Category Archives: Pinterest Picks

Puns and Fun Facts For The Weekend

09/05/2015 R.C. Liley 2 Comments

Woop! The weekend has arrived! And not just any weekend, it’s Labor Day weekend, which means most people have off Monday. Why not kick off the 3-day weekend with a few puns and fun facts you may or may not know?

Pinterest takes all of the credit (along with too much time from my day!) for what I’m sharing here. They are all things I’ve Pinned on my boards, so you know they’re Going Dad Approved. So obviously you know they’re ~~great~~ corny. Enjoy!

Fun Facts

**Uh oh, Avery was born in November. But pretty cool about the Legos, huh?**

Puns

**Just because I miss The Walking Dead.**

**The right to bear arms. Hey, it’s a fundamental right!**

: If you don’t like these facts and puns….

I always enjoy having my wife for an extra day, and I know she loves more playtime with Avery. Plus, G-Ma will be coming over on Monday so hopefully we’ll all have a great time! No big Labor Day plans, just hanging out and enjoying each other’s company.

Have a great weekend and Labor Day if you’re celebrating!

Any big plans for the weekend, or just kicking back and relaxing?

Life, Pinterest Picks

Five Fun Puns & A Visual Reason for Good Health

04/10/2015 R.C. Liley 4 Comments

Since yesterday’s post was purely my serious side, I thought I’d lighten things up with a few puns for Friday. If you’ve been following my blog and/or social media pages, you’ve probably caught on that I love puns. Corny or not, told by me or someone else, they make me smile and that’s what matters.

Bonus points when the ones I tell make others smile. Unfortunately, that’s not always the case, but I never let it stop me or get me down. I only hope Avery enjoys by corny jokes as she gets older. She’ll eventually reach the age where it’s embarrassing, which means I’ll probably just increase my joke telling. That’s what dads do, right?

Before I share my five fun puns for today, here’s a picture that encompasses my intense determination and motivation to hold nutrition, and therefore health, to the highest standards in our home.

Probably no surprise, huh? Of course there’s my mom (G-Ma) and all family from both sides, but these two girls are the ones I feed daily and make sure I feed them right! Plus, with their smiles, I couldn’t imagine having anything but the best for all of us when it comes to nutrition and our health in general.

To accept sub-par food to go into our bodies would be failing the ones near and dear to me. And how could I ever let this little girl down?

Okay, I’m getting caught up again, sorry. But can you blame me? I don’t think so!

Now here are my five fun puns compliments of Pinterest. Have a great Friday and weekend!

Love that last one! Okay, love them all, that’s why they’re on here!

Here’s another pun-tastic post I published several months ago if you’d like to keep the laughing (or ugghhh-ing) going – Going Dad’ Top 10 Pinterest Picks: That’s Punny

Do you have a picture that gives you motivation to stay healthy and feed your family nutritious food?

Are you a pun-loving person like me or do you despise them?

Life, Parenting, Pinterest Picks

What Happens When You Put Ivory Soap in the Microwave?

01/17/2015 R.C. Liley 2 Comments

Have you tried this easy experiment that only requires a bar of Ivory soap, a microwaveable plate, and a microwave?

Simply put it in the microwave for a minute and a half and watch as the rectangular bar of soap transforms into something 6 times its size! I first saw it on the Happy Hooligans website and have been itching to try it myself.

I have yet to try the experiment, but I did track down the science behind why the Ivory soap. Read the how and why here.

As the site explains, Ivory soap is one of the few brands that float in water because it has air pumped into it during the manufacturing process. If you didn’t want to click on the link, here’s the part about why it expands in the microwave:

This is actually very similar to what happens when popcorn pops or when you try to microwave a marshmallow. Those air bubbles in the soap (or the popcorn kernels or the marshmallow) contain water. Water is also caught up in the matrix of the soap itself. The expanding effect is caused when the water is heated by the microwave. The water vaporizes, forming bubbles, and the heat causes trapped air to expand. Likewise, the heat causes the soap itself to soften and become pliable.

This effect is actually a demonstration of Charles’ Law. Charles’ Law states that as the temperature of a gas increases, so does its volume. When the soap is heated, the molecules of air in the soap move quickly, causing them to move far away from each other. This causes the soap to puff up and expand to an enormous size. Other brands of soap without whipped air tend to heat up and melt in the microwave.

– See more at: http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/lab/experiments/soap-souffle#sthash.GgEOxeIG.dpuf

And here’s his video if you’d rather just keep it safe and watch online…

This is definitely something I’ll do when Avery gets just a little older and doesn’t try to eat everything she touches. Part of the fun is getting to feel how the soap has changed after being nuked. Apparently, it easily crumbles and can even be used to make homemade laundry detergent!

If you haven’t already, try this with your kids and have the guess what will happen after the 90 seconds is up.

As a side note, this will fill your room with a pleasant, soapy smell, so try it right after cooking fish or when you just need to freshen up the kitchen! Maybe at your workplace?

What do you think of this easy experiment?

Have you tried or heard of it before?