i'm not growing up, i'm growing down

i have decided that i do not like doing anything grown up, so it's really too bad i have to. lately i have been doing a lot of not acting my age and i think i like it. for instance, the goo, i mean, how many 30 year olds play with goo? and not just play with it, actually make it themselves for the sole purpose of playing with it. that takes planning and shopping and following directions, a lot of work for an ADDer.

my latest not-my-age project is papier mache. i learned how to papier mache in fourth grade. i think, if i remember correctly, we had to make papier mache versions of ourselves. i left mine outside to dry and my dog ate it. i had to go to school and tell my teacher my dog ate my homework. luckily i was queen of the nerds and my teacher believed me so i was allowed to make another one. i'm really liking this papier mache-ing. and as it turns out other grown ups like it too. here is a cool website i found on all things papier mache.

ooey gooey goodness

i had tried to make flubber before and it ended up looking like pink brains. pink because i had added food coloring. brains, because that's just how it looked wormy and spongy and not flubbery. anyhoo, so i found a new recipe. i didn't want to get too excited about it incase i ended up with brains again, but i'll admit it, i was kinda excited. i've never really grown up, even though my husband likes to remind me how old i am. anyhoo. so i made some flubber. it came out fantastic. it is so fun and squishy! it reminds me of making claydough in elementary school. oh the joys of squishing and stretching and squishing some more. i guess i might have too much time on my hands, but if you want to make some ooey gooey flubber. here's the recipe from the oregon museum of science.

http://www.omsi.edu/visit/chemistry/flubber.cfm