Blog Action Day

You may (or may not) have noticed the new "Blog Action Day" banner on the Right Hand Side of my blog. On October 15th, bloggers around the web will unite to put a single important issue on everyone’s mind - the environment.

I haven't decided specifically what I want to write about yet, so I thought I would get input from YOU. Take a sec to answer my poll about what you do to help the environment. You can choose more than one item. If you select "Something Else" please let me know what that something else is (Comment, email, call me, whatever). All votes are confidential; I don't even know who votes what through the polls.

Please leave me some feedback about what you might like to read about regarding the environment, too. Thanks!

Pink for October

In support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month and for all the people that have battled breast cancer, my blog is going pink for the month of October.

I got this idea from another blog that was recommended to me: Meeyauw. It turns out that turning font colors to pink is a pretty common practice this month so you may be seeing more of it elsewhere. To learn more about it, click here.

I have a close personal friend that is a survivor of breast cancer. (I don't know if she'd mind me posting her name or not, so for now I won't.) So, my close personal friend, this post is dedicated to you! You know I love you like family!

I invite everyone to take a minute to help fund free mammograms for those in need by clicking on the badge on the right hand side of my blog. This is something small that you can do daily that will make a big impact on someone else's life. Thanks for the support!

Okay, I'm a Nerd

So, last night after the kids were in bed, I'm on the internet checking out Kim Kim's fundraising site (she's made her goal of $2000 already!), checking my email one last time for an update on a close friend in the hospital, and just as I'm about to shut down, I decide to check out Yahoo!Xtra Answers.

There is a question on the main page regarding a math problem and Visual Basic programming. Most of you know that I was an engineer and VB programmer in my former life (B.C. - Before Children as Laurel says). So I check out the question. I grab a piece of paper and a pencil (as all engineers cannot think without the two) and start to work on the question. I give my answer.

I head to bed and tell Jeff, "I miss math". I think it surprised him a bit. "I really do miss the whole thought process of math and programming. The excruciating pain of having to get everything just right and then the absolute triumph and sense of accomplishment when it works!!"

Then I lay my head on the pillow. I continue working on the problem in my head. Then I tell Jeff, "Now I remember why I hate math and programming. You just can't turn your brain off when you are in the middle of it." Sleepless nights of thinking. I remember those days. (My recent sleepless nights are not from thinking!)

As I lay there, I realize the answer I gave was wrong and sure enough this AM there was another answer correcting the one I gave. Oh, well... if you don't use it, you lose it, I suppose.

It was fun having a "glimpse" of my former life for a moment, but I'm happy to be right where I am. Soon enough I'll be helping Will with Algebra and that will be fun! (yes, I'm serious)