How do you spend your time at work? It seems most of us aren't spending it working. A survey conducted by Salary.com recently found that most Americans spend or waste about 20% of their workday doing other, non-work related tasks, like checking their email, playing computer games or gossiping with co-workers. This got me thinking about how I spend my day (and in case the bosses are reading this... it is spent working the entire time... no really.. I'm serious.) Really though, looking back, how long does it take to really get working in the morning when you first get to work? If you think about it, all the time asking people how their night was, how their family is doing, etc. really adds up. I've never really thought about it, but I can see how all that time talking can add up. If we didn't chat with our co-workers though, it would be kind of a depressing day.. stuck in a cubicle all day without anyone to talk to. I think I would be more unproductive that way because I'd be unhappy at work... so keep on chatting it up... research has proven that happier employees are healthier and more productive!

In a first of a kind debate, Democratic Presidential candidates will sound off on a variety of issues tonight... issues that YOU want to know more about. The CNN-YouTube debate is being held tonight in South Carolina, but the questions will be from folks all over the country or world for that matter. People have been submitting questions through the YouTube website. I've been watching some of the questions posted on their website and of course, some are really silly, but there are some that are very intriguing and well thought out. Not to mention, since these are videos, they are very visual, so you really understand why these questions or causes are important to the person asking them. For example, these two brothers are asking a question about health care and Alzheimer's research as they stand there feeding their mother who is in a wheelchair, suffering from many ailments, such as Alzheimer's. It really makes me glad to know that people are taking this debate seriously and are submitting some very thoughtful questions. Just check out the debate at 7 p.m. ET. tonight on CNN or YouTube.com to see some of the questions for yourself.

Sudoku has become a ginorous hit in the U.S. and across the world... so much so that it has officially been added to Merriam-Webster's newly updated edition of the dictionary. Ginormous was added as well... as were 98 other words. A few other words now in the dictionary -- crunk, speed dating, Bollywood and smackdown. Merriam-Webster officials say for words to make it into the dictionary, they have to have promise of sticking around for a while.

One more thing... just because these words are in the dictionary, doesn't mean they are in spellcheck though... my computer went crazy with misspellings when checking this blog entry for errors!

In all my years in Northwest Arkansas, for some reason, I had never visited Devil's Den State Park... that is until this past weekend. It was absolutely beautiful. I wish I would have visited years ago! My husband, Charles, our 9 month old, Jackson, and I camped along Lee Creek, which runs through the state park. We took these pictures during our many walks and hikes throughout the park. There is so much to do there for people of all ages. On Saturday, we walked around the Dam area and saw the waterfall, which Jackson was mesmerized by. Then we headed to the swimming pool to cool off. This was great... lots of families were there enjoying the nice afternoon. After a quick nap in the afternoon for all of us, we enjoyed a nice barbecue dinner. There's nothing better than the food you eat while camping! After we got up the next morning, we headed out on yet another walk... this time we decided to venture off the paved roads and leave the stroller behind for a trek to the creek. I brought along a sling for Jackson to ride in, which was pretty comfy for both of us, but after seeing a handy backpack carrier that another family with a young baby were using, we decided to upgrade... that way we can go on longer hikes than what a sling will allow us to do. Overall, it was a very relaxing and fun trip. It felt like we were hours away from home and reality (there's no cell phone service, so you really are secluded), even though you're just a few miles from home. We didn't explore any caves... we'll have to save that for when Jackson gets older. If you have kids a bit older, there are many activities to keep them entertained, whether it's just a day trip to the park or a weekend one. There are daily softball games, "Batty Crafts and Games" for kids, guided hikes, and much more. We're already making plans to go back before the summer is over.

That's how many words I read during the morning show today in just two hours. That doesn't even include not-scripted chat and our conversations during the commercials... you could probably add in another 1,000 words for all of that. It only took 87 words to tell you about a new study in the journal Science that compares the number of words spoken each day for men and women... and surprisingly, there wasn't much difference. On average, women speak about 16,215 words per day, while men speak about 15,669... that's only about a 550 word difference. The person who spoke the fewest number of words in the study was a man... his count.. just over 500 words all day! I think I say more than that in my first 30 minutes at work! The person who spoke the most words was also a man and his count came in at more than 45,000 words... makes you wonder what he does for a living. I would obviously be on the higher end of the study considering that I'm at the halfway point of the average by 7 am... but I do get an earlier start than most! :)