult femur. I was blown away, as were other fellow wymountonians. I was thrilled to bring home lots of fresh, home-grown produce though. Exhibit B:

And yes, under those giant, mutated-by-the-ooze tomatoes are my humble little tomatillos--small in size but great in number (don't worry the big ones are still filling in and they are BIG and there are lots of them too). It was my first harvest. Pure joy. While contemplating all of the many life's lessons I could mention that I learned from my growing the tomatillos from seed, nurturing them, transplanting them, trusting nature to care for them, seeing them grow up so big and plentiful, and at last harvesting and the different times of life (sowing and reaping), I thought it best to simply comment on the real miracle of manure.

It was in fact no mutant ooze that produced such astounding results, but rather a truck load of carefully loaded, fresh, cow manure (thanks to Anthony, Mark, and Myself). It was rather exhilarating at the time, but now that its harvest time the true miracle is seen. Who needs that artificial, chemically-engineered fertilizer? Why not go green (or a nice shade of greenish-brown)? Grandma always trusted the ol' manure trick, and now I can honestly say I do too. It works miracles.

SO......back to my tomatillo success. Here they are; Exhibit C:

I don't know if it's my drive for success, or my business oriented mind (gotta bring home the bacon....or is it bread?) but the thought struck me that it would be nice to be able to bottle my famously authentic SALSA VERDE. I ran to the store and bought some cute little jars and some s****** chiles (come on now, I'm not going to reveal the secrets) and some small little dot stickers to differentiate the mild from medium and hot. It was kinda hard doing it all by myself (mass producing that is, and getting the jars ready while I was supposed to be watching everything cook) but it really wasn't too bad. And someone already swiped their very first jar of authentic, home grown SALSA VERDE (you're welcome Greg). Maybe I'm a visionary, or maybe I am just bored these few days until school starts, but this could be big someday. Exhibit D:

And if you don't believe me on how good it is, you better get yourself a jar. I honestly thought the HOT was the best (but then again I am partially bias to true authenticity). Here, have a close up; Exhibit E:

And there you have it. GO GREEN. Literally. With both the miracle of manure and a fresh bottle of my home grown, basically made by a mexican, SALSA VERDE.

Google It!

I just wanted to let everyone know that if you have a question, feel free to GOOGLE IT! Or use any search engine you want. It is just so nice to get answers so fast. Whenever anyone has a question for me, I GOOGLE IT. I'm not smart. I'm just creative... or whatever. It is nice to have people think I'm smart. I thought this was a cool picture of the logos, but I wanted to take the opportunity to promote finding easy information fast.

New Desktop Photo?

I found this picture and just wanted to state how much I love watching Bones. I love to let my brain sink further into the couch as I watch episode after episode.

Holly's Visit

Holly came for a very short visit and we were so happy to see her. We did many fun things and I only have a few pictures to show for it. It is the only picture that was the right format for the blog and that I have on my computer. It's a great picture though. We went to the Natural Water Slide, the Temple Open House, made good lunches and dinners, went to school, etc. It was such a great two days! We can't wait to see her again!