Fractions

Milk

It seems our milk is in disguise this morning. Wonder who would've decided the milk needed to have a batman costume? 

Babysitting Bobo

 We had such a fun time pig-sitting for some friends for about a week.  Bojangles was very well taken care of ...perhaps force fed a time or two! 

Luli's Fairies

The search for the perfect jeans

I own 17 pairs of jeans. Somehow I always feel, though, that I haven't quite arrived at the holy grail of Jeandom. Its always something...they aren't dark enough, skinny enough, huggy enough, roomy enough, casual enough, short enough, comfortable enough...or something. I should say, that I've only purchased a handful of these jeans, and of those I've purchased, probably only 5 have been at retail price. And those 5 have probably been from Old Navy for 8 to 12...maybe 20 dollars. Most of the others have come from clothing swaps. So perhaps I'm suffering from quantity over quality.
Don't you feel that the color is paramount? I feel that the color can so easily be nerdy if you aren't careful. I have the ideal color in my mind...kind of a medium darkish blue. But the weave or thickness of the denim can throw that off so fast that we're back to nerdville. And then there are the seams. These can be all wrong as well.
Recently I leapt into (or more like slunk into) the world of the skinny jean. I even found myself justifying my purchase to the sales girl, being that she was about my age.  I'd held off for so long - for reason of age and body shape, but finally gave in for reason of boots. I like these newest ones, but no, these were not the jean to end my quest.

Help. Do you have a favorite brand or type within brand that you swear by? Or maybe there is no Holy Grail of Jeans out there. But I'm a believer. I will continue my quest until the perfect pair is found.

Ode to Cheese

If I speak in the tongues of the dietary masters, but do not have cheese, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.

If I have the gift of creating interesting vegan meals and can fathom all the ways of using soy protein, and if I have no desire for meat products, but do not have cheese, I am nothing.

If I give up all sugar and desserts and give over my body to the hardships of healthy eating, but do not have cheese, I gain nothing.   Cheese is wonderful, cheese is good.  It does not go bad, it is not tiresome, it fills you up.

Homework

 A couple of weeks ago, we had 1 on 1 interviews with the social worker who is in charge of our foster care license.   On top of our class hours, weekly homework, and lengthy application, the social worker gave me pages of questions to answer.  She also met with each of the kids.  Below is Alyssa's homework, and then Caden's. 

Their assignment was to draw our family with the foster child. I was glad that in both pictures, they put the foster child in the middle of all of us! I think they pass.  Meanwhile, I'm plugging away the clarifications of questions I've already answered. :)