YouTube or Visual Life Instruction Manual

I don't know what I would do without YouTube. I refer to YouTube for just about anything I have questions about. I'm a visual learner so seeing someone do something makes it so much more clear to me than reading instructions. I watched a lot of painting videos before we painted the girls' bedrooms and got so many great tips. I have been watching lots of Springer Spaniel videos to learn about the breed and I watch countless other videos whenever I want to see how to do something. Of course not every video for a given topic on YouTube is reliable but common sense can tell you which ones are good and which aren't. I thought I would post  few that I have found helpful lately (and some I have just found fun).

How to give a dog a bath using Dr. Bronner's Castile Soap (and a great de-skunking recipe in the comments). I love Dr. Bronner's Soap and can't wait to try this one. By the way, we can bathe Hailey every 1-2 weeks if we want, yippee! She has already been smelling much better. We kept her out of the mud for a couple of days when it was raining a lot and stuck to walks instead. Oh, Hailey LOVES baths. She was just as calm as the dog in this video.

http://lisa.drbronner.com/?p=187

Breaking Dawn Trailer - just because it makes me smile and my heart flutter.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1OHXR63a38

What could be easier than cutting strips of fleece for scarves? Well, not much but, like I said, I like to watch it being done. These made fun, easy, handmade teacher gifts this year.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBTDsOETiPk

Red Solo Cup - just because it's fun.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8M1DCYqlXA

How to play Mancala - I had never played it but we got it for a gift last Christmas and didn't know how to play. It was much easier to watch how to play than figure out those directions.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5UiPrjlPqM

Gorillas visiting camp in Uganda.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBkQE9YitnY

Charlie Bit My Finger - because the girls can never get enough of Charlie and his brother.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OBlgSz8sSM

Evian Babies - because it's babies on skates.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQcVllWpwGs

When Madison was asking a lot of questions about birth we watched countless animal births. I love the guy saying, "what the heck is that?" and, what sounds like a kid answering, "the placenta!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEARmf_oPS8

This is a short tutorial on how to use Pinterest. Pinterest is something I know will occupy far too much of my time so I have only spent a few minutes on there to start my account and follow a few people. There are so many great ideas on there, I'm sure I'll find a) some really fun stuff to do or 2) some really fun stuff I want to do but can't find the time for.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtmmGA0M_yk&feature=related

Lastly, here is a video of Kid Rock's Wasting Time because that is what I have been doing as I write this blog post. The first video is bad quality but you get to look at him. Second one is better audio but just a still pic. The purpose of my post is to convince you and myself that YouTube is helpful and a "Visual Life Instruction Manual" but, in reality, it's a time waster!...a fun, sometimes educational, time waster.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-IGou55wr0&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uoen6atxGUw&feature=related

Happy YouTube viewing!