There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens:
a time to be born and a time to die,
a time to plant and a time to uproot,
a time to kill and a time to heal,
a time to tear down and a time to build,
a time to weep and a time to laugh,
a time to mourn and a time to dance,
a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,
a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,
a time to search and a time to give up,
a time to keep and a time to throw away,
a time to tear and a time to mend,
a time to be silent and a time to speak,
a time to love and a time to hate,
a time for war and a time for peace. . . .
In 169 days, we will start chanting U-S-A! U-S-A! That's right, the Olympics begin in London in less than half a year.
From now until that patriotic day, our friends across the pond have work to do. As of Nov. 18, they had shortened their list by completing the Basketball Areana, Aquatics Centre and laid the last section of turf on the field. Those sound impressive, but more impressive and daunting is the list of milestones London had to finish, starting three years ago. The Olympics aren't taken lightly. . . .
Take on words on Merrian Webster's online trivia game. You have to be smart and quick to get a good score. Play Vocabulary Quiz to define 10 words. The faster you answer correctly, the better your score.
Cole and I just scored 2,580! That is pretty good after a long day. Post your scores in the comment section to let me know how you did!
Sun scorches the crumbly dirt. Leaves flit from branch to pile. The snow trickles across the slightly froze earth. Next, new buds burst from the soil. But across our planet, the timing for all nature's ebbs and flows is well, ebbing and flowing a little different these days.
For gardeners and farmers, this means a shift of the hardiness zones. These zones split the country up by 10 degree increments, letting a gardener know the pets plants for their area compared to others. The zones are feeling a little more heat these days. . . .
Confetti flits to the field as the Giants win Super Bowl XLVI. The day revolves around a football game, but for the rest of us who aren't keen on pigskins and clunking helmets, ads and cute polar bears made the Super Bowl worth a watch.
The Volkswagen commercials surpassed the rest for me. Mix Star Wars and cute dogs, and I deem you winner. The above commercial ran during the game, but here is a little teaser that came out a few days before, in case you missed it. . . .
