Things I Learned In February

I am linking up with Chatting at the Sky  "Things I learned in February"

1. My dog doesn't like my Zumba moves. The actual moves anger him.  Every time I start dancing he starts to bark and jumps on me. I don't know what is up with that. Seriously, I have been having fun learning to Zumba so I have been basically practicing my non moves everywhere.

2.My Son has been working on his science project. He has been trying to figure out if temperature effects the height of the bounce of a tennis ball. I learned that temperature does effect ball bounce quite a bit. It does. Much to the chagrin of my family it also triggered a few new band names for me - "Frozen Balls" or " Boiling Balls".  Get your mind out of the gutter PEOPLE.

Boiling Tennis Balls

3. I am one of those people who get songs stuck in my head.  Currently the Lego Movie song is stuck in the sound track of my brain. We went as a family last week to see it. It was cute. You can basically apply this song to everything - Everything is AWESOME when you work as a team. It is quickly becoming my anthem.



4. I was inspired by this Evolve quote I used for my one little word so I took it to the next level.  Not quite happy with it. No pun intended, this is how it evolved. I also learned that I can't help tweaking things.

 

 



Project Life - February

I am linking up with The Mom Creative at Project Life Tuesday

Well, I think I am approaching project life a little different than in the past.  There seems to be a lot of bloggers on that path, too.  I will be doing monthly spreads or event layouts because that works for me.  I have older kids and with school during the week we don't do much during the week. I also plan on inserting more of my blog entries into project life as well.  So far, I only have one layout complete.  I love that Project Life is whatever you make it.  There is lots of flexibility. Here is my Superbowl layout.

Superbowl Layout

 

 

 

Journal Cards are Project Life: Cobalt Edition (discontinued) I slightly modified the dot cards with white stickers with common Seahawk Sayings.

Booking It February 2014

 

 

Well my reading hasn't slowed down.  I read a few books this month. I am once again on a non-fiction kick. Check out what the ladies are reading over at Life as Mom - Booking It 2014.

I'd Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had by Tony Danza.  I picked this up on a whim.  I thought it was excellent look at a inner city school and the challenges that new teachers face whether they are famous or not.  One of the things Tony Danza touched on the concept  I often am reminded of when I am teaching my kids - Sometimes you need to get out of their way.

Claiming Ground by Laura Bell.

In 1977, Laura Bell left her family home in Kentucky for a wild and unexpected adventure: herding sheep in Wyoming’s Big Horn Basin. The only woman in a man’s world, she nevertheless found a home among the strange community of drunks and eccentrics, as well as a shared passion for a life of solitude and hard work. By turns cattle rancher, forest ranger, outfitter, masseuse, wife and mother, Bell vividly recounts her struggle to find solid earth in a memoir that’s as breathtaking as it is singular. - Amazon

Claiming Ground was mentioned in our library's "What to Read Next" column as a book you would like if your liked  Wild by Cheryl Strayed.  Wild is our Whatcom Reads book for the year.  I thought Claiming Ground was interesting and the writing kept drawing me back in.   Often I felt like the story jumped around.  Some things are alluded to but not really explored. I read another review somewhere else that the person had to keep reminding themselves that this is a REAL person.  I found myself doing that.  There are no fairytales here.

A Memoir- Hungry - What Eighty Ravenous Guys Taught Me about Life, Love, and the Power of Good Food by Darlene Barnes.  Darlene was a Frat House Cook.  She discusses her journey to become a cook and how she introduced the guys at the Fraternity to real food.  I thought this was an interesting funny enlightening book.  I love that she cooked for Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity on the University of Washington Campus. I live in Washington State so I felt the local connection. Darlene said the guys taught her more than she taught them. The book also includes recipes. Darlene has her own blog.  Darlene is in the process of buying a farm in Skokomish, Washington.

Snow

Tigger loves to help with the snow removal

We are in the snow.  It is a rare snow day for school here today.  These pictures are from yesterday.  We are having lots of wind today and a little snow so far this morning. This afternoon has brought freezing rain which sounds really strange against our windows.

Doesn't everyone use their scuba mask as a snow goggles?

Drift on the Garage Roof

Experimenting -Photo/Ink

Every once in a while, I have a creative urge.  I love the art work of Alisa Burke.  I keep seeing a similar picture about Your Comfort Zone and Where the Magic Happens. I decided to make my own version.

The original diagram had the comfort zone as a circle. I think of mine more as a box. I used Photoshop and took a sunset photo and cropped it. I added the words in Photoshop. the final product below was inspired by Alisa Burke. It is imperfect.  I did use my sizzix to make a flower template. I traced with a fine scrapbooking marker and added embellishment with a white marker.  

Snowy Linky Love

Tigger and Charlie

Just sharing a little linky love on snowy day in the Pacific Northwest.

Stop The Bashing - Really good blog on the bashing of teachers

Things Not to Say to Someone with Anxiety - If you know someone with general anxiety, this is a good reminder of what NOT to say to them.


ALL THINGS COSTCO
There has been a rash of really good Costco posts.  Check them out.

Costco Price List  at Queen Bee Coupons

Stuff I didn't Know I Needed from Costco by Anglea over at the Coupon Project

Making the Most of Your Costco Membership by Mavis at One Hundred Dollars a Month

T.P. 5k Fun Run/Walk

Today, we walked the T.P. 5k.  I honestly can't make this stuff up.  I just had to participate.  I run a blog all about an outhouse that I use to be able to see from my dining room so that seemed like reason enough.

All kidding aside, this was TP raiser for the local Womancare Shelter.  Registration cost was 4 rolls of TP.   So this morning despite the snow/sleet/rain, we walked around Cornwall Park.  We were definitely the last people to cross the finish line except Cody who sprinted ahead. We were wiped out . (that is the best I got people)

Some of  us had loads of energy

Below was my Horoscope for today.  I kinda thought it fit perfectly ( Just for the record, I don't believe in horoscopes but it is funny)

 

The turn out was decent despite the weather and a lot of TP was donated.