About 4 grams

I never considered myself particularly good in math which is why it still surprises me that several of my past jobs  required responsibilities for budgeting and finance!  On the job learning was something I did pretty well.

I’m still doing it.  Most of my recipes, by choice, use gram weights instead of ounce weights.  It’s much more accurate to measure ingredients in terms of grams.  There are 28.34 grams in an ounce so if you only need 4 grams of let ‘s say Verdae’s nine essential oil super duper lemon blend, you can accurately measure out exactly what you need – of course there are even smaller measures one can use but gram weight works well for me.

Today I woke to about 6 inches of snow, which in Athens Georgia is pretty darn rare.  It’s been snowing here more over the past 2 to 3 years than in the 20 years I’ve lived here, but not like this morning.  Yesterday before the snow started the Atlanta airport announced that flights would be cancelled until Tuesday.  The last time we (southerners) made plans in advance of a storm the joke was on us; the University of Georgia called off all classes just to find themselves with completely dry and snow-free streets, sidewalks and parking lots.  That’s been hard to live down…

As I watched a few wrens flutter about the bird feeder I wondered where else they might find food with the dense snow cover.  The feed at our feeder was not palatable to them before today…  This made me wonder how much food they need to eat each day to keep warm and/or stay alive.  I’m thinking maybe they weigh about 4 grams.  As they hop along the top of the snow on the back deck they barely even leave a mark alongside my big boot tracks going out to the feeder – Trader Joe’s Joe’s O’s were on the menu for today since we were out of birdfood!

I always wonder how our under-the-bridges homeless population survives during these cold days too.