We had a pancake playdate here this morning & now I'm doing some baking for Thanksgiving.  Today I'm thankful for our dishwasher, that is on its THIRD run of the day.

What are you thankful for?

Mobile blogging

Thanks to a friend I am now able to blog from my cellphone.  Look for many more posts to come.  Yay!!

Science? Art? Fun? Yes... Fun!

What would you do with an ice cream bucket FULL of crayons? 

Well I'll tell you what I did.  I sorted them by color and save all of them longer than 2 inches for precious little hands to color with. The ones under about 2 inches went back in the bucket to be melted into new exciting shapes!

I did this a few years ago with my playgroup friends.  At the time it was just about Easter & we made butterflies, eggs, and girly/spring things.  

But today it's just me and my little guy, so we are making dinosaur shapes!

So far I have had them at 170 (the lowest my oven will go) for about 20 minutes.  I checked them at 15 and they weren't totally melted yet.
I'll post an update when they're completed!  I hope they turn out well, but if they don't, I'm not too worried about it.  These were just pieces of crayons that had already had lots of love.  And really, more than anything it's something for the short guy and I to do together until his big sister comes home from school.


*Update:  My dinosaur took FOREVER.  I know this is because I didn't break mine into little pieces.  So the result was it took longer (about 50 minutes), and the back of my dinosaur looked like it had bones and a horn where there were still pieces that hadn't melted.  The front of both looked just right though!  Mine is the brownish/red (I used all the dark crayons I was sure the kids wouldn't want to use). 

Now the two creatures are playing with each other and the little guy is occupied because it's like he has a new toy.  Success!

2 Ways To Be Romantic

I picked up a book at the thrift shop (this is a great place to find books for all ages) several months back . The book I picked up was called 1001 Ways To Be Romantic by Gregory J.P. GodekActually I first handed it to my mom and said, “Hey you should get this for dad!”. After we had a good laugh I set it back down… then picked it up again, this time putting it in my cart.
I thought, well surely I could read even a half a dozen of these to my husband and he would be bound to hear at least one of the ideas and it would be magical.
So I bought it, brought it home, and put it on the bookshelf in our bedroom. It must have looked pretty good there, because nobody touched it again after I first placed it there.
Today I opened it and these are the first things I read:
#51 Carry stamps in your wallet at all times! (Preferably several LOVE stamps!) I really don't think anyone does this, and if they do, it's probably by coincidence, not because they are really trying to be romantic.
#557 Be extra nice to her during her menstrual periods. (Mark the dates on your calendar as a reminder!)  umm, okay...
　
　
At that point I had another good laugh, just like the day in the store with my mom.
Then a quote on the bottom of page 238 jumped out at me:

“The root of our problems- all of our problems- is a lack of love.

-GJPG

After I read that, I felt like the book was worth the 25 cents I paid for it. & really, it’s so true, we all just need to show some love. I LOVE YOU WORLD!


Thank you God for creating me, and loving me.  Please God, guide my heart  to express love to everyone who I am blessed to cross paths with.  Amen.

Problem Solved!

Alright, have a sense of humor here...

I have now found a solution for all of my problems!

Check out this web-site Magic Eight Ball

So I just ask the 8 Ball any question that is on your mind and click submit.. Poof!  No thinking neccessary, it does all the problem solving for you.  Why oh why did it take so long to find this wonderful tool?

haha!

Happy Wednesday!