Found Not Lost

My husband just bought an old Ford truck that he’s planning on fixing up. He’s needed a truck to haul stuff around and he was glad to finally get one that he can afford. It needs some work but luckily he’s quite adept at fixing cars.

One of the things he needs to fix on this old truck, he tells me is the power steering rack so I have been tasked to look online for an owner’s manual for one and second, places where he can order parts. Powering Steering Pros is one place where he can get quality parts at wholesale prices which were previously only offered to dealers. If you know of anyone who is looking for a good quality steering box, this is the place to look. They offer free shipping on all orders and can take your orders over the phone where you can also get some of your questions answered. Visit PowerSteeringPros.com now.

Do you remember science fairs when you were in middle school? My daughters have had their share and they keep thinking it’s behind them now that they are in high school. Well, that may be true for my daughter who plans on an art major. However, I have another daughter who is on a math and science track. She loves science lab and the projects and experiments. However, she is not to crazy about making presentations and she would hem and haw and procrastinate until the last minute, and I end up staying up all night with her cutting and pasting things. I keep trying to tell her to get used to the process because if she plans to continue on the scientific track, she will be doing scientific posters well beyond high school.

I ran across this amusing but very helpful article on designing scientific posters that I printed out to give to my daughter. It gives some great tips on layout, content and presentation. For instance, he cautions against the very thing that my daughter is guilty of doing and that is cutting and pasting her report into the board. I work with scientists and a lot of them still do this too. It is advised that a poster’s text should be 800 word or less. A difficult feat for most scientist who can get rather long-winded when talking about their areas of interest.

The tone of the article is relaxed on the verge of being sarcastic, witty with a touch of silliness, but always full of useful information. If you have a student who may need information on scientific posters and presenting, this is a very nice article to share.

I got a Dymo label maker sometime ago and I thought I would only be using it to label my office stuff, but now I realize I could use it for so much more. I’ve gone label crazy! I not only label work related things like folders, files, computer wires, small equipment and such; I have expanded into the kitchen labeling pantry items, spices, and various storage containers here and there.

With the girls getting ready to go back to school again, I can already see where I can use my label maker. I’m excited. First day of school has always been an exciting time for me from as far back as I can remember. I’ve always loved the smell of eraser and everytime I smell a brand new eraser, I am transported back to those first-day-back-to-school days. I think it’s the smell of everything new that made it so exciting. Back then though, my mom just labeled my stuff with permanent marker.

This year, we’re going to have fun labeling the girls’ stuff with this Dymo label maker. For instance, their binders. They are always required to have a binder for each subject and have have dividers in them for the different sections required. Labeling the spines of the binders will make them easier to identify when they’re all stacked in their lockers at school. Speaking of lockers, they also always buy new locker accessories like mirrors, pen holders and shelves for their lockers. They can label those so if ever their lockers get broken into, and it has happened before, their things can be easily identified. There are just so many possibilities and uses for labeling. Now I just wish I had gotten one with Color labels. The one I got is just a plain black and white one.