Lion King - Be Prepared (Here's the video!)

How to effectively clean a room

Hello, everyone, this Poppy. I couldn't think up an accent I wanted to use so you'll just have to make one up today. On that note,  I will be explaining to you today how to clean your room in an incredibly short amount of time. Now I know you're thinking,  This is a blog about enjoying the benefits of childhood. Why bring cleaning into this?  Because all of us who have ever played with toys know that messes happen, A LOT.  SO we have to clean up our messes. Now this can take anywhere from 5 seconds to 5 hours! I am a notoriously messy person especially when I am in the middle of something. (blogging, crafting, playing, sleeping) And when I am working on something, I don't want to have to stop and give my room a through cleaning. My mom says that if you just clean up whatever you drag out, you wont ever have a mess. Now what if you need LOTS  of things out? MESS! Complete and total MESS! Then you have to clean it up. SO how do you do this quickly and still continue with your project? I will tell you my secret.

Music.

The absolute best way to do anything besides grammar and government is with music! To help me clean up I have what I call the Disney challenge. 

*First, you assess your mess! Look at how much you have to clean and set a goal on how much you want to get done. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT! DON'T SKIP THIS STEP! Usually for me this is just the bare minimum I have to do to make my room look clean.

* Second, find your favorite Disney song. Villain Songs often have a fast, heavy, theatrical beat that is good fro working with.  For me, this is Be Prepared  from the Lion King. Video above. The time it takes to run through the song is one rotation. You have to clean up as much as you possibly can in one rotation. There are ways to cheat the system such as picking incredibly long songs. (The longest Disney song I know of currently {not counting Star Wars} is The Bells of Notre Dame. Heaven's Light/and its not so great counter part* is also pretty long.) You can use as many rotations as you need to complete your cleaning. One usually does it for me.

* Finally, clean!Work as fast as possible and good luck!        

Well, that's all for now! I have to go clean my room so I'll talk to you later. Remember, God made you special and He loves you very much! Bye!

On the subject of the Heaven's Light/Hellfire. This looks a lot worse than it is. The third word in the title is pretty awful, but rest assured there is no curse words in that song. The word ______ is used in a strictly biblical sense and while maybe not something you want someone repeating,  Frolo (the singer of the song) is using it in the proper context. The song itself is beautiful and like a sermon in song.  It tells a very moving story about a man's struggle with righteousness and temptation. For a Disney song, it has a surprisingly large amount of theology. In fact, it has more biblical truth in it than some other "christian" songs. That said, I'm finished. Have fun cleaning!                 

7 Things to never say to a homeschooler

Gooday, mates. This Australian Poppy speaking and I wanted to share a list of seven things that you should never EVER say to a home-schooler.

1. Does your Mom (or Dad) just give you your grade?

Yes, our parents do assign us our grades, but 90% of all homeschoolers work for every point they get. 

2. You really need to get outside more often.

This is okay in the sense that someone need to be out in nature more often, but is often used to emphasize someone's lack of knowledge on pop culture and is incredibly rude.

3. Do you have any friends? (said with a look of pity)

This one speaks for itself. HOMESCHOOLERS DO HAVE FRIENDS. period.

4. Are you socialized?

I spend 24 hours a day, 7 days a week with my siblings and we haven't killed each other yet. I think I'm pretty well socialized.

5.So I guess your Mom (or Dad) can't be your teacher anymore.

When I moved into high school, I cannot tell you how many times I heard this. If our parents have been able to teach us up to this point, they can teach us through high school, its not against the law.   

6.Do you get to do whatever you want?

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO and NO. Next... 

7.Is the only schoolwork you do homework? (trying to be funny)

Technically, yes, all the schoolwork we do is homework. but please, spare us the awful joke.    

There you go, 7 things never to say to a homeschooler!  (unless, of course, you are a veteran homeschooler yourself, then you can joke about these all you like and other homeschoolers will find them incredibly funny because all of you went through the same thing.)

Well, remember, God made you special and he loves you very much and this Poppy, over and out! 

I'm Slightly Weird... by Arista

BELLO! This is Arista! Now, I wanted to warn you before you start reading my page: I have a slightly odd vocabulary. Let me list my words:

Confused = Confusamacated
Argh = Urghamajigie
Interesting = Intermeresting
Yuck = Ecky Ecky Bleh Bleh
Me = Mesa! (Jar Jar language!)
??? = Oi Vey
Thing = Thingamadoober

I told you I wuz weird.