Finally

After about a week of trying to arrange an interview for the extension position, I finally arranged one for next Thursday at 9am. I finished my sample publication and had my mom and Rachel look over it. Once the publication is done, I will work on my presentation for Thursday. So I will let everyone know the outcome of the interview. And today Purdue plays Notre Dame so I will be watching the game and cheering on Purdue (and hopefully they will win!).

" A $100? For a pair of cotton short pants?"-Hank

Clafouti

I made a desert for diner with my aunts, cousins, grandma, and parents on Friday night. Emily made a delicious meal and I made a desert called clafouti. It is sort of like a custard, I sliced peaches (or whole cherries) and then I made the batter which was mostly eggs and milk with a little bit of flour and sugar. Then the batter gets poured over the fruit and the whole thing gets baked. And here are some pictures.
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And After:






























HANK: Oh, my God, that cat has soiled in my shoes! Where is he?
BOBBY: He's in my room! If I stop petting him, he'll bite me! ... It's like having a bomb strapped to my lap!

I'm jonesing for a fix

I know I haven't posted in a while so now there will be a super long (ish) post. I had a nice visit with Rachel and Lucy (and Ellis of course) and I was sad to see them go (even with Rachel's nagging). But things are settling down at the farm again just in time for harvest to start soon. I'm continuing my work at the Purdue extension office (if you would like to part of my work you can go here. I am the author of the short write-ups of advancements in nanotechnology). I had an phone interview with NSF International last Friday and sent them an sample of my technical writing. And then on Saturday I heard back about an extension specialist position at Purdue in the College of Agricultural and Biological Engineering. The position is doing outreach in the area of alternative fuels (including both chemical and biological production of fuels). I am required to write a two pages sample extension pamphlet and then do a 15-20 minutes presentation on my topic. The topic I chose (one of three options) is using anaerobic digesters for on-farm methane-to-electricity production. I will keep you all updated about my progress (for those who are interested, and for those who aren't I am very sorry that this will bore you!).

"Joseph's a good kid, I'm thinking about taking him under my wing"- Bobby Hill

A good weekend?

So this past week was pretty good. Lucy was home for a week which meant we experimented with making liquid soap (which turned out pretty well), but then she went back to CO. But Rachel and Ellis are still here for a more than a week. And college football started this past weekend, which was great because Michigan and Notre Dame lost and Purdue won! On Sunday my cousins from Brownsburg came up for Labor Day. They brought with them a football which led to this adorable picture of Ellis:


"Get in the three point stance. From football Bobby"- Hank Hill