January 21 - 27

January 24 ~ 10min or so ~ I substituted for first grade, I read to the students a book called "Dog Breath".  The family's last name that owned the dog was Tosis, the dog's name was Hally.  I thought this was pretty clever of the author, "Hally Tosis" *halitosis*.  I had not pre-read the story before reading to the kids, so I didn't get the dog's name until half way through the story.  I had used some pre-reading questions with the kids about the cover of the book and what they thought the book would be about by the title of the book.  The class all laughed and had their share of stories to share about stinky breath.  It was a cute story about a dog with stinky breath so bad that the family was going to have to get rid of him.  Then Hally caught thieves trying to break into the Tosis family home, so Hally Tosis got to stay with the family.  I tried to explain the dog's name association with the title of the book, they didn't find the humor like I did, or else they didn't quite understand it.  Either way I absolutely love reading to kids!!

January 25 ~ 30min ~ Read the website beyonddiet.com.  This is a website about eating healthy to lose weight.  I ordered a book and am looking forward to reading this.  The website has a lot of information about healthy eating.  I wasn't thrilled about having to pay anything, but I need to drop about 15-20pounds (if possible) for a trip to Florida in June and I want to do it with exercise and eating right.

January 27 ~ 60 min~ Read some of a children's bible to my 7yr old daughter Jill.  Read Facebook.  Tried to start a book called "The Time Machine," I couldn't get into it, so I put it down and began surfing the internet.  Helped my 11year old look for a science fair project, so we read about a lot of different types of possible science projects.  Then I began reading on the internet.  I found an article about a Canadian man who was looking for individuals that look alike but are not related.  He claims that everyone has a look alike twin somewhere in the world.  There were 28 pictures and most were from Montreal with a few being from Germany, Switzerland, and Paris.  I thought most of the pictures did look like twins.  He is not looking form people who look like famous people but for example, there is someone out there that looks like me other than my daughters. ;)
I also read an article about how giving ibuprofen to children could cause kidney damage.  If children are given ibuprofen when they are dehydrated this is when problems could arise. 
Another article I found was an article "14 tips for treating kids colds".  Some of the information provided I did already know, but I did pick up on a few new pieces of information. 
I also read some of the member questions posted on beyonddiet.com.