Ha, right now you are thinking - WTH with that title? Well I will get to it. Is it wrong to say WTH? I think that is less offending than WT_? Although personally I snicker when people use that in conversation (the abbreviated form that is.) Pop culture is a funny thing in general.
So people are either joiners, who make novels into bestsellers for instance, or non conformists who shun what's popular, right? I can't really place myself in one category though if someone were judging me from the outside I would probably appear to be in the former category. I mean look at what I've told you about myself so far, Harry Potter, Twilight, alternative therapies (yes ALTERNATIVE therapies are quickly becoming a bandwagon- funny oxymoron.)
Well, to start I don't have much to report about our visit to the CHAMBER today except that all I wanted to do was go to sleep (holding out on coffee before therapy!) And that is a good sign. But Pauli is getting bored and hot in the last 15 minutes which makes it hard to do so, sleep that is. If anyone out there has any suggestions on keeping a seven year old with sensory issues entertained in a small place, let me know. Please :)
One day I want to tell you all the amazing things Doodle is able to do and has learned to do on her own but today I wanted to mention something completely different because I am excited about this bandwagon, yes I have a point and general direction to this post!
Trends can be a good thing like people moving away from smoking, or a bad one like drug experimentation in the 60's and NO I wasn't around for that! Some people like my cousin and my best friend are non conformist. They aren't into Twilight (sheesh, I don't get that one at all,) and tend to think that people who do what everyone else does are yawnish. I agree for the most part. If everyone does the same thing how bland would the world be?
However, sometimes the bandwagon is an great and awesome thing like the current trend toward eating healthier, local grown, organic foods. How can that be a bad thing? It's not. So I was reading a post on something called CSA's last month -Community Supported Agriculture. Where you buy a "share" in a local farm and in return you get a portion of each week's harvest. I followed a link that was provided called localharvest.org and found a brand new CSA farm just down the road (new to CSA, the farm was very established.) How neat!, I thought. Maybe this will get my kids and myself to eat more fresh veggies. They are OK about it but when I go to the store I stand there in front of the produce and have no idea what or how much to buy and tend to waste money and things rot in my produce drawer and give off a weird caustic smell before I realize I did it again. Then it starts all over and its a vicious cycle.
This way I know I will be getting a certain amount on a certain day each week and I just have to eat it up before the next Tuesday. It's supposed to be enough for a family of four and with my kids being little, our seven will eat just this amount I bet.
Above is a picture of this weeks haul which costs $20. It is supposed to be about 20% less than grocery chain prices. Not sure, but supporting the local economy is a great thing to do in any case. There is actually a little more than is pictured. So I have boarded this trend train for the better. Now I have no idea how to cook Okra so if anyone has a clue please send it my way! Talk to you tomorrow :)
The CSA share looks great. No idea how to cook okra. I'm not from this planet called "the South" ;)
ReplyDeleteAbout keeping cool & busy in the chamber - could you bring one of the soft-cold-packs like you'd put on an injury? Keep it in a small insulated bag until the heat gets to be too much & then she can put it on her head or squeeze it in her hands.
what about playdoh?
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