The Redesigned Mom

A Stay at Home Mom’s Journey to Self Fulfillment

Entries for the ‘Fun & Entertainment’ Category

Who Knew There Was A Playground in My House

I have a confession to make.  I collect exercise paraphernalia.  I am one of those people.  I see some new piece of exercise equipment or workout video and I fall right into it’s trap and before you know it, it is in my living room.   Yes, I even had a Tony Little Gazelle at [...]

Leave a Comment

What I’m Listening to This Week – Sept. 22 2008

 (Either JavaScript is not active or you are using an old version of Adobe Flash Player. Please install the newest Flash Player.) Amazon.com Widgets Whenever I get moody and melencholy I look to my favorite songwriters for comfort and inspiration. This week, I turned initially to Ben Folds.   My father in law actually introduced [...]

Leave a Comment

The Intricacies of Turning Pages

I am a referencer. When I am reading, I am always looking back to passages or pages or images or whatever that I remember and might be relevant to what I am currently reading or trying to remember what somebody said a few chapters back. Right now I am reading The Last Lecture. This is [...]

Leave a Comment

What I’m Listening to This Week – Sept. 15 2008

(Either JavaScript is not active or you are using an old version of Adobe Flash Player. Please install the newest Flash Player.) Amazon.com Widgets I was on the Amazon associate website today and found this very cool widget. How fun, to share the music I am listening to right now. My taste in music travels [...]

Leave a Comment

And Tango Makes Three

I caught an article today listing 25 Banned Books That You Should Read Today. I was glad to see that ten of these books have graced a bookshelf in my home at one time or another. This includes And Tango Makes Three, which is one of Ada’s favorite picture books. This is a lovely true [...]

Leave a Comment

From the Corner of His Eye

Well, I have left my book club. There are many reasons for this, none of which I will get into here. Although I am sad to lose the monthly just for Karin activity, I have started going to yoga once a week and am hoping to increase this to twice a week in another month [...]

Leave a Comment

Oh Aubrey

One of my many TV weeknesses is Making the Band. I have been following Aubrey and Andrea since their first season and am still enthralled by the day to days of this group of girls. The boys, I could take or leave, other than I am digging on the old school R&B sound. Tonight Puff [...]

Leave a Comment

I Love Math – Totally Geeking Out Here

I love math, I have always love math. I love it’s gracefulness and purity. I also love how it brings whole new realities into possibility. To look at the world in entirely new ways just gets me off. A mathmetician in France, who works in four dimentional objects, has created a set of videos to [...]

Leave a Comment

Super Mario Bros. – My latest obsession

I am easily distracted by computer games and this is my latest obsession. Anyone of my generation should fully appreciate my love of Super Mario Bros. Mario and Luigi filled hours and hours of dead air during my younger, less productive years. This little online flash game is called Mario Star Catcher and is rather [...]

Leave a Comment

Life of Pi

Our February book club book was Life of Pi. This was my month to host and I chose this book because it is one of my favorites of all time. I love the multi layers of storyline and the ending makes you want to call someone who has also read the book to discuss it [...]

Leave a Comment