Monthly Archives: February 2011

Preservatives vs. No Preservatives: WEEK 1

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In reference to this post, here is an update for week one. First off we quickly realized that researchers we are NOT. After the first 24 hours the two pieces of bread were simply hard as rocks so we decided they needed to bagged; therefore we placed two new pieces of bread in bags. The same bread was used, etc only this time contained within a moist environment of its own of sorts.

We have long since tossed the ol’ Sara Lee (remember she expired on January 30, 2011). The Bran for Life bread (that suspiciously is lacking an expiration date???) is being stored in the fridge as it says it should be and Adam has been having his daily PB&J with it.

After one week, this is what we have folks:

There is one itsy mold spore on the bread that is preservative-free which does not surprise us at all. The other piece looks as fresh as it did when we put it in the baggie, albeit 15 days past the expiration date.

Valentine’s Box

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Yep. You read correctly. I made a Valentine’s Day box. I am a 34 year old woman and made a Valentine’s Day box and had soooo much fun doing it. My husband helped and he had fun too! There are some girls at the clinic that made some last week (mainly from the office area) and the idea got me so giddy I couldn’t wait to make it! Just ask my nurse. She now says that nothing I say will ever surprise her. “Janna, guess what? I’m gonna make a Valentine’s Day box! Janna, I’m gonna make my own laundry soap. Janna, I think I’m going bald. Janna, I forgot to put deodorant on-do I smell?”

I decided to make an ambulance and enlisted my dear Husband’s help. I’m telling you this was the most fun the two of us have had by ourselves in a long time. We sat at a 6 foot table and it felt like we were in art class in 5th grade. It was great! We even drank soda pop! At the end Adam said, “ahhh, what a sense of accomplishment”. The great part is that it only cost $4. I had all of the paper, the brads, glue, metal strip thingy for the grill, paper, etc already in my scrap booking stash. All we bought was the white foam board and the lights for the top which are heart shaped rings~a buck a piece!

 

close up of the tires

And of course there is a 16 second video….

Preservatives vs. No Preservatives

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Did you ever watch Super Size Me? If you haven’t, you need to. It is a documentary about how the obesity epidemic started in America. We watched it 5ish years ago and to this day we sing the theme song to eachother “McDooonalds, McDooonalds….Kentucky Fried Chicken and a Pizza Hut….Pizza Hut”. The funny thing is there are gestures that you make with your arms that go along with the song that we always do when we sing too. So, yeah…we look like idiots pretty much. But to say the documentary moved us is putting it lightly. It is kind of like The Business of Being Born. That one also effected us.

Okay, onto what I was talking about and by the way….Adam and I have yet to step into a McDonalds since watching that documentary which is crazy because Burger King and all of the other fast food joints are the same, I AM 100% SURE!!! I am getting to a point, not just ramblin’ I promise. Stick with me here for just a bit more. In the film they do a little study where they watch some foods for a long period of time to see if the mold, etc. For instance, we’ve ALL found that long lost french fry between our car seat, right? And, it looks the freakin’ same it did the day we bought it in the drive through. Am I correct?

So, Adam came home on Friday with this weird loaf of bread and it said “no preservatives” on it. I also have a loaf of good ol’ Sara Lee in the cupboard. We are going to do our own little study right here on East 17th Street in Cozad, America, people. YES. WE. ARE. I am so serious. Not even yankin’ your chain! ha ha. Anyway one thing that I found interesting is that we cannot find an expiration date on the “no preservatives” bag of bread. I find that a little odd, don’t you? Hmmmmm. The Sara Lee bread expired on January 30th~yes, I know I had expired bread in my cupboard (so shoot me). So, I don’t know I guess we’ll just periodically take a picture and update as we go and see which molds faster and if they start to smell too fast than we may have to nix the whole thing because we just don’t like smelly things. We’d never be good garbage men or good morticians or whatever other smelly things that people do.

WITH preservatives

NO preservatives

The subjects (will be kept at room temperature on top of our fridge-so the cats don't eat them!)

Happy Valentine’s Day….to?

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Adam and I were picking out a couple of Valentine’s cards and I picked up this one and couldn’t help but start laughing. He burst out in a fit of laughter too. I mean how can you not! First off, who would you give this too? Secondly, well…who would you give this too again???? It didn’t matter to us, though because we just HAD to buy it and decided we would figure it out later who to send it to (I mean, nothing says “will you be my Valentine like this card”!). We already have and it is stamped and ready to go and I guess you’ll see if it is you if it shows up in your mailbox! heh heh.. Here it is, folks: