FUN FRIDAY
Here is a fun little website:Kiosk. They have tons of neat things from interesting countries. For instance:

Paper Shoes
$6.00
Paper & Paint
8" x 3"
Hong Kong

Kung Fu slippers for the afterworld, paper shoes burned at a Chinese funeral to be used on the other side. My fantasy was not to burn them but to match them with our paper hat and have some sort of strange installation with dancing shoes and a paper hat that constantly tips to say HELLO. I guess the slippers would be doing a tap or a shuffle, a bit odd for Kung Fu slippers but in the fantasy anything is possible. One more thing, I do think these are great with the hat for your new art collection, Oldenburg rocks after all.

WHAT'S NEW WEDNESDAY

This is a new blog I found that centers around the family.

Great ideas and recipes!

Flip Flops & Applesauce!

THINGS FROM THE PAST TUESDAY

My friends all had a toy that I coveted. I'm sure I could have asked one had I asked, but I didn't. I was thinking of that toy:

I also found out they have a National Skip-It Team. I'm interested. I wonder what the age cut-off is. Maybe you can join with me.

MOMMA'S MONDAY

With it being the first-day of school for me- I have to say a thanks to:

BOWS

&

HAIR

FUN FRIDAY

This is the cutest fabric depicting the "steps" a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints would take throughout their life. I LOVE IT and all the other fabric and notions!

THANKFUL THURSDAY

I am thankful that I can throw a birthday party for my children.

That I have a place to hang streamers and balloons.

That they may have happy birthday wishes.

Some don't have that...here's where to help.

WHAT'S NEW WEDNESDAY

I stumbled upon this website Darlybird. I love it. Here is a necklace

I would buy if I wore jewelry. It would pay homage to my rancher roots

and a star for the five people in my family. It's RAD.

THINGS FROM THE PAST TUESDAY

Sometimes I hear about things that I probably should know, for instance: I am an economics major and I know about Reganomics. I don't remember much else about his presidency. In my defense, I was 0-9 years of age during this decade. I found a way to find out the things that "come-up" occasionally. They know everything about the 1980s.

MOMMA'S MONDAY

I have a new guilty pleasure...check it out. People mail in postcards into this guy

and he posts it on his blogspot. It's very- All American Rejects "Your my Dirty Little Secret"-esque

SOMEONE SPECIAL
Born
December 23, 1805(1805-12-23)
Birth place
Sharon, Vermont
Died
June 27, 1844 (aged 38)
Death place
Carthage, Illinois

He was only 10 years older than me when he was killed. It amazes me the amount he was able to accomplish in so little time. Want to know more about Joseph Smith Jr.?>

FUN FRIDAY

What's more fun than frills!?!

These are for your little princesses.

Really.

THANKFUL THURSDAY

I am so thankful for beautiful, healthy babies. I can only imagine how hard it would be to have children that weren't. I watched a news channel last night talking about false hope given by an evangelist. The deformity and the desperation from the sick and their loved ones was overwhelming. I cried to see their hopeful faces and wanted them to be healed. I am so blessed.

Read about someone else concerned with children's health, Alfred I. duPont.

Kids Health

WHAT'S NEW WEDNESDAY

It's a goal of mine to give blood. I hate needles and I hate blood (except when it stays in it's veins and heart like its supposed to). However, my husband gives blood quite regularly and his stowic service has impressed me. Takes All Types is a website where you register your blood type with ways to contact you and they will let you know when they need your blood type in your area. I bet it's pretty hard to say "no"when you know you are needed.

THINGS FROM THE PAST TUESDAY

This one was easy. Who remembers Safety Kids? The sugary-sweet

songs that taught us to scream if someone tried to take us from our parents, how to memorize our telephone numbers, and who to look for if

we got lost. I DO! (In fact, if you are interested I became a rep for the discount and am willing to share!)

BRITE MUSIC.

Momma's Monday

Well, today is my day and the thing I'm digging on for right now is indexing for Family Search.

It helps me feel a tad bit productive in a very repetitive line of work.

Check it out. The download is free and you are helping people

all over the world find family lines and loved ones.

SOMEONE SPECIAL

This is my great-grandmother. She is now 95 years old. She came to visit us this holiday season and she never fails to bring copious amounts of stories from her lifetime. What I learned this trip: she had a heart-attack at 28 years-old, she would make 17 pies at a time to share with neighbors, she would compete with the other ladies in her neighborhood to see who had the cleanest house/could cook the best/had the best looking legs. (Things don't really change do they?) We took her to the temple- it has been more years than anyone could remember. It was a humbling experience and I decided I don't want to get old.

FUN FRIDAY

Something I find truly fun and entertaining is the drive-in. We often

set up camp at the Motor-Vu.

Before I go, I often check with this website. I type in the title and they

break down the rating- number of each swear-word and all!

Be a good parent HERE.

THANKFUL THURSDAY

I am so grateful for the ingenuity of the folks over at Shabby Princess because without them I would not have my top banner. If you didn't know, they have step-by-step instructions on how to design a layout using digital scrapbooking tools in Photoshop Element (which I have).

WHAT'S NEW WEDNESDAY

I really like LeeLou Blogs. All of her layout designs are free and beautiful!

She has recently made available layouts for the FOURTH of JULY.

She also has those cute LDS icons that lead to the church site. Cute!

FYI: if you are looking for LDS blinkies... Look Here.

Newly Committed!

In order to keep me going on my Wonders and Wandering my daily posts will be as follows: Momma's Monday, Things from the Past Tuesdays, What's New Wednesdays, Thankful Thursdays, Fun Fridays and Someone Special Saturdays.

DIY Nursing Covers

One of my favorite bloggers, who goes by Mavis, has detailed step-by-step instructions about how to make a nursing cover.

-OR-

as an alternative I really like this idea.

FOR OUR CHILDREN

Here is an excellent cause with which I agree and support. Commercial Free Childhood. We market waaaay too much to our children and the things that are typically marketed are things that should not be on their "radar" in the first place.

SLIDE SHOW MAGIC

My great-grandmother recently had her 95th birthday. I was in charge of the slide show. I spent all week gathering photos, scanning them and adding them into Windows Movie Maker- only to be given a tip by one of my mom's collueges that photostory was the better way to do things. It lets you edit your pictures, arrange them and does te transitions for you. And it's free!

FREE STUFF

Here is a website from Proctor & Gamble that asks for surveys and opinions on a variety of topics. The upside: they send you free product, freebie coupons and/or really cheap coupons for their new lines. By-the-way: I LOVE their new FUZE drinks and got quite a few for free!

Sign up HERE.

DIY Babylegs

First thing on my list...babylegs

You've seen them HERE.

Now to make them!

A great gal on flicker gave great instructions HERE.

They are adorable and so versatile!