Happy Friday! Here are some of my recent favorite finds. Hope you enjoy them!
For anyone who is a spelling bee wannabe . . .
In honor of the Scripps National Spelling Bee last week, here’s a look at the most commonly misspelled words by state. I’m found Wisconsin’s error of choice particularly amusing. America’s Most Misspelled Words
For anyone who wants to read the classics but doesn’t have time . . .
If Oliver Twist has been on your to-read list for some time now, never fear: now you can get the ultra Cliffs Notes version in the form of an entertaining limerick. Classic Literature Limericks
For anyone who wants to do things “by the book” . . .
As I prepare for motherhood, I admit that I’ve been reading all sorts of books in an attempt to figure out the best strategies. But sometimes I need to step back and remember that there’s going to be an element of mystery and surprise in every big life change. This hysterical article compiles all the contradictory baby sleep advice in one place. I Read All the Baby Sleep Advice Books
For my fellow word lovers our there . . .
You might be surprised to discover that the most complicated word in the English language is only three letters long. The Most Complicated Word in English
For anyone in need of a dose of hope . . .
Professor Bruininks has studied hope for years, and her findings are at once fascinating and encouraging. “Fear and hope do not appear to be two sides of a coin but rather can occur together.” Why Even Pessimists Can Embrace Hope
Ha, ha, ha! That baby sleep one was great. I remember reading the popular sleep book when my first was born (03) oh and it had a grammatical error on the back cover and so my best friend said that I obviously could not trust anything the author said. She may have been partially right, because I remember trying to pry our infant son out of my husband’s arms so that I could put him to bed before he fell asleep (the baby, not the husband) and my man clung to our oldest informing me that “No book is going to tell me I can’t rock my baby to sleep!” Take it all with a grain of salt. We did end up following the sleep schedule in that book and it worked out quite well and ours did start sleeping through the night by 2 months. Now they don’t though, so many nightmares, so many cups of water, so many trips to the bathroom and visits outside to check on their pet chickens! But we rocked them to sleep (Thanks to the boys’ determined Daddy!). It is so so funny to see all of the advice together. When I talk to my grandmother she laughs about Dr. and friend advice and says “Just do what makes sense” she lived through Drs saying that you shouldn’t nurse babies or show affection and that Cocaine would help with complexion issues! So glad that she just did what made sense.
I’m currently reading Hone With The Wind. It will take me until 2020 before I’m done, I’m sure. But I’m lining it. So many details that the four-hour money left out! Like, I had no idea she was 16 when she married and they had a baby, named Wade. Totally cut out of the movie.
Loving her literary style too!
Ooh, that’s a good one, Denise!
Thanks for the laugh, Kristen! Good reminder to hold it all loosely. 🙂