Movie Mania

How often do you go to the movies? If you're like me, that would be about once every few years or so. However, I still get to see movies that I love. When I want to see something that I enjoy, I simply take from my group of comfort shows and settle down for an evening of popcorn and tears or laughter, depending on what I choose.
I can find a movie pretty quickly, now. It wasn't always this way. I used to wonder where that special movie was that I wanted to watch. After too much searching, I would finally choose something else because the one I wanted was lost in the heap, so to speak. Then, I got smart and created a very workable system.
For starters, I figured out how many kinds of movies were used in my home. There are some that I enjoy and some for the kids. Of course, we have movies that are my husband's particular favorites, too. Once I had established some ground rules, I was able to move forward with a plan.
Using a combination of colors and codes, I separated the movies according to where they were most watched. It was decided that we had five separations for our movies. You may choose to have more or fewer. Our distinguishing factors were: Daddy's, Mama's, Kid's, Church and Cartoons.
Next, I assigned each group a color. I listed all of the movies in alphabetical order so I could easily find any movie I was looking for. This will take some time, but when you are done, it is easy to add or take away according to how you buy or give away some of your stock.
After listing all the movies, I created a color-code at the top of the page, like this:

D=Daddy  M=Mama  K=Kids  R=Religious  C=Cartoons

Now, all you have to do is go through your list and color each movie to match the person whose shelf the movie is stored on. All of our DVD's are close together, but we no longer have any problems with kids sorting through all the shows that Daddy likes to watch so they can find a cartoon. They know just which shelf holds the cartoons.

When you are finished, your list will look something like this:

150 Cartoon Classics = C

Adventures In Babysitting = M

Ant Bully, The = K

Bambi = K

Battlestar Galactica = D

Beauty and the Beast = K

Cold Mountain = D
Daffy Duck = C

Love Comes Softly = R

Gods Must Be Crazy = M

Since developing this system, we have been able to find any movie we wanted within a couple of minutes. If you feel that you want to keep all of the DVD's together, you can eliminate the color-coding, altogether. Simply alphabetize.

I hope this system will help you find what you're looking for, too.

$75 Prize!!!

That's right; there's a $75 prize being given away and you have a chance to win it.  All you have to do is head on over to here and have fun reading. Once you read one of the posts on this cute blog, you'll want to see more of what she has to say. Be sure to become a follower and leave a comment on the post that is titled 'BLOG GIVEAWAY... $75 e-GIFT CERTIFICATE TO AMAZON.COM.' There you have it. Do those two things and you can win the $75 prize.
I can't leave without telling you about a couple of PJ's posts that you will absolutely want to see. One is YOU WRITE THE CAPTION! It is soooo adorable that you will be inspired to join in. Here's another of her posts that you simply must read: How To Get Through Life. And if you want to see an example of how to write so you pull your readers in and make them cry, click here. I promise you will not be disappointed.

So as soon as you are done reading here, hurry on over to PJ's site and make a new friend. She is definitely a friend worth having. Remember to become a follower and make a comment in the post where she is giving away $75.

Trick or Treat? You Decide.

Tomorrow is one of my favorite days of the year. To begin with, its Halloween and that opens the way for so much fun.  In my house, Halloween has another special meaning, though. My good hubby-buddy will be celebrating another birthday. This makes this particular holiday quite special to all of us.

I've often wondered if he ever felt left out because of the holidays, but when I watch him handing out candy and visiting with all the trick or treaters, my heart tells me that this is what he lives for. Does he feel that his birthday is special? I think he does. He told me one time that he loves the fact that the whole nation celebrates his birthday by visiting each other in full-costume.

Do you share your birthday with a holiday? How do you feel about it? Is is something you wish were different? Do you enjoy it? I'd love to hear your feelings about something that most of us will never comprehend, first-hand.

Are we havin' fun, yet?

Okay, I don't know about any of you, but this is as much fun as Christmas. I love, Love, LOVE blogging. How about you? Have you ever had so much fun in your life? I have loved my computer for years, but that was waaaaaay before it learned how to chew its food. Now, look at it; not a baby anymore, no sir! Our baby's out of diapers and learnin' to crawl. And ain't I just the proud mama? You bet your sweet Bippy, I am.


Now that I've said alla' that, here's what I was leadin' up to: if you're not havin' fun with your blog, well... no disrespect intended, but you're not doin' it right. hahahahaha
No, I don't mean you're not doing the graphics right. I just mean ya' gotta' get in there and get some paint on your clothes and yer nose. Can't ya' just imagine if you were Bloggin' Paint and no one cared enough to splatter a little bit around? Why, if that were me, I would go into a deep depression.
Come on, bloggin' buddies, let's have some FUN !!!
By the way, if you click on any of my 'Blinkies,' you'll be directed to The Cutest Blog On The Block, a place that is just chock full of fun paints and all kinds of tools for doing all the remodeling you could possibly wanna' do. Now, let's get in there and spill some paint.
Oh, I hope no one minded how much paint I splattered around. hehe. Don't worry; a couple of clicks will clean that right up.

Share and Share, Alike

Don't you just love to share? I do. I think that's why I love writing so much. In the twentieth century, we are very blessed, indeed, to be able to write and have people from 'Virtually' anywhere read what we have written. By the way, that pun was intended. Fun pun, huh?
Today, I'd like to share my other blog with you and ask if you would mind sharing my blog with two other people. But I'm not asking without offering. Every person who comments or joins my blog in the next seven days will be rewarded. I will be sure to go to your blog and comment, as well as linking to your blog so others can find you, too. If you join or comment on both sites, I will link to your blog from both here and Red Wagon Flights.
I love shouting to the masses, as I mentioned in an earlier post, but I'm finding that I'm a real 'Word Hog' and would love to make even more friends. Thank you all for reading Yaya's Changing World. I didn't realize how much you would change me by your kindness.

Re-arranging the blog furniture

Do you like the new look? When I was young and healthy, I always enjoyed moving the furniture around for a new look, much to the consternation of my good hubby-buddy.

In fact, there were a couple of times when re-arranged furniture actually caused some near-disasters, but then I grew... not young, hehe, and my newly-acquired body-kinks and groans prevented me from having so much fun.  Until now. Now, there are all kinds of things I can move around on my blog.  Isn't this fun?

Paper Should Not Be Work

I promised I would share a trick I learned about how to stay on top of paperwork.  I only recently learned about this, but I was so impressed by the way it was explained that I had to try it out for myself.  And you know what?  It works.  I am not always so lucky.

Here's how it goes: first, make a file for whatever you are doing. No, not a whole filing cabinet full of folders. Just one simple folder for, say, your blog. In that folder, you will put anything relating to your blog, but it doesn't stop there. Let's say you post one comment per week and while you are thinking about what you want to post next, you have several thoughts on the subject. There's a way to stay on top of that, but it will come in a future post.

Okay, so your file is simply labeled Blog. Now, lets suppose your blog is about writing. So far, you have posted an average of once a week on your blog, for an average of four times per month for three years. Cool.

If you had made paper copies of each of your posts, you would now have a file full of papers containing copies of all of your posts.  That's awesome. Would you be able to go to your file and pull out a post that you wanted to refer back to? Possibly. But what happens if you are still posting on your blog fifteen years from now? Would you still be able to access the paper you want without spending a lot of time, shuffling?  Maybe not.

Here's what I've found helps: inside the hanging file marked Blog, slip another, smaller file marked 2006. In that file, place the copies of all of your posts from 2006.

Did you have several topics you discussed on your blog? Okay. Then all you have to do is put still another file in the hanging file and mark this new file Writing, if that is something you have posted about several times and if you plan to write more about it. Make copies of those posts which discuss writing and put those copies into the file marked Writing. Don't worry if you have several folders within your hanging folder. There's a way to take care of that and we'll be discussing that at a later date. I hope this helps you as much as it has helped me in gaining some degree of control over my many and varied types of paperwork.