My how time flies

Tis the season for things to spin at a crazy pace. Christmas parties, childrens birthdays anniversaries, family and friend get togethers...

It is so easy to get caught up in the commercialism of this holiday season. I know it has happened to me on many occasions. But this year my wonderful husband and I took a moment to really consider and decided to do something a little different for us. Instead of giving gifts that really don't give back, we have decided to support WWF and we have adopted animals and environments to give to our loved ones. They will receive some great info and an adoption sheet and hopefully it will warm their hearts to know that this year "they" are giving back by receiving their gifts.

Yes we are still going to spoil our son, but christmas does have that childlike magic doesn't it.

Happy holidays to all and may you remember what is truly important.

Sometimes I will sit looking out into the field in front of the house and think of how my son will see the earth when he is my age. Will he see clean country air? The backside of a brick building? Open fields with clean water streams? Or maybe he will see peace and tranquility?

My husband and I have 1 child now, and I already think of what I can do to pass along a strong and vibrant legacy to our son. We have the R.E.S.P for him, we try to give nutrients that are healthy to him, and we constantly emerse him in things outside of "our" circle. But what else can we do to ensure our son and any other children we may be blessed with, the guarantee of a healthy home?

Thoughts swim in my mind, flowing into a pool of ideas. We will simply do our best to provide him the tools he will need for his adulthood. We will do what we can to clean our mess up so he won't have to. We will try to convince others how important it is to give our children a healthy and prosperous world.

It is not our world that we are passing down to our children, But our childrens world that we are simply borrowing

Something to be thankful for

This Thanksgiving day, I am so thankful we have such SMART representation for our Canadian government. Let's take a moment and pray...

The things NASA sees

Came across this article today, and thought I would share it. Now I know we all think that a nice warm spring, summer, fall, and winter are nice, but there are consequences...




The Earth's rapid warming has pushed temperatures to their hottest level in nearly 12,000 years and within a hairbreadth of a million years, a study by the U.S. space agency NASA showed.

Global warming, which has added 0.2 degree Celsius (0.36 degree Fahrenheit) per decade over the past 30 years, has caused temperatures to reach and now pass through the warmest levels in the current interglacial period, which lasted almost 12,000 years, according to the study led by James Hansen, a leading climatologist at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies.

The study, published in the September 26 of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, said that Earth was now within about 1.0 C (1.8 F) of the maximum estimated temperature of the past million years.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration researcher said that was the most important finding of the team's research.

"That means that further global warming of 1.0 degree Celsius defines a critical level. If warming is kept less than that, effects of global warming may be relatively manageable. During the warmest interglacial periods the Earth was reasonably similar to today," Hansen said.

"But if further global warming reaches 2.0 or 3.0 degrees Celsius, we will likely see changes that make Earth a different planet than the one we know."

Hansen pointed out that the last time it was that warm was in the middle Pliocene, about three million years ago, when the sea level was estimated to have been about 25 meters (80 feet) higher than today.

The researchers recalled that a study published in 2003 by the British science journal Nature shows that 1,700 varieties of plants and animal and insect species had migrated toward the North Pole at an average 6.0 kilometers (3.7 miles) per decade in the second half of the 20th century.

a shot at

I found this amateur video on youtube and thought it was very fitting for the blog. Smart Smart girl

Some of them are getting it.

This past week after receiving my monthly subscription of Canadian Living and getting a few flyers in the mail, I realized that some big companies out there are "getting it". Take for example the Cotton Ginny Flyer I got. Made from 100% recycled paper and 30% post consumer waste paper. The flyer gets even better!!! It is promoting their new line of ORGANIC COTTON!!!! The inside leaflet says Sustainable style and one of the pages has this great little blurb.

"Organic. Cotton Ginny is on a step by step mission to reduce environmental impact of textile products by supporting farmers who grow organic cotton. We are constantly looking for new avenues to use organic cotton in garments that suit your casual lifestyle..."

I'm saying KUDOS to Cotton Ginny as well as every other business out there that is embracing the "GREENER lifestyle" We will win this battle one step at a time.

Things you look for

I am seriously considering running for candidate in the MacLeod Riding for MP and these thoughts run thru my head.... "what is important for you as a citizen, to have in your MP?" Is there criteria? personality traits? values that are important? What would make the best candidate in a rural riding? It is a huge commitment, but it is something that I strongly believe in. Time will tell...