blending it up a bit....

first, let me say that this post is neither important or all that interesting...it's just a few muddled ideas and lessons learned....

second, let me add an addendum to the last post.  hudson's homeschool curriculum was software.  i am not responsible for his lesson plans or activities....his online teacher is.  i was only responsible to download the software.  that is all.

ok, on to my actual post...basically, we have finally bought a blender.  when we got here, it seemed easy enough to set up house...buy a sofa, a table, some beds.  but after a while you realize things you had tucked away in your kitchen cabinets at home, oddly enough, are not tucked away in the cabinets you are renting in swaziland.  we are forever saying, we need to buy a new one of this or of that.  a blender was one of those things.  i had thought we could get away without buying one...perhaps....  but, i had thought that at home many times before, too.  in the course of our 16 years together, i think we had purchased 4 blenders.  either we are very hard on blenders...or we are not buying the right brand.  anyway, i had finally bought one that blended beautifully.  i was very happy with my blender purchase.  but then, like 3 weeks later,  God told us to move to africa, and my blending future seemed iffy at best.  now let it be noted, i did bring my mixer and my food processor to africa...i'm not quite sure why i felt compelled to leave the blender.  i do remember my mom mentioning the need of a blender, i remember thinking, "i'll just give mine to her."   and so i did....all but the lid.  the lid mysteriously went missing when we moved our belongings to oklahoma for a short time before the "big" move to africa.  mom, did you ever find that lid?  i really think it was in dad's truck.  *sigh*  what is my poor mother going to do with a lidless blender?  you can get away without a lid on many things...but a blender is not typically one of them.  honestly, i'm not even sure i correctly recall her saying she needed a blender....i thought i did, but maybe i just wanted to keep my blender in the family.  i do weird things like that sometimes....  by that point in our move,  i had given away or sold so much...the blender attachment may have run deeper than i was conscience of.  mom, please save my blender!  i'm coming back!!!  lid or no lid!!!

anyway, yesterday randy bought a blender.  there was much anticipation in the house as we knew that meant today we were having frappucinos.  yea!  and tonight,  tonight i made milkshakes! they were quite tasty, and i feel i did a good job.  much better than the last time i made them...which was my first time to make milkshakes.  you see,  last time i attempted to make a milkshake, i stuck my wooden spoon down into the blender before the blades turned all the way off.  it took a chunk of wood out of my wooden spoon.  it dispersed wood throughout the shake.  small pieces, the kind you could easily swallow.  pieces that, in my mind....were probably very harmless.  they were so small.  the kids likely wouldn't even notice.  it was an oreo shake, and the kids and i so desperately wanted to drink it.  so, in a quick, rash, decision.... i decided to risk it!  we drank the oreo/wood shake.  well, we drank some of it.  then i had this panic attack that the wood would lodge itself into their colons, puncturing the colon walls and causing them to die.  i didn't want to be the mom that killed her kids with a wooden shake.  so i quickly gathered up all of the shakes, ripping them right out of their excited little hands.....  much to their dismay.  there was crying and yelling and great sadness throughout.  and so i learned, don't stick a wooden spoon in your blender when you are making a milkshake.  you are all very welcome for this pertinent, public service announcement.  and once again i will ask that you not judge me for any of the afore mentioned activities.