New Year, New You Challenge

Thanks to everyone who stopped by yesterday and commented on my wordless Wednesday photo. I loved that place, those sunrises. If I could live there, I'd do it in a heartbeat.

I have a challenge for everyone. It's rather easy. A few times a year my desktop (on my computer) gets so cluttered with icons that it starts to drive me crazy. Since I always use the start button, there's really no need for me to have a billion icons on the desktop. So the challenge is... clean off, organize, and sort your icons on your desktop.

I have a few folders for things that I've saved to the desktop in the past that I'm not ready to get rid of yet. Like programs, documents, backups, etc. And then I have a select few icons that I do use.

Everything else must go. Or be organized into an appropriate folder. Then the remaining icons get organized by type, or however you want to do it.

Have fun. Be organized.

Wordless Wednesday

Taken in the white mountains, January 27, 2007

The birds are going ice skating...

I think I mentioned the new bird bath we got this past weekend. I didn't get a heater because I didn't think it freezes that much here in the south. The thermometer made a liar out of me today. :) 20 whole degrees. Brrrr.

Needless to say my birds are ice skating this morning. Hopefully it'll thaw quick. I suppose I could pour some warm water on top to speed things up.

I read something interesting the other day, now I feel like I need to look into it a little more. Birds (or some birds - need to find out which ones) eat dirt. Evidentially small dirt particles help them digest food. Weird huh?

Is it cold where you are?

Article Published

I've had an article published at ehow.com! Nifty, huh? It's entitled: How to Pack Your Christmas Decorations using Recycled Materials

You can follow this link to read it. http://www.ehow.com/how_2170612_christmas-decorations-using-recycled-materials.html

Want snow, will settle for rain...

As you may have heard the south east, at least parts of it, are in a severe drought. And while I love, Love, LOVE snow... I'll settle for rain. And plenty of it. I never thought I'd be so happy to see it rain. It's such a cleansing thing. Like the whole world is getting a shower. :)

We've gotten around 2 inches in the past week and that's such a Godsend. It rained on Thanksgiving and I cheered. It rained on Christmas and I was so happy. Yesterday it rained all day and the birds continued to eat from the feeders, delighting in the rain. I almost wanted to remind them to scrub behind their ears. LOL That's how delirious I am with the rain. And yes, I know that birds don't have ears to wash behind. :)

If you have a spare minute, pray that the south east gets some much needed rain this winter. I'm sure God is tired of hearing me ask for the same thing every single day. *g*

Monday Menu

This week's menu:

Monday: Halibut with white bean sauce
Tuesday: Pizza
Wednesday: Chicken Chili
Thursday: Pimento Burgers
Friday: Out to Eat

Lots to share...

Hope everyone had a happy holiday. Ours was relaxing! We got some great goodies. Our kitchen is a little more decked out thanks to a shiny new food processor, cool tools like a lime and lemon juicer, a garlic peeler, and a gorgeous new pan from Emerile's line (thanks mom!).

My birds are also eating in style. At least the little yellow finches are... thanks to a special new feeder just for them. Last night DH and I purchased a bird bath for the back deck. I've been wanting one for ages and I think we've found just the one. It clips to the edge of the deck and has a shallow end, a deep end, and a place to put a dripper. Not to mention the bottom is textured. These are all things that the bird magazine I recently read said a bird bath should have.

I'm so excited!

I've got lots of new "notes to self" and recipes to share.

How was your holiday? What did you get?

Wordless Wednesday: To Be Read Pile

Today's Wordless Wednesday is all about your To Be Read pile. So show it off. Here's mine.

Organizing Challenge

I know the holidays are almost here, and I should be sending my Christmas cards. But my desktop is filled with icons which drives me nuts. So today's organizing challenge is to tidy your computer's desktop. Get rid of unused icons. Organize the rest. And maybe even add a festive background.

Poinsettias

I've heard for several years that poinsettias are poisonous. Now I'm hearing they're not. Either way, I wonder each year how to best keep them alive and looking there best. BHG.com has an article on that very topic this month. Learn how to pick out a good one and keep it looking great all season long.

http://www.bhg.com/bhg/story.jsp?storyid=/templatedata/bhg/story/data/14459.xml