Culinary Napalm

So last week I mentioned that we made home made caramel sauce and the kids and adults alike LOVED it. I mentioned also that I burned my thumb "a little". I might have understated that a bit. I was swirling the hot melted sugar in the pan and when I added the butter, a tiny splatter of the sweet lava splatted onto my thumb. This culinary napalm burned deeply enough to turn my thumb meat white in a spot...well done you might say. I rinsed it as soon as I could (I didn't want to ruin the caramel at such a crucial juncture) and I applied ice because it hurt like HELL! A blister formed and broke and I have changed the band aid many times over the course of the week. The first band aid I applied actually ripped the blister apart. I have used Neosporin and Aloe Vera gel to aid in healing and keep infection at bay. I hope I don't have any nerve damage...

Canyoning

Have you ever heard about canyoning? Me neither until I was reading my good friend's son's blog about his current adventures in Ecuador -- looks exciting and yet painful. Check it out http://patrick8448.blogspot.com/2008/02/canyoning-worlds-coolest-sport.html

Didn't think it would work, but I had to try...

As I was packing up my orchid to bring back into my office, I accidentally brushed against the new stem whose buds hadn't bloomed yet and snapped it almost completely off. I was very upset because I was looking forward to enjoying the beautiful blooms in my office. I performed minor surgery and scotch taped the stem back together at the office and prayed that the graft would take.... several days later I was sad to see that a bloom had fallen off and the rest looked like it was dying as well...