Scribbles and Scrambles ~ You Know It...

Scribbles and Scrambles ~ True Dat or Not

This is kinda fun. 

I'll bet you don't know that I love learning weird things about personalities and human behaviors. Ok. Maybe you do. 

Cute ? True. Smells Like a Rose?  NOT!  LIE! 

I found a show on Netflix that I'm not sure I'd recommend (Lie to Me) because of content etc but it was fascinating because the main character (who was a real jerk, btw) was an expert on human tells. 

Anyhoo, this guy reads body language and micro expressions (the tiny flickers of emotion that happen before people are able to mask). People use his skills in court cases etc. 

So my friend Michelle found a video quiz that gives you the opportunity to test your skills at guessing who's lying and who's telling the truth. Proud to say I guessed right 9 times out of 10. 

You wanna try?  Here it is. 

Scribbles and Scrambles ~ Words to Inspire

A friend is going to be a foster parent very soon. She has taken the classes, passed inspections and just waits for the final dots and crosses of the i's and t's. She wants her home to be a haven, a short term or long term haven for kids who need an infusion of hope, love and peace. 

She is working on the final details for her last home visit before her certification and wants to be child ready. So I offered to help. While she worked on a reading nook (with a reading teepee) (next to a soon to be created puppet theater) I worked on the chalk wall. The upper half has the alphabet and 1 - 10, a cork board "create" and random quotes. The lower half is free for children to create.

Scribbles and Scrambles ~ Word

Scribbles and Scrambles ~ Word (s)

Scribbles and Scrambles ~ A New Hero...of Sorts...

I just found Henri. I had to share. You might want a box of tissue nearby. Just sayin.

Scraps and Snippets ~ Clean the Crisper Drawer Roasted Cabbage Potato Soup

 Uhhh. I had a problem. Potatoes in my pantry growing eyes, limp celery and a chunk of purple cabbage needing to be put out of it's misery. 

So I said. "Self, let's make soup." So I did. 

Crisper Drawer Roasted Veggie Soup

2 stalks celery diced or minced 

1 small or 1/2 a medium/large onion diced

2 cloves garlic

3 potatoes (eyes removed) diced

1/2 medium cabbage sliced/chunked

mushrooms

chopped shaved broccoli stem etc.

5 cups vegetable broth

1/2 to 1 TBSP vinegar or lemon juice (I used balsamic)

2-3 TBSPs of nutritional yeast. 

Preheat the oven to 425. Drizzle grape seed or other oil on cookie sheet. Roll potato and cabbage thru so each is coated with a bit of oil. Grind several grinds of sea salt over the potatoes and cabbage. Roast for 25 or so minutes till there's some goldening going on and potatoes are getting tender. 

In a large saucepan dump a wee bit of oil in bottom of hot pan then add the garlic, onion and celery. Cook until browned and beginning to grow translucent. Dump in brocc stem bits or mushrooms or both. Add the veggie broth, vinegar/lemon juice. Bring to simmer. Add the roasted veggies. Simmer until everything is tender. Add nutritional yeast. Serve.