30 Day Song Challenge: Day 5

30-day Song Challenge Day 5: The theme song of your favorite TV show

I wonder how many other people used this one. I'm excited I found the 3-minute version!

30 Day Song Challenge: Day 4

30-day Song Challenge Day 4: A song you absolutely have to listen to everyday

Well, I don't have to listen to this everyday, I just usually do.

30 Day Song Challenge: Day 3

30-day Song Challenge Day 3: A song that can instantly change your mood

I love this song! I think it's SO cheesy that it's funny, and it really does make me happy.

30 Day Song Challenge: Day 2

30-day Song Challenge Day 2:
A song that reminds you of the one you love

30 Day Song Challenge: Day 1

I've decided I really need to do more with my personal blog. So to get myself used to it I'm going to start simple with topics already given to me.

30-day Song Challenge: Day 1
What song did you listen to at work?

This song came up on my Pandora today and I really liked it. It's just my type of music by a band I've never heard before. Gotta love Pandora.

This Providence, My Beautiful Rescue

Feeling overwhelmed? Read a book.

Have you ever felt like your attention has too many demands to keep up with? Apparently, this has developed into a pretty bid deal. Big enough that there's a new name for it. Divided Attention Disorder (DAD) is taking over the nation. I stumbled across this article while reading the news this morning.  And I AGREE. Yes, I did both bold and caps that word because I agree so strongly.

I've been trying to find a balance between my ultra-long to-do list at work, my significantly-long to-do list for school, and my infinite personal to-do list. I've left a couple out of there as well.  I always know exactly where my internet-friendly smart-phone and my iTouch are. Most of the same information is scribbled in my Franklin Covey planner as well.

I haven't even talked about how many windows I have open on my computer all day.  So many that when I get home from work in the evening I dread booting up my laptop to attack my online grad school homework.

BBC says that all of this constant online communication could be changing the way our brains think. I'm not sure if it is for me or not, since I was raised in the Google generation.

I'm sure I'm misplacing bits and pieces of my life with so many demands rushing through my mind all at once. So how does one overcome this overwhelming need to do everything? Well, I agree with Colm O'Regan's advice to exercise your ability to focus your concentration for more than 10 minutes. He says go read a book. I say, go read this book.

I'm sure I'm not the only one feeling like this. How have you all been handling the pressure?

Hveragerði

My last post (a week late, sorry) is going to be all about the adorable town I stayed in on my trip. Hveragerði isn't at all pronounced like it looks, and I still can't say it properly. It was such a cute town and there were so many neat things to do and see while I was there. 

This is a full-grown Icelandic horse, not a pony! 

These are actually huge lava rocks painted bright colors. Love it! 

The gingerbread house! Actually it was an entire house devoted to fairy-tale stories. There was a Little Red Riding Hood by the next window, a sleeping Snow White on the other side, and Rapunzel looking down with her long hair. Among many others! 














And I loved the little forest of birdhouses! So cute!

This is my dear Kiddy's Mom's house, where I stayed the whole time I visited. It was so pretty all the time! I loved how different it was from what I'm used to. 

I had a marvelous time the whole trip. The trip was definitely worth making, and I was so sad to go. I loved all the amazing things I saw, and the amazing people I met! I had a great time!