Experiments

The last week has been kind of fun at our house. It all started when we went to Wal-Mart about 3 weeks ago and bought a planter for this summer. Rachel and decided that we wanted to have some fresh veggies, but we weren't sure if we would be able to keep them alive. We decided on having lettuce. It is easy to maintain and with moisture beads in the bottom of the planter, its okay if we forget to water them. Last week it was in the 70s and looking like spring had finally come to Idaho. So, I got everything together and we planted our lettuce.

This is the right side of the planter. It is being held to our banister by fishing line. The wind would have blown it away if I hadn't tied it down.

Here is the left side of the planter.

The reason that I had to take two different pictures is due the fact that there is a garbage bag held on by duct tape completely surrounding the planter. Here is a direct quote from Weather Bug on my phone about the forecast for Pocatello today: Mostly cloudy. Scattered snow showers and rain showers in the evening...the n scattered snow showers after midnight. Windy. Snow accumulation around 1 inch. Lows 27 to 34. Southwest winds 20 to 30 mph. Gusts up to 40 mph in the evening. areal coverage of precipitation 50 percent. We are supposed to have a combination of rain and snow through this weekend and into next week. Finals are next week. It still looks like winter.

This was taken from our kitchen window around 6pm. The bright dot is the sun. It was trying to snow.

Another fun thing we did was dye Rachel's hair. After having to spray white hair spray in her hair every night for The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (still don't have pix from that yet) she was kind of tired of her blonde beat up hair. So its red. I ended up dyeing it because Rach kept crossing wires with a friend who she wanted to do it. I have never before tried to dye anyone's hair and I REALLY enjoyed myself! :D So, here is Experiment 2: Rachel as a redhead.

The last interesting experiment came tonight during dinner. Rachel made some dough and taco meat mixed with refried beans. We were going to have Navajo Tacos. She put some shortening on the stove to melt and heat up. The fumes nearly did us in. I had to open the windows and wave a damp cloth in the air to force the smoke to dissipate. We don't have a hooded oven so no fan. :( While the oil was heating I took half of the dough and pounded out hand-sized parts for scones. Rachel dipped them into the oil and watched them boil!! Yay! Below is the result of said cooking:

What you see is very brown very well done outside and a doughy inside. The oil was too hot. Rach told me that the last time her family had tried scones without a home fryer the oil was too cold and they ended up being grease sponges. The verdict: both ways are ewwwwwwww grooooooossssss!!!!!!!!