Thoughts from my week (or two):
1) I’m a little concerned about the nature of Baguette’s relationship with Bert from Sesame Street. She keeps kissing him and then feeding him to her dragon.
2) While I think she has a point about the animation style, based on her criticism of the plot and themes, I’m going to assume that Mayim Bialik has not actually seen “Frozen.”
3) Speaking of “Frozen,” there are lots of ways to interpret that movie. Personally, I see it as a sharp criticism of helicopter parenting.
4) We went to visit my dad and stepmom this weekend, and on the drive back, Baguette let us sing with her. While we have found the Busy Beavers “Color Songs Collection Volume 1” to be maddening, we are delighted that she was willing for us to join in–even choosing which colors she wanted us to sing about.
5) This fall, I really want to get better at meal planning, and I want to use the slow-cooker more. Which means I probably ought to clean off the kitchen counter. Hey, time for a Leaf Bag List. Maybe I’ll get to that soon.
Sharp Criticism of helicopter parenting is a great analysis of Frozen. I saw a little short where, after her parents learned of her power, Elsa was delivered to Professor Xavier’s Academy for Gifted Children. Which would have been far more appropriate.
The slower cooker is a great tool for planning out meals. I typically buy a TON of meat on Sunday, throw it in the cooker overnight, and then divide it into single-serving portions on Monday, for lunches for me & Duffy, for the week.
I saw that! Very cute.
My problem with the slow-cooker is time. I need time to plan, and time to shop, and then time to have everything cook so that it can cool down to go in the fridge. I’m probably over-complicating it.