The Cyan Pepper

Sleepwalk much?

A few minutes ago, Kiera had gotten up and stumbled into the bathroom. So I figured she just had to pee…. then she walks back out, and I asked her if she flushed, ‘cause I didn’t her her flush…. Then I realize that she’s wearing her soccer socks on her hands.

“No…. I was brushing my teeth.”

So I asked her why.

“I don’t KNOW!!!!!!” She collapses into a huge puddle of tears on the floor of the hallway.

So, OK, she’s obviously not actually awake. So I pulled her up, pointed her toward her bedroom and told her to go back to bed.

“OK” she shuffles into her room, turns the light ON, and collapses face-down on the bed, still wearing her stinky, sweaty soccer socks on her hands.

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Starting on the kid’s Halloween costume (yeah, I like to have things done ahead of time). Here’s Navi the Fairy, on top of her partially completed Kokiro tunic.

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Unhappy Elvis

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Housekeeping

So I realized I hadn’t updated in a while (liking the tumblr backend redesign)… sorry about that. I’ve been busy. Let me get you caught up.

Rich has an interview tomorrow (well, later today) for a job he really wants, so everone keep your fingers crossed.
Kiera has started first grade and loves it.
She starts soccer again next month and is excited.
Say hello to Elvis.
We’re putting our team and project ideas together for Rails Rumble, and I’m excited.
The weather is finally starting to cool down a bit here. Yay!
Rich’s birthday is coming up soon.
My eyesight is back to “normal”
I’m making icons like mad, but haven’t had time to work on the oen set I want to make for myself.
Obama/Biden ‘08

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Play Doh

These are all over the web, but here’s my recipe:

2 cups flour

2 cups water

1 cup salt

2 Tablespoons vegetable oil

1 Tablespoon cream of Tartar (optional for improved elasticity)

1-3 packets of unsweetened Kool-Aid

The Kool-Aid is what you’ll used to color your Play Doh. The more Kool-Aid you use, the darker the color will be.

Pour water into a medium sauce pan and heat over low-medium heat. Add salt and cream of Tartar and stir until both are completely dissolved in the water. Next add the Kool-Aid into the water. Then, add the vegetabl oil. Remove from heat and stir in the flour 1/2c at a time until it’s well mixed. Remove from pan and cover with plastic wrap until it cools enough to handle. Knead the Play Doh on a hard surface for about 2-3mins. Store in air-tight containers. Play Doh will keep longer if stored in the refrigerator.

The most important thing I’ve found is to make sure the salt is dissolved first. Most Play Doh recipes don’t mention anything about this and I’m not sure why, because if it’s not, you’ll have very grainy Play Doh. Dissolving the salt in the water first gives the finished Play Doh a very smooth consistency.

The end result is also non-toxic.

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This is NOT how you print files.

So I have a thumb drive that I’ve been using to back up files on this computer I’m working on. I got done, waiting for the computer to finish reinstalling windows, and I put the thumb drive down on the paper feed for the printer….. and subsequently forgot about it.

Then I got to the point where I needed it, went to get it off the printer and it wasn’t there… Then I looked over at the stack of order confirmations that I’d printed a few minutes earlier.

Then I did surgery on the printer to get my thumb drive out of it.

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» Whoa - Lenovo builds the mother of all notebooks, with built-in WACOM!

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We spent the day at Carter Caves state park. Here’s a link to the full set of photos from one of the cave tours.

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