The Case of the Disappearing Calories

A couple of days ago, I was looking in my job's cupboard for snacks or lunch or something like that when I saw popcorn. Popcorn with 93% less fat. Score! That makes me feel skinny. Out of curiosity I looked at the nutrient information. There I found this:

3 Tbsp unpopped

Calories 130

Calories from fat 20

1 Cup popped

Calories 15

Calories from fat 0

The Calories! They disappeared! Where did they go? Does popping make all the calories fall out? I texted Rachael. She said, "What? Really?" because what else are you going to say to that?

"Apparently." I said. cool. We made plans to check out other popcorn boxes for the magic. I also made sure to check how many servings there on in a bag. About 2! yes! that means once I pop it I only have 30 calories. That's the best news I've ever seen.

Then I started writing this post. I took a picture on my phone as evidence of the disappearing calories on my phone at the time and I was looking at it to transfer the info over. I glanced up at the serving size information to make sure they matched up. (now the point of view is my head) 3 Tbsp unpopped excellent. Hmmm wait. That 1 cup popped looks suspiciously like a 7. hmmm. Look, madly calculate (well not really), that would be about right. Well the bag did seem like more than 2 cups. Shoot! This  is going to ruin my post. It was going to be so cool! I had plans. My dinosaur chicken nugget post will make it up. I should check it for sure because it's blurry. ZOOOOOOOM. Blast. It is a 7. 

My life can be so disappointing. 

Books! and some other stuff

This is me blowing out my candles for my birthday. It was really good. The only slightly negative thing was the frosting mom used. It had so much sugar that I thought I was going to go into a sugar coma. 

This is Emery, my brother, preparing to go to his board of review. This is after I fixed his hair.
He tried to trim up his hair around his ears and failed. I couldn't stop laughing which he didn't appreciate. We fixed it by shaving off the rest of his hair.

The review went great and Emery is an Eagle Scout! 

My Grandma bought me this (1940's), a reproduction of an apron pattern (1940's) and a cookbook which is later. 
On my birthday there was a yard sale at the Historic USO building that Rachael and I went to. I think it's hilarious that it's now called the Historic USO building and not just the USO building. It was basically a dud until we went inside and found books. 

Roget's International Thesaurus (1947)

Viavi Hygiene (1911)

One of the places this book automatically opens up to is a chapter on the non-development of girls. Here's an excerpt:

"The immensity of the evils generally wrought upon girls by the schoolroom can hardly be exaggerated. At the time when Nature is placing the heaviest strain upon them, they are called upon to work to the full limit of their strength. Any excessive burden placed upon a girl's mind at the age of of puberty consumes forces that Nature demands for her physical development. Indeed, at this time there should be no more mental work than is needful to keep the mind in healthy working order. The sexes should never be permitted to work in the same classes at this time. It places girls at an unnatural disadvantage, and by introducing competition, spurs them on to exertion that they  cannot afford to make. Nothing will be lost by proceeding slowly until the girl's menstruation has been firmly established, for when that occurs naturally, there ensues a remarkable mental activity that makes strides with a rapidity impossible to boys. "

I laugh every time I read it. Though the idea of taking it easy for a while does appeal to me.

Webster's Shorter School Dictionary (1925)

Harbrace College Handbook (1956)

Grammar!

English Literature by John Calvin Metcalf (1918)

Pocket Bible Hand Book by Henry Hampton Halley (1936)

If anything can help me understand the OT I'm probably going to buy it especially if it's cheep and old. 

The Fanny Farmer Cookbook (1965)
That ends my yard sale finds. I got all of those for 6 bucks. Score! 

Emily Post's Etiquette The Blue Book of Social Usage. (1965)

I got this one at the library for a quarter. There is some good stuff in the Friends of the Library section right as you walk in. 

Here's the cookbook I mentioned earlier. The one my grandma bought me. 

The Good Housekeeping Cook Book (1944)

I'm loving my finds!

yeah, yeah

I'm working on a post I promise. It's actually kinda long and maybe worth reading. 

I have discovered a hobby of mine. I've started collecting vintage sewing patterns. It's been so fun so far! I don't have to many and the ones are do have are all from the 50's but I'm enjoying it anyhow. Since vintage is my new thing I've been reading a lot of blogs. Apparently, it's popular to do giveaways with blogs. You leave a comment and then if you want to be entered again post about it in your own blog. Since this is an opportunity to increase my collection for FREE! (That was said like free in Bedtime Stories) I'm definitely blogging about it now. And since I want it none of you should go enter unless you intend on giving it to me for my birthday. I'm shellfish and I mean it! jk :)

Anyway, here is the link. It's seriously cute don't you think? :)

I'm BACK!!!

It's amazing how I don't seem to be able to motivate myself to write on my blog when I don't have school work to procrastinate with.

A brief and entirely interesting review of my life. I got done with school and managed to pass everything, even the class that I missed the midterm in. That was a relief. And then I went home. I babysit twice a week for a total of about 20 hours for a couple in first ward so she can go to work. Those two are crazy! Two boys ages 3 and 1. They have been keeping me busy for those days. Other than that I've been hanging out. Rach and I will get together and do something most days. The other day we went to the thrift store and got a sweet suit for our cousin Emma to wear to my birthday party. It's actually a 70's suit but looks 40 enough and it fits her really well. During the past month I've been laying around, I've also watched 6 of the 7 Gilmore Girl's seasons. I've decided to get creative.

Creativeness!

My grandpa bought be some quilt square from 1940 online because I told Rachael I liked them. Now my job is to sew it together. I've got the sashing; I've just got to do it.

It's me cooking! That recipe came out of my mom's 1947 cookbook and it's called Welsh rarebit. I was too chicken to try it but Dad said it was pretty good

This is the pattern that just arrived for me. I'm making Callie a dress for her birthday. It's part of the collection I mentioned. I actually bought this one. All the others have come from my grandmas. :) I'm a little nervous about making it because I've never sewed anything before. I figure it's for Callie and she'll think it's awesome and wear it no matter how bad I make it look.

Tomorrow's my 19th birthday and my party. It's 40's themed. Mom made me a skirt and was supposed to make a shirt too but I don't know if that's going to happen by tomorrow afternoon. We'll see. I'll post some pics and descriptions later. Like after it happens.

So glad!

For one I'm so grateful for all my babysitting jobs this week. It's been great! I've had so much fun.

 

For second I'm glad that little kids are here to keep me in line and whatnot. Tonight I went babysitting for the Saunders. Grace asked me, "Why are you living with your parents if you're big?" and right after, "Why aren't you married?" Later James asked where my kids where. I laughed. It was awesome! 

Pink eye

I woke up yesterday with some serious allergies yesterday. My eye was wigging out. I took an allergy pill and then set out to Hillhollow for yummy frozen yogurt.  I took my sunglasses because my eye was really sensitive to the light even though it was a really cloudy day. I walked into Broliums with one eye very shut. Anne kept laughing at me because I looked like I partied hard with some drugs. Later that day someone mentioned something about maybe it being pink eye. I looked up the symptoms and that's what it looks like I've got. I'm going to the student health center tomorrow to check it. It's some really bad timing. 

Lovely eye of mine. 

Pet Peeves

• People who type their smiley faces the wrong way. They are supposed to look like this :) not (: . 
• People who write comments on facebook that have nothing to do with the original post. For example: status-  "[person] is taking a nap." comment under status- "How are you? It's been a long time. I hope you are good." That is what the wall is for.
• People who can't seem to type full words online. u r stupid! It takes 5 extra seconds to type you are stupid. You are not texting. Use real English. 
• My computer thinking it's an  airplane. That's annoying
• People breathing on me.
• People who smell bad. Use deodorant. It's fabulous
• People who always wear ugly ill-fitting clothes.
• People who think that nudity in art is automatically pornography and then try to talk me into believing the same thing.
• People who act like they know everything. 
• People telling me that my shorts are too short, my undershirt is too see thru, etc when they are in no leadership position over me. 
• People poking my back when my shirt rides up. Leave my exposed flesh alone! I'll take care of it in a minute. 
• Censorship of things that do not need to be censored. Teenagers should not be forbidden to see movies or read books because they are sad.
• Teachers assigning me homework. They should stop. I would like that
• The freaking out about Cancer. Breathing can cause cancer so stop freaking out. 
• People who think that anything but religious and classical music is evil. Especially hip-hop. Leave the genre alone.
• People who say "ta" instead of "to" 
• Mothers who call me at 9 on a Saturday morning to say Happy 4th of July who then call back half an hour after I've hung up so my little sister can blabble at me. Just kidding. I love that blabbling little sister of mine even though she is like my shadow when I'm with her.
• People who spend all day whining about their problems.  

Ok. That's the end for now. I think I'm going to go find myself some lunch or Linner.