Love That Song!

This is a song I love anyway, thanks to Moulin Rouge. However, I happened across this version today and just love it. I love the sound of her voice and if you check out some of their other videos you will see just how musically inclined and talented she is. I love the piano "plucking" that her partner does too.

The Case for Memorization

My family recently watched Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland. We absolutely loved it, especially my oldest daughter who is a Tim Burton fan. We are all long time fans of Alice in general though. The storyline is totally different than the Alice we are all used to. I loved how this "sequel" seemed to just fit and feel so right and still be a great story on its own. I loved how Johnny Depp (The Mad Hatter) kept asking "Why is a raven like a writing desk?" through the whole movie. I loved how the Jabberwocky had a main role.

I have been a fan of The Jabberwocky for as long as I can remember, but seeing this movie and later watching You Tube videos of kids reciting poetry



(like this one) reminded me that once upon a time I wanted my kids to be consistantly be working on memorizing poetry as well as scripture.

I had made the decision to start with The Jabberwocky when I happened upon The Case for Memorization, a blog post that coincidentally mentions The Jabberwocky. I was already in the right mind-frame, so the post just solidified for me what I need to do.

3 Year Old Recites "Litany" by Billy Collins

My daughter showed me this video. She said it would "inspire" me. Oh ya. It inspired me all right. Inspired me to want to have another child, so I can "do better" with the next one. (eye roll) Yeesh!

Every Sucess Comes with a Little Failure

I love those stories you hear about famous or successful people that tell of their failures or setbacks on their way to greatness. Stories like how it took Thomas Edison over 10,000 attempts to create the light bulb. Can you even imagine? I would never have the perseverance to keep up with that. Here is a link to a post from A Pilgrim's Progress with a great video on these kind of failures.

I really get inspired and encouraged by this type of thing. I hope you get something out of it too.

Pacific Garbage Patch

This is so discouraging, yet motivating. I am discouraged by how much damage we are doing to our planet, but seeing videos like this makes it more real to me and motivates me to do more. It gives me a reason to keep on what I am doing and find more to do. I really want to eliminate plastic from my life. Whether it is a hazard to my health is already a worry in my head, but when I see how gross it making our planet as well, I have to try harder.

Vega Smoothie Photo Contest

I don't know if there is anyone out there reading this blog, but if you are I would love some help with a photo contest I entered. It is one of those where the photos with the most votes win. I have my eye on the blender prize, which means I need to come in somewhere between 2nd and 11th. Voting goes until August 15th, 2010 and each email address can vote once every 24 hours.

If you would like to help me out by casting a vote for my photo, you can go to the Where Will Your Smoothie Take You contest page and this link will take you straight to my photo. Thanks and smilies to all.

A Different Sort of Video- Taylor Swift "Thug Story"

I really like this girl.


We will see how long this video stays up.