what I think heaven will be like, minus the soccer (har, har – I kid, mostly)

the last airbender

 

My son watched “Avatar: The Last Airbender” on Nickelodeon. Did your kids watch it? It was a captivating story, so I was kind of geeked out when I found out it would be a live action movie. Then I found out M. Night was making it and I really geeked out. And I actually thought I was going to see it back last year when we all loaded up in the car and went to see “Avatar.” True story. I was 20 minutes into the movie before I stopped saying “Where is Aang?” Thus, I sealed my dorkiness for all eternity.

Anywho… The actual Aang movie is coming. I received a press release today noting that the release date has been moved up to July 1. I can’t think of a better way to kick off the month.  Go see the trailer here.  That other movie was really good, too. ;)

site ch-ch-ch changes are coming, really

I swear, the switch to the new site really is coming. Almost there.

It’s a crazy week, so here’s a hail of bullets for you:

• I think I will kick off the new site with a couple of giveaways for bibliophiles. Maybe that will have the added benefit of saving me from the sure demise of books collapsing on top of me.
• I can’t choose the right blue for the master bedroom walls. There is some talk about me being blue-green colorblind (it’s a lie), so we will see how this turns out.
• Like several of my blog friends, I was contacted by CSN stores about reviewing one of their products. That will be coming soon. They sell, well, pretty much everything as near as I can tell, including recessed lighting, floor steamers (I covet), kitchen knives, Lego sets, bamboo flooring, tons of organic cotton stuff… I wonder if they have anything that caps gushing oil wells?
• Oh, yes, I almost forgot (read: blocked from memory), we had house guests. Bats. In my attic. If only I had a belfry.
• My eldest is competing in the National Forensic League tournament in Kansas City this week. She didn’t make it to finals, but you can still watch some very talented kids live (I think) online starting tomorrow afternoon.

I hope your summer is off to a glorious start!

because it’s june

And because I know you don’t want to read about election results and oil spills today, or any day, here are some stories I have running this month. They are petroleum-free. (New site coming soon…)

The BMW Charity Pro-Am is history, but you can read about the charities it benefits:

http://www.sandlapper.org/magazine/a_round_of_golf/

Melinda Claudepierre (who sings like an angel, by the way), has invented a gorgeous wallet for you Dave Ramsey users out there:

http://www.greenvilleonline.com/article/20100601/PARENT03/306010031/One-mom-finds-her-entrepreneurial-spirit-at-home 

Growing Together:

http://www.greenvilleonline.com/article/20100601/PARENT03/306010030/Home-schooling-my-son-has-taught-me-a-few-things-about-how-I-view-the-world

and here:

http://www.ipubviewer.com/publication/?i=39154&p=17

Getting your kids in the game – and in a healthy lifestyle: http://www.ipubviewer.com/publication/?i=39154&p=15

Don’t overreact, but do learn about these lesser known pediatric conditions: http://www.ipubviewer.com/publication/?i=39154

the virtual packing has begun

Tech support (my wonderful husband) helped me with a few final site thingys (it’s a highly technical term) this weekend. I have some tinkering to finish and then this blog will move to www.chrisworthy.com. Writers have to brand, you know? I hope you will meet me there soon. I will post here when the deed is done.

(Currently, my domain name redirects here, so if you reach it that way you are ahead of the game.)

Now, go get in the pool, people. It’s summer!

phone dump

I really need to take the pictures off my Blackberry more often…

Snapped at the post office, because it looks so much like the Bud dog, right down to the tippy head.

This photo was taken at Sears. This is the model we ended up buying. Dear High Efficiency Washer, where have you been all my life?

This is the boy having fun (yes, really) on the ropes course at Adventure Base 100, the Boy Scouts’ traveling 100th Anniversary exhibit.

lobster network

Lobster Network is free and it’s run by a homeschooling family. That should be enough to get your interest but if not, how about this? It is a virtual (web-based) file cabinet/storage closet/pantry/garage for well, pretty much anything. While the goal is to make it a way to reach out to your cyber neighbors to lend and borrow whatever you can think of (Homeschool books? Anyone?) it is also useful for tracking your own widgets, higgymafloppers and whozits. I am hoping to get my act together enough to use it as my virtual card catalog for the ridiculous number of books we have around here. It can be used to catalogue your assets (for your homeowner’s insurance), to manage the trades of outgrown swim team gear, taps shoes and scout uniforms for your group, or … anything.

Why is it called Lobster Network?

 

You can join or set up communities with whom you can share stuff or you can keep this all to yourself. You control the flow of information. Watch a video tutorial for details. You can also buy and sell, using the site as a virtual marketplace.

My favorite part about Lobster Network is that it is family-friendly. While you can list pretty much anything on the site, you do have to agree to a code of conduct that prohibits not only the usual prohibited things (items that are illegal or stolen) but also items that are objectionable or for mature audiences. Super cool.

 

We were asked to review the site as part of the TOS Crew. Membership is free and I was not compensated. My opinions are my own.