Paper or Plastic?

I’ll admit that I had never really even thought about the fact that plastic bags are just put in landfills but never deteriorate. :( Yesterday I was in the grocery store and I was trying to find something else to put my fruit in besides plastic bags…but there wasn’t anything. I DID notice that the plastic bags there said something about recycling. All it said though was how plastic bags take up less space in land fills. :P What a silly thing to say.

(Picture taken from http://www.midamericanenergy.com/eew/help/act_bags_plastic.html)

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43 Things

My new most visited website: www.43things.com
My list can be found @: 43things.com/person/luckyturtlegirl

It's a place where you can list all of your life goals, even the ridiculous ones. People can add comments or cheer you on, and you can check things off your list and upload photos with your entries. Another cool feature is that when you list a goal, it shows how many other people have that same goal and you can see what else you might have in common.

Mancala

Some ideas to foster good listening, go to a coffee shop! I've found with my younger sister she feels SO cool going to a coffee shop and just hanging out there with me. Coffee shops are good cuz there's usually some good music playing but it's quiet enough for conversation, it's a casual public atmosphere, and there's COFFEE!! :D
My sister and I like to go to a little coffee shop in downtown McMinnville that has a little corner nook with two chairs and a small table with games. We like to play Mancala, but we bring our own pieces. The game doesn't have enough stones, so we use random objects from our purses. It makes the game fun and special, it's also our tradition.
Back to the listening, as we play we talk about school, boys, family and other real life things that don't really get talked about on the day-to-day.

Inspi[red]

So...Senior Capstone is about the American dream. It's challenging and seems redundant at times to keep going over this, however I don't think I'd be thinking about this if it weren't for the class. I just wrote a rough draft of something I see as a threat to the American dream and I really think that selfishness is a threat. How is it that I am so okay with the fact that I have never had to worry about having a warm place to sleep, but for so many other people even in my same city it is a daily struggle?
I get to go hang out with my sisters on this rainy Friday night, but in case you've never heard of this website: www.joinred.com. Check it out! I've never bought any of these products, but I think it is genius marketing and will really help people.

Simplicity

This is a topic that I've been thinking about for quite some time now and have found some interesting websites for it. Something that I like to do is collect pictures and quotes that I feel like capture the beauty of simplicity. A distinction that I'd like to make is the simple does not mean bland, nor does it mean easy. When I think of simple I think of slowing down and breathing deeply. It's time to enjoy a smile or a sigh that is not forced or hurried.
I want to be healthy and happy. These are my goals in life. I also want to bring health and happiness to others, to observe it in them and share life with them. I want to learn to need less.

Jesus

I'd like to begin this post with a Carrie Underwood song: Jesus, Take The Wheel. Okay, well now that I've done that I think that it's fair you should know that this past year I've really question whether I even believe in Jesus or not. If you'd asked me a month ago, or actually even a year ago I probably would have said that I thought this song was really cheesy. However today I re-read the lyrics and feel like I've had a really similar experience recently. Even when you have no idea who you really believe Jesus or God to be, you can still have those moments where you feel you have no one else you can call on. You know, those issues of the heart that just talking with a friend can't help.
Anyway, so this is the real me. I think I like this blogging stuff. I'm still going to write in my journal too...but it's nice to be able to attach pictures and have everything look so orderly and neat. :o) Thanks Dane for having this and making me want it.