The Missing Post and Hooray for September

I had a post, but I guess I'm still not used to Windows 10 and it didn't save and it disappeared.  (Having a similar problem with WORD, but *may* have worked that out... won't know for a week or two.)

So that's today's story.  My apologies.

No end of the month wisdom other than... doesn't it always feel like a fresh start when a new month is around the corner?  It's like you can do New Year's resolutions all over again.

What exciting plans do you have for September?

I want to finish the organizing that I started in August (it's going well).  I want to play with more gold-fill (that's going well as well).  I want to (well, I don't WANT to, but I want to get it done) paint the outside staircase and side of the house.

And instead of the original missing post today, we'll just have some cuteness... cats and boxes...

 

And planters...

 

The Best Underwear and The Best Tupperware (or plastic food containers)

Okay, I know calling it Tupperware is like saying hand me a Kleenex.

What shall I call it?  The best plastic kitchen storage.

And it totally is.  Here's the product.  Little Big Box by Popit!

Not really sure about the logic of 1 set costing $24.99 and 2 sets coasting $99.99...

But that weirdness aside, this is hands-down the best food container system ever.  I originally bought them because my mom seemed to be having trouble closing (or opening?) other food containers we had and I can't abide things not being closed (don't get me started on how many meals spilled on me, in the fridge, on the floor... ugh!).  These lids have super easy snapping closure.

And as I found out afterwards they are extremely air-tight.  I put oil and vinegar in one, close it up, and shake it like mad (to get salad dressing to mix properly).  Not a single drop spills or leaks.

My friend uses them when she goes on river scrambles (hiking and floating in rivers).  They are in her backpack which is dunked in the water and completely water-logged for hours at a time.  Potato chips, completely dry at journey's end.

And they stack into two piles in the cupboard.

My second recommendation is this underwear.  DKNY Seamless Bikinis.

previously, thongs were the only kind of underwear that didn't ride up my butt cheeks, but that's sort of like cheating.

Then one day at Costco I bought these and they frikkin' stay where they're supposed to stay.  No weird seams either (just a bonus).

Of course, when I went back to Costco to stock up, they no longer carried them.  But I did find them on Amazon.

If you are annoyed by undies that creep up your butt cheek, try this and let me know what you think.

 

Love you guys!

Change Your Mind About Stress

Just checking in today.  Probably won't be another big blog post until Monday or Tuesday.

Learned something interesting about stress today.

You know how we've all heard THIS before...

Stress Kills -- Don't Take It Lightly


Well, that makes those of us who stress have more to stress about... the fact that our stress is killing us.  Oh yay! 

But not necessarily.  Oh my gosh I'm so glad I read this article (How to Be Good at Stress) and watched this Ted Talk (How to Make Stress Your Friend).

Turns out you can (and SHOULD) look at stress differently.  How you look at it can have a profound effect your life.

Writing Kindle Instructions

So I've been spending a lot of time recently creating a tutorial for basic actions on a Kindle Fire HD7.

There are a few people in my life who recently acquired Kindles and I'm trying to help them learn how to use their new contraptions.

Do you think anyone else would be interested in checking out the tutorial?  It's stuff like basic on/off, sleep mode, alarm clock, email, Pandora, Pinterest, camera, photos, internet, etc.

Weather Report and Other Blatherings

Had the third of my three classes today. 

This will take up a lot of my time, but so far all three classes are very interesting.  Two of them are very participatory... like working with other students and what not.  But it's good to be pushed out of your comfort zone once in a while.

Teaching tomorrow then getting back to "farm chores" on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.  Temps are supposed to drop from triple digits down to 88 for the weekend.  Yay!  (It's WAY easier to mow when it's not 100 degrees.)

I've been doing a lot of metalsmithing lately (which I adore), but I think I  may break out the metal clay tomorrow.  I've got the start of an idea I'd like ot try.

Since I missed my August "new additions" this month due to getting and setting up a new computer, I'll try to make sure that doesn't happen again. So keep an eye out for Sept 1st (first weekday of the month) for all the new goodies.

For now, keeping it short.  Will be back tomorrow with more helpful news and less weather report.  :-)

Whoooo!  How's this for Throwback Thursday?  Ha ha ha!