Pinterest.
11-26-2011
Recently, I have gotten myself quite addicted to Pinterest. What is Pinterest? Pinterest is basically a virtual pinboard site. You create pinboards of all different topics of your interest and then you can pin different images there which link back to their source on the internet. The fun part is seeing other people’s pinboards and sharing what you’ve found with your friends.
So, I decided to share some things I’ve found with you since I’ve decided to cave to the new internet craze that is Pinterest.
Glowing firefly jars. Flick specks of glow in the dark paint into a mason jar!
Rainbow drink! Colored ice cubes (with KoolAid or juice), stack in tall glasses and pour in sprite!
50 Crafts & Projects Using Recycled, Repurposed and Upcycled Cans.
Cute baskets & wall mounting brackets together! Great ideas for organization.
clock from ThinkGeek.com – I want this for my classroom because it’s amazing and I’m a huge nerd
What have you found on Pinterest?
If you’d like to take a look at my Pinboards or add me, feel free!
http://pinterest.com/caitysparkles/
Plug it in.
11-25-2011
New Zealand power outlets fascinate me.
Besides looking like cute little faces and being interesting because they are just a novelty to me, they have one other feature that I really like. Most NZ outlets have a switch right on them to turn the power on or off. It further saves electricity because it directly shuts off the electricity to the outlet entirely. It’s such a genius idea. It’s so simple and yet it’s something I’ve never seen before. You can save so much power by flicking the switch off when you’re not using the outlet so the outlet doesn’t draw any power at all.
I had to admit it took me some getting used to since I just usually plug things in and then pull them out again and that’s that but now it’s always a two step deal – plug it in and flick a switch or unplug and flick a switch.
The other thing that takes getting used to?
Up is off and down is on on all switches here!
I try to think I’m doing my part reducing my usage and recycling (Josh and I set up a recycling system here) and reducing my carbon footprint. Even little things like flicking switches on your outlets can add up if everyone does it.
20 CommentsThanksgiving.
11-24-2011
It’s Thanksgiving.
I miss my family.
All day, I tried to think of things I was thankful for. I made a huge list inside my head and every time I got sidetracked feeling sorry for myself being so far away from my family on Thanksgiving, I went back to my list. I didn’t even know I could think of so many things that I was grateful for. It really helped me get through the day. Josh was really good to me too. At first I got all emotional and upset at him because I thought he forgot about Thanksgiving but he went behind my back trying to plan all these big surprises for me. Then I felt pretty awful for just assuming he was ignoring me or being forgetful about Thanksgiving. I guess we’re all human sometimes, aren’t we?
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