As my birthday is drawing near, and I am thinking about Juliette's birthday. I figure Birthdays are quite a good topic of discussion for a blog.
There are hundreds of things you can do to host a birthday party... and by subclass you can have nearly any theme you like. My personal favorites are Murder mystery in the genre of Agatha Christie novels
For kids birthdays, fairies, knights, princesses, pirates, and wizards seem to be more their speed.
What is/was your favorite birthday party/event...
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Thought of the Day #5 -- "Weekends Off"
I took the weekend off from blogging, chalking it up to my taking a break from a job or commitment.
I was thinking about this over the weekend...
1. Because I made the commitment to myself that I should have 30 consecutive thoughts for blogging, and
2. because I was trying to define how strong my conviction for blogging really is.
So what really are "Weekends Off"?
By a Google search you will find this definition:
the working week) is part of the 7-day week
devoted to labor, as opposed to rest. In many
countries it is Monday to Friday. What constitutes
the workweek is mandated either by law or custom.
...en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weekend_off
Individually we sometimes define our "off" time as time away from work, other times we define it as time to ourselves away from everyone and everything. Some people might consider a weekend off, time when they can spend their energy blogging...
For me, a weekend off is when I can do what I feel like doing, away from any obligations.
This weekend, it meant no blogging for 2 days which sort of coincided with the weekend.. you will notice that I finished Friday's thought on Saturday, but only because I fell asleep too early Friday.
So what do you do on your "Weekends Off"?
Share with us the curiosities of mind and soul... we need a little excitement in our lives!
I was thinking about this over the weekend...
1. Because I made the commitment to myself that I should have 30 consecutive thoughts for blogging, and
2. because I was trying to define how strong my conviction for blogging really is.
So what really are "Weekends Off"?
By a Google search you will find this definition:
Definitions of Weekend off on the Web:
The legal workweek (a US term, in the UK called the working week) is part of the 7-day week
devoted to labor, as opposed to rest. In many
countries it is Monday to Friday. What constitutes
the workweek is mandated either by law or custom.
...en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weekend_off
Individually we sometimes define our "off" time as time away from work, other times we define it as time to ourselves away from everyone and everything. Some people might consider a weekend off, time when they can spend their energy blogging...
For me, a weekend off is when I can do what I feel like doing, away from any obligations.
This weekend, it meant no blogging for 2 days which sort of coincided with the weekend.. you will notice that I finished Friday's thought on Saturday, but only because I fell asleep too early Friday.
So what do you do on your "Weekends Off"?
Share with us the curiosities of mind and soul... we need a little excitement in our lives!
Saturday, July 3, 2010
Thought of the Day #4 -- "Sleep"
Sleep... it is the time of day when you are seemingly not accomplishing anything, but it is 100% necessary to live your life.
When deprived of sleep we become cranky, inefficient and possibly destructive. When you have too much sleep you can become addicted to sleep and want more of it.
Who is to say what is the right amount of sleep... and does the average 8 hours work for everyone all the time?
Sleep is on my mind as I put my darling daughter in her bed each night, I wonder what dreams she is having, if she will sleep well and awake rested and alert, and if she wonders where I went after I left her in her bed. I am sadly now obsessed with nap times and bed times and waking from sleep, or not waking a sleeping baby; so much so that I've begun to wonder if I am getting enough sleep.
Sleep Related Sayings:
O sleep, O gentle sleep,
Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee,
That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down
And steep my sense in forgetfulness?
~William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part I
Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee,
That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down
And steep my sense in forgetfulness?
~William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part I
When deprived of sleep we become cranky, inefficient and possibly destructive. When you have too much sleep you can become addicted to sleep and want more of it.
Who is to say what is the right amount of sleep... and does the average 8 hours work for everyone all the time?
Sleep is on my mind as I put my darling daughter in her bed each night, I wonder what dreams she is having, if she will sleep well and awake rested and alert, and if she wonders where I went after I left her in her bed. I am sadly now obsessed with nap times and bed times and waking from sleep, or not waking a sleeping baby; so much so that I've begun to wonder if I am getting enough sleep.
Sleep Related Sayings:
- Sleep tight.
- Sleep is overrated.
- Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.
- It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterward. Baltasar Gracian
- People who say they sleep like a baby usually don't have one. Leo J. Burke
- Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. Benjamin Franklin
- The sayings above and other sleep references can be found at:
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Thought of the Day #3 -- "forgetfulness"
So have you ever had a perfect thought, intended to commit it to memory, and within hours forgotten it completely?
I am pretty sure I had a perfect thought today, but since I cannot remember what it was, I can neither prove nor disprove my belief...
Somehow that is a little inconvenient though I am sure if I could remember it, this would have been a brilliant post!
/:-)
I am pretty sure I had a perfect thought today, but since I cannot remember what it was, I can neither prove nor disprove my belief...
Somehow that is a little inconvenient though I am sure if I could remember it, this would have been a brilliant post!
/:-)
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