Posted by Brad on March 18th, 2010 — Posted in Journal
I stopped by the drug store yesterday afternoon and made a quick pass through the Easter candy aisle. There was a package of Peeps that looked different from the rest, so I picked it up. Why were there only three of them, and why were they so big?
They were sugar free! I was intrigued. Aren’t Peeps 99.99% sugar and 0.01% food coloring? How in the heck could they make a sugar free version? It must be just a pile of chemicals. I had to try them.
I did not care for these. The most disturbing thing was the texture difference. The “sugar” crystals on the outside of the Peep were not crunchy. In fact, they chewed a little. It was weird. But I do have to say that the flavor wasn’t that bad. They weren’t as sweet as an all-sugar Peep, but they had a vanilla-flavored sweetness to them. If sugar didn’t exist, this would be pretty good. Fortunately, sugar DOES exist. Thank God for sugar!
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Posted by Brad on March 17th, 2010 — Posted in Journal
While at handbell practice yesterday, I saw a piece of cardboard on the floor of the church sanctuary. Being a compulsive litter picker-upper, I grabbed it. It was the front part of a box of sleeping pills. Sleeping pills in church? Since I’m a borderline narcoleptic, I can’t imagine anyone needing sleeping pills at all, much less in a place where someone talks quietly for twenty minutes while you sit still.
I couldn’t take a picture of it on the floor where I found it because all my bell ringers would wonder why I was taking pictures of litter, and I can’t just explain weird actions away like Lauren by telling them I teach preschool. So I took it with me and took a picture in my car:
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Posted by Brad on March 16th, 2010 — Posted in Journal
This year for lunch at school I mostly just drink Carnation Instant Breakfast. It takes far less time than more conventional lunches and it’s easy to pack. I drink three packages and use less milk than is called for. My meal ends up being around 600 calories, which isn’t too bad. A 400 calorie Healthy Choice frozen dinner would be more healthy, but it would cost more and take a long time to heat in the microwave. Mixing and gulping Carnation takes less than five minutes. Then I can get back to trying to stay ahead of my schoolwork.
I need about a cup and a half of milk for my lunch. My favorite container is a Tupperware thing Beth gave me. She gave it to me for some other use, but I can’t remember now what that was. It makes a great milk holder. When I forget it at school, I have several back-ups. In the picture below, they’re assembled behind the Tupperware cup. The colorful cup to the right is what I take to school to mix my Carnation in. I got it at a KFC in St. Maarten. It’s fun to use such an exotic cup for my lunch every day. It’s like I’m having lunch in the Caribbean. 
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Posted by Brad on March 15th, 2010 — Posted in Cat
Max has somehow learned to jump up on the kitchen counter. I really don’t want him to. Jumping up on the couch or my bed is okay. Jumping up on table-like surfaces? Not okay.
My first clue that he had been on the counter was discovering a chewed Pilsbury crescent roll after school one day. His presence on the counter top was confirmed by a paw print. I checked to see if there was a chair or other route that he might have discovered, but there wasn’t any way for him to get up there except by directly jumping. That meant I would have to block all access. So far it’s been working. I’ll wait to see if there are any other incursions. But how long must I keep this up until he has learned to stay off the counter? I don’t want to do this until he is too old to jump.
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Posted by Brad on March 14th, 2010 — Posted in Gardening
Yesterday was a day of returns. I’ve been searching for a new windowsill pot ever since Max broke my old one. I tried three different new pots to no avail. Finally last weekend I found what I was looking for. That meant I had to take back the others I had bought. I also took back the IKEA chair I had gotten for Lauren since she made a magical trip to Minneapolis to get one herself. I don’t return things very often. It was kind of fun. I gave the people stuff, and they gave me money. Cool!
And the new windowsill pot? It’s actually a tiny casserole dish. The haworthias fit perfectly. Well, actually, they’ll fit perfectly after I repot them. They’re a little over-grown right now.
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didn’t peeps get bought by another company in the last year or so?
No, must have been some other interestingly-shaped candy.
“…a pile of chemicals.” Ha! and also, shudder. You are very, very brave.
Interesting that those are sugar-free, yet not a low calorie food.