Wheat Grinder

I want a wheat grinder really bad. I have the one I want all picked out. And I want to buy buckets of wheat from the Lehi Roller Mills when we go to Utah this summer. And I want to get the optional hand-crank for my wheat grinder (because I can think of so many disaster scenarios in which I will be at my house hand-grinding wheat to make flatbread that I will fry over an open flame). Actually, I'll feel like a bad mormon if I can't run the wheat grinder without electricity. Because don't we all secretly wait for the day when the national power grid goes down and we have to use the special wheat grinder attachment that lets you run it with your bicycle? (Seriously, my mom has the bicycle attachment - mormons are into disaster preparedness, in case you didn't know.)

But I'm afraid that my enthusiasm about grinding wheat and making bread will dwindle like my enthusiasm for my many short-lived projects of the past (modern dance lessons, learning italian, building my own telescope by grinding a pyrex dish into a lens, etc.)

Luckily, wheat lasts for several millenia without going bad, so if I buy it and never use it, at least it won't spoil and have to be thrown away like the revolving supply of rotten vegetables in my refrigerator. On the other hand, an unused wheat grinder is just a piece of crap taking up space in my house. On the other hand, I want it really bad and that counts for something. (Although it didn't count for anything when EVERY SINGLE YEAR I begged my mom for the 64-pack of Crayola crayons with the built-in crayon sharpener and she would only buy us the 48-pack. Oh, how I wanted that crayon sharpener.)

P.S. Everyone should get a two month supply of food and stuff so that you can stay home during the bird flu pandemic. Seriously.

Funny

This made me laugh out loud: German Coast Guard

(Thanks to Andy for pointing it out.)

Candy

I'm at Ed's house. I just spent the last ten minutes searching for candy and all I came up with was a bag of marshmallows. It's better than nothing, but who is this man I married? And where is his candy?

Visiting NYC

So I just got back from visiting my Brother and Sister-in-Law in New York. As usual I loved the city. Even when it is really cold, there is something about walking around where things and people are that appeals to me. I know that most people have some ideal about walking around outside in the open wilderness, where there is no one else for miles, and I like that too, but there is something about a city. What I really dislike is walking in the suburbs or a city such as Vegas where you can walk forever, and not get anywhere because it is all parking lots.

Also I must say kudos to public transportation. I know that we have it in theory out here, but in practice, not so much. I suppose in everyday life there is much to be said for having a car, but when you are a visitor, and hence will never have a car, public transportation is much better...

I also got a chance to see my brand new niece... (here helping her mom to do laundry)


She has to be the most beautiful baby that I have seen. Perfect skin, long eyelashes, but what really does it is that she will just look at you and smile! Her mom says she is such a flirt!


My sister was also out getting things done for her wedding. This picture is in the fashion district, where we were looking for fabric for the bride's maid dresses. I saw the needle through the button sculpture and I just had to make her pose:)


Getting to JFK via the subways when my luggage had expanded (due to shopping of course) was an adventure as ever. Those A trains to far rockaway never stop where they should, but I made it. As a whole the adventure was great, and I would recommend visiting my neice to anyone:)