Inventing the simple and the practical

I was surfing one of my favorite blogs and I came across this awesome concept where the packaging was part of the product. That's pretty eco friendly, the only question now, is the box a fire hazard?

I want to smell flowers

So its been over a year I have been with Lynn. I have a job, a dog and I'm moving into a house. Behind the house there is a green belt which is super exciting. Space, green, water and a park for fun. Things are going really well these days. The only goal I haven't really start pursuing is losing weight to get fit. What I need to do is make a plan, little steps. I should make a point, starting every Thursday, run for 30 minutes. If I complete this, I'll get myself a bouquet of flowers. Let's see if this works. I love getting flowers.

My 100 Things To Do Before I Die

So I bought No One Cares What You Had for Lunch, 100 Ideas for Your Blog" by Margaret Mason and I checked out her awesome website Mighty Girl and found this really cool idea Intel is sponsoring, Mighty List. The idea is a list of things she wants to do before she dies. Well if I had a sponsor or not I will still want to do these things so why don't I put a list together as life list of 100 things I want to do before I die. I would post blogs about all my adventures.

My 100 Things I Want To Do Before I Die List
Pick lavender flowers. Grow herb and vegetable garden. Get scared at a bull fight in Spain. Go dog sledding in Alaska. Go backpacking through southern Europe with my love. Make my dream cook book. Fly a plane. Build a bird house. Have a picnic at Yellow Stone Park. Sit on the equator. Go to a UFC fight. Go surfing at the Praia Fernando de Noronha in Brazil. Go to a TED talk. Learn to whistle. Bargain in a market in Moracco. Sun tan in south of Italy. Eat a hot dog and watch a play in New York City. Fish out at sea. Eat fish and chips in London. Go on a cruise. Buy something comical in Portugal. Ride a horse. Touch the Berlin Wall. Watch a sunset in Greece. Take a road trip across the United States. Wake up to the Amazon Rain forest. Visit every Latin American country. Bike to another city. Teach Sky my dog to catch a frisbee. Boil a lobster. Build my own computer from scratch. Start a non-profit organization. Attend cooking classes. Program Christmas lights. Build a haunted house for Halloween. Cook a big holiday dinner. Have a wedding. Be a mother. Go on a Safari in Africa. Rome around Machu Picchu. Pyramid at sunset in Egypt. Listen to some real blues in Chicago. Watch a Texas Football Home Game at the stadium. Ride something bigger than a horse. Learn another language. Dive with a whale shark. Dance with the tri-electro Carnival in Salvador. Tango in Argentina. SCUBA in the Great Barrier Reef. Volunteer abroad for a month. Cross a glacier on foot. Buy a boat and learn to sail. Climb an active volcano. Photograph an endangered species. Participate in Burning Man. Attend a music festival in another country. Attend the Olympics. Throw a tomato at the La Tomatina Festival. Participate in a triathlon or marathon. Be renewed in India at the Holi festival. Partake in a Japanese Tea Ceremony. Go to Oktoberfest. Join a caravan in the Sahara. Stand at the North or South Pole. Watch a match at Maracana stadium. Enjoy a freshly rolled cigar in Cuba. Watch an orchestral performance in Vienna. Teach English in a foreign country. -68- Ride a air balloon. Golf at a real golf course. Drink Whiskey at a pub in Ireland. Stand inside the Taj Mahal. Ice skate on a frozen river. Make my own perfume. Sew a dress for myself. Stay in a ice hotel. Stand on the Great Wall of China. Go a day without speaking. Own more than an acre of land and build my dream home. Own a beach house in another country. Build a tree house. Attend a NFL and a NBA game. See the inside of the Colosseum. Attend Mass at a Catholic church in Europe. Learn to snowboard. Visit all of my family in Brazil. Gamble in Vegas. Host the family Christmas at my house. Be at a World Cup game. Sky dive. Go hunting. See a kangaroo in Australia. Start a company. Hang glide. Camp out on the beach with my love. Helicopter over Mount Kilauea. Go white water rafting. Spend a weekend in Tokyo. Spend a night at a Scottish Castle. 3 day Hike through the Rockies.

Get Inspired at Half Price Books

Sometimes when I want to get inspired, I go to Half Price Books. I never know what I'm come out of there with. This week I went and totally bought random dvds. I even picked up a dvd collection of some old time classic cartoons. Mighty Mouse, Woody the Wood Pecker, and Betty Boop are some I can't wait to watch. About 70 cartoons for a dollar, woo woo! Gosh I feel like a kid. I have never bought dvds until this past year. I guess I know what I like to watch and these days I just miss those classics. I also recently bought Gladiator. I can watch that one and still get sucked to the storyline.

The only book I bought was totally random. I was looking for any interesting technical book on SQL reporting services. I found nothing I didn't already know from my best friend Google but noticed this totally random book called, "No One Cares What You Had for Lunch, 100 Ideas for Your Blog" by Margaret Mason. I had started this blog and I didn't know what to write about so I wrote about what came to mind. My worst fear in school has been writing. I love to write but in general I have always have had conflicts with communication. With a quick skim of the book and at 5 bucks, I was sold. It wouldn't hurt to explore my passion for writing. Tackle my fear of judgment at the same time. With guidance, I feel I can learn more myself by challenging myself to think. I figure, living life though my passions of enjoying life and exploring my interests will help me in my quest of self exploration.

Inspiration comes from need

This video is an inspiration for all. People with less resources stride to excel and create. William is from Africa and had the a small resource of a library. From a book and some knowledge of some english, he took a simple idea from a book to create something that will forever change his family's lifestyle of living forever. William created a windmill that lights 4 light bulbs, and 2 radios when he was 14 years old. Now 19, he is determined to build a bigger windmill for his village to be able to bring irrigation to his village. As you watch, you understand how much William wants to provide for his village and to have them be self sufficient.

The Art of Science

I watched this video last night and my mind just start running. What a cool idea but what do you do with this type of ingenious invention? How can you take this and recieve benefits to help others?

Walmart Bingo

Austin has been hot hot hot. It feels as though there has been no rain for months. It started raining and I was sad. I love the rain but its the weekend I have a pre-teen on my hands. There were no movies to watch, it was too wet to do anything outside and I'm broke at the moment. What to do??? When all fails, go to Wal-Mart and play Wal-mart Bingo. I know its bad, but you will have to admit, where else would you find these array of charaters all together other than Wal-mart. She came up with the idea and its fun to goof around.