Learning at the Library
Posted on August 20, 2008
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There is a line in the movie Good Will Hunting that says something about how you can get the same education that you would get from an Ivy League college just by spending your time at the local library. This isn’t entirely true since there are resources available to the college student which aren’t going to be available in the library. Still, the point that you can learn a lot just by reading is one that shouldn’t be taken lightly.
Wandering through the aisles of a library can help us happen on to topics of study that we wouldn’t have come across any other way. You might find yourself in the caregiver resources aisle where there are alzheimer’s resources and other caregiver books. Becoming entranced in the subject, you may find yourself moving towards a new career path. Or you might just enjoy learning something that you didn’t already know.
With the Internet at our fingertips, we often forget about the value of going to the library to get an education. Try branching out from the traditional models of learning in schools and researching on the Internet and get yourself to a library now and then. Dare yourself to wander those musty aisles in search of something that you couldn’t even have known was there.
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Planning Our Next Vacation
Posted on August 12, 2008
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My husband and I haven’t been on a real vacation since our honeymoon, over a year ago — a "real vacation" being defined as a trip where we actually go someplace and get away from family and work. We’ve been talking about taking another vacation in the spring, though we’re not sure yet where we’ll go.
We’ve talked about going to a few different places. One we’ve talked about is returning to the resort in the Pocono Mountains where we honeymooned, though that would mean we’d have to book a car rental on vacation. We’ve also thought about going to South America — both of us are interested in ancient history and architectural sights there such as the Aztec pyramids.
We’ve also discussed some destinations a little closer to home — for instance, a road trip to Mesa Verde. We were also recently told about a guided tour at the Ute Mountain Reservation that is supposedly spectacular.
Unfortunately, as indecisive as we are being, we will probably have to book a last minute vacation, because we won’t make up our minds until then!
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Tips for DIY Wedding Invitations
Posted on July 28, 2008
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More and more brides-to-be are interested in skipping the standard contemporary wedding invitations and going with DIY wedding invitations instead. These types of wedding invitations are more personalized and reflect the bride’s true wedding style. However, they can be time-consuming and difficult to make.
Here are some tips for easing the process of making DIY wedding invitations:
- Choose your design before you get started. Most people want to use the same design for all of their invitations so settle on it before starting in on the work.
- Stick with simple. The idea of fancy origami announcements is appealing but actually taking the time to do them may not be worth the end result.
- Get help with making them. Once you have a simple design in mind then you can enlist the help of friends and family to actually make them. Hold a big party that will make the event fun even though you’re getting the work done.
- Don’t be afraid to use technology. You can make great DIY wedding invitations using online computer programs and printers or using the advanced tools used in professional scrapbooking.
It’s great to make your own wedding invitations but you don’t want to make such big plans about it that this part of your wedding preparation takes longer than it should.
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Romance in the Rockies
Posted on July 27, 2008
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I met my husband in Banff, Alberta. Alberta is a Canadian territory that borders the Midwestern United States. Banff is located near the Rocky Mountain Range, and is well known for its skiing and tourism. I live in North Dakota, which, if you don’t know, doesn’t have any mountains or really much of anything else in it. Just huge, flat farms; the old prairie country. I won a Banff vacation package from a local radio giveaway, and so off I went. I spent a week in a rustic ski lodge along with a dozen other skiers. We’d come back in, one by one, from a day of sunshine and skiing, rosy from the cold air, breathing hard and smiling. The lodge specialized in mixing a drink called a Tom & Jerry. My name is Geri and there happened to be a man staying there named Tom, so we’d drink them by the fire, warming up, feeling cozy, and joking about it. After the trip was over we exchanged emails for a while and when he graduated from college he moved to North Dakota. Since then, we’ve tried more than a few Canada tour packages; there’s so much to see in Canada, and it’s all so unspoiled and real. We’ve been all over Canada now, from the Yukon to Montreal, and each one reminds us a bit of that first Banff ski vacation.
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Airsoft Gun Safety Tips
Posted on July 26, 2008
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Lots of people are interested in playing the game of airsoft, a live action shooting game in which military-style weapons (such as kwa guns and tokyo marui guns) are loaded with harmless BBs and the players use them to shoot at one another. The guns used in this game are considered to be safe but there are things that you can do to increase the safety of using your airsoft gun.
Safety tips for airsoft include:
- Always wear protective gear. The BBs used in airsoft are basically harmless but you should use protective goggles to protect the eyes. Other gear may be worn as well depending upon the style of play.
- Be sober and responsible when playing. It’s important to always be aware of what you’re doing with your gun during game play.
- Engage in safe shooting practices. For example, you would make sure to keep your finger off of the trigger when not aiming to shoot.
- Practice before playing. Make sure that you’ve tested out how to use all equipment before the game begins so that you can be sure of its safety.
Basically this is a safe game but you can always go the extra mile to make sure that it’s truly safe for everyone involved.
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