Have y'all heard of this website?   Probably you have.  Probably I am the last person to know, but still i will share:

FreeRice.com

This website has two goals:

1. End World Hunger
2. Educate People

So they get sponsors who pay the world for YOU to learn.

And so many things to learn!  *Channeling Dr. Seus*

• English Vocab
• Foreign Language Vocab
• Art

Random Thoughts from my day...

• "I wonder if Texas buys more highlighters per capita than any other state."
• "Is it possible to hold two thoughts in my head at the same time?"
• "Drat!  Dirty Dishes!  Drat!  Drat!  Drat!  (I actually typed this one as well as thought it.)
• "What if George Washington had had a son and then decided to accept the position of ( Read more... )

Every time that song "Kandi" by One Eskimo comes on, I have to stop and listen.  It's such a sad song, but so beautiful.  I am compelled to listen to it.

I've even hunted One Eskimo down on Facebook and watched both versions of the Kandi video.

What is your current musical obsession?

I made Hot Cross Buns!  Can I tell you, I LOVE, LOVE, absolutely LOVE my bread machine!  So fun!  They came out really good.  They're like a raisin bread, but as a light, fluffy bun.  Yum!  I've eaten two already.  Good thing that I'm making a second batch ( Read more... )

Hey, anyone have a writing goal they'd like to set and want help keeping?  I've re-booted my writing community imaginewriting.  Come and join in if you're interested!

Whose crazy idea was it to have Spring Break only last a week???  I'm not ready to go back to work!!!    I don't wanna go back to work!  I wanna stay home and play more!

Chair...Oh wouldn't it be love-elee!
That said I don't really have a lot to complain about.  I have a chair, a nice soft and lovely chair for my ( Read more... )

Most of the world seems to go nostalgic over high school, but for me it was middle school. I remember my middle school dances so well. I always had so much fun hanging out with my friends--dancing, running back and forth to the bathroom, giggling over the boys and girls who actually danced together. And sitting here selling pizza with the NJHS kids ( Read more... )

If tiredness were an object it would be a ratty old quilt with golf-ball sized metal balls sewn into pockets throughout, and people who were tired would have had the very clear explanation of wearing this heavy and cumbersome quilt over their shoulders as reason for tiredness.

Instead. I'm just tired. I've been tired for a week. I'm tired of being ( Read more... )

I've been planning to go out of town this weekend, but then today I suddenly realize how much I have to do. Ugh, it makes me tired to think about it. Luckily I downloaded a new app yesterday, Poem Flow, a free app by one of my favorite websites: poets.org. Today's poem seems to say to me, "It's okay to be tired. Go to sleep.". Advice I'm always ( Read more... )

Hey Texans ( Read more... )