Fey's Tricks of the Trade

By the way, I've posted a couple of new posts over at Fey's Tricks of the Trade. Yesterday's post is about de-icing your steps, and today's post is about freezer tricks.

For Fun - Wuzzles & Puzzles

Over at The Mom Blogs, I read this post about Wuzzles & Puzzles. I love puzzles, so I checked it out. Since I didn’t know what a Wuzzle was, that was the first thing I checked out. This is a Wuzzle:

I LOVED doing these types of puzzles when I was a kid! These and logic puzzles were my favorite. We used to do these a lot in the Gifted & Talented class. They’ve got all kinds of different printable puzzles on the site (but I didn’t find logic puzzles). If you have a bit of time to goof off (which I really don’t), go check them out! I’ve bookmarked the site so I can go play when I have a bit of extra time.

Teleportation Device vs. Time Machine

Heather over at Confessions of a Coal Miner's Granddaughter has decided she needs a time machine and knows exactly what she would do with it. Personally, I'm too afraid of messing things up if I was able to interact with my surroundings. I mean, look at what happened in The Butterfly Effect. A time-viewer would be interesting to have, though. It would certainly give a whole new twist to history class. That's another topic for another day.

I'm holding out for a teleportation device. Actually, I've decided I need a minimum of 4, and that doesn't include one for work and one for daycare. No, I need 4 personal teleportation devices. One will of course be at my house. I want one at my mom's house so that when she's having something delicious for dinner I can just pop in. Living 4 hours away from her does not allow me to just pop in anytime I want. This would also give me the opportunity to work on craft projects with her without trying to cram it into a weekend. I miss doing craft projects.

I want one at DTTF's mom's house, too. While she only lives about an hour away, I still have to prepare to go down there. I have to pack up the car to make sure I have everything I might need while we're down there. It would be great if Tree Faerie and I could just pop in to Nana's and maybe go horseback riding or help her build a fence or something. Having a teleportation device at her house would also make us feel a lot better about her living there by herself. While yes, I know she's a strong and competent woman, a lot can happen and has happened before. Thankfully she has neighbors within shouting distance, but only if you shout loudly and only if they're home.

The fourth teleportation device would be at DTTF's sister's house. Not only do I consider her a great friend, but she lives in Florida, has her own pool, and doesn't live too far from the beach. We could pop down there just for a margarita or a splash in the pool (or both). Even better, on days like today where the high is only 36 degrees, we can pop down there and thaw out. Of course, I might not come home very often...

When I was telling my mom about my little fantasy, the Floo Network from the Harry Potter books came up. She said that wouldn't work because not only does she not have a fireplace, none of her neighbors do either. A couple of them have wood-burning stoves, but not actual fire places. So, we'll have to stick with the teleportation device idea. I could get a lot more done in a day if I could cut out travel time. Or at least I might not feel so rushed, and it would completely eliminate the need to control my road rage.

Anyone already have one in the works?

If the Fey Family were a band...

I got this from Heather, who got this from Avitable, who got this from... oh, well, you get the idea. I just couldn't pass it up because hers turned out so awesome!

All you have to do is follow these 3 easy steps to come up with your imaginary band's first album cover and title:

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random The first article title is the name of your band.
2. http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3 The last four words of the very last quote is the title of your album.
3. http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days/ The third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover.

Take the picture, add your band name and title, then post it so that we can all see how it turned out!

Here's mine:

And you know what? I'd be okay with that! Your turn!