Help others with a click of your mouse!

It's summer, hard to ignore that fact. There is no school and if you are like me you have no job. So why not put that time into something good instead of hanging around facebook or twitter?  With all that said I I love helping others. I try and donate to various charities when I can, but lack of income makes it hard.

So here are a few sites I use to donate most take only a click of a mouse. And best part you are helping someone without breaking the bank. And some of the sites are fun!

Free Rice- The site that started it all. I've been playing on this site for a long time. In school this was actually a site we could go on in class without getting in trouble. The game is easy, answer questions in a category of your choosing (. Each question you get right, Free Rice donates 10 grains of rice.

Free Poverty- This is slowly becoming my new favorite site. Much like Free Rice here you point out different locations on a world map and get cups of Water. Unlike Free Rice the amount of water given is based on how close to the right location you are. And you get 5 lives.

Goodsearch- is a search engine. So instead of Google you use this site to search for... What have you. (I have been searching for info about Jack the Ripper for my new Novel I am working on.) Then you say what charity you want to donate to. So this is good for all of you who have certain places you like to donate to.

Click to Donate sites- These sites are cool with the fact that all you need to do is click and they offer a ton of options to donate to.  There are 2 different groups I have found like this one is Care2 the other is The Greater Good Network. Some offer the same places but some are different. Hey this isn't costing you anything so click away!

Care2 Click to Donate sites
Children in Need (Children International)
Save the Rainforest (The Nature Conservancy)
Protect Big Cat Habitat  (Wildlife Conservation Society) 
Find a Cure for Brest Cancer (Susan G. Komen for the Cure)
Pets in Need (The Humane Society of the United States)
Save Baby Seals (International Fund for Animal Welfare) 
Save the Oceans  (Oceana)
Feed Rescue Primates (Jane Goodall Institute)
Stop Global Warming (Carbonfund)
Stop Violance Against Women (Amnesty International)
Protect Wolves  (Defenders of Wildlife)

The Greater Good Network Click to Donate sites
The Rainforest site - Protects the Rainforest and other wildlife habitat
The Hunger Site - Donates food to help end world hunger
The Breast Cancer Site - Donates free mammograms
The Animal Rescue Site- Donates food and care to shelter animals
The Veterans Site- Donates meals to Veterans
The Autism Site Donates therapy
The Child Health Site- Donates Children's medical care
The Literacy Site- Donates Children's Books

So what are you waiting for? GET CLICKING!

Hack all the Facebooks!

This afternoon my friend posted on his facebook "Wait I can connect to facebook from this? (Via Glade Air Freshener.) Of course it looked more legit then that. This was my answer.

Yeah you know because I totally have access to the TARDIS.

Anyways you too can have this awesome power to now post status updates from ANYWHERE! Thanks to our friends as Reddit!

Happy hacking!

How about a little Summer Knitting?

This blog is still rather new so I figure I can make a fool of myself, right? Well this is me, in my horrible room.

 

Hello there! But enough about me. Hopefully you are here for some knitting action! First of all I am new to the world of knitting, with only a few years under my belt and well this is my first real attempt at anything special. 

See when I was first learning I bought 2 Skeins of yarn I thought I would be happy with, and now I am not, but it left me with a TON OF YARN!

What to do with this?

 And well I live in Texas where today we saw temperatures rise to a balmy 105. Thus while I haven't knitted and I want to knit something tells me that my wool scarf or that cool knit cap will have to wait until we at least drop to 80.  Never fear I have a nice light pattern. 

Cast on 20 ( I did 40, because I am a rebel like that)
knit 2 rows
(knit 1,yarn over twice) * ending with knit
(knit 1, drop the  2 yarn overs) * ending with k1
Repeat rows 1 - 4 until the scarf measures 50" , 60" , 70" or 80", or until desired length.
Bind off all stitches.

* Repeat to end

Super simple! All you do is KNIT!  And it gives the work this nice open weave look something I am calling netting. Which is what I have always wanted to learn how to knit. See...

 

I'm using size 11 needles, but any size will do!

But wait... I hear you complaining, "that is all fine and dandy, but what is this yarn over thing you are talking about?" 

Well my friends fear not, a yarn over is just what it sounds like wrapping the yarn over the needle. Like I said super simple and makes it look like it took forever. 

This is my first time using this stitch but I am already liking it. Have you used it? Am I delusional knitting in the dead of summer. Tune in next time dear reader! And all will be answered.