Manic Monday

Health
Okay so New Years Eve wasn't great for me food wise or exercise wise. On the other hand my husband, daughter and I had a ball making music with drums, a lute + tambourine. Hopefully we scared away all evil spirits for 2012! ;). I was told by a friend about a free web site where you can keep your food journals, weigh in, join forums and challenges. It's . I think this site is really helpful. I also joined one of the challenges to try to encourage myself to work harder at lifestyle changes of eating healthier and exercising. I came across this interesting blog on overeating that I'd like to share: http://www.pbs.org/thisemotionallife/blogs/overeating-understanding-and-taking-back-control

Toddler Literature
My daughter, who is 2 1/2 yrs old, loves watching the NickJr show on TV called Wonder Pets. She also loves her Eric Carle books: "Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See?", "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?", and "The Very Hungry Caterpillar". These books are published by Henry Holt who published another book my daughter loves called "The Babies on the Bus" which is a kin to the song "The wheels on the bus". Anyway I just like sharing things that seem to be a hit with my daughter as I figure other moms may find it helpful.

Visual Arts
So in a earlier blog I mentioned my husband's photography. I am trying to encourage him to submit some of his most recent work to see if he can get his work shown in a gallery. I'm excited because I believe he has the talent + potential. I also never pursued trying to show my own work and am a frustrated visual artist so I guess I'd be living vicariously through his experience. I haven't been doing any art for quite some time and miss it. So I suppose that might be a future goal down the line to get back to having some kind of creative outlet again. Perhaps getting back to illustrating and doggy fashion & product design. Here are some of my earlier attempts of doggy fashion design:



Nature / Animals
I came across an interesting post on a blog I follow called "Geeks are Sexy", about 11 new species that were discovered, so I have included a link to the original source: http://www.ouramazingplanet.com/2184-species-discovered-2011.html Also my husband and I finally had a long overdue "date" to spend some time as a couple and went to see the "Journey to the Stars" and the Hayden Planetarium at The American Museum of Natural History http://www.amnh.org/. We both enjoyed it immensly with exception of being next to a crying baby through most of the show.

The picture shown to the left - Cnemaspis psychedelica. Credit: © L. Lee Grismer.