Soup

I made some vegetable soup tonight: cabbage, carrots, potatoes, turnips, celery, tomatoes, rosemary, basil and pepper flakes. I am reminded, almost every time I make vegetable soup, of kindergarten. We made a big pot of soup in class once, and looking back, that seems like a strange thing to do. I was in charge of peeling potatoes. Other things I remember from Bates: We had a contest where we jumped over a "creek" which was represented by two ropes, and the teacher kept making the creek wider, so that eventually, you'd get your shoes "wet." This was all a ploy to get us up to speed on the shoe tying process. Also, I remember learning how to bow to the little girls in the class, and they learned how to curtsy, and I kind of remember learning how to curtsy as well. That's weird isn't it? The curtsy is a dying art for sure. I'm trying to create an atmosphere of Christmas here, so even if it's 60 degrees outside, I'm in here making steamy soup listening to Eartha Kitt sing "Santa Baby" which I heard while driving to a post party party last night on the radio. I downloaded it today to put in the Christmas CD I'm making. I did a tiny bit of recording last night on the PC.