Friday Five

1. Summer Nights: I know I said this last night too but there's just something about that summer feeling in the air.  Plans start forming in your head and sooner or later your spending whole evenings by the water or going out for late evening ice cream.  I adore the summer time, even the heat.  Just not so much the ungodly hot steering wheel in my car...

2. "Barefoot Blue Jean Night" by Jake Owen: Keeping in the summer theme, this, is by far, one of my all-time favorite summer songs.  There's always Zac Brown and Kenny Chesney, but this song just has that summer mood to it. I will no doubt have it stuck in my head for the rest of the warm months, but I'm ok with it.  Love this song!

3. Google Maps: I  have spent an inordinate amount of time using Google Maps lately.  I have to admit I was skeptical of the whole shabang at first.  I saw no point in mapping anything, mostly because I can't read a map to save my life.  And then, you have to deal with what you're going to map.  You can look at your house, or the houses of people you know, but then again you have personal knowledge of what those houses look like already so what exactly is the up side of seeing them on the computer screen?  I've since come around.  Mostly for vacation planning.  It's fantastic to determine how far things are from hotels and restaurants or sites.  I'm still just as terrible with directions but at least I get to see sneak peeks of the amazing things I'll soon be visiting...

4. This super cool stamp from Simon Says Stamp.  I have been looking for stamp like this for months and this one happens to fit the bill.  It's been designed by one of my favorite bloggers too which is an added bonus.  The only downside is that I've been looking at it for a specific purpose but due to the size, it won't fit my specific purpose : (  Of course, now Plans B-Z are ambling through my little brain so I'm thinking this stamp is so being purchased this weekend...

5. I saw this article this week during my daily trolling of the Brit Papers (Sometimes I think that the only reason I read them is for the highly superior headlines: "Vatican confirms, "atheists are still going to Hell""; "Kinky Vampires Fail to Excite" - Those are just my 2 favorite from this week...) Anyway, it's concerning a new practice they're trying in the UK for kids and adolescents with Autism called Relaxed Theatre.  Theatres are catering performances to families who are dealing with issues because of their child's behavior or certain fears and eccentricities.  I happen to think it's a fantastic idea and would like to know why no one thought of it sooner!  I haven't a clue how one goes about implementing something like this but it would be awesome to try it here in the states!