I’ve been learning lots about college sports at my new job and it’s been enlightening to say the least. Who would have guessed that there were so many rules and regulations governing college sports and athletic scholarships.

This week we done a bunch to get the social networking aspects of it all up and running. Kind of funny to picture me being responsible for regular tweeting. Fortunately I’ve come up with some ideas for daily and weekly tweets and some apps to schedule them with.

All this new stuff is a little overwhelming and exhausting, not like the way a marathon or operating industrial equipment would be, but in that brain strain kind of way. It’s hard to believe I’m going to add school and homeschool to all of this next week.

Well, I’m off to bed now, I’m so not used to going to bed at 10:30/11pm yet.

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So I dropped by Forgetfulone’s blog and saw her post about this fantastic event hosted by 5 Minutes for Mom. An entire week of blogland togetherness and making new bloggy friends. Like every good party there are some fabulous prizes to be won as well, so take a minute to stop on over at 5 Minutes for Mom and get you and your blog involved in all the fun.

For everyone new stopping by I am Calico Crazy a 40 year old (at least for a few more months) single mom of one (dd 7) currently living in the Memphis area. Our family also includes my Mother, Grandma of Grandma’s Goulash, an 8 year old border collie, 3 cats. and 4 goldfish. I tend to blog a bit in bursts and spurts with lots of memes, and pictures of our zoo and the Mississippi river.

As for which of those lovely prizes I would like to win, well let’s just say that list is enormous and it’s really hard to choose. So far I’ve seen…

• **GRAND PRIZE at the Ultimate Blog Party 2010 is a Toshiba Satellite L505D-ES5025**
• US104 – Shoot Me Now is giving away one $50 Visa Vanilla Gift Card. Provided by: Shoot Me Now!
• USC 35 – $50.00 CASH ~ Paypal Transfer. ($50 USD or current CAD conversion rate). Provided by: American Muslim Mom
• USC 3 – A $50.00 Target Gift Card. Provided by: Peggy Gorman or USC 15 Haley Quarles of Love, Life, Family…and then some
• US73 – We will give away 2 (1 for each winner) – $30 Amazon gift cards to the winner so they can buy items of their choosing. Provided by: Escalate Network or US74 $30 Afullcup.com or US52 $25 The Product Review Place or US31 $20 Jennifer Sikora (For Such a Time as This)
• US71 – A $50 Bear Bucks Card to Build A Bear Workshop. Provided by: Liza Schwab
• US91 – One $20 gift certificate to Green Mountain Coffee. Provided by: Melissa @ Coffee with Me
• US43 – A copy of Get Out!: 150 Ways For Kids and Grown-Ups to Get Into Nature and Build a Greener Future and The Frugal Foodie Cookbook will be shipped to one lucky winner. Provided by: Lisa’s Coupons
• US57 -A beginners yoga kit that is light blue and includes a mat, DVD, Yoga Hemp strap, and block. Provided by: Truth Be Told Blog
• US70 – $25 Kroger Gift Certificate Provided by: Saidah @ A Proverbs Wife

Honestly I’d be happy with almost any prize as long as it wasn’t baby related, no baby things allowed in this house anymore, just ask my kid. I look forward to seeing a ton of new blogs during the coming week, leave me a comment if you stop by here and I will be sure to visit and comment back.

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The Camera Critters Meme hosted by Misty Dawn

Last week I showed you the gray wolf pups, this week I bring you our relocated trumpeter swans. They used to live in a concrete jungle; but they’ve been upgraded now. They really seem to enjoy swimming and fishing in their new home; but what they really like is getting up close to the fence so everyone can admire them…

P.S. – godaddy is better today; but still pretty sucky and slow. I apologize in advance for any trouble you have viewing or commenting.

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We went to the Pink Palace Museum yesterday for field trip day. There is an IMAX Theater, a Planetarium, a wide assortment of permanent and temporary exhibits and then there are displays in the main house.

The main house was being built for Clarence Saunders, inventor of the self-service grocery, before he went bankrupt attempting to maintain control of his company stock. One of the exhibits is a to size replica of Clarence’s first Piggly Wiggly.

What struck me the most as we wandered through was not how small it was, or the lack of choice, or even the way you were herded through like cattle; instead what I was struck by were how many things on those few shelves were things I have in my home today.

1. Kellogg’s Corn Flakes
2. Cream of Wheat



3. Quaker Oats
4. Gold Medal Flour
5. White Lily Flour



6. Domino Sugar
7. Quaker Corn Meal



8. Log Cabin Syrup
9. Jello Brand Jello



10. Del Monte Green Beans
11. McCormick’s Cloves



12. Morton’s Salt
13. Lava Soap

Funny isn’t it how so much has changed in our world and yet we still use these things. Makes me feel a little closer to the past, if only for the moment.

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So I quit blogging and then I moved, and discovered that I missed the blogs, and the memes, and the photos. Something else I’ve learned during the move is that the sky on the Southern East Coast and the sky in the Central South look really different. It’s almost like you can touch the sky here at times, the clouds seem to be right over you pressing down. It’s a goal to have my camera with me at one of those moments. But for today I have a pretty sky captured while we waited to see Disney’s A Christmas Carol Train Tour this week.

I just have to say that if Disney’s A Christmas Carol Train Tour comes to a town near you, go. There was tons to see and learn, and a cool touch morphing system at the end. My only warning is get there early and be prepared to wait, they said 2 hours when we got in line and it was just over 1, but we weren’t really prepared to stand in the heat. If you would like to see some pictures from our adventure you can check out my homeschooling blog, Discovery For Life, for more.

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Well, all the old blogs have been left in the past along with so much more. I can’t even begin to explain how much my life has changed since the last time I blogged on the old blog in April.

We are homeschooling this year after a long year of tears and misery, not because she couldn’t keep up; but because there was too much turmoil and not enough challenge. I plan to keep most of my blogging about our homeschooling adventures on Discovery for Life.

I’m not totally sure what I’m going to do on this one, or how long I will leave it on blogger; but who knows, it could be fun.

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