What I learned this week

Can I just say how much I love google reader.  I learned that using google reader makes my life so much easier.  I'm sure most of you knew about it or a similar product to read blogs.  I knew about it but again it seemed too complicated but I did it and boy, it sure makes a big difference in my computer time.  I used to go on the blogs that I read a few times a day to see if there were any updates.  Now, I don't have to.

I've also been tweeking my blog a little bit here and there over the holidays learning different things.  I put that as one of my non-resolutions for 2010 to learn more about blogging.  I have a lot to learn.

I learned that my new Scentsy candle warmer that I've been leaving the melted wax in and just putting a new one in on top, probably isn't such a good thing like I thought.  I noticed that when it hardened up, it was hard to melt all that wax.  So once it did, I started putting them back in the molds.  I think that's probably smarter.

I learned when I'm going to replace a light bulb and the original carton is missing with the wattage;  don't look for the wattage on the bulb in the sleeve unless you have it horizontally.  One of the light bulbs might decide to  jump out and break into a million pieces on the floor.

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What I learned this week (through the years)

When we were dating and then got married, at first my husband and I did Thanksgiving at both families.  That didn't last long because it was just too much driving and too much eating.  We decided to go to my parents for Thanksgiving and we would visit my in-laws on the weekend.  At Christmas time, my immediate family celebrated on Christmas Eve and we would go to my grandma's on Christmas Day.  My husband's family celebrated on Christmas Day.  So again for a couple of years we did both.  Then grandma went to a nursing home and we just went to my husband's family for Christmas Day.  We still celebrate Christmas Eve with my family but when my in-laws passed we now do it on another day.  It could be before Christmas or after, like this year we won't be celebrating until after the new year.

 

Besides the normal stress of getting your decorations up, buying presents, the never ending holiday commitments; the biggest one for some families is whose family are they going to celebrate with on the actual holiday.  In some families this can be trouble with a capital T and very complicated.

 

It seems to me some envision the actual holiday like a "Norman Rockwell" painting which it seldom is.  I've seen on blogs; people in such turmoil over where to spend the holidays.  I have a friend when she was married and her kids were little have such a dilemma over where to go every year.  Traditions are good but sometimes you and your extended family have to be flexible with them. 

 

So what I learned through the years is it's not that important what day you celebrate the holiday with family but that you get to enjoy the day you celebrate because you are not pulled between the families. 

 

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What I learned this week

I finally learned how to put pictures on my blog and writing underneath.  All this time when I put pictures on they were one right after another.  I took the time to figure it out and I did it Ha!!

 

A couple of weeks ago, I learned how to set up Mcklinky on one my posts.  Even though I didn't get any responses, I felt good that in the future I will know how to do it.

 

I learn this every week it seems but I have to learn how to make it a habit.  If I have to do something just do it and don't put it off.  Like my Christmas cards, it just took a couple of days when I put my mind to it. 

 

I've never thought of myself as a procrastinator but from the things I posted it seems that I am LOL.  For the new year, I think my catch phrase will be JUST DO IT.

 

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What I learned this week

1. If I want Berta (my roomba) to vacuum, I really have to turn her on. She won't do that, darn!

2. A couple of weeks ago I ordered some pull over sweaters from a catalog. I thought they seemed cheaper. That's because when they came they were long sleeved T-shirts. Instead of investigating I just noticed the woman in the picture and went by that. Here the reason she seemed familiar was because I had ordered Mom some. Oh well, they were nice and CHEAP and I decided to keep them. I had to reorder the sweaters but I checked this time to make sure they were sweaters Ha.

3. I learned that it's not that hard to comment on blogs. Although I'm starting slowly.

4. I've known this for a while but I constantly have to relearn when it starts creeping back in that I if I have junk food in the house I WILL eat it. I just can't help myself. So, out with the junk food for probably the 100th time.

5. What I still have to learn is how to put that little widget (or whatever) it's called in my post if I do What I learned this week again LOL. Sorry.

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