~ Great Idea for Power Outages ~

                                                                                    Home Depot

I received this in an email today and figured with spring storms and then hurricanes, it might prove helpful to some. Who would have thought!!  Might be worth a try ~

 
I have a friend who used her solar lights inside at night when her current was off during a hurricane. She stuck them in a jar or bottle and said they gave off plenty of 'free light'. She put one in each room and would put them back outside in the daytime and bring them in at night as long as the current was off. They are safe to use and cheaper than batteries. Bring in a solar light one night and test it.

Due to a thunderstorm, we lost power for about 5 hours. We were scrambling around in the darkness, looking for matches, candles, flashlights, etc. We looked outside, and noticed our solar lights shining brightly all around our patio, stairs, dock, etc. They were beautiful. My wife walked outside, and brought several of the solar lights inside.

We stuck the solar light pipes into plastic drink bottles containers and they made the nicest, brightest, safest, lighting you could ever imagine.

We put one in the bathroom, the kitchen, the living room, etc. There was plenty of light. There are all types of solar lights available. We bought ours at Harbor Freight. We put them all around our yard. They look nice and they do not attract flying bugs like the outdoor lights around our doorway.

The lights we have fit into the small (20 oz) water bottles and they also fit into most of the larger liter bottles. If you need a weight in the plastic bottle to keep them from tipping over, you can put a few of the pretty colorful "flat marbles" that they put in aquariums, and vases. (you can also use sand, aquarium gravel, etc., whatever you have available).

The lights we have were perfect inside our home. They burn all night long if you need them.

The next day, you just take your solar lights back outside and they will instantly recharge and be ready for you to use again any time you need them.

Perfect for power outages, hurricanes, etc. I never thought of it and now you don't have to. So go buy 3-4 solar yard lights--they're cheap!

~ Random Acts of Kindness Week ~

February 13-19th has been designated as Random Acts of Kindness Week

Come join me!  It's so much fun and you will feel amazingly wonderful ~ I promise.  I like to do RAOK's all the time and I personally feel that the anonymous acts are the best.  It could be extra fun since tomorrow is Valentine's Day!  Please share your actions and thoughts if you so desire.

"A little consideration,  a little thought for others, makes all the difference." - Winnie the Pooh

~ Catholic School ~

Until a child tells you what they are thinking, we can't even begin to imagine how their mind is working....   I hope those that are Catholic will find the humor in this. :-)

Little Zachary was doing very badly in math.
His parents had tried everything...tutors, mentors,
flash cards, special learning centers. In short, everything they could think of to help his math.

Finally, in a last ditch effort, they took Zachary down and enrolled him in the local Catholic school. After the first day, little Zachary came home with a very serious look on his face. He didn't even kiss his mother hello. Instead, he went straight to his room and started studying.

Books and papers were spread out all over the room and little Zachary was hard at work. His mother was amazed. She called him down to dinner.

To her shock, the minute he was done, he marched back to his room without a word, and in no time, he was back hitting the books as hard as before.

This went on for some time, day after day, while the mother tried to understand what made all the difference.

Finally, little Zachary brought home his report Card. He quietly laid it on the table, went up to his room and hit the books. With great trepidation, his Mom looked at it and to her great surprise, Little Zachary got an 'A' in math. She could no longer hold her curiosity. She went to his room and said, 'Son, what was it? Was it the nuns?' Little Zachary looked at her and shook his head, no... 'Well, then,' she replied, Was it the books, the discipline, the structure, the uniforms? WHAT WAS IT?'

Little Zachary looked at her and said, 'Well, on the first day of school when I saw that guy nailed to the plus sign, I knew they weren't fooling around.' 
Have a wonderful day and God Bless!

~ Clear Your Home, Clear Your Life ~

Stephanie Bennett Vogt

I've shared several posts from Daily Om.  I just love this website and the daily emails. Since a lot of us are organizing, decluttering, etc., I thought you might enjoy this. You can pay as much as you want for the course and yet receive very valuable information.

Enjoy!

~ Blog Highlight ~

If you haven't visited Little Miss Maggie's blog, I really recommend that you do!  She is very creative and talented and today has posted some French typography and old, old invoices. Stop by and take a look ~ you'll be glad you did!

~ Winner! ~

I still have not learned how to do a screen shot or whatever for the Random.org dealie (that is a word isn't it?)  :-)  I just copied it as best as I could.  Anyway, our winner is Barbara F. 
Thanks so very much to each of you for stopping by and entering. I love doing giveaways!  We'll try for another soon ~


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