My second daughter is a delight. All my children are of course, but she seems to have been placed in our family to make us laugh. She is the smile that we all share either with her or at her, and she usually takes it well. She lives in a different place, a place of magic and mystery where we only visit from time to time because she lets us in. Here's a few of the things she's shared in the past few months.
Q: Where do pencils go on vacation?
A: Pennsylvania
Q: What did the wolf say to the other wolf?
A: HOWWWLLLS it going?
Q: What do you call a dog at the beach?
A: A hot dog.
Q: What do you call a witch at the beach?
A: A sandwitch.
Q: What did the dog say when he stepped on the sand paper?
A: Ruff!
Q: Why do cows wear bells?
A: Because their horns don't work.
She usually hits me with them first thing in the morning, her delivery is perfect, and if she gives me one that isn't funny she doesn't get discouraged at all, she just tries again the next day. It's really been great watching her come up with these. I'm thinking she has a future, a future doing something that makes people happy.
Saturday, July 27, 2013
Friday, July 12, 2013
educational aps for android
So I started this several weeks ago and totally got distracted so I am finishing it so people can actually have the information. There are four basic categories, math, reading, both, and fun, I will do math first.
Math aps we have tried:
Math Open
Simply Fractions
PuppyMath
DragonBox
Math Open is nice, it lets you have multiple users and set the grade level. It goes from preschool to fifth grade. I don't remember the price but nothing I bought was more than $5, except for Dragon Box. It's fun, for the preschool level I have to help my son a lot, but for the first, second, and third grade levels the girls do well on their own. It's also fun because it gives them stars for each level they complete, one star if they passed but didn't do well, two stars for average, and three stars for all of the questions right. This means that even though they finished a level I can make them go back and get three stars. It's not really flashy but if they have a choice they choose this over a workbook page.
Simply Fractions is a great tool to use to help them visualize fractions. You don't have to have strong reading skills for this one and some of them my son can play. The full version was $1.99 and totally worth it I feel. There is also Simply Fractions 2 for older elementary it was $.99. The graphics aren't really fancy but they are way better than I can draw and for my daughters it has made fractions very easy. Simply Fractions 2 has adding mixed fractions and comparing fractions that are challenging and fun at the same time. Sometimes they compete to see who can get more right answers. There's also a memory equivalent fractions game that my oldest enjoys.
PuppyMath is a favorite of my girls. It's a little silly and it just does addition but it's fun. They give you addition problems and for every one you get right you get a letter, when you get one wrong you lose a letter, when you spell PUPPY you get to see a picture of the game designers' puppy. It's fun because you can tell them, show me three puppy pictures and then play a different game, or you can have them test themselves, can you get five puppy pictures in ten minutes, stuff like that. And the pictures are cute.
DragonBox is a little pricey, I think it was either $6.99 or $9.99, either way it was totally worth it. It teaches your child Algebra without them knowing, plus I must admit it's fun to play. It let's you create different users so you can track each child. My son likes it too and I only have to help him a little bit. It's a great game because it's challenging to my eight year old and still something my four year old can play with. Also, they give you stars too so I can make the girls go back and get three stars on every level.
Strictly word aps like reading and spelling:
Booksy
PowerVocab
Word Search
Spell Me Right
My Spelling
Word Drop 2
Bubble Wubble
4 Pics 1Word
Booksy is fun and educational, it's for young readers, first and second grade level. It does have reading comprehension tests and it lets you set up multiple users. The books are a little expensive but you can buy more than one at a time and the content is fun. It's also good for them to do on their own because it will read to them if they don't know a word. It's great for my four year old and my daughters like to use it to amuse the baby. He loves the sounds that it makes, some of the books also are very interactive and play animal sounds or musical instrument sounds.
PowerVocab is challenging for my eight year old but there are different packs you can get so maybe I should get one of those. You need to have the sound on to play this game because it sounds out the words for you. You need to be a pretty strong reader to play without getting frustrated but it will teach you some neat words.
Word Search is just that, a bunch of word search puzzles. If you get a puzzle right you can unlock new puzzles. It's easy to use and if you like word searches it is great.
Spell Me Right is fun and they have different packs for children and adults so if the pack you have is too easy or hard, get a different one. It's a fun game but you do need to be able to read pretty well or you will get frustrated. It's helped my spelling.
My Spelling is fun. It allows you to set up different users and put in your own spelling words then you can play hangman with your words. It's fun. My children all like it. It does take some time to set up as the parent but then they learn to spell and the robot voice is cool.
Word Drop 2 is a fun game. It's like Boggle with letters falling from the sky. You can make a word with any letters on the screen, they don't have to be touching. There are bonus letters and you get six new letters every time you make a word so if you don't make long words the screen fills up and you lose, but it's fun and there are several different ways to play, timed, puzzle (un-timed), and super speed.
Bubble Wubble is probably not worth getting. It's slow and you have to have the sound on to play. It says a work and then you have to pop the floating bubbles to spell that word. It's ok, it's a little too easy for my two oldest. My four year old likes it because he likes to pop the bubbles.
4 Pics 1 Word is fun but probably too advanced for a early elementary student, my daughter does enjoy playing with me though.
Kevin Bradford aps have both reading and math in them. They are set up by grade level, aren't very expensive, and have neat graphics. We have the preschool, first, and second grade ones. They are fun for the children to play, seem true to grade level and are pretty easy for the children to navigate. I recommend these games. There's also a Kevin Bradford 101 Kids Puzzles that all my children like. The music is kind of groovy too.
There are also preschool games that we enjoy, basically anything from Intellijoy. Some of the full versions are expensive but for my son the lite versions are good enough to start and then if he really likes the game I get the full version. There are puzzle games he likes by Intellijoy.
Fun games that also help with learning physics.
Red Wrecker
Building game
Red Wrecker is a neat puzzle game and some of them are challenging. It really makes you think and work on spacial problems. If you have a child that has trouble with how things move or how things relate to one another this is a great game. It's more physics than math but it's fun and worth the time spent playing it. Be careful though you might start and not want to give them the tablet back!
Building Game is hard and fun. You have a crane and you have challenges that you have to solve. It's fun. There are different scenarios you can get so if you get frustrated with one, try another one.
I might add more later, but this is what we play with now.
Math aps we have tried:
Math Open
Simply Fractions
PuppyMath
DragonBox
Math Open is nice, it lets you have multiple users and set the grade level. It goes from preschool to fifth grade. I don't remember the price but nothing I bought was more than $5, except for Dragon Box. It's fun, for the preschool level I have to help my son a lot, but for the first, second, and third grade levels the girls do well on their own. It's also fun because it gives them stars for each level they complete, one star if they passed but didn't do well, two stars for average, and three stars for all of the questions right. This means that even though they finished a level I can make them go back and get three stars. It's not really flashy but if they have a choice they choose this over a workbook page.
Simply Fractions is a great tool to use to help them visualize fractions. You don't have to have strong reading skills for this one and some of them my son can play. The full version was $1.99 and totally worth it I feel. There is also Simply Fractions 2 for older elementary it was $.99. The graphics aren't really fancy but they are way better than I can draw and for my daughters it has made fractions very easy. Simply Fractions 2 has adding mixed fractions and comparing fractions that are challenging and fun at the same time. Sometimes they compete to see who can get more right answers. There's also a memory equivalent fractions game that my oldest enjoys.
PuppyMath is a favorite of my girls. It's a little silly and it just does addition but it's fun. They give you addition problems and for every one you get right you get a letter, when you get one wrong you lose a letter, when you spell PUPPY you get to see a picture of the game designers' puppy. It's fun because you can tell them, show me three puppy pictures and then play a different game, or you can have them test themselves, can you get five puppy pictures in ten minutes, stuff like that. And the pictures are cute.
DragonBox is a little pricey, I think it was either $6.99 or $9.99, either way it was totally worth it. It teaches your child Algebra without them knowing, plus I must admit it's fun to play. It let's you create different users so you can track each child. My son likes it too and I only have to help him a little bit. It's a great game because it's challenging to my eight year old and still something my four year old can play with. Also, they give you stars too so I can make the girls go back and get three stars on every level.
Strictly word aps like reading and spelling:
Booksy
PowerVocab
Word Search
Spell Me Right
My Spelling
Word Drop 2
Bubble Wubble
4 Pics 1Word
Booksy is fun and educational, it's for young readers, first and second grade level. It does have reading comprehension tests and it lets you set up multiple users. The books are a little expensive but you can buy more than one at a time and the content is fun. It's also good for them to do on their own because it will read to them if they don't know a word. It's great for my four year old and my daughters like to use it to amuse the baby. He loves the sounds that it makes, some of the books also are very interactive and play animal sounds or musical instrument sounds.
PowerVocab is challenging for my eight year old but there are different packs you can get so maybe I should get one of those. You need to have the sound on to play this game because it sounds out the words for you. You need to be a pretty strong reader to play without getting frustrated but it will teach you some neat words.
Word Search is just that, a bunch of word search puzzles. If you get a puzzle right you can unlock new puzzles. It's easy to use and if you like word searches it is great.
Spell Me Right is fun and they have different packs for children and adults so if the pack you have is too easy or hard, get a different one. It's a fun game but you do need to be able to read pretty well or you will get frustrated. It's helped my spelling.
My Spelling is fun. It allows you to set up different users and put in your own spelling words then you can play hangman with your words. It's fun. My children all like it. It does take some time to set up as the parent but then they learn to spell and the robot voice is cool.
Word Drop 2 is a fun game. It's like Boggle with letters falling from the sky. You can make a word with any letters on the screen, they don't have to be touching. There are bonus letters and you get six new letters every time you make a word so if you don't make long words the screen fills up and you lose, but it's fun and there are several different ways to play, timed, puzzle (un-timed), and super speed.
Bubble Wubble is probably not worth getting. It's slow and you have to have the sound on to play. It says a work and then you have to pop the floating bubbles to spell that word. It's ok, it's a little too easy for my two oldest. My four year old likes it because he likes to pop the bubbles.
4 Pics 1 Word is fun but probably too advanced for a early elementary student, my daughter does enjoy playing with me though.
Kevin Bradford aps have both reading and math in them. They are set up by grade level, aren't very expensive, and have neat graphics. We have the preschool, first, and second grade ones. They are fun for the children to play, seem true to grade level and are pretty easy for the children to navigate. I recommend these games. There's also a Kevin Bradford 101 Kids Puzzles that all my children like. The music is kind of groovy too.
There are also preschool games that we enjoy, basically anything from Intellijoy. Some of the full versions are expensive but for my son the lite versions are good enough to start and then if he really likes the game I get the full version. There are puzzle games he likes by Intellijoy.
Fun games that also help with learning physics.
Red Wrecker
Building game
Red Wrecker is a neat puzzle game and some of them are challenging. It really makes you think and work on spacial problems. If you have a child that has trouble with how things move or how things relate to one another this is a great game. It's more physics than math but it's fun and worth the time spent playing it. Be careful though you might start and not want to give them the tablet back!
Building Game is hard and fun. You have a crane and you have challenges that you have to solve. It's fun. There are different scenarios you can get so if you get frustrated with one, try another one.
I might add more later, but this is what we play with now.
Thursday, July 11, 2013
Mom-Shower vs. Dad-Shower
This is mostly for my husband and all the other husbands out there who, like him, sometimes travel for work and come home to a clean house, clean children, and a stinky wife.
You may have seen a really funny post on Facebook or somewhere that explains the differences between the way men shower and the way women shower, it's mostly true. I don't have link to it, but I should. It fails to point out the differences between the way mothers and fathers shower so I am going to clear that up for you.
There are two basic ways that fathers shower. First, the father may get the luxury of showering while everyone is asleep, say in the morning or late at night. In this case the father gets to shower however he wants because there is no one awake to bother him. The second way that the father can shower is while people are awake, if he does this he will say "I am going to shower now." This is the same as if he were to say "It is now time to pretend I am not in the house and pretend that the bathroom does not exist because I am THE DAD and if you bother me while I am showering you will feel my wrath for the next ten years." He doesn't have to say all this, he just says "I am going to shower now." and everyone else translates it in their heads automatically.
There are three basic ways the mother showers and they are all significantly different than the father's ways. First, the mother may take a quick and quiet shower while everyone is asleep, but she will do this with an ear out of the shower in case someone wakes up because this could be catastrophic if others are startled awake by the commotion. I do not have the guts to do this unless my husband is home.
Second, the mother may take a shower while showering a child. This is often a result of whatever happening caused the child to need a shower or the mother has reached the washing point. That point at which she cannot stand her own smell and has decided that showering while a child pinches her toes is preferable. She will usually end up with all the children in the shower with her and a huge mess on the bathroom floor.
Third, the mother may take a sneak shower. This is often done while her husband is home. She will wait until everyone is occupied at some seemingly harmless and time consuming task, then she will quietly stop folding laundry and sneak in the shower. Here are some likely scenarios:
1.Mother turns on the water, someone comes in bleeding, mother turns off the water sighing.
2.Mother turns on the water, multiple people come in to the room asking to shower, mother washes them and turns off the water sighing.
3.Mother turns on the water, husband enters the room, "Are you really going to shower now?" Mother turns off the water sighing.
4.Mother turns on the water, no one comes in the room, she gets in the shower, still no one, she puts the shampoo on her hair, door slams open, someone is bleeding. Mother turns off the water sighing.
5.Mother turns on the water, no one comes in the room, she gets in the shower, still no one, she washes her hair, she shaves one leg, as she starts the other one she hears crying and screaming. She turns off the water sighing.
6.Mother turns on the water, no one comes in the room, she showers, washes everything and shaves her legs, she gets out, she dries off, she goes in the kitchen to find every single dish dirty and mud on the floor and towels in a pile. When she is done cleaning the mess she needs a shower.
So when my husband gets home after a week of travel and asks why I haven't showered since he left I say "I'm a coward." Now when you see me and I stink you know why.
You may have seen a really funny post on Facebook or somewhere that explains the differences between the way men shower and the way women shower, it's mostly true. I don't have link to it, but I should. It fails to point out the differences between the way mothers and fathers shower so I am going to clear that up for you.
There are two basic ways that fathers shower. First, the father may get the luxury of showering while everyone is asleep, say in the morning or late at night. In this case the father gets to shower however he wants because there is no one awake to bother him. The second way that the father can shower is while people are awake, if he does this he will say "I am going to shower now." This is the same as if he were to say "It is now time to pretend I am not in the house and pretend that the bathroom does not exist because I am THE DAD and if you bother me while I am showering you will feel my wrath for the next ten years." He doesn't have to say all this, he just says "I am going to shower now." and everyone else translates it in their heads automatically.
There are three basic ways the mother showers and they are all significantly different than the father's ways. First, the mother may take a quick and quiet shower while everyone is asleep, but she will do this with an ear out of the shower in case someone wakes up because this could be catastrophic if others are startled awake by the commotion. I do not have the guts to do this unless my husband is home.
Second, the mother may take a shower while showering a child. This is often a result of whatever happening caused the child to need a shower or the mother has reached the washing point. That point at which she cannot stand her own smell and has decided that showering while a child pinches her toes is preferable. She will usually end up with all the children in the shower with her and a huge mess on the bathroom floor.
Third, the mother may take a sneak shower. This is often done while her husband is home. She will wait until everyone is occupied at some seemingly harmless and time consuming task, then she will quietly stop folding laundry and sneak in the shower. Here are some likely scenarios:
1.Mother turns on the water, someone comes in bleeding, mother turns off the water sighing.
2.Mother turns on the water, multiple people come in to the room asking to shower, mother washes them and turns off the water sighing.
3.Mother turns on the water, husband enters the room, "Are you really going to shower now?" Mother turns off the water sighing.
4.Mother turns on the water, no one comes in the room, she gets in the shower, still no one, she puts the shampoo on her hair, door slams open, someone is bleeding. Mother turns off the water sighing.
5.Mother turns on the water, no one comes in the room, she gets in the shower, still no one, she washes her hair, she shaves one leg, as she starts the other one she hears crying and screaming. She turns off the water sighing.
6.Mother turns on the water, no one comes in the room, she showers, washes everything and shaves her legs, she gets out, she dries off, she goes in the kitchen to find every single dish dirty and mud on the floor and towels in a pile. When she is done cleaning the mess she needs a shower.
So when my husband gets home after a week of travel and asks why I haven't showered since he left I say "I'm a coward." Now when you see me and I stink you know why.
Monday, July 8, 2013
Laughter
Here's a list of things I laughed at over the last week. I'm sharing so that you can laugh too.
1. Me: What did the soldiers eat in the Civil War?
(My four year old): Hard attack!!
2. Despicable Me 2
Ok, I know I don't see many grown up movies, in fact the last one I watched in the theater was Act of Valor (which you should see, it was AWESOME!!!) but I am a well versed critic of animated G and PG rated flicks. This one was as good as the first. Arguably better because it had more Agnes in it and she is just too cute. Oh, and I want me some minions.
3. While getting dressed for Fourth of July my four year old son looked at me quite seriously and said, "Mom, your shirt is very pretty and you look very pretty." I looked at my husband and he said, "Ditto." Yeah, my children don't know what that means.
4. We spent most of a day cleaning the girls' room because it was bad, when we finished my six year old looked at me and said, "Gosh Mom, now it's time to get busy cleaning your room huh?"
5. It's actually been raining a lot lately and it was really raining last night. My son comes in and says to me, "It's raining so much, I think we might wash away!"
6. My 15 month old has learned the word mine, but he's a fourth child so he doesn't really understand what it means. He yells mine and throws whatever is in his hand. His brother gave him a tennis ball and he threw it and yelled "Mine!" His brother looks right at him and says, "I do not think that word means what you think it means."
7. My phone auto typed brainless instead of vegetables. So I said "Do you want me to bring some brainless from the garden, they are fresh?"
8. My second daughter and oldest son were arguing in the car. This is what we heard:
son: No, you did it.
daughter: No, you!
son: Mom, she hitted me!
daughter: it's HIT not HITTED!
son: well, you did.
9. Mom, I love pumpkin flowers, they are like stars that fell from the sky and landed on a vine and became flowers and turned orange and yellowish.
10. It's the end of the world! I can't find my shoes.
Did you look in the closet where they go?
Why would I look there?
1. Me: What did the soldiers eat in the Civil War?
(My four year old): Hard attack!!
2. Despicable Me 2
Ok, I know I don't see many grown up movies, in fact the last one I watched in the theater was Act of Valor (which you should see, it was AWESOME!!!) but I am a well versed critic of animated G and PG rated flicks. This one was as good as the first. Arguably better because it had more Agnes in it and she is just too cute. Oh, and I want me some minions.
3. While getting dressed for Fourth of July my four year old son looked at me quite seriously and said, "Mom, your shirt is very pretty and you look very pretty." I looked at my husband and he said, "Ditto." Yeah, my children don't know what that means.
4. We spent most of a day cleaning the girls' room because it was bad, when we finished my six year old looked at me and said, "Gosh Mom, now it's time to get busy cleaning your room huh?"
5. It's actually been raining a lot lately and it was really raining last night. My son comes in and says to me, "It's raining so much, I think we might wash away!"
6. My 15 month old has learned the word mine, but he's a fourth child so he doesn't really understand what it means. He yells mine and throws whatever is in his hand. His brother gave him a tennis ball and he threw it and yelled "Mine!" His brother looks right at him and says, "I do not think that word means what you think it means."
7. My phone auto typed brainless instead of vegetables. So I said "Do you want me to bring some brainless from the garden, they are fresh?"
8. My second daughter and oldest son were arguing in the car. This is what we heard:
son: No, you did it.
daughter: No, you!
son: Mom, she hitted me!
daughter: it's HIT not HITTED!
son: well, you did.
9. Mom, I love pumpkin flowers, they are like stars that fell from the sky and landed on a vine and became flowers and turned orange and yellowish.
10. It's the end of the world! I can't find my shoes.
Did you look in the closet where they go?
Why would I look there?
Thursday, July 4, 2013
Fourth of July
I love the Fourth of July, it is the only time I truly enjoy summer.
Our Founding Fathers were interesting people. If you look at any one of them you might think, "wow, what a neat person, I would have enjoyed talking with him." Or "I would not have liked him at all, I disagree with his choices on so many issues." I'm sure that there were people who knew them all that felt the same way. So, if these people were just average people, some wealthy, some not so wealthy, why do we remember them? Why do we speak of them as though they lived next door? Why do we still refer to their letters and writings as though they were there to guide us as a textbook of sorts? Why do we include their letters and writings in our textbooks?
We still consider the Founding Fathers important because they did something that was crazy and heroic at the same time, perhaps crazier than heroic in the beginning, which is what led us all to believe they were originally heroic. They were selfish, radical, revolutionary in the strictest sense, and also loyal and charitable. I've heard people say that the Revolution was about taxes, and it was, but when you stop there it makes it seem so childish. They were not simply telling the king, "we don't want you taking our money." They were saying so much more.
There were many grievances against the king, which the Founding Fathers laid out in the Declaration of Independence, these are the most commonly discussed today.
For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:
For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:
For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury:
For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences
But there were many more, arguably more worth fighting against:
He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.
He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance.
He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.
He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power.
He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:
Are they all relevant today, probably not, are many of them relevant today, yep. Did the Founding Fathers go to war over taxes? A little bit yes, a little bit no. They went to war because the king refused to listen to their repeated appeals to act fairly toward them. If he had listened our history would be different and we would likely not have any fireworks today. However, he didn't listen so we say "Happy Birthday" to the best nation on earth and We the People remember that in 1776 a small group of courageous men, supported by women of course, decided that enough was enough. The states made a great union and protected future generations from tyranny and cruelty. As Thomas Jefferson wrote in the Declaration of Independence "That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government," Hence, the people did the work, not a king, or a protector, the people. So go people!
And today thank the Founding Fathers for having the audacity to do what was right and to stand up against tyranny.
Our Founding Fathers were interesting people. If you look at any one of them you might think, "wow, what a neat person, I would have enjoyed talking with him." Or "I would not have liked him at all, I disagree with his choices on so many issues." I'm sure that there were people who knew them all that felt the same way. So, if these people were just average people, some wealthy, some not so wealthy, why do we remember them? Why do we speak of them as though they lived next door? Why do we still refer to their letters and writings as though they were there to guide us as a textbook of sorts? Why do we include their letters and writings in our textbooks?
We still consider the Founding Fathers important because they did something that was crazy and heroic at the same time, perhaps crazier than heroic in the beginning, which is what led us all to believe they were originally heroic. They were selfish, radical, revolutionary in the strictest sense, and also loyal and charitable. I've heard people say that the Revolution was about taxes, and it was, but when you stop there it makes it seem so childish. They were not simply telling the king, "we don't want you taking our money." They were saying so much more.
There were many grievances against the king, which the Founding Fathers laid out in the Declaration of Independence, these are the most commonly discussed today.
For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:
For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:
For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury:
For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences
But there were many more, arguably more worth fighting against:
He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.
He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance.
He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.
He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power.
He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:
Are they all relevant today, probably not, are many of them relevant today, yep. Did the Founding Fathers go to war over taxes? A little bit yes, a little bit no. They went to war because the king refused to listen to their repeated appeals to act fairly toward them. If he had listened our history would be different and we would likely not have any fireworks today. However, he didn't listen so we say "Happy Birthday" to the best nation on earth and We the People remember that in 1776 a small group of courageous men, supported by women of course, decided that enough was enough. The states made a great union and protected future generations from tyranny and cruelty. As Thomas Jefferson wrote in the Declaration of Independence "That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government," Hence, the people did the work, not a king, or a protector, the people. So go people!
And today thank the Founding Fathers for having the audacity to do what was right and to stand up against tyranny.
Wednesday, July 3, 2013
trying again
Ok, so someone, http://everydaytrish.com/ said that we should think about what makes us happy. I am taking this as a personal challenge because I really don't like summer. I need to stop thinking that way I know, but I'm trying. On swim lesson weeks I really don't like summer. I don't really like swimming particularly because I usually get sun burned. Also, Monday I lost my hat, my green hat, that I really liked. So yesterday was sad because of all this stuff that I didn't like.
I woke up today to the sound of rain! I think this was God's way of telling me to stop whining. I decided that today would be different. So I started looking at the things that make me happy.
1. RAIN I know, for the majority of the country this is not a big deal, but I live in the desert. We run outside whenever we think it's raining just to make sure it's actually rain and not just an errant forest fire plane dumping on our house..
2. Tomorrow is the 4th of July! I love this holiday, not just for the BBQ and fireworks but because we do live in the greatest country on earth and we should remember that.
3. Despicable Me 2 opens today, I'm so going tomorrow. I know I mostly watch animated children's movies, but if this one is as good as the first I am ok with that.
4. I got a new hat, instead of noticing that it's not green, it's purple, I am going to focus on the fact that the brim is bigger and I should not get sunburned, this is extremely superior.
5. My baby slept in his bed for 7 hours last night (non-congruous so don't get jealous). This means he wasn't kicking me. He's 15 months old and he kicks hard. I still let him in my bed though because he's an awesome cuddle bug.
6. I have enough tomatoes from my garden to make butter chicken tonight for dinner. I will post the recipe because it's AWESOME. Really it's the only reason I grow tomatoes, I have 12 tomato plants this year.
7. 4 out of 5 of the books I want for school next year are on sale! This is great because I can't really justify one of them because it's small and at the library, but it's been checked out since the beginning of May and isn't back yet so since it's on sale I'm buying it.
8. My four year old has kept his room clean, mostly by himself, since Memorial day.
9. I got to elliptical for 32 minutes yesterday, and I think I might get to again today.
10. I had the last slice of apple pie for breakfast. It was great!
May your day be great even if it's only in a little way.
I woke up today to the sound of rain! I think this was God's way of telling me to stop whining. I decided that today would be different. So I started looking at the things that make me happy.
1. RAIN I know, for the majority of the country this is not a big deal, but I live in the desert. We run outside whenever we think it's raining just to make sure it's actually rain and not just an errant forest fire plane dumping on our house..
2. Tomorrow is the 4th of July! I love this holiday, not just for the BBQ and fireworks but because we do live in the greatest country on earth and we should remember that.
3. Despicable Me 2 opens today, I'm so going tomorrow. I know I mostly watch animated children's movies, but if this one is as good as the first I am ok with that.
4. I got a new hat, instead of noticing that it's not green, it's purple, I am going to focus on the fact that the brim is bigger and I should not get sunburned, this is extremely superior.
5. My baby slept in his bed for 7 hours last night (non-congruous so don't get jealous). This means he wasn't kicking me. He's 15 months old and he kicks hard. I still let him in my bed though because he's an awesome cuddle bug.
6. I have enough tomatoes from my garden to make butter chicken tonight for dinner. I will post the recipe because it's AWESOME. Really it's the only reason I grow tomatoes, I have 12 tomato plants this year.
7. 4 out of 5 of the books I want for school next year are on sale! This is great because I can't really justify one of them because it's small and at the library, but it's been checked out since the beginning of May and isn't back yet so since it's on sale I'm buying it.
8. My four year old has kept his room clean, mostly by himself, since Memorial day.
9. I got to elliptical for 32 minutes yesterday, and I think I might get to again today.
10. I had the last slice of apple pie for breakfast. It was great!
May your day be great even if it's only in a little way.
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