Group fun!

This weekend we had our first presbytery youth retreat... first one in a LONG time, at least.  We needed to divide the kids into groups a few different times and wanted to use different methods to do it so it wasn't the same old thing with counting off.

I had seen this...

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and it worked like a charm.  Everybody got into groups, they were divided up evenly and fairly by their color of dot... and everybody got to eat a piece of chocolate, too!

Indoor tulips?

I love tulips.  They are, without a doubt, my favorite flower.  So when I saw this idea of a way to grow them inside, I knew I had to try.  It's a pretty inexpensive project, so if it doesn't work, it doesn't work.  But here's hoping!

I got the idea from here...

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I had one glass container, but I went to the Dollar Tree and bought two more.

I also bought the clear glass beads there.  The website said that if you want to see the roots grow, you should get the clear ones.  Put some of those in the bottom.

Then place a bulb on top of those and put a few more glass beads around it not to cover it, but to support it.

Then put water in the container so that it's almost up to the bulb, but not touching it.

Now we wait... I'll let you know if flowers grow!

The post in which I start to make up for lost time

I'm behind and I know it.  I'll make up for it soon.  This post includes two pins, if that makes it any better.

So this first one, I saw the pin and clicked through, hoping to find a recipe.  Unfortunately, it was a link to try to get me to buy a mix.

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So I decided I could just make it up myself.  I made brownie mix and I made cookie dough and tried to drop the cookie dough into the brownies and bake.  I tried it a number of different ways.  The first batch I threw straight into the trash - it was a major flop.  Then I tried cooking the brownie batter a bit before adding the cookie dough.  I finally got an outcome that I was okay with passing on to others to eat.  But I still don't like the look of it.  They basically looked like cookies baked on top of brownies, instead of one inside the other.  Oh well - people said they tasted good!

The other recipe was a repeat for me.  I made these last fall and they were delicious, so I made them again.



Another success!  They are yummy, they are pumpkin, and they are really even pretty good for you!