Save the Earth ---recycle, reduce, reuse

I decided to do a post for EARTH DAY! I'm not the poster child for recycling but I have been slowly making some changes.

So I wanted to give a few facts that you may not know or already know but I believe it doesn't hurt to repeat.

1.) If you switch your light bulbs to squiggly bulbs as I like to put it you can save around $47.00 in energy because they use less energy and they last up to 10 times longer.

*In a Wal~Mart flyer it is quoted

"YOU x 200 million = one squiggly bulb from each person, over the rated life of the bulb we would prevent enough CO2 emissions to equal taking over 11 million cars off the road for a year."

2.) Natural Cleaners

Natural cleaners like Green Works and Simplicity dish soap are safer for the environment because they don't use harsh petroleum based products

* In a Wal~Mart flyer it quoted

"YOU x 200 million = If everyone purchased a bottle, we could eliminate the production of 2.5 million gallons of petroleum-based solvents"

These facts are from http://members.aol.com/Ramola15/funfacts.html check it out to get even more facts.

* More than 20,000,000 Hershey's Kisses are wrapped each day, using 133 square miles of tinfoil. All that foil is recyclable, but not many people realize it.

* Every week about 20 species of plants and animals become extinct!

* McDonald's saves 68,000,000 pounds of packaging per year just by pumping soft drink syrup directly from the delivery truck into tanks in the restaurant, instead of shipping the syrup in cardboard boxes!

* The largest environmental organization in the world is the National Wildlife Federation. It has 5,600,000 members!

* Rainforests are being cut down at the rate of 100 acres per minute!

* One-third of the water used in most homes is flushed down the toilet.

* A single quart of motor oil, if disposed of improperly, can contaminate up to 2,000,000 gallons of fresh water.

* You can walk 1 mile along an average highway in the United States and see about 1,457 pieces of litter.

* The Washington, DC-based Institute For Local Self-Reliance calculates that recycling creates 36 jobs per 10,000 tons of material recycled compared to 6 jobs for every 10,000 of tons brought to traditional disposal facilities.

* A typical family consumes 182 gallons of pop, 29 gallons of juice, 104 gallons of milk, and 26 gallons of bottled water a year. That's a lot of containers -- make sure they're recycled!

Ok everybody let's ban together and choose at least a couple of things to do to save our home EARTH! We can't live without it!

Photgraphy Challenge April 2008- Seven Deadly Sins

Graham had a very difficult photo challenge for this month but I believe I have finally figured out what to do for it. below are the guidelines for the challenge followed by my pictures and explanations.

Guidelines

Just to recap, the guidelines for the challenge are as follows:

1) Take a photograph that in some way, manner or form represents any one of “The Seven Deadly Sins”. The post title will simply be “Photography Challenge April 2008 – The Seven Deadly Sins”. Please be welcome to post more than one photograph - however, please remember that each one should represent a differnt sin.

2) Include a brief explanation of how the photograph(s) relate to the theme. The photograph doesn't need to be outside, it can be of somebody or of something around the home.... it just needs to represent the theme of the month.

3) When you have posted your challenge, be sure to send me a link so that I can include it on my "April Challenge Entry" post at the end of the month!

4) You want to join in with the challenge but don't have a blog or website to display your photograph on? No problem, just email me copy of the image, along with your name and a brief description of how the photograph(s) relate to the theme. I will then include your entry on my "April Challenge Entry" post at the end of the month!!!

1.) ENVY

I chose my daughter Faith for ENVY because I envy her childlike spirit, her innocence, and her energy. I forget to get in touch with my inner child at times. I just love to watch the excitement at times in her eyes when she sees something new.

2.) SLOTH

I chose my son Gage for SLOTH because he tends to be lazy. He posed for this picture. LOL!

3.) GLUTTONY

Sindi of Life is a Rollercoaster wanted me to use her for Gluttony. She stuck spagetti-o's to her face for the picture. She wanted to be gluttony because she said she likes food. LOL!

4.) PRIDE

I chose a picture I took of my ceiling fan for PRIDE because I tend to boast about hanging it up myself. I'm so proud that I did it without any help.

5.) ANGER

I chose fire for Anger, because to me it looks angry when it is destroying wood or whatever is in it's path.

6.) GREED

This is the store I work at Wal~Mart #4235. I put a picture of my store but I mean retail in general. I feel all retail is greedy. They want you to bust your butt and not pay you what you are worth, For example Wal~Mart is a billion dollar company and they refuse to pay you even one minute of overtime.Retail jobs expect you to give away every weekend of your life for them and they hurt alot of mom and pop stores. I could go on and on about this but I won't.

7.) LUST

This is a friend of mine who works in a strip club. She posed in one of her outfits for this sin. I decided as well as she that Strip Clubs were a form of lust because both sexes go in to watch the girls strip.

How to Tell the Sex of a Fly

How to Tell the Sex of a Fly

JUST TOO CUTE.

This is the cleanest and funniest E-mail jokes I've come across in a long while!

A woman walked into the kitchen to find her Husband stalking around with a fly swatter

'What are you doing?' She asked.

'Hunting Flies' He responded. '

Oh! Killing any?' She asked.

Yep, 3 males, 2 Females,' he replied.

Intrigued, she asked. 'How can you tell them apart?'

He responded, '3 were on a beer can, 2 were on the phone. '

Wordless Wednesday

I took this picture on my way home Friday from the park .

My son Gage (age 12) took this picture the same day about 5 minutes after I took the other one looking on the opposite side of the sky. I just love the colors of the clouds.

TAG: Pink Heart

Crystal of Choc Mint Girl tagged me for this MEME. Thank you for remembering me Crystal this is as simple as it gets!



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This is another of those Linky Love games where you only have to tag 10 persons in one post, but still there is no actual limit (you can tag more if you want!). Once tagged, you have to copy paste the link in this post, and make them grow!Do not delete any of the links and be honest to yourself!

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Show Me Yours MEME

Speedcat tagged me to do the Show Me Your's meme so here goes.

I have an HP Pavilion with Windows Vista

Start copy here ~ To play, have your monitor showing the desktop, hit the PRINT SCREEN key, then paste onto a program (like paint in Windows)Copy this list of players, and then add your own link! EasyTag as many or as little as you like.

Anyone else who wants to do this MEME feel free to do so.