Wordy Wednesday!!

Today, during History, I started thinking about some of my favorite words. As I was going through my mental dictionary, quoting to myself the words and their meaning, I began thinking about how often I actually use these words. The answer is, not very often. Mainly because most of the big, fun-to-say words that I like, just don't come up in my conversations. I then had the idea of using my blog to post some of these words. I know some fellow bloggers do "Wordless Wednesdays" or "Wise Words Wednesday" ; so, I decided to come up with my own catch phrase which shall be Wordy Wednesday. Every Wednesday, I will post one to three words with the definition and why I like them. So, now I shall begin with my....

Eureka-

     Definition- Used to express triumph upon finding or discovering something.

     History- It is originally a Greek word.

     The reason I like this word- Last week, while I was doing history I came across the story of Archimedes. The story goes...  A king in Archimedes lifetime was wondering how to tell if his crown had been made of pure gold. He asked Archimedes how he could find out. Archimedes pondered this question for a while. Then one day, while lowing himself into the bath tub, he discovered the displacement of water. He then realized the displacement of the water for the weight of a gold crown would be different than the displacement of water for the weight of a crown made with cheap metal. Upon finding the discovery, Archimedes leaped out of the bath tub in excitement and ran through the streets of Syracuse naked screaming EUREKA EUREKA!

I found this story quite funny and it has made remembering this word very easy.

Interesting Fact on this Word- There is a town in California bearing the name Eureka.

That is our word for this Wednesday. I wonder how many times we can use it this week.

Cooking Class

Recently, my Mom started hosting cooking classes for high school students in our area. For the first class, we had six teens, not counting myself, come to the class. Mom started by explaining measurements and tools that are necessary for cooking. The class is from 1-4 in the afternoon.
We start by going over the recipes. Then, we talk about different techniques and also other things you can use to substitute for some of the ingredients we are using. For most of the class, we make a main course, appetizer and dessert.
After making the meal, we get to taste each thing that we have made, and we also clean up our mess. For each class, we get the recipe for every dish that we made. The recipe also includes the approximate time and cost for each dish.
So far, we have made Manicotti, Mexican, and Home made pizzas. I am having a lot of fun and learning a lot. I’m just wondering when mom is going to make me cook dinner?