I make my bed every morning. Except yesterday morning. I didn’t remember not making my bed and so I was startled when I came home from work and saw the bed unmade. The same dogs that I can’t teach to sweep or vacuum do not make beds, so there it was, waiting for me.
I looked at it and then looked at the clock. In about three hours I’d be going to bed.
Make the bed or leave it? I made the bed. I’ll sleep better for having done that.
It seems a little early to be thinking about summer camp, but I already received the Xplorations Summer Science Adventures 2012 schedule from the Houston Museum of Natural Science. That means they have been thinking about it for quite some time. Every year when I receive their summer camp schedule I wish I was a kid again so I could go to these camps.
The 6-7 age group has some fascinating classes. The Da Vince Science class is “a week of gizmos, gadgets, and ingenious inventions! Discover Leonardo and all of his amazing contraptions. Learn to write in “mirror writing” and explore how Leonardo would have lived in his Renaissance world. Experiment with simple machines and build some of your own inventions.” I’d love to go to this one!
Mummies and Mysteries is another class that is calling my name. The museum has their very own mummy, Ankh-hap. Who wouldn’t want to get a close-up look at the work of Egyptian masters from thousands of years ago?
They have their own version of Survivor for the 8-9 year olds. You don’t watch it, you do it! “Learn to navigate by the stars, tell time with the sun, and find out what kinds of bugs make good snacks. Participate in Friday’s survivor competition. Camp includes optional bug tasting activity.” Not sure if that would be yummy or yuck! Only one way to find out!
Full Tilt Physics shows up in the 10-12 age group classes. They get to “explore the science of speed from acceleration and air resistance to collisions and crashes. Design and build hovercrafts, cars, planes and other vehicles then modify them to maximize their velocity. The race is on!”
That’s how science should be taught: by interaction, by participation, by hands-on experience. If there are any open slots when registration ends, I wonder if the museum would let me register my inner child. I promise to behave.
When I started this blog, I added the weather widget for Buda, Texas, as that’s where I hang out a lot, usually at B&B Quilting and Gifts. When I checked the weather on my iPhone, I noticed it brought up Buda, Texas and Buda, Illinois. What a coincidence! Another town called Buda.
Around these here parts (Texas), we pronounce it “BEEYOU-duh.” You can tease the tourists and your out-of-town family members if you tell them it’s “Boo-DAY” or even “BOO-duh” (as in Buddha). There’s a couple of theories as to how Buda, Texas got its name but I’m not sure if any one theory is accepted as definitive.
Then I wondered about Buda, Illinois. How is it pronounced there? How did it get its name? Looking it up on the Internet, I found that both Budas have a Wikipedia page. The Buda, Texas page mentions the regionally famous Wiener Dog Races. The Wikipedia page for Buda, Illinois doesn’t mention any such sport.
I briefly considered randomly phoning people in Buda, Illinois and asking if they knew how the town got their name and it is pronounced. I decided against it, probably for the better. Instead, I added that weather widget to my blog as a nod to our northern sister city (lower right side of the blog).
Hello, Buda, Illinois!
It’s a lot colder there. And I won’t be surprised that in the summer, it’s a lot hotter here.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Hope
I will be the gladdest thing
Under the sun!
I will touch a hundred flowers
And not pick one.
~ Edna St. Vincent Millay, “Afternoon on a Hill”
Bloom where you are planted
My shoes regularly come untied. Twelve books on knotting in my bookcase and I can’t tie my shoes such that they stay tied all morning, much less all day.
I can’t figure it out. I’ve used the “under” maneuver as well as the “over” maneuver (and I can’t explain either one). One doesn’t seem to be better than the other for me, as the results are the same: untied shoes by noon. About the only thing that works is double-tying the laces.
That works okay for running shoes that have long laces. Some of the shoes I wear to work are lace-ups, but their laces are much shorter and waxier. I often find myself walking down the hall, noticing that little tap of a sound that lets me know my laces are undone and flicking onto the floor with each step.
All dressed up!
Yummy laces!
I found one solution: Bow Biters. I think they are for kids, but they are the only thing that has worked for me. They say you are supposed to dress for the professional position you desire. That must mean that I want to be a professional happy . . . (I’ll get back to you when I decide what I want to be when I grow up).
It's a long story ... 