Strange Experiences

     Welcome back to Thinks and Thoughts! I've had a few weird things happen to me over the past few days and I figured since they're not normal every day experiences that I'd share them with you today! Things around my house are never really normal, but these three things are higher on the list of strange things that have happened.
     The first strange thing that happened had to do with my hamster. My hamster's cage sits atop a tall dresser in my room across from my bed. From the floor to the top of the cage is a little less than six feet. At six o'clock on Friday morning I awoke to my hamster crawling up my leg. I don't think anyone fully comprehends how scary it is to wake up to a rodent crawling up their leg. I also don't think anyone gets how strange it is that my hamster went skydiving at 6 feet in the air, survived, crawled up my bedspread, and woke me up in the morning! My hamster acts like a dog! Why didn't she escape or hide? This is probably the strangest thing that has ever happened to me besides the time I woke up to a bird flying around my room and knocking things over.
     The second strange thing that has occurred in the past few days was a dream I had. The dream started off as a dream about some other kids from school, an old teacher, and myself; however, it quickly transitioned into a dream where my cat was just sitting in front of me. As I stared at my cat I wondered what was going to happen next. I was surprised to look at her tail only to find a small yellow chameleon. Being the helpful cat-owner I am I decided to gracefully remove the chameleon from her tail. The chameleon willingly stepped onto my hand and I pulled my hand away from the cat. The strange thing was that the chameleon was now stuck to me. I'm not a huge fan of reptile like animals so I tried pulling it off my hand one leg at a time. Yet, every time I pulled a leg off of my hand, the chameleon would yell "OW!" in a deep man's voice! That was the end of the dream but I woke up super confused, and I'm still not sure why I had that dream. My first thought was that it was a chameleon because of an old McDonalds toy that I still keep at my grandma's with my cat. Now I'm just thinking that I'll always be destined to have weird dreams. I'm thinking I should keep a dream journal.
    The third and final strange experience I had this week has to do with our bathroom. Our bathroom has a tub without a curtain and then a separate shower. Normally I would walk into the bathroom, do my business, and then leave. This time, I was not so fortunate. I walked into my bathroom only to find that someone had put a piano bench and a music stand in the bathtub. Because why wouldn't they? Doesn't everyone practice their music in the bathtub? It may have something to do with the fabulous acoustics, or maybe the fact that I have a nine year old sister. I guess we'll never know.
     Thanks for reading about my strange experiences! It's definitely been an interesting week. Let me know what you think or what you want me to write about next!

Pros and Cons to Nannying

     Hello, readers! Welcome back to Thinks and Thoughts! A few weeks ago I started my summer job as a full time nanny, and after three weeks I already have so many good and bad things to talk about. I figured since it was on my mind, I'd blog about it! I'm going to start off by saying that being a nanny is a great way to make money. Most nanny jobs pay you every week regardless of how often you're there. This doesn't mean I'm biased, it just means that if you're looking to make big money, you should consider being a nanny or even just a babysitter. It's really a learning experience that is the first step to running your own business someday. Know how to best set your our own wages and hours is an important skill. Anyways, let's get on with the pros and cons.

PROS:

-You get to set your own wage

-You'll get recommended to other families for babysitting

-You get to eat whatever you can find in the house (My nanny family had me write my own list of food)

-You get to bond with the kids and build respect

-You can get stuff done on the job (I'm working and writing right now)

-Netflix, Netflix, Netflix

-It's not very much work

-You can take the kids to fun places and the parents cover the costs (Pool days for you)

-You'll probably have an unlimited supply of board games to play

-You can be on your phone

-You can bring the kids on errands 

-Nanny jobs are usually in your neighborhood and so you can grab more clothes or any other things

-It isn't necessary to look presentable (Joggers and sweatshirts all week) 

-You have your own personal mini assistants 

Cons:

-The kids do not always listen to you

-Whining will become the most annoying thing ever

-When parents work from home you'll want to dig yourself a grave (Kids stop listening to you) 

-You'll know the words to every kid's show theme song they can find on Netflix

-You'll be tricked into letting them do things they know they aren't supposed to

-You feel like you age a few years for every week you nanny

-It's not a lot of work, but it can be very stressful (Their lives are in your hands)

Overall there are more pros than cons for me and I think being a nanny is a really great thing to do, and since I share the work with my sister and only work during the day, I have time for my other job and manage to have free time as well. It's a great job and the parents are very flexible with pay and hours and everything else. As long as you develop your own rules on the job you'll be very happy. For me, I prefer them to stay on our side of the street. Their parents let them go wherever, but for my own sanity when I'm here they stay on our side of the road. The best part of being a nanny is that it's very tailored to the nanny and the kids will adjust to your schedule quickly. I would definitely recommend the job. 

Do it Yourself

     Welcome back to Thinks and Thoughts! This week I decided it would be fun to do a tutorial on a project! I've been feeling somewhat crafty today, and knew I couldn't be the only one. I'm going to just dive into this tutorial, but I want to ask that if you attempt the craft you send me a picture of the finished result so I can see what people came up with! Alright, here we go!

We will be making a colorful canvas design!

Supplies:
-Canvas (no specific size)
-Modge Podge
-A paintbrush (or your finger)
-Acrylic paint
-Printed out picture or colorful paper and stencils
-Scissors
-Punches (optional)

Step 1: 
The first thing you want to do is unwrap your canvas, and paint the entire thing with your acrylic paint and a paintbrush. You can paint a design, or a solid color, or anything else that you want. It depends on what you want your canvas to look like, so consider the end result beforehand! I'll be painting mine a solid yellow color for this tutorial.
*Make sure your paint is even
*Be sure to get the sides of your canvas
*Wash your brush after you finish painting
Let's let our canvas dry for an hour or so and then move on to the next step!

Step 2: 
Now that we've painted our canvas, our next step is to create our design. You can either print out a picture and cut it out, or you can draw your own on a colorful sheet of paper. I picked a pink and white chevron piece of paper and decided to draw a whale. I drew it on the back of my paper with pen. If you know you might mess up, I'd recommend using a pencil.

 

After you've finished drawing, you'll want to cut out your design. At this point I decided to also use a heart stamp to give my whale an eye. This part is optional because you have the choice to just cut the eye, draw the eye, or use a stamp. 

Step 3:

Now that we have our design cut out, we need to add the modge podge to get it to stick. Let's take our paintbrush and cover the entire back of the DESIGN. The we want to also put modge podge on the whole CANVAS. After doing that we can lay our design down on the canvas and reapply modge podge over the DESIGN and CANVAS together. 

*Smooth out your design with a card if you don't want wrinkles

*Go slowly for optimum results

*You can apply a little at a time instead of on everything at once (I tend to work too fast.) 

Step 4: Let the Modge Podge dry and fix any areas that didn't stick. Enjoy your work! Hang it up, give it to someone, or just keep it for your room! This is a quick and fun little craft to brighten up any space! I put it in my little sisters room!

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