Catching Some ZZZZ's

Our granddaughter is used to taking her daytime naps in a room that is very dark. Whenever she's at our house she doesn't nap very well and we think it might be because the room where she naps gets the afternoon sun. Soooo, I thought I would see if I could darken the room some.

Since we have shutters, I don't have drapes or curtains to add the room darkening lining. HOWEVER, I realized since the windows were not very wide, I could find some spring curtain rods that would fit the opening.

Armed with a 50% off coupon from our local fabric store, I bought some room darkening drapery lining and made a panel for each window. It worked up really fast since that material doesn't fray so didn't need a hem on the sides or bottom. I only had to make the pocket at the top for the rod.
This is the window that needed darkening.

I've hung one side

Makes a difference, don't you think?
By the time I finished both sides, it was the middle of the afternoon and the sun would have been streaming into that room but it was really dark. The panels are super easy to put in and remove, so they'll only be in place when Little Bit is over.
~Nancy~

First Snow

Yesterday, we received our first snow dusting in the new house.

Tron: Legacy - Thumbs Up!

One of my Christmas presents this year was a DVD. A few days after everyone went back to their homes and we had some time to put things away, etc., I discovered a sticker on the back of the DVD. That sticker promised a free coupon good for up to $12 to buy a single ticket to see the new "Tron: Legacy" movie. Nancy didn't particularly want to see it, so I printed off my coupon from the internet and this morning I went to the first showing. I don't know that I ever actually saw the original 1982 Tron movie - but I did sort of know its premise and I had seen snippets of it from time to time.

Well, I may have to rent the original now, because the new one was really quite good! I particularly liked the use of color schemes they used - the good (white accents) against the bad (red accents), with powerful sound. And, the showing I went to was all digital 3D - and that really made some of the explosions come right out into my face! The ending was good - but I won't spoil it for anyone in case you haven't seen it yet...

Cheers,

Tom

1-1-11

Aahhhh, January. I know a lot of people don't care for January, but it's my favorite month of the year and has been for a long time. I began to appreciate January after our oldest son started school and about the same time became involved in playing soccer. It seemed that beginning with the school Valentine party in February there was always something happening with something else "right around the corner". March would bring spring soccer and Spring Break, April was usually Easter and a trip to New Braunfels, May found school winding down along with the end of the spring soccer season. But, no sooner than soccer ended, little league baseball began and if you were on a winning team, lasted until the first couple of weeks of July. July also found us celebrating the 4th at the lake with my family. Several years we camped in Colorado at the end of July/beginning of August. No sooner were we back from Colorado then it was time to get ready for School and fall soccer. Finding a good school/study groove in September was always a challenge, then getting ready for Halloween, then Thanksgiving and all the while running in the background was preparations for Christmas. And all of a sudden it would be January with nothing going on. No sports practice to get to, no school parties to prepare for... I loved it. And I love it still.

Yesterday we put away our Christmas decorations, and I've been cleaning house from our company so that we can start off the first full week of January with everyting in its place and in balance. I may even sit down and read my January magazines. After that, learn how to use my Kindle Tom gave me for Christmas. Maybe we'll have some cold weather and I can read and drink hot chocolate or cook soup. Or think about what we might accomplish this year and make some lists of things we want to do around the house this year. Whatever 2011 is going to bring, I'm glad it begins with January.
~Nancy~