Sunday Randomness #47: Jack's Return

 Have your pet's microchip checked at least once a year.    http://www.petbusiness.com/May-2016/Chipping-In/

Sunday Randomness #98 : Spanish Rice 3X in a package

 Knorr brand Spanish Rice 5.6 oz (158g) package (per serving: 1 g fat, 6g protein, 3g sugar, 690mg sodium  2.5 servings/pkg)  Add water and vegetable oil.  Okay tasting but on the bland side.  Mix of rice and pasta with spices.  Price November 2017 in SLC, UT: $1.00

 Rice-a-Roni Spanish Rice 6.8 oz (192g) package  (per serving: .5g fat, 5g protein, 2g sugar, 890mg sodium  3.5 servings/pkg)  Add water, butter, and a can of diced tomatoes.  Good but unquestionably on the salty side.  Mix of rice and pasta with spices.  Price November 2017 in SLC, UT: $1.00 

Zatarain's Spanish Rice 6.9 oz (195g) package (per serving: .5g fat, 4g protein, less than 1g sugar, 400 mg sodium  4.5 servings/pkg)  Add water, butter, and a can of diced tomatoes.  Mix of rice (no pasta) with spices.  Definitely the heartiest of the three but maybe was edged out by the chewy texture of the rice.  Price November 2017 in SLC, UT: $1.49  

Disclaimer-I bought all three packages at regular price and we tried all three on the same night just out of curiosity.  We've also made homemade Spanish Rice with just rice, water, and salsa.  Homemade is still definitely better but for everyday we like the Rice-a-Roni best as both a side and a topping for homemade burritos, tacos, and the like.  We liked the Zatarain's best when paired with a salad for nights when we're copying restuarant salads like Costa Vida or Cafe Rio.  I was not compensated in any way from any company or individual.

Sunday Randomness #190: Obscured by lightsaber cotton candy!

A sweet treat for a sweet Daisy.  These were expensive but this image helped make it worth the price.

Author #170: Develop map reading skills as Dillemuth explains maps in Mapping My Day

Julie Dillemuth wrote Mapping My Day with illustrations by Laura Wood.  Mapping My Day is another good book to start teaching about maps and directions.  In a world obsessed with GPS and online mapping services, there is still a place for knowing how to read a map whether it be online or hard copy.

Author #169: Hughes helps the world in her book What Matters

What Matters is written by Alison Hughes and illustrated by Holly Hatam.  A young boy picks up an abandoned soda pop can and puts it in the recycling bin.  It's a small thing but "what matters" is the impact his action has on the surroundings.  He influences many things from an ant to two baby birds to some flowers to the ocean with many creatures and things in between.  This is one of the best books I've ever read about the impact of cleaning up our garbage on the environment.  I still can hardly believe we only have one copy of this book in our local library system.  I loved Holly Hatam's delicate illustrations.  See more of her work at her website: http://www.hollyhatam.com/

Sunday Randomness #160: Seven Virtues and Portland Central Library

We visited the Portland Central Library this last summer and I took a few pictures.

 One of the many pieces of art around the library.

 A row of music folios.

 More and more rows of music folios with sheet music for practically any instrument in a traditional orchestra (including voice) and some non-traditional instruments.

 The library has three floors.

 The pillars are painted wood, not real stone.

 Iron gates and wood doors at the front entrance.

 The stairs had etched designs including a treble clef sign.

 And a rolling pin!

 Mica and Daisy by the tree sculpture in the children's area.

 Seven Virtues is a coffee shop near one of our stops.

We got hot chocolate (with the cream heart design), whipped milk infused with lavender, and a berry crumble that was both gluten-free and vegan.  It was the best berry crumble I've ever tried.  We bought some extra to take with us.

Author #168 : Fantastic art on fantastic flowers! Stockdale is spectacular!

Susan Stockdale takes photos of real flowers and paints beautiful versions of them with acrylic paint. Fantastic Flowers is a gorgeous example of an artists' interpretation of the real world. You can visit Susan at her website: http://www.susanstockdale.com/ 

Author #167 Mary Holland introduces Otis the Owl

This cute little guy is featured in Mary Holland's book, Otis The Owl.  He's a barred owl which is just one species of owl found in Oregon.  To learn more about Mary and her other animal books you can read this interview done by Deborah Kalb at http://deborahkalbbooks.blogspot.com/2017/04/q-with-mary-holland.html that she posted in April 2017.

Sunday Randomness #33 : 10 benefits of swimming

These 10 tips were posted at my pool a few months back and I asked if I could take pictures of them.  I justed wanted to be able to remember that regular exercise has hidden benefits which includes swimming and other forms of exercise.

1. Swimming improves muscle definition and strength.

 2. Swimming builds up bone mass.

 3. Swimming helps you stay flexible.


4. Swimming reduces inflammation.



5. Swimming holds its own for calories burned.

 

 6. Swimming can improve exercise-induced asthma.

7. Swimming lowers stress and depression.

8. Salt water swimming can be a beauty treatment for skin.

 9. Swimming can make you smarter.

10. Swimming may just lengthen your life.

Answers for movie quotes from July 16th post

A.      32 "...If The Pirates Of The Caribbean Breaks Down The Pirates Don't Eat The Tourists."

B.      59  “10,000 Years Will Give You Such a Crick In The Neck”

C.      13  “All It Takes Is Faith And Trust”

D.      3 “And I Guess That Was Your Accomplice In The Wood Chipper”

E.       7 or 22 “As You Wish”

F.       23 “Bond James Bond”

G.      68 “Carpe Diem Seize The Day Boys Make Your Lives Extraordinary”

H.      41 “Crom I Have Never Prayed To You Before I Have No Tongue For It No One Will Know If We Were Good Men Or Bad Why We Fought Or Why We Died But All That Matters Is That Two Stood Against Many I Know That Battle Please You Crom So Grant Me One Request Grant Me Revenge And If You Do Not Listen Then To H*%$ With You”

I.        34 “Do You Want To Build A Snowman”

J.        51 “Do-Re-Mi”

K.      58 “Dreams Feel Real While We’re In Them It’s Only When We Wake Up That We Realize Something Was Actually Strange”

L.       2 “E.T. Phone Home”

M.     50 “Frankly My Dear I Don’t Give A D*&%”

N.      16“Frying Pans Who Knew Right”

O.      19“Gentleman You Can’t Fight In Here This Is The War Room”

P.       36 “Good Morning And In Case I Don’t See Ya Good Afternoon Good Evening And Goodnight”

Q.      14“Good Morning Vietnam”

R.      55 “Heigh Ho Heigh Ho It’s Home From Work We Go”           

S.       7 or 22 “Hello My Name Is Inigo Montoya You Killed My Father Prepare To Die”

T.       61 “Here’s Another Curse For You May All Your Bacon Burn”

U.      64 “Here’s Looking At You Kid”

V.      8 “Houston We Have A Problem”

W.     70 “I Am A Leaf On The Wind Watch How I Soar”

X.      18 “I Am Groot”

Y.      47 “I Can Teach You How To Bewitch The Mind And Ensnare The Senses I Can Tell You How To Bottle Fame Brew Glory And Even Put A Stopper In Death.”

Z.       39 “I Know What You’re Thinking  Did He Fire Six Shots Or Only Five  Well To Tell You The Truth In All This Excitement I’ve Kind Of Lost Track Myself But Being As This Is A .44 Magnum The Most Powerful Handgun In The World And Would Blow Your Head Clean Off You’ve Got To Ask Yourself One Question Do I Feel Lucky Well Do Ya Punk”

AA.   43 “I See Dead People”

BB.  27 “I Was Hiding Under Your Porch Because I Love You”

CC.  69 “I’ll Be Back”

DD.  53 “I’m Flying Jack”

EE.   42 or 24 “I’m Not A Smart Man But I Know What Love Is”

FF.    21 “I’m Not Bad I’m Just Drawn That Way”

GG.  28 “If It Bleeds We Can Kill It”

HH. 5 “If You Build It He Will Come”

II.      4 “If You Can’t Say Somethin Nice Don’t Say Nothin At All”

JJ.      56 “It’s Another Disease We Don’t Have In Moscow    Starvation”

KK.  49 “Just Keep Swimming”

LL.   63 “Life Moves Pretty Fast If You Don’t Stop And Look Around Once In Awhile You Could Miss It”

MM.                       6 or 65  “May The Force Be With You”

NN.  1 “Merry Christmas Ya Filthy Animal”         

OO.   24 or 42 “My Mama Always Said Life Was Like A Box Of Chocolates You Never Know What You’re Gonna Get”

PP.    17 “My Precious”

QQ.  12 “Nobody Puts Baby In A Corner”

RR.  44 “Now Put That Thing Back Where It Came From Or So Help Me”

SS.    37 “Please Sir I Want Some More”

TT.   33 “Resistance Is Futile”

UU.  15 “Roads Where We’re Going We Don’t Need Roads”

VV.   26 “Snakes Why Did It Have To Be Snakes”

WW.                       54 “So Let It Be Written So Let It Be Done”

XX.   38 “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious”

YY.   40 “Take Your Stinkin Paws Off Me You D*%$ Dirty Ape”

ZZ.    10 “That’ll Do Pig That’ll Do”

AAA.                     30 “The Flower That Blooms In Adversity Is The Most Rare And Beautiful Of All”

BBB.                     31 “There Can Be Only One”          

CCC.                     45 “They’re Here”

DDD.                     67 “This Drink I Like It Another”

EEE.                       29 “This is Sparta”

FFF.57 “This Is Your Last Chance After This There Is No Turning Back You Take The Blue Pill The Story Ends You Wake Up In Your Bed and Believe Whatever You Want To Believe.  You Take The Red Pill You Stay In Wonderland And I Show You How Deep The Rabbit-hole Goes”

GGG.                     62 “To Infinity And Beyond”          

HHH.                    11 “Toto I’ve A Feeling We’re Not In Kansas Anymore”

III.   9 “Wax On Wax Off”

JJJ.   20 “We’re All Pretty Bizarre Some Of Us Are Just Better At Hiding It That’sAll”

KKK.                     25 “What An Excellent Day For An Exorcism”

LLL.                       52 “Where’s My Super Suit”

MMM.                 35 “Whoever Saves One Life Saves The World Entire”

NNN.                     66 “Why So Serious”

OOO.                     65 “Why You Stuck Up Half-Witted Scruffy-Looking Nerfherder”

PPP.46 “You’ll Shoot Your Eye Out Kid”

QQQ.                     48 “You’re Gonna Need A Bigger Boat”

RRR.                     60 “A Fake ID Works Better Than A Guy Fawkes Mask”  

OR

1.      Home Alone NN

2.      E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial L

3.      Fargo D

4.      Bambi II

5.      Field of Dreams HH

6.      Star Wars MM

7.      The Princess Bride E or S

8.      Apollo 13 V

9.      The Karate Kid III

10.  Babe ZZ

11.  The Wizard of Oz HHH

12.  Dirty Dancing QQ

13.  Peter Pan C

14.  Good Morning Vietnam Q

15.  Back to the Future UU

16.  Tangled N

17.  The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers PP

18.  Guardians of the Galaxy X

19.  Dr. Strangelove O

20.  Breakfast Club JJJ

21.  Who Framed Roger Rabbit FF

22.  The Princess Bride E or S

23.  Dr. No F

24.  Forrest Gump EE or OO

25.  The Exorcist KKK

26.  Raiders of the Lost Ark VV

27.  Up BB

28.  Predator GG

29.  300 EEE

30.  Mulan AAA

31.  Highlander BBB

32.  Jurassic Park A

33.  Star Trek First Contact TT

34.  Frozen I

35.  Schindler’s List MMM

36.  The Truman Show P

37.  Oliver! SS

38.  Mary Poppins XX

39.  Dirty Harry Z

40.  Planet of the Apes YY

41.  Conan the Barbarian H

42.  Forrest Gump EE or OO

43.  The Sixth Sense AA

44.  Monsters Inc. RR

45.  Poltergeist CCC

46.  A Christmas Story PPP

47.  Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Y

48.  Jaws QQQ

49.  Finding Nemo KK

50.  Gone With The Wind M

51.  Sound of Music J

52.  The Incredibles LLL

53.  Titanic DD

54.  The Ten Commandments WW

55.  Snow White and the Seven Dwarves R

56.  Doctor Zhivago JJ

57.  The Matrix FFF

58.  Inception K

59.  Aladdin B

60.  V for Vendetta RRR

61.  Howl’s Moving Castle T

62.  Toy Story GGG

63.  Ferris Bueller’s Day Off LL

64.  Casablanca U

65.  The Empire Strikes Back MM or OOO

66.  The Dark Knight NNN

67.  Thor DDD

68.  Dead Poets Society G

69.  Terminator CC

70.  Serenity W