what is fabulous about Earth Week

The beautiful earth God graced us with needs all of us to take better care of it. A few things we have done to make it better -
1. NEVER litter - it makes me sick to my stomach when I see someone litter - no reason for it
2. Set up recycling stations in our garage - Martha Stewart wouldn't approve of my station but it doesn't have to be pretty - just big tubs that say - Paper, Plastic/Cardboard, and Cans
3. Buy the low energy light bulbs
4. Install the solar lights for outside (we put these in last year and they are totally charged by the sun)
5. Turn the lights off during the day and when rooms aren't in use
6. Turn the water off when brushing teeth
7. We keep the house around 70 in the summer and 67 in the winter.

We aren't perfect as we still own 2 SUVs but can't really drive a smart car with three kiddos and all their STUFF (not as guilty as Al Gore must feel with his own personal jet he takes everywhere)! However, we are trying to do our part in small ways. Unless you move to an Eco Village, you can't be PERFECT. I will continue to look for more ways to take care of the earth - join me!

Am I really connected.....

Ok - so I have been spending more time on facebook these days connecting with old friends, sharing photos, etc. I am actually overwhelmed with the amount of options we have to connect these days. I just counted about 12 applications we need to add to our website to make it easier for people to share information (Digg, Newsvine, Yahoo, Furl, Stumbleupon, Fark, Ma.gnolia, Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, del.icio.us, Reddit, Technorati, and I am sure there are more). WOW.....
So...I am driving along in my giant suburban (which I LOVE for the space & kid friendly build and HATE for the amount of gas it takes to run) and I take a moment to look around and this is what I see...

Blackberry in my lap
Satellite radio
GPS system
Laptop on the seat next to me
DVD player in the back seat
2 PSPs ("portable play stations" in case there are those of you out there who don't have kids)
I Pod Nano in the front seat
I pod shuffle in my bag
10 year old cell phone - yes, we are crazy and bought our 10 year old a cell phone and oddly enough - I am feeling pretty good about (gotta love texting)
...and the Leapster that Caroline is pounding on (not sure she even knows what games are - she just likes to hear the music and pound on the buttons)

Ok...is this crazy. I think when I was 10, we had one walkman that my sisters and I shared. OR...is it smart? I mean, all of these gadgets are so cool and can provide such assistance during the day for both our personal and professional lives.

So, are we really connected? Your thoughts???