January 2009 Archives
In my language arts class, we are learning about poetry (again). People chose silly poems, creative poems, sad poems, but I chose an inspirational poem. This Sunday, I saw a girl that sat near us at church. She was deaf and blind and it was interesting to watch her understand what was going on. So, she inspired me to write this poem.
Life in Silence
All in the time she has lived
With nothing to hear
Or to see
A wondrous life to guarantee
Her ears still linger for sound to enter
As her eyes never see past a black sheet
For her, nothing is missing
Her life is complete
Her small hands rest on another woman's
With feeling sign language as interaction
The woman's hands continuously move
Her effort to imitate never does shorten
Others wonder how her mind works
Sometimes it may seem frightful
But, not knowing to talk, or see
This is what she knows as normal
Look into the glassy gray eyes
With a smile forming gently
It shows her life in silence
Has infinite words to show beauty
Over the winter break, Kelly, Mom, and I busied ourselves by baking. With the help of Kelly, we made some delicious sugar cookies with homemade icing. "Cut-out sugar cookies" is what they were called. Time: Half a day?
Next, Kelly and I had to make a gingerbread house without any instructions. At first, it was a disaster in the making. However, we were able to get the sides to stay together and could have fun with the decorating. Although it was fun to look at, the clean up was horrible with the dried on icing and the decorations flying in every direction. Time: 1-2 hours
Since I had some stomach issues, Mom and I bought FiberOne muffin mix to make, but we never ended up making them. So, I ended up making the banana nut muffins which turned out to be quite delicious. Time: Half an hour
For quite some time Mom and I planned to make some homemade doughnuts. Early in the afternoon, we started by putting some ingredients in the dough mixer and for an hour and a half we waited for the dough to kneed and mix just enough. After that boring step, we rested the dough on a flower-covered surface for about 30 more minutes. I waited eagerly sitting next to the pile of dough and watching TV to make the time pass. When 30 minutes passed i was excited to cut them out finally fry them... but no. We had to cut out doughnut holes and the rings and put them in the oven to let them rise. After the minutes slowly passed, we took them out and heated up a pan with oil in it. Frying them took only 10 minutes! 12 doughnuts and 15 doughnut holes in 10 minutes. To some we added sugar and other a glaze. They tasted great with how soft and warm they were. (as you can see by the picture we really enjoyed them)
