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.