The Edible Christmas Wreath

Some people make Christmas cookies. I make Christmas meals! Last night I threw together a Christmas wreath from:

Refrigerated Croissant Dough

4 Chicken Tenderloins

Mini Peppers

1/2 Onion

Spinach

Cheddar Cheese

1 Lg. Egg

Cayenne Pepper

Salt

The Fume Hood For The 3D Printer - Part 2

Instead of continuing the use of our fine dust buster to suction the ABS molten plastic fumes outdoors from inside our apartment around our 3D printer, my dear husband went to Radio Shack and bought a small fan to attach to the beginning of the duct. This new advance pulls air from the 3D printer into the duct allowing the air to flow out the window. Anthony was not sure the fan would be large enough, but after wiring it up he found that it worked.

 

 

Anthony's Graduation

My husband Anthony graduated from Clemson University today with a Masters in Mechanical Engineering! Woohoo. I'm so proud of him. We began our eventful day with riding the bus with sweet little baby girl Shastya to the ME Design & Manufacturing group luncheon, followed by the graduation ceremony, which was followed by a small family graduation party at our apartment. Baby girl cried her congrats from way up in the stands to Daddy as he received his diploma.

 

 

    

 

Gourmet Hot Ham & Cauliflower Salad

I created this salad this evening for my husband and me. It reminds me of a Pennsylvania Dutch salad I grew up with that was served with hot bacon salad dressing.

 

Hot Ham & Cauliflower Salad

Spinach

Iceberg Lettuce

McIntosh Apple

Parmesan Croutons

Cauliflower

Lunch Meat Ham

Salt

Black Pepper

Cayenne Pepper

Spicy Mustard

Clover Honey

Milk

 

The Fume Hood For The 3D Printer - Part 1

Anthony designed a fume hood to whisk air out the window from around our 3D printer because it is not good to breathe in the ABS molten plastic fumes. Earlier this evening he had gone to the local Lowe's and to the local Walmart for supplies instead of ordering a fume hood and all it's attachments online, which would have been much more expensive. He made the fume hood out of a large toilet paper box that he had found in a dumpster behind Walmart. Next, he covered the toilet paper box with clear vinyl sheeting and duct tape to make the fume hood airtight. Then he cut a hole in the back of the box and attached a duct to the fume hood. On the other side of the 16 ft. long aluminium duct Anthony attached a dust buster and put it out the window.