Cooking

The water after boiling asparagus is green. 

Filters Blood

What the spleen does. 

Summer Break

6/28/14 Going to the Farmer’s Market by yourself is nice but it makes me miss my friends! 

Returning to Work

I missed my college/other job. 

Catch That Kid

Watching a movie you first saw 10 years ago is a blast, though you might be more critical of the acting now!

Advice for the Day

“Bloom where you are planted”

Leader Status

6/25/14 Water relays are super fun, especially when you get to just watch students do them!

Catching Up

6/20/14 How to drive to Iowa by yourself for the first time ever.

6/21/14 How to be your cousin’s personal attendant as she gets married.

6/22/14 I always love spending the day with my parents!

6/23/14 A great way to catch up on sleep from MadMish is by sleeping for 12 hours straight.

6/24/14 Some days you just don’t want to wear shoes. 

MadMish 2014 - Week 1

• There is a big difference between a four student team and a seven student team.
• “A smoothie is a healthy milkshake.” –MG
• Sometimes not preparing to tell your life story works out.
• The gym is not the best place to have discussion.
• Sometimes I don’t know just how tired I am.
• Sleeping in the tornado shelter is great, especially when there are tornado warnings.
• I have very loving and concerned friends who freak out when they haven’t heard from me after storms.
• There is a band named Fun and the singer in a song “sounds like Fun.”
• Even after a week of being with them, middle school students are still my favorite.

June Fourteenth of 2014

 Today serves as a good reminder that God is better at making life plans than I’ll ever be. 

Supper

6/13/14 How to make stuffed pork chops.

Psalm 16:6

6/12/14 Technically, I’m an heiress.

Just Barely

A triple batch (aka. a normal batch) of pancakes does indeed fit in the classic batter bowl.

Energy. Maturity. Size.

Eighth graders and going to be sixth graders are very different. 

Sorry!

I have a bad habit of walking away from the phone right after I text or call someone. 

Running Behind

Making lunch always takes longer than I expect. 

Ignite the Passion

Being at State Convention with no real role is a really strange feeling. 

So Great!

6/8/14 How to send emails using mail merge. 

PBS Shows

Spending half your Saturday watching episodes of Wishbone allows you to learn all about the classics that you've never read. 

Back in Time

Reading a book that you read in elementary school shows is a great way to know that you’ve always had good taste in books. 

So Sore

You discover muscles you didn’t know existed the day after doing a high ropes course and paintballing.  

Team Building

6/5/14 A high ropes course is much better when you do it in a team.

How to face some fears and survive challenges, 30 feet above ground!

How to depend on another person and work together to get across a wire with nothing but each other to hold on to.

How to shoot a paintball gun. 

Capture the Flag, Divergent style (with paintball guns) is super fun.

How to get someone out in paintball.

Elementary School

How to make a bowl out of a clump of clay. 

Wisdom at it's Finest

6/3/14 Some days you just can’t remember what you learned…though you’re sure you had to have learned something.

ThisTV

6/2/14 Movies on TV always take longer.

Prayers

“Steaks come blessed.” -CD

Winery Tour

5/31/14 Cream of tartar is a by-product of making wine. 

By vs. Buy

5/30/14 I shouldn't text and walk at the same time.