Produce Codes and the Roman Room Technique

Someone has a new job.
Involving vegetables and fruit and numbers.
And lots of memorization.

From what I can see, that someone must be trying out the old memorization trick known as

The Roman Room Technique

The Roman Room technique is an ancient and effective way of remembering unstructured information where the relationship of items of information to other items of information is not important.

It functions by imaging a room. 

Within that room are objects.

 

The technique works by associating images with those objects.

To recall information, simply take a tour around the room in your mind, visualizing the known objects and their associated images.

I dunno how it's working for Ev, but from now on, I'm going to associate brocolli, sweet potatoes, green beans, cabbage and lettuce with grubby walls, smudgy mirrors, cluttered fridges and dusty light switches.

Oh what is that I hear? Maybe I should spend less time blogging and more time doing housework?

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!

In my next life.

Sleepover Fun

For the little girl who has everything, we decided that a spa sleepover would be a great birthday present. Her parents were able to find time in her calendar, and last night (one month past her birthday) was deemed THE SLEEPOVER NIGHT!

We dropped her back home a bit before noon today, and her mom reports that she hasn't stopped talking about her time with her cousins.  

I hope she remembered to tell her mom and dad about our nice pasta dinner; 

making cookies;

 

splashing in the hot tub ("mommy said don't be in for a long time");

getting a tattoo;

and manicure;

watching Ev's manicure;

 getting a pedicure;

sleeping with Leah (after reading a book, cuddling her dolly, a sorrowful half hour of crying "I want mommy and daddy" while being cuddled by Leah and Auntie Valerie, following Auntie Valerie downstairs, cuddling with Ev and Leah on the couch, and following Leah upstairs and back into bed);

waking up early;

learning about JB through the wonders of play doh;

 

then spending an hour in the McDonalds playroom (she did finish her milk).


We think she will want to do this every year!

 We can't wait!

They danced, they screamed, they smiled as Justin put on a great show!

Special thanks to this mom who gave me a pair of earplugs.

Sweet Dream are Made of This

The girl with the posters on her wall

And ceiling

Has her laid out her outfit

And is fast asleep (finally)

Dreaming of the day she has been anticipating for months

Mom has the sharpies

(Purple is his favourite colour you know)

And the bookjacket cover

Now tucked away in her purse

Just in case cousin Brian finds a way to get us in for a

MEET AND GREET with Justin!

Just in case...

(Shhh, we don't want to get her hopes up.)

Birthday Brunch

The real (i.e. friends) birthday party has yet to take place, but Leah was a gracious guest of honour at her family birthday party last weekend.

I was glad to finally reveal the special present that we had been teasing Leah about.

Et voila! Our very own - no more rentals - Chocolate Fountain!

See that guy on the far right?

We had to drag him away from the chocolate every 5 minutes.

I wonder where this little one gets her sweet tooth from?

Eventually everyone helped themselves to brunch and gathered around the table.

Leah was spoiled - as usual. Her cousin was a big help opening gifts. The Justin Bieber sillybands were a hit with both girls.

While the birthday girl enjoyed her gifts, Grandma and Grandpa helped finish off the gooey chocolate mess at the bottom of the fountain.

I am pleased to report that the fountain washes up beautifully. Now that it has been tested and given two "fondue forks up", it will begin its Christmas party rounds.

Well that backfired...

Someone didn't do her homework last weekend and had to face the consequences. According to her status on her MSN account, she was (barely) able to survive the punishment:

"im grounded this week so im up in my room eatin halloween candy doing homework (love being grounded!)"

Autumn Garden

It is a beautiful crisp sunny day. Perfect for hanging out laundry.

I hadn't been in the backyard for a few weeks, and was pleasantly surprised by the colours, textures, and yes, flowers in this little yard. I just had to grab the camera.