Steve and I bought a bed, it's really pretty, it was a great deal, can't ask for more. We found it on craigslist and the people selling it were really nice and suprisingly not scary or skanky.

Here she is, I'm excited to get it set up in our room! And they had some tall lamps they were getting rid of so we got a bonus lamp!

Yesterday I went to the lab with Steve to "help". He needed to get some things prepared for another lab class to use today. He's kind of like the petri dish fairy. He mixed this really fine powder with some water in a huge beaker and put in on the stirrer for a while. Next it was time to boil it for a bit. My one job was to make sure it didn't boil over. The stuff he was boiling is what goes into the bottom of petri dish's to hold cultures or dna or other sciency stuff. Once it is boiled and poured into a thin layer it sets up into a gel.

I got distracted from my job.

Before I knew it the beaker turned into a 7th grade science fair volcano turning the whole counter into a huge petri dish.

Whoops.

In other news, Steve got an interview for the PHD program at Washinton University in St. Louis! I am very proud of him, he's a smart little stink.

I have an unrealistic fear that he will be doing cancer research and one of our children will come down with that very same kind of cancer and it will be a rush to find a cure. Obviously I have seen too many dramatic movies. But it's just the truth. Those are the kind of things I worry about. I can't help it.

Thank you Cecile Spielberg for passing along all of your Jewish guilt and worry.

I found these on some really cute blogs while I am slaveing away at work........ they are simple, handmade, and perfect.