The UNICEF Tap Project

Follow the link below and help UNICEF provide clean water to those in need!

/http://thehigherlearning.com/2014/03/24/dont-touch-your-phone-for-10-minutes-provide-a-day-of-clean-drinking-water-for-a-child-in-need/

The Lonely Mailbox Project

I've begun a letter writing project for those with lonely mailboxes! ;)

It’s born out of the fact that almost everyday when I check my mail box - and I mean my actual REAL (it could contain a bit of paper, in an envelope with an address and a STAMP on it) mailbox - I open it to reveal a big fat nothing. Even with “all” my bills bills bills ... yeah, the two that still come in the mail and almost always come on the same day ... there’s almost never anything in the box.  

I can happily say that I don’t get a ton of junk mail ... the occasional coupon from Bed Bath & Beyond, my HomeBrew Emporium News Letter’s and my Penzy’s Spice Catalog’s are welcome friends, but don’t come too often ... and Christmas and Birthday’s only come once a year.

So, I'm trying to strike up some old-school pen-pal-ships, ya dig?! And to bring back to life the "lost art" of letter writing! 

I know, I know ... we’re all busy ... Facebook is “right there” ... email is so much quicker and you don’t need to go to the postoffice to get a stamp ... blah blah blah.  I say we reconnect the old fashion way.  Write something down and send it to someone you love (or just like) ... write someone a letter that will hang on their fridge, be folded into the book they’re reading and used as a bookmark, a card displayed on the mantle for a while ... something that will make them smile, something that will be cherished for a moment or a lifetime.

Really, who doesn’t light up when they find an actual letter in their mailbox?!

It might be truly old school and playing ‘catch up’ via letter writing ... or being a tad more createive and corresponding using Haiku’s ... or attempting to teach said pen pal something via mail (like, did you know that Butterflies taste with their feet, true story) ... or some awesome postcard swapping ... or ...! 

And now ... it's on. 

Already sent 4-letters out and even received one back ... !

Woot woot!!!


-----3/31/14-----
A few fun reasons why real mail rocks!

(drawn by my cousin Laura)

Stargazing fun!

So totally trying this ... some day ... when I know someone with a truck, ha ha! :)

"Upcycling"

So apparently there's a new term out there ... upcycling ... which is really just the repurposing of old items rather than tossing them into the garbage.  

I do so love it when one does not have to add more crap into the already overfilled landfills of the nation (globe).

At any rate ... here are two upcycling ideas I kinda love - in the right places.  :o)

'Upcycle' an old ladder into a niffty bookshelf!

'Upcycle' some old brackets and books into some trendy new shelves.

I'm certain that there are other 'cool' things out there one can 'upcycle' ... I'll keep my eyes out for really great ones to add on here. 

How to Have a Lovely Day!

TRUTH!

Yoga Class / Gym or Dance Class

I would really like a more regular dose of exercise induced happiness (endorphins is what scientists call them, I believe). Plus I would like to lose a few extra pounds I've accrued over the past few years ... so I'm pondering:

Yoga Class 

Joining a Gym

or

Signing up for a Dance Class

Looking for something that I can start up in March ... after the next show I'm directing goes out on the road. 

Hmmm...more later.

2 Things that I want to do!

Here are two things that I would like to try and do in my own apartment:

 1. I don't have the space for an actual bar in my apartment ... and this looks like a good way to solve that problem. Ok ... gotta buy some shelves ... and then some booze (perhaps I'll have a "new bar shelf" party and ask folks to bring booze with them...LOL)!

2. I want to do this for two reasons: a.) so that I can put up a map and "pin" all of the places I have traveled, and b.) because it looks cool - and I think it would make a nice "backdrop" for the in between space of my computer desk and the shelf above the desk...we shall see.  :)