Some Like it Old!

No this isn't about the wedding saying - Something New, Something Old, Something Borrowed, Something Blue. This is about "old rock day". I don't know about all of you but I'm sure the rocks in my yard have been around a long time. I've lived here about five years and the rocks were here well before I got here. Anyone want to find out the oldest rock anywhere and post it here is welcome to do so.

Another today is ... item - Harlem Globetrotter's Day. I know that this team is old, but not as old as the rocks in my yard - lol. I can remember watching them on TV when I was kid. Then, of course, as is normal, the Globetrotter's aged and were replaced by the new and younger models but they weren't nearly as entertaining as the original group I grew up with. It was fun to watch them dribble and do all their interesting tactics on the basketball floor. So maybe instead of finding old rocks and figuring out how to date them we should go out and learn some new basketball tricks to show our friends.

Let's stay warm!

Rena Jones sent me a link to a calendar that lists some ideas of what the day is. I've been using the the one found on Teachers Net for my daily idea to blog about.

I printed out the January and February calendars from here for comparison. The teachers.net calendar only lists one thing per day where as the other one lists several things per day and some days, nothing.

For example, today is ..., according to the Brownie Locks calendar, Asarah B'Tevet day, epiphany or twelfth night, Three Kings day. I didn't really like those choices so went to the teachers.net calendar and found that today is ... cuddle up day, so what better way to stay warm than cuddling up with someone. So, for those in your colder climates, find a friend, buddy, or loved one and just cuddle up and stay warm. (Unfortunately here, the temps are in the mid 60s so not really cuddling weather. It did rain a good bit earlier and that was perfect cuddle up weather but all my cuddlers are gone. Maybe later.)

So keep warm, cuddle up and I'll see you all in the postings - E :)

Tweet, Tweet

No I'm not talking about Twitter - the social network that people follow you around and see what you are doing. I'm talking about today is ... bird day.

According to Audubon's Birds of America online, there are several birds that are extinct and several more that are on the endangered list, heading for extinction. If you explore a bit, you will find in the index a listing of all the birds either alphabetical or by family. How many families are listed?

Under the listing by family there are several birds not in Audubon's synopsis, or new species. How many are listed there?

So go search and post your answers here, if you dare. Have fun and tweet like a bird today. Or listen to "Rockin' Robin" or another bird song. Tell us your favorite song about birds or birdsong. See you all in the postings - E :)

Let's Siesta!

I found a great little network, hopefully to help get my books into schools, www.teachers.net. I subscribed to several of the newsletters and one of the things is the Gazette. In it are all sorts of tidbits and fun information for teachers. Advice columns, articles, et cetera, all can be found here.

So a new feature in the calendars/printables section is a "Today is ..." calendar. I thought I would use that to post mini blog postings here.

January 3 is Festival of Sleep Day - and siesta in Spanish is to sleep. So I say let's siesta today. I did sleep in a bit longer than I had planned to this morning, so I honored the sleep day.

Happy siestaing everyone - see you all in the posts.

PS - tomorrow will tie into my books so be prepared - see you then - E :)