PB&J

I made a Peanut Butter and Jelly (PB&J) sandwich last night as a snack before bed, and as I was making it, I thought about the effort I was going through to do it. First I got out a paper plate to build the sandwich on, and then eat from. Then I got out two slices of bread, the peanut butter, the jelly, a knife and a spoon... I like my sandwiches toasted, so I put the slices of bread in the toaster and then opened the PB and J, placed the knife on top of the PB jar. I opened the grape jelly and put the spoon on the upside down lid on the counter. When the toast popped, I took the first slice out, and coated it evenly with peanut butter, and put the excess from the knife back into the jar. Then I got the second slice from the toaster, and plopped a spoonful of jelly on the slice and spread it with the back of the spoon. Then I put the two slices together, put everything away, got a napkin and a drink and started chowing down. As I was doing all of that I realized that making a PB&J sandwich, which is really easy, has to be done a certain way. I thought about why I did the peanut butter first? Why didn't I put both the PB and J on the same slice when I was making it? Why did I use both a knife and a spoon? Why make this simple task so complicated? Well then I wondered... Am I the only one that makes it this way? How do other people make their PB&J sandwiches? Do they just slop it all together, or do they do it a special way? Do you put the peanut butter or jelly on first? Do you toast it? Do you mix the two on the same slice? Do you use only one slice of bread and fold it over? Do you like a special bread for PB&J? What about the jelly? Do you use jam or marmalade? Do you use a knife, fork, spoon, fingers or some combination to make the sandwich? The Smucker's company that makes Jelly and Jam is fighting a legal battle to "patent" a special technique to make a PB&J so the jelly doesn't soak the bread. These must be very important questions, and I want to know what is the best way, no, the perfect way to make a PB&J?

Ratchet and Clank: Deadlocked

Josh got a new game for Christmas this year, and we have been enjoying it together. The game is Ratchet and Clank: Deadlocked This is the 4th game in the series, and we have owned, and played all of them. This installment has less weapons, and the levels are not as difficult to complete, however there is a new part to this game that makes it worth it: Co-operative play. In the previous game they added a multi-player mode that allowed two or more players to go to special arenas and shoot each other, or work toward a common goal. They have included that feature in this game as well. The new feature of this game is that two players go through the actual story part of the game together as a team. In this mode, each player has their own "split screen". You share the same weapons and ammo, and both players can't use the same weapon at the same time. The game forces cooperation by requiring the players to stay within a certain distance of each other, and requiring both players to work together to get past obstacles.... For example the one player keeps the robots away long enough for the other person to open the door. This game allows Josh and I to play together. We have to work as a team, each using our individual strengths in the game. But don't tell him, but when he isn't around I play it in single player mode, and create mayhem, and destruction all by myself!

New Posting Method

I am trying a new way to post to my blog using “Blogger for Word”, which is an addon that allows me to post using Microsoft Word.

It’s nice, because I can use the formatting, and spell check and stuff from Word, however, it doesn’t allow me to add images in the post … Bummer.