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Noodling on Noodles
Today is national noodle day. Let’s celebrate with a bowl of spaghetti and a few facts.
- Macaroni was introduced into the United States by Thomas Jefferson.
- One billion pounds of pasta requires 2,021,452,000 gallons of water – enough to fill nearly 75,000 Olympic-size swimming pools.
- The first noodles came from China.
- Americas bought 1.3 million pounds of pasta last year. That is enough to circle the equator almost nine times with 16 oz. spaghetti packages.
- There are more than 600 pasta shapes.
- The first American pasta factory used a horse in the basement to power the machinery. It was 1848 after all.
Grandma’s Noodles II
Ingredients:1 egg, beaten1/2 teaspoon salt2 tablespoons milk1 cup sifted all-purpose flour1/2 teaspoon baking powder (optional)Directions:1. Combine egg, salt, milk. Add flour. (For thicker noodles add baking powder to flour before mixing.) Separate into two balls. 2. Roll out dough, and let stand for 20 minutes. 3. Cut into strips and spread to dry–dust with a little flour. Let dry for approximately 2 hours. 4. Drop into hot soup–cook for about 10 minutes. This recipe is taken from www.allrecipes.com
Happy Noodle Day!
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Entertainment From 1934
I hope you enjoy this step back into the year 1934.
I need to get some extra writing time in today, so that will be all from me. See you tomorrow.
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Reasons It’s Hard For Me To Blog
Time
We all know this one. Time has a way of vaporizing when I try to take hold of it. I do have a very busy life, but writing (even in the blog form) needs to be a priority. I’ll just swap it for that old priority…Sleep. Speaking of time, I only have fifteen more minutes to finish this post.
More questions than answers
When I sit down to blog, my mind throws out question after question. I am one of the true Google junkies. Questions come to me throughout the day and I dive for my computer. I think this may be why I love research.
Insecurity
It may sound funny to some of you. I’ve published a couple of stories and I regularly send chapters to my critique group. I’ve even been a finalist for some major awards. Still, the thought of others reading my work makes me nervous. And honestly, my blogs posts aren’t as carefully edited as my manuscripts. That goes back to the topic of time. I feel like I should toss a major typo in write here.
I know, as authors we’re suppose to grow thick skin, and oddly I have no problem with most upfront criticism, it’s the behind the scenes that gets me.
Lack of tech ability
Blogging is suppose to be easy, right? Huh! I’ve had more glitches than I care to remember. Sometimes a picture won’t load. Sometimes I type but nothing appears. Sometimes my website just disappears. I’m a writer, purely a writer. When people start to talk computer, my mind jumps into a story world.
Spite
Yep! Spite. I’m really working on this one. Compliance isn’t my middle name. I don’t like to be told what to do, even when it’s the right thing. My husband actually finds this amusing. I think I’ll become compliant…just for spite.
What makes blogging difficult for you?
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Living on a schedule
I love freedom. I want to get up whenever my eyes open and stay up until I feel sleepy. You know, do what I want to do, when I want to do it. However, I also get very stressed when I don’t feel like there is enough time in the day. The later happens way too often, especially when I’m working on a first draft.It’s busy around here! With writing, blogging, homeschooling the girls, and the boys schedules, I sometimes feel like my head is spinning around on my neck.
My answer is to be a free-spirit on a schedule. Now, I’m not one of those people who schedules every second of their day. That would make me into a time bomb and very dangerous for my family. I’m organized from 6am until 2:30. The rest of the day seems to schedule itself. With picking one kid up from school, to games, making dinner, and cleaning up around here, there isn’t a whole lot of down time.
The new scheduled went into effect this morning. It means getting up 30 minutes earlier than I have been. That’s 6am folks! I’m not an early bird. Not even close so this time is brutal, but appreciated later. The first thing I do is my Bible study. It’s something I don’t want to have pushed aside if life intrudes on the schedule.
So, how do you get it all done?
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