Witty Noggins

Current Mood: Alarmed

Rescued!

Baby blue was rescued out of the mouth of Cream, the neighbor’s cat. The bird was unhurt and put in a box in our garage until we returned from dinner. When we came back we decided to try to feed and water him/her. The baby was no where to be found. We waited until daylight when we knew it would begin chirping for momma. We heard the bird but as soon as the door to the garage was opened baby would hush. We next attempted opening the door very slowly and quietly and were able to discover what area of the garage he/she was in until he/she saw us. But we still had to search the area once we figured out where his/her not so little chirps were coming from. She was then placed in a secure box and we called around to find a rescue which would take the baby in. She was taken on Sunday to the “Back to Nature Preserve” in East Orange.

Current Mood: Cool

We have started our Geology Unit. The girls are having great fun experimenting with rocks. Today they looked at salt (which is a crystal) thru the microscope. They noted that each crystal had a similar shape. (Cubed) Then they took several rocks and performed experiements on them to classify them. They performed the hardness test, the marking test, the acid test, and the magnetic test. The girls had fun experimenting with them and were very successful in classifying them into the correct type of rock.

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It’s only two weeks into the new year and I’m just now getting around to getting my new year post together. One of my resolutions was to be more organized and follow my schedule better to get things done in a timely manner. Yeah! Well? Resolutions are made to be broken. No, Wait! I think the saying goes “rules” are made to be broken.

I hear others every year talk about not making resolutions because they never follow through. I keep thinkig they may have something, but then I still make them. I admit I am guilty of not following through with them all the time. But I do like them because they help me to change bad habits and sometimes I do follow through. LOL, if that were true, I should be about perfect by now. Yeah, I know, there is always room for improvement. If I don’t follow through with my resolutions, at least I made an effort to make a positive change and will continue to do so. Otherwise, I get stuck in these old ugly habits of mine. I need this time every year (actually several times a year) to reflect and make an effort to do better. So here they are…my new years resolutions.

1. Be more organized and follow my schedule better
• Make a weekly or monthyly menu and shop once a week
• Eat healthier and on schedule
• Follow my Flylady schedule for cleaning
• Schedule time for family and friends
2. Don’t over-commit
3. exercise 5 times a week

Current Mood: Happy

I just read a post this morning on Aby Garvey’s Blog about buying and saving stuff for a special use. Her story was about a candle. It reminded me of my college roommate’s mother. She used her china all the time for her family. She said, “China is for important people. My family members are the most important people in my life.” What she said, really stuck with me and I try to keep it in mind with my own family. It is so easy to just put stuff up and save it for special visitors, or events. But we need to think about what is really important to us and use it for those people and events. I’m pulling out my china and using it from Thanksgiving until the Christmas season is past. Thanks Aby for the reminder!