Abandoned Wednesday post ideas from 2011

• Here’s the list from 2010
• Websites for kids.  This was a list from 2011.  In case you’re interested:  http://www.starfall.com http://playinterrobang.com/missions http://www.bigbrainz.com/ http://www.coolmath4kids.com/ .  The only one I remember DC1 playing a lot was starfall.com.  DC2 used it too but not as much.  11 years ago is a long time when you’re a kid!  I did not check to see if these still exist.
• Money is about life.  This was actually an abandoned Monday post.  It was supposed to be deep and philosophical.  But I only got as far as:  “time is money too”
• Goal ladders.  I’d come across a really neat psychology article in the course of my research and wanted to talk about it.  I don’t know what article it was.  All I have written is:  “Focus on future vs. focus on accomplishments”
• Playground equipment.  This was going to be a rant about how they’d gotten rid of swing sets in all of the playgrounds in our county and some discussion about the old playgrounds still standing in the place we were on leave.  All I have written is:  “safe/boring.”
• Real Self vs. Ideal Self. “pictures of both” And then this link to unclutterer that no longer goes anywhere:  http://unclutterer.com/2011/06/14/living-as-close-as-possible-to-your-ideal-self/#comments .  Since the article is gone, I’m not really sure what the post was going to be about.  I mean, I like to think I’m constantly trying to grow and improve, and I’ve definitely taken steps to change myself in the past… but I probably have reached a bit of a complacency rut in middle-age that I didn’t have back 11 years ago.  Who knows.  I don’t know my real self or my ideal self and these days I’m just trying to get things done without the long-term planning.
• Which is more important preparing for baby: money or time?  I probably could still write this one and it would generate a lively discussion.  But I can’t find myself caring that much?  I think my natural state of the world is that babies are boring, and it’s only when I have one of my own that the topic is at all interesting.  Here are my notes:  family money, whether joint or separate finances; cost of childbirth (varies by state, insurance); story about working over time; push presents.  (BTW, push presents are such a ridiculous concept.  I’m pretty sure this post was sparked by the comments on that post.)
• Cooking for diabetes/insulin resistance.  I’m worried that my knowledge on this topic is at least 11 years out of date.  Though I think cooking magazines now “get it.” Here’s my few sentences on the topic: Cooking when you’re insulin resistant or diabetic is all about the glycemic index. As best as I understand it, you want foods or combinations of foods that are slow to digest because this decreases the incidence of insulin spikes.  It’s really weird how so many of the cooking magazines I saw had recipes with baked potatoes and white rice.  Hello, not glycemically balanced.
• Learning that you shouldn’t have tantrums in stores.  Another one I probably could write up.  But I’ve come to realize that my childhood was maybe not so great in many ways and I’d prefer not to dwell on it.  The short version is my father would only let me get a hard candy lollypop (like butterscotch) at See’s Candy.  Once (when I was small) I tantrummed that I wanted something else.  He dragged me kicking and screaming out of the store and I didn’t get the lollypop at all.  Then I have some commentary:  “somehow my kid is way better behaved… maybe just not old enough… doesn’t seem to have as big a sweet tooth either.”  There’s a lot of introspection in that comment from 2011 that I don’t really want to go into.  Anyhow, that was my last tantrum that I recall.
• We’re down to 95 drafts now.  Next up:  2012.  I wonder what will happen if we run out.  Will we be able to come up with new stuff?

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