6 Things We Learned This Week 6 of 2012 (vet, computer, Tebow, funny, cats, feet)

Friday Fragments is hosted my Half-Past Kissin' Time for bloggers to post a list of short things on their minds that aren't really enough for a whole post. We like to share what we've learned each week.

1. Vet Video of Abby

   Bartels Busack Pet Hospital that took care of our dog, Abby, after she was attacked posted a video about her miracle recovery on their Facebook Page! Abby was so pleased she did a post about it: My Vet Made a Video of Me.

2. Tim Tebow

   After reading Tim Tebow's book, Through My Eyes, I learned several things about him I didn't know before: (1) He was born in the Philippines; (2) his dad is a preacher; (3) he grew up on a farm so is "farm strong.  In case you don't know, Tim Tebow is the Denver Broncos Quarterback who is not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ and gives God the glory. (4) You can play on school sport teams even if you are homeschooled.

3. Moving Task Bar

   This week our task bar that has "start" on it on our computer somehow showed up on the right side of the screen vertically instead of across the bottom of the screen where it belongs. This was annoying and I immediately emailed a couple of my techie blogging buddies for help. All I had to do was hold down a left click somewhere in the middle of it and drag it back to where it belonged. To lock it in place, you can right click on it somewhere in the middle of it and it gives you an option to "lock the task bar" which I did. Thanks for your quick response, Kathy at the Junk Drawer and Rebecca at The Older Geek.

4. Laugh!

   Did you know it's good to laugh every day? Kids laugh 10x more than adults do in one day--they have the right idea! I found This Should Put a Smile On Your Heart Today this week over at Jodi's Journey that made me laugh out loud.

5. Spunky Doodle

   

   I'm Hungry, mom!

   I have to put my lunch in the refrigerator because if I leave it on the kitchen counter, my cat, Spunky Doodle tears the bag open and will eat my bread! (More about her latest escapades in a post this week--she is feeling a bit neglected because Abby is getting so many posts lately.)

6. Plantar Fascitis

   I never heard of Planter Fascitis until a couple days ago when one of the attorneys I work for came limping into work. It's a pain in the arch of a foot due to inflammation of a ligament that runs along the arch. The doctor said it may have been caused by not having enough support from the shoe.

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10 Things I Learned This Week--#57 (books, fitness, charities, Tebow, fun, tips)

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The Innocence Project

After watching "The Wronged Man" on Lifetime this week, I found out I can help those wrongfully convicted through The Innocence Projcet.

For Your Protection

In an email from my cousin, I found out it's better to use wasp/hornet spray instead of pepper spray against an attacker because The wasp spray, they told her, can shoot up to twenty feet away and is a lot more accurate, while with the pepper spray, they have to get too close to you and could overpower you. The wasp spray temporarily blinds an attacker until they get to the hospital for an antidote.

UPDATED 2/5/10 7:25 P.M. Better read the label first though--found this anonymous comment when I got home and thought I should include it here:

Don't Use WASP Spray!!! Read the label!!! It states it's a violation of Federal Law to use WASP spray other than to deter WASPS! It would be awful if you were sued or prosecuted by the FEDS for attempting to protect yourself with this product. Use pepper spray! Key chain pepper spray fires 10 feet and the larger canisters fire up to 25! Pepper spray is safe, natural, used by police and works on those which cannot feel pain (i.e. those under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol). Not a single WASP spray manufacturer will tell you to use their product in this fashion!!

Tim Tebow

Over at Word Journey I found an interesting post about Tim Tebow. Did you know the doctors advised his mother to abort him? Makes you wonder how all those other aborted babies would have turned out if they were given the chance to live, doesn't it? He's going to have an ad run during the Super Bowl so watch for it. Here's the link to the post: Tim Tebow Super Bowl Ad Inspries. Here's a link to an opposing opinion: A Super Bowl Ad We Can Do Without. Which side are you on? Personally, I'd rather do without all those beer commercials.

My Secret Blog Giveaway

This week I went through all my comments during the past year on My Funny Dad, Harry blog to see who my top commenter is to determine the winner of my secret blog giveaway and discovered that Jude at Mature But Not Senile had the most with 20. Congrats, Jude! Hope you enjoy the book!

Fitness-Bones and Burning Calories

From my Biggest Loser calendar, this week I learned that strength training helps harden your bones. Any exercise that strengthens muscles also seems to slow the rate of bone loss. "We should lift weights in order to help us build as much muscle as possible to rev up our metabolism and maintain our bone density."--Jillian Michaels I MUST make time to workout on a regular basis.

This made me feel better: In A Closer Look At The Evidence by Richard & Tina Kleiss I read that

During intense concentration, your brain can burn as many calories as your muscles use during exercise. Intense thinking can be as physically exhausting as a physical workout. More than 100,000 chemical reactions per second can occur within your brain.

(from Letting God Create Your Day, Vol. 2, p. 59.) That must be why just sitting and reading is at least better than just sitting and watching TV. So my blogging buddies, use intense concentration when you wrote those posts and read others blogs and burn those calories!

FAST Forward

I finally discovered if I hit that Fast Forward button on my remote THREE TIMES while watching a taped show, it does actually zip FAST.

Childrens Books

This week I explored a Children's book series called Choose Your Own Adventure by Garth Stein. These are so good, I'm doing a whole post about them this coming Monday--be sure to look for it. If you can't wait, the website all about them is www.cyoa.com. These are so fun!

Flat Stanley

Thanks to the Sevin Family, I learned who Flat Stanley is and invited him over. I'm posting about this tomorrow night.

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