Chickadee Manor

Getting ideas from your computer to real life

I don't know about you, but I tend to collect ideas and resources on my computer but they don't tend to make it from the computer into real life.  I have all sorts of patterns and printables saved as PDFs in folders on my computer but rarely print them and use them.  I have eBooks that I completely forget exist.  I have oodles and oodles of ideas pinned on Pinterest.  The odd thing gets transmuted from idea to action but there are far more ideas lurking about in digital folders and files.  My question is - how do you get your online/digital ideas into functioning parts of your life?  I don't know if it's a case of "out of sight, out of mind" or what!  

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Participating in {this moment} with Amanda at SouleMama.

A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. If you're inspired to do the same, head on over to leave a link to your 'moment' in the comments for all to find and see.

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Back to school for Mom, sort of...

Yesterday the Rosetta Stone French program that I ordered arrived.  I was so excited!  However, I had to wait until today to give it a try, we were hosting the book club that Dwayne is a member of last night.  (For anyone curious, the book they discussed last night was Broken Arrow: America's First Lost Nuclear Weapon.)  So far, I am really enjoying it!  Some of the basic French I learned at school is coming back to me and I am finding the program great for working on my (horrible) pronounciation.  I understand much more than I am able to speak, and largely because I know my pronounciation is way off.  I'm hoping that I will be able to catch up with Hendrik and maybe be able to speak French with friends and my Quebec family members.  Yay!  We purchased the Homeschool Edition with the girls in mind as well.  

I'm hoping Dwayne will take it up as well.  He actually has a far better French accent than I do, despite not being able to understand a thing that he is reading!  Haha!  It is always immensely entertaining to me when the kids ask him to read them French stories at bedtime.  I love it!

 

House planning

Well, we are trying to decide whether or not to build a new house or build an addition on to our existing house.  Right now, we are leaning towards the latter.  Less time and energy to get it done and get moved in!  I have house plans in my brain right now.  I'm always on the lookout for ideas.  Our lovely local bookstore is changing hands next week, and as such, the current owner is trying to sell as much inventory as possible before the sale of the store.  A visit yesterday yielded a happy surprise - all books 50% off!  YIPEE!  I purchased a few books that I had been drooling over for a while.  Here are some of the books I've been perusing lately.  Some bought yesterday, some not!