We have only been rotating our short term (canned goods) and water this month. I'll be stowing a good amount after finals this semester.
*Get into better physical shape - diet and exercise.
Jan 1st : 182.2 lbs.
Feb 1st: 179.4 lbs
Mar 1st: 184.2 (Too much birthday cake!)
Apr 1st: 186.2 (Okay, wrong direction!)
May 1st: 184.6
Jun 1st:
Jul 1st:
Aug 1st:
Sep 1st:
Oct 1st:
Nov 1st:
Dec 1st:
*Get better organized in the home.
Again, only maintaining the organization at our house. My school work has been organized into color coded 3-pronged folders for each class, then a new folder for each test material for that class. Pulling all of my material for finals will be very easy this year.
*Complete some long standing projects - Kitchen and downstairs bathroom
Nothing.
*Reorganize our food storage into a better logical format.
Completed and still in good shape.
*Get better grades in school ( 3 A's 3 B's last semester ).
* Procedures:
4/5- Facial Bones Anatomy Test -scored 41.5/37 pts = 112% (semester 377.16/421 pts = 89.6%)
4/12- Facial Bone Positioning Test - scored 24/27 pts
4/19- Mandible and Sinus Anatomy and Positioning Test - scored
4/26 - Makeup Test on the Skull - 40/48 points
*Procedures Lab:
4/3 SMV: 10 points/10 points & Towne Method: 10 points/10 points
4/10: Simulated 3 projections and scored 29/30 points.
4/17: Scored 20/20 points on Mandible and TMJ positioning
4/24: Scored 10/10 points on Sinus series.
* Exposure:
4/5- Test 4 - scored 84% and brings my grade to 92.9% which is on the bubble for an A.
4/19-Test 5 -scored 95%
*Imaging:
4/5- Test 3 (Resolution) scored 88%. I really need to get within the "A" range before finals. Two more tests before the final exam.
4/19- Test 4 - Again I scored 88%. It seems like an A is getting harder and harder to achieve, but at least I am consistent.
*Exposure Lab
Scored 100% on two papers and 2 homework assignments this month.
*Clinicals ( 9 evaluations + other requirements for an A ): Final Grade - A
I completed evaluation number 7 (ankle) on 4/11
I completed evaluation number 8 ( Lumbar Spine) on 4/17
I completed evaluation number 9 (forearm) on 4/24
I completed evaluation number 10 ( finger digit ) on 5/1
I completed evaulation number 11 ( AP Chest) on 5/1
I will carry forward two comps for my summer semester clinicals. Only 6 comps are needed for the summer sessions, 3 of those are simulated using a radiographic mannequin in our lab. That leaves me a lot of breathing room during the summer 8 weeks. My ambitious goal for summer clinicals is to complete all of the Fall requirements ( as allowed ).
*Go to the range more often with Sweetheart.
Nothing this month.
*Teach the kids new practical survival skills : outdoors skills, common sense camping
I found some poison ivy in the yard and showed the boys what it looked like. We also repeated "Leaves of three, leave it be".
We have started a "God and Me" program through Cub Scouts. Row and I have been spending a few minutes after dinner doing our lessons. We will be meeting up with the Cub Scout sponsor to periodically check our progress. So far, I have been extremely impressed with how it is laid out for parent and child.
*Learn to bake better bread.
I tried this recipe from Taste of Home and it made some excellent Garlic Hoagie rolls for school sandwiches. It will be going into the recipe files.
rlic Hoagie Rolls Recipe
- 1/2 cup water (70° to 80°)
- 1/2 cup warm 2% milk (70° to 80°)
- 1 egg, lightly beaten
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 tablespoon butter, softened
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
- 3-1/4 cups bread flour
- 3 teaspoons active dry yeast
I also made a pumpernickel bread recipe, but was less than excited about the results. While it was good, it wasn't quite what I had in mind. I'd prefer something a bit lighter (texture) and not so sweet. The recipe did call for molasses for the dark color, and it also used 2 cups of rye flour. I'm going to try to use coffee instead of water, and use 1 cup of rye flour. Of course, the rye flour will have to be subbed with bread flour to maintain the recipe.
4/21 I made another batch of the garlic hoagie rolls.20 I 15 35
*Pick three skills to work on with wife.
1. shooting
2. CERT
3. CCW
Locally CERT training was dropped due to lack of interest, but did find out that a nearby town offers the training courses.
*Be more consistent with the MRE Monday reviews.
The year to date is 13 out of 15 Mondays.
*Improve our family's water plan.
Rotating water bottles and refilled 7 gallon containers.
*Do a monthly review of each for the blog to hold myself accountable.
Dang, you are still smoking on your accomplishments! Great to focus on school for the short term.
ReplyDeleteGood article in current Backwoods Home re: rye bread. Main take-home for me is that rye chemistry is different and does wierd things during baking. After reading, I added 1.5 teaspoons of cider vinegar to my 25% rye flour bread and it helped lighten the texture.
I'm trying to recreate a corned beef sandwich bread that I had a few years back. The bread/roll MADE the sandwich.
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