It's time to outsource homework...

...so I can focus on what I really want to do: dance. Just kidding.

I don't want to dance but I do want to not do my homework and I'd rather do just about anything else (with the exception of getting cat hair all over my schwetty feet.)

This week's paper topic: Evaluate the knowledge retention strategies that are in place in your organization. What would you do to implement new or change existing strategies to improve effectiveness?

Who wants in?

I made the seven clutches last week for my friends. Well, eight, really, but I found out an important piece of information: I stink at following patterns which I suppose isn't news. SO I junked the first one and made up my own pattern. I originally was nervous that I wouldn't finish them or would end up not going to bed until 3am or something crazy like that...but instead, I was only up until 1:30 with a DRASTICALLY changed pattern. They ended up looking more like this (but with pretty upholstery.)

I should be doing my homework. Instead, I'll talk about beets.

Beets are one of nature's colorful anomalies. Far too few things in nature are purple, or more specifically, fucsia, espcially veggies (at least, the good ones.) Sure, there's the edge of kale and other kinds of lettuce but beets are special- and not the pickled kind either. The plain old, bleed all over your hands, beet. Having ZERO experience with beets and a slew of veggies on hand, I decided to make some fresh cole slaw (which I'll be taking to Lauren's roommate's BBQ Thursday if we make it,) squash and onion kabobs and boiled beets! for dinner last night.

(I feel the need for a paragraph break here.)

I boiled the beets for 20 minuets, cooled them, halfed them (with my Alaskan Ulu!!), and then made them into little beet boats, not beet boxes, though :-/. I used them to give the cole slaw a ride in around my dinner plate- so I guess they ended up being more of a garnish. Poor beets. They can never catch a break.

Unfortunatly, the most intersting thing about the beet is the color b/c at 44 calories for two (boiled and drained) and with little nutritional value otherwise, they don't have much else to offer.

Ug. Paper time. Just kidding, it's Hammertime.