Monday, September 30, 2013

Kandinsky project

http://kidsartists.blogspot.ca/2011/02/concentric-circles-in-style-of.html

I love how simply this lesson is.  I have been scouring books at the library for an idea of how to present this particular painting to my boys and found tonight when doing another search.  This was myfirst hit for tonights search....can't imagine why i haven't seen this one before!

Thursday, September 12, 2013

Another hit...not quite a sucker punch

Just spent some time google searching a title of a book i read ages ago, but felt it needed a re-read.  After searching on and off for weeks i finally found it: one minute millionaire.

Anyway, in my search box i typed in " woman having to make a million dollars to get back her kids story line".  Yes, fourth or fifth on the list was the book i was looking for but also on this list was amanda hocking....ebook author.

Self-published e-book author whom is now published on paper and has her first three books optioned to be movies!

Why this is a hit for me (a slap or even a punch) to my ego is i have been toying with storylines in my head for years and thinking that "there's no way that I could do this and people would actually want to read it!!"

And, while looking for something else, a not-so-gentle reminder makes itself known and i realize what it is i am not doing....again.

However, i do realize that the list of things that i want to be doing is a touch longer than one or two things so i do know that not all can be done. 

Time is short on this earth and to be spending sooo much of it doing things we don't want to be doing is a terrible waste!!!

Changes need to be done asap!!!!!

Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Tempting Tuesday

Todays recipe of pullingan idea out of the air is.....

Homestyle philly cheese steak sandwich

How:
Leftover cheese bread stickcut inhalf
Stew beef sliced small
Steak sauce
Onions, fried
Cheese

Cook the beef with the sauce pour over bread cover with fried onions and cheese

Result....yummy!

Caution: must use a low salt and milder variety of sauce next time as it is intense and salty

New to do list september

For september:

Figure out a budget to get ahead...not fall behind or break even
Continue planning for december trip
Birthday cakes
Muffins
Menu planning
Cleaning schedule and list for kids jobs
List of planned financial expenses coming up
Winter clothing check up
List of repairs for home
Schedule to get sample bottles filled up andshipped out