Animal Crackers

I am the type of person who pours out some Animal Crackers, and yells, "IT'S A STAMPEDE!"

I'm an adult...Are adults even allowed to eat Animal Crackers?  I do...

Craft Idea

     If you want to spruce up a book shelf or DVD/CD/Video Game/Blu-Ray rack, try these home-made bookends.  They are perfect for apartments or dorm rooms that need that “lived-in” look in a jiffy.

     What you will need:

·         2 empty water bottles with the label removed (glass or plastic of any color, as long as it is transparent)

·         Decorative colored sand/pebbles/marbles

·         Colored paper, paint and/or permanent markers (optional)

     Directions:

1.      Fill the bottles as you would make sand-art, or fill with pebbles and marbles.

2.      Once the bottles are weighed down, they will be able to act as bookends.  You can decorate the outside anyway you would like.

Differnitions

     I have never been that great at vocabulary.  I was always told to sound out the word and use context clues to figure out what the ones I did not know meant.  I am going to start sharing some of my definitions, my different definitions, to some common vocabulary words.  Here is one:

     Paradigm- 1) two dimes 2) $0.20

Love Life

     You never fully appreciate something until you lose it.  It is almost impossible to see the true value of everything until we live without it.  Honestly, how many of you are grateful that you can climb a flight of stairs?  How about that you can listen to the radio?  Drive a car?  Watch the snow fall?  Talk to your parents?  Flip a light switch on when it gets dark?  Turn on the hot water in the shower every day?

     There is also a difference between acknowledging that you have more luxuries in life than someone else, and truly appreciating their value.  How would you feel if you woke up one day and could no longer walk up a flight of stairs?  If you could not walk, then you would see how wonderful the gift you had was, but all too late. 

     We should value what we have in life today, and not dwell on what we lack.  Tomorrow will take enough from us; we should treasure what we have today, while we still have it.  Live, laugh, and love life!

Million Dollar Idea: "HOT" Cookware

After we turn five, or burn ourselves (whichever comes first), we know that stoves, ovens, cook tops, hobs, etc, are hot. But we are human. We forget. We get busy. We get distracted. I think there should be a complete line of cookware (pots, pans, anything that can get hot...maybe even stoves themselves) which would have the word "hot" appear for as long as it is hot. Let's face it, a hot and cold pan look the same. This would be an extra clue to remind you that the pan you took out of that 400*F oven may still be hot.