Another Day in the Life of Lactose-Freeness

             So, today I made Almond Milk, which is really easy. All you need is a blender, almonds, water (although most people do), and a strainer. It's very tasty but still not my favorite because I love real milk. Main reason I'm excited about Almond Milk: Coffee!

First, soak the Almonds.

Then blend them to a paste.

Next, add hot water and let steep for 10 min.

After that, make your own invention on how to strain out the almond mush.

Take the strained juice and tada, Almond Milk!

            After making Almond Milk, finishing my school, and catching up on dishes, I watched The Boy in the Stripped Pajamas. It's really sad, but I get extra credit if I write my thoughts on it. So that's awesome! Here's what I got so far:

           

Agitation, Animosity, Agony. These are the only things left. The pure monstrosity of it. How couldn't they have seen it, when we see it so clearly? I know why, but it’s hard to believe, they didn't know. It’s because the leaders just swept it under the rug because it didn’t hurt them.  

When the main character asks his father, who the people on the “farm” are, his Dad responds that “they aren’t really people.” This statement is just...appalling because he says it in such a casual yet matter-of-fact way, it’s painful. When the Mother finds out what the horrid smells and black smoke is from, she’s horrified and wants to leave, immediately. She says to her husband “That's not war!” He replies “It's a vital part of it!”

Some people, understand instantly how sinful The Holocaust was, like the mother. Others need something personal to understand, like the father. The father needs something that was close to home to understand.

His son, the main character, makes a friend, Shmuel, in the camp, and one day decides to travel to the other side of barbed wire. He wants to help look for Shmuel’s father, who went missing when he was assigned to a “new work project”, never to be seen again. When there, the two boys get called into a “house” where they are told to undress for a “shower”. They all get into a chamber, the guard locks the door, and ignoring the pounds on the door, gases them. The father is too late, he now understands that it’s not just part of the job, but that they are taking the lives of people who could be your family.

Agitation, Animosity, Agony

Oh, and it's Gloria's 11th Birthday!

Surprise!

Ecstatic yet Dismal

GarriOnn and I on Easter. He's wearing a nice suit-like thing, I'm wearing the dress I helped make with Granny.

           This morning, I got to go see my friend, Julie who works at the Kirkwood Library. Susan dropped me off before her class, which happened to be before the Library opens. So, I walked to this wonderful bakery called Great Harvest Bread Company. When I got there, I looked at the menu but then I realized that I couldn't get a coffee because I can't have diary. I cannot drink coffee black. Then I thought, "Well, I can have a blueberry cream cheese scone," but wait a second, there's cream cheese in it, so that won't work. So I had to get tea which was mediocre. But they did give me some of there whole wheat honey bread which was delicious, so that made it better. It was free because whenever they have something that comes out of the oven, they give a slice to the costumers in the shop. Yummy!

GarriOnn and I being silly!

         After I got my tea and finished my slice of bread, I walked back to the Library. I got to surprise Julie which was awesome! I got to show her the dress I made with my Granny. We caught up and she gave me some new books to read! So excited, well back to school!

My Dress!

An Adventure to Karen's

A picture to prove I was there!

     Hey Guys and Gals! Last weekend, I went to Liberty, MO. I was visiting Karen. Saturday, we went to an open-air market and got breakfast which consisted of Quiche, a chocolate croissant, Chai, and strawberries! It was so good.

                We got to look around and see all the different vendors. Then we went to Mud Pie which is coffee shop in a house! We spent the rest of our morning there and studied. Then we got lost trying to find Oklahoma Joe's Barbecue and after finding it there was a long line where we waited for an hour. But it was totally worth it because this isn't just meat thrown on a grill with some BBQ sauce, it's real barbecue where they smoke the meat and it a big deal. Anyway it took Karen and I a total of 15 minutes to eat it after we spent 105 minutes trying to get it. We had lots of fun hanging out her friends, eating ice cream, watching movies, and avoiding deadlines!

The Market

Since then I have been doing school, enjoying warm weather, and finding out that I'm most likely lactose intolerant. So I am on a no diary diet for a month. So starting today April 21, 2013 I will be diary free til May 21, 2013. Today for breakfast instead of eating a delicious bowl of cereal, I ate oatmeal. Man, this is going to be tough.
   

Our breakfast!

Getting ready to leave with my 25 lb backpack!