And Straight on 'Till Morning

I know I've been focusing on my food issues in recent posts, but I was working on my budget today, and decided it was so cool I wanted to share it. Please forgive me for bragging a little bit, but I'm pretty proud of myself for actually using some of the things I've learned in my classes this year in real life. I use Microsoft Access to track my budget. I learned how to use Access mostly during my Accounting Information System's class last semester. For those of you who don't know, Access is a database program that allows you to collect a lot of information in one place, and then display it in as many different formats as you can think of. You start out by creating tables for the information you plan on using/collecting about each event that you want to track. I have three tables in my Budget Database. Bank Account Table This table is where I keep a list of my bank accounts, I included a cash account because I want to keep track of how much cash I ...

So, on Sunday my cousin Holli, her roommate Katelyn, Matt and I went up to South Jordan to Holli's parents house for Easter dinner. After dinner we were all talking, and somehow the topic got around to my food problem. I mentioned that I could tell the difference between water and water with food coloring in it, and they decided to test the accuracy of my taste buds. They didn't actually use food coloring though. Instead, the used Teri's (Holli's mom) water ionizer, and had me try to tell the difference between ionized water, and acidic water. They put ionized water in a yellow cup and acidic water in a red cup, and I tasted each. Then I closed my eyes, and Holli gave me water in a random order and I guessed which color of cup it was. Although color of cup was really just code for acidic or ionized. She actually put the water in different cups, and refrigerated the water or warmed it up in her hands. The scary thing ... I got it right every time (10) until the last time...