Barbara Harper posted: " Once again another week has flown by, and we're pausing with Susanne and friends at Living to Tell the Story to remember some of the good things that have happened. 1. Dry ice "experiments." We had gotten some dry ice to use at our family Hallowee" Stray Thoughts
Once again another week has flown by, and we're pausing with Susanne and friends atLiving to Tell the Story to remember some of the good things that have happened.
1. Dry ice "experiments." We had gotten some dry ice to use at our family Halloween party, but had quite a bit left. Jim texted Jason and Mittu a link about some other things they could do with dry ice. They invited us over on Saturday to do some of those dry ice activities with Timothy. As it happened, when Jason went to get the dry ice out of the freezer--the bags were empty. The dry ice had turned back into a gas, I guess because their freezer wasn't as cold as dry ice needs to stay solid. Since we were set up and planning to play with it, Jason set out to find some more, having to go to four stores before he found any. But Timothy had such fun mixing up water with food coloring or dish soap and dropping dry ice in, then using different utensils on it. We found that if you squeeze dry ice with tongs, it makes a screeching sound. And Jim and Jason got curious about what would happen if you put water and dry ice in a water bottle with the lid on. Short answer: it explodes loudly. (There's a sheriff's deputy living in Jason's neighborhood, and we were a little afraid he would come over to investigate the noises we were making on the back deck. He didn't, thankfully.) Near the end of the activities, Timothy proclaimed, "I love science!" Then Mittu made stir-fry for us, and we played a couple of rousing hands of Uno.
2. Voting. I'm thankful we have that privilege in this country.
3. Veteran's Day in the USA today. I am abundantly thankful for those who have served our country, often in unseen ways, at great sacrifice to their families.
4. Getting an hour back. I don't really like changing the time back and forth, nor the early darkness. But I do like that extra hour once a year from "falling back."
5. Apple cider. We usually just have this a couple of times a year, but Jim and I discovered we both like having an alternative hot drink. Neither of us likes hot tea, but we usually want more warm drinks in cold weather than coffee.
Then Mittu made stir-fry for us, and we played a couple of rousing hands of Uno.
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