Weekend Whatnot
My son has been learning about electricity and magnetism in his science studies. One of the lessons was titled "Magnet Madness." How true that turned out to be when he stuck his magnets on the side of his desk lamp and then turned it on. The thing sizzled and flashed explosively! That gave us quite a scare. We now have one very dead lamp. I'm just thankful it wasn't the laptop.
Discovery Kids has some very cool games on their website. My kids are currently obsessed with Whizzball, a mousetrap-like puzzle-building game. You can solve other people's puzzles, but building your own is much more fun. My son also recommends the Catapult Game and Bug Blaster.
I've been using Bookmooch for over a year now. It's a site where you trade books with people. You get points for listing your inventory, then trade those points in by "mooching" books off other people. You also get points when someone "mooches" off of you. I've been able to find just about every book I was looking for. It's a good way to recycle old paperbacks.
I'm itchy! Really itchy. I've been putting up insulation in our basement. Even with long sleeves, a hat, gloves, and a face mask, those pink fiberglass particles get into every nook and cranny. I noticed a brand of insulation at Lowe's that advertises itself as "less itchy!" Too bad it wasn't the thickness I wanted.
Star Wars according to a 3-year-old... Have you seen this ultra-cute YouTube video? I think she has a bright future as a movie reviewer.
I like giving stuff away. In a couple of days, I'm giving away something really big, thanks to the generosity of one of my local readers. Check back on Monday for news of that.
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Love the picture, is that in your back yard or some musical park you visited?
I'll have to try out the book site, and discovery kids! Sorry about the magnet thing. Good lesson though, I certainly never knew that you shouldn't put a magnet on a lamp. Though I will probably try it now because you've peaked my interest and it will bug me until I do.
Musical park? Do they have musical parks? What a cool idea, if they do
I took the picture at an arts center, which has all sorts of interactive sculptures and contraptions on its grounds, many of which have a music theme. So, in a way, it is kind of a musical park.
Great video. I haven't seen it before.
I can't stand that fiberglass insulation either. And really, just how "less itchy" is it really going to be?
It's always good to learn a new way to destroy something.
I will never be able to work with that insulation. Just going up in the attic of our old house would set me off in a big way. I was literally scared to go near the stuff.
I will hunt the web, or make my own insulation out of something like dried mud should I ever need to put the stuff in.
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