It’s Friday, and time to have a little fun. I found this video on the website karmatube.org. It demonstrates a nifty concept from TheFunTheory.com, where they experiment to see if adding fun to mundane tasks can change people’s behavior for the better. Have a look: That made me smile, because it worked. I tested a [...]
Archive for October, 2009
let’s put the fun back in dysfunctional!
Posted in Motherhood, something important, I'm sure, tagged chores, karmatube.org, parenting magazines, Rube Goldberg, TheFunTheory.com on October 30, 2009 | 8 Comments »
get ready, get set…
Posted in Writing, tagged David Hewson, Linda Fulkerson, NaNoWriMo, On Blogging Well, Scrivener, Writing, writing software on October 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »
In preparation for NaNoWriMo, I’ve downloaded some new writing software. I find it is always a good idea to try something new right when the results matter — the attempt at a new recipe for a houseful at Thanksgiving, or test driving the new bifocals at night — that type of thing. It adds a [...]
solving a happy problem
Posted in get along like cats and dogs, Motherhood, Writing, tagged BabyBjorn, kittens, NaNoWriMo, Writing on October 26, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I have what I might consider the happiest problem I could dream up. One of the new kittens, Mia, is very supportive of my writing. In fact, nearly every time I sit down at the keyboard to write, she jumps up to my lap and tries to reward my writing efforts by purring hysterically from [...]
Oct. 23rd? Now that’s scary
Posted in seasons, something important, I'm sure, tagged dog, Grinch, holidays on October 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Frequent readers (hi Dad) may recall that December 23rd is a bit of an issue for me. It is usually the breaking point of the self-induced holiday hoopla, and consequently the single most likely day of the year for my head to fall off. This year, I have a personal campaign of positive thoughts to [...]
I’m going NaNoWriMo
Posted in Writing, tagged NaNoWriMo, Writing on October 22, 2009 | 15 Comments »
I will embark on a writing escapade in November — the NaNoWriMo, an annual writing project that brings together amateur and professional writers from around the world, in an admittedly quasi-sane attempt to write 50,000 words in 30 days. Here is the explanation from the website: “National Novel Writing Month is a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach [...]
So sweet, it’s (almost) spooky
Posted in Foodies, Motherhood, tagged gingerbread house, Halloween on October 21, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I’m not a huge Halloween fan. Lots of people around here decOraTe for Halloween, indoors and out, with extravagance beyond what I do for Christmas. I just can’t want to do that. I also don’t like spooky stuff, which puts a damper on the pranks, which I don’t like either. And, I don’t like scary [...]
squids and kids and life’s small miracles
Posted in Foodies, Motherhood on October 20, 2009 | 8 Comments »
My kid ate squid. While on vacation, we broke the long-standing, elusive Picky Eater Taste Barrier and the list of new-things-tried grew by the day. I cannot tell you how happy this made me, the Frustrated Foodie who for many years could not cook interesting dishes or dine out at adventurous restaurants with her whole [...]
what a nincompoop
Posted in get along like cats and dogs, tagged kittens on October 19, 2009 | 5 Comments »
We are having a good time with our new kitten friends. They bounce around the house like ping pong balls now that they are feeling better. CowboyKitty has proven to have many virtuous qualities, pingponginess for example, but cleanliness is not one of them; his fur has looked a bit disheveled since the day we [...]
there are fans…
Posted in seasons, tagged college football, fans, Wisconsin Badgers on October 16, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Some people are satisfied to proclaim their college football allegiance by just putting up a collegiate flag on game day. Others have decals on their car, or maybe a license plate cover, that proudly proclaims their alma mater. Then there are the select few… …that mow the college logo into their lawn. (I love that [...]
a tale of two kitties
Posted in get along like cats and dogs, Motherhood, tagged A Tale of Two Cities, Brett Favre, Charles Dickens, humane society, Jane Koenen Bretl, kittens on October 7, 2009 | 14 Comments »
How does the story go? It was the best of times, it was the worst of times? At risk of Dickensian metaphorical hyperbole, the last couple weeks have had some ups and downs. There was the loss of a beloved pet, but the adoption of two new ones. There were the three trips to the [...]
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