what i learned today

happiness project:

• Quiz: Are you a Moderator or an Abstainer, When Trying to Give Something Up?
• Ordinary Courage: it’s not me. swear. (thoughts on cell phones + civility)

friends:

• House in the Woods: Birth Announcement on the farm

parenting:

• Cool Mom Picks: New York City to consider ban on Happy Meal toys. Are you lovin’ it?
• Ruffled Feathers and Spilled Milk: A Farm Girl
• Salon.com: Let my children go!
  Stricter car seat laws may bring incremental safety gains, but at the cost of a family’s liberty.

travel:

• The Little Hip Traveler: Flying with alone with two under two? Think again……
  Wow, really! I wonder what the reasoning is behind this? Since my kids are 3.5 years apart I never encountered it, but really? If I had been on that mom’s flight, I would have volunteered to be her extra adult!
• Kids and Castles: Talking Turkey about Toilets: A Parenting Experience
  Oh man. We’ve come across these toilets in Japan, France and, no surprise, Turkey. We always look for the handicapped stall in hopes of a regular toilet. I’ve never had the skill needed!
• Wanderlust and Lipstick: What’s in Your Emergency Travel Kit?
  What great recommendations! Some I do carry already but not all. I will definitely have another look at what we carry with us in case of emergency.

what i’m reading:

• The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun by Gretchen Rubin.

now following:

• Val in Real Life
  Musings from Camp Granola
• Brene Brown: Ordinary Courage

wish list:

• new potholders
• bed linens that actually cover my bed