Tuesday, October 25, 2011


So I know Pinterest is old news, but I'll have YOU know that I've been on Pinterest for months and months.  Yes, that's right, I was riding the cusp of this fad back before most people had heard of it.  For those of you who don't even know what I'm talking about (don't feel too bad about being behind), here's a description for you.

Pinterest is a site dedicated to accumulating pictures that catch your fancy as you're surfing the net.  I love this because not only is it handy, but it's gorgeous as well.  It displays all your pictures in such a visually pleasing way.  I also love it because you can follow other people's "pins" and discover new things.

On that note, I've had some strange followers... Apparently it's crazy easy to find other Pinterest members through facebook, and so I've had tons of facebook friends following my boards.  Even guys.  Now, I hate to be sexist, but my boards are centered around home decor, hairstyles and fluffy bunnies, so this has me confused.

In other unrelated news...  We saw the northern lights last night!!!

Friday, October 14, 2011

Fall, fall... GLORIOUS FALL!



One morning, at the end of September, I was lucky enough to head out to the Sorghum festival in Meridan, KS. 

This is for the curious ones: 

Sorghum is a genus of numerous species of grasses, one of which is raised for grain and many of which are used as fodder plants either cultivated or as part of pasture. The plants are cultivated in warmer climates worldwide. Species are native to tropical and subtropical regions of all continents in addition to the South West Pacific and Australasia. Sorghum is in the subfamily Panicoideae and the tribe Andropogoneae(the tribe of big bluestem and sugar cane).  (Wikipedia)

Technically we went to the Fall Festival, but I'm pretty sure it used to be called the Sorghum Festival.  According to the guys at the sorghum booth, that's what the festival has traditionally been completely built around.  Now it's really just this one booth...  Honestly the stuff looks a bit scary.

Mr. Sorghum told us that we could use sorghum anytime we'd normally use molasses!  Now let me ask you, when was the last time you used molasses?  Exactly.

Still cool though...and ok on a saltine cracker.  Just like I remembered sampling it over ten years ago.  I bet the same guy was squeezing it out of a ketchup bottle even then.  That's just another reason why this festival is awesome!

On a totally unrelated note...

At this very moment, my ipod is submerged in a bowl of rice.  Tragedy.