M= Mac and Cheese

 2 cups uncooked elbow macaroni : This reminds me of how when I was seven or eight years old I would make my elbow like how the pasta elbows looked. Then I would eat it raw, and my mom would say "be careful you might hurt your mouth".

4 tablespoons butter: This reminds me of how when me and my sisters would want to help make and bake things my mom would say get the butter and we would never know that on the side of the stick it said how many tablespoons it was.

2 tablespoons all-purpose flour: I remember having flour fights with my sister lisa. Then we would get in trouble and have to clean it all up.

2 cups milk: Every morning till I was ten years old my dad would always have hot chocolate milk waiting near my bed and before I went to bed I would drink it. It woke me up and put me to bed.

1/4  salt and pepper to taste: I remember the time I got salt in my eyes and I cried and cried and my dad had to wash it out.

1/4 pound processed cheese food: I remember drowning my spaghetti with tons of cheese from price chopper. I never liked any other brand but the price chopper brand.

1/4 pound shredded Cheddar cheese: I remember going to walmart and seeing the shredded cheese and always wanting the mickey mouse shaped cheese.

Every time we make homemade mac and cheese it makes me smile and brings back bad and happy memories.

Famous Poem Starters

Promise

 But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep

you are my everything and without you i would not be complete

our love is like a flower which gives me the power

the smile on your face makes me feel like you are my place

you are home you are my life without you I wouldnt be able to survive

from a little girl to a teenager life changes so easliy

but I promise this I will always be the same girl that everyone sees

smiling and laughing and not getting enough sleep 

So promises are everything to me and I will walk miles and miles 

to see that smile

my journey may be long till I am an adult

so I have promises to keep and miles before I can finally sleep.

Nursery Rhymes ARE Relevant to Life

 Over the River
Over the river and through the woods
To Grandmother's house we go.
The horse knows the way

To carry the sleigh

Hurrah for the pumpkin pie.

Through the white and drifted snow, O!
Over the river and through the woods
Oh, how the wind does blow.
It stings the nose

And bites the toes

As over the ground we go. Over the river and through the woods
Trot fast my dapple gray.
Spring over the ground

Like a hunting hound

On this Thanksgiving Day, Hey!
Over the river and through the woods
Now Grandmother's face I spy.
Hurrah for the fun,

Is the pudding done?

 

This poem is really good because it really relates to my life today and when I was younger. When I was a little girl every time we would go to my grandmas to see them for thanksgiving we would sing the poem over the river. It  was my favorite thing ever. Now it became almost like a tradition. My sister michelle is still young and we still sing this poem all the time. Its a fun way I think to bond with your parents and siblings. Family is really important to me and this poem makes me think of how when im older im going to want to sing this with my kids. Many people don't think about the future and what they want in life but this poem really makes me think.

 

Turn your Ink Blot into a Beautiful Butterfly

It happens

breaking a vase

not knowing what to do 

kept it secret for awhile 

then one day telling someone about it

and then fixing it

and gluing everything back together

learning to be honest and kind 

and giving back a homemade vase 

turning it into something so wonderful that was so not

its what is in the inside that matters

Brad Shear

http://blog.timesunion.com/michaelhuber/blogger-of-the-week-brad-shear/1031/
http://blog.timesunion.com/mohawkhudson/and-your-pets-too/2508/

Brad Shear is 40 years old and lives in Delmar. Brad Shear went to college at University at Colorado in Boulder. Brad Shear loves to write about animals and pets. He says "I try to write about things I care about so I will make time do it." He loves animals so even though he has his wife at home he still has time to write about what he loves. Not only does he like to write but he learns so much from writing "people respond well to honesty and being you". He learns that honesty is the best. Being you is what makes readers love to read what one person writes. In the article "and your pets too" brad talks about tick bourne diseases and not only can pets get them and suffer from it but people can too. Advice he gives is "if you do get a tick on your pet, it is important to remove it right away" It is very important for an animal too for you to get it off right away.  Brad Shear loves animals and love to help others take care of animals. He is no vet but he does know a lot about animals.

NYT Tuesday

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/03/remembering-bills-gay-nineties/?ref=nyregion
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/03/sports/soccer/giorgio-chinaglia-italian-star-and-the-cosmos-leader-dies-at-65.html?_r=1&ref=nyregion
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/03/us/politics/for-bob-kerrey-terrain-old-and-new-in-nebraska-senate-run.html?pagewanted=2&ref=us
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/03/opinion/brooks-respect-the-future.html?ref=opinion



Slow down

After staring impassively for a few seconds
I am a finisher
he sipped a coffee in a shop here
The stakes of this race may be higher 
living together in the full sense of the word;
 going about our life, hand in hand,
 with everyone lending a hand,
 as though nothing was wrong at all
remain humbly open to your own
respect the future