Save the planet and perhaps some frogs too...

If you have a minute visit the website Conservation International. It is chock full of information about our lovely little planet and things we can do to help it last a bit longer....

If you have another minute go ahead and take the Eco Footprint Quiz. and see just how green you are...you may be doing more than you think. (ego booster)
I feel that I scored fairly well. But I sure do have lots of room for improvement.....
I mean, I am not living in a house made of recycled tires (yet) or growing all my own veggies or
even producing my own wine...but a girl can dream can't she?



This website is full of great information..... Such as the list of critically endangered wildlife and how we can help to save them.

You know I am all about saving stuff...money, animals, the planet....you name it.
The giving and saving never ends and that is why I am so tired. ;)


I digress....This is where I started reading (and lost track of time) about the Lake Titicaca Giant frog that is almost extinct.


I have heard of this...well not just the giant frog but of Lake Titicaca itself from my oh, so immature kids.....say it slowly, Lake Titicaca.....
you know you giggled too.... we are all so immature....that is what makes life fun.





Admit it, he is almost cute. He is giving us a thumbs up....

And of course he deserves to be saved.....

Thanksgiving Memory Lane....

Thanksgiving is my MOST favorite holiday.

I suppose as kid, Christmas would be at the top of the list.

Since I have been an adult (well adult age anyway) I really look forward to Thanksgiving with enthusiasm.

It has all the elements of a fantastically perfect holiday. It is full of Pros and low on Cons.

Pros's

*Family and friends get together

*good food

*a few days off from work/school

*NO GIFT BUYING!!!! ( I should have put that at the top)

CONS:

*Nada. Zip. Zilch. negative. (unless you happen to be Tom Turkey)

We have hosted it at our house for many years and I enjoy the chaos.

I don't care how many we have over, the more the merrier. I love it.

We have had from 12-20 people and it is always a great day.

*On a side note....I am having serious issues getting into the spirit of Christmas.

I know it is only November, but I was dreading it already last month. More to come on that...I have an idea. I may start a revolution of sorts....

Ok, back to Thanksgiving Memory lane

Back in 2006 we actually left our home and rented a house up in the North Carolina Mountains. I was a bit concerned it was not going to be as nice, with us NOT being at our home.....

But, it was a fantastic holiday.

We picked up my Mom in GA on the way up. My Aunt, Uncle and Cousin met us up there.

The day we pulled into town, the heavens started dropping little teeny tiny snow flurries for us. How nice, right? It was the first time the girls have seen snow and they seemed less than enthused about it all (when are we getting out of this car??)

It ended up warming up quite a bit and was a fabulous week away.

This was the view from the rental house....

I was insistent on getting a good picture of my three children for our Christmas card too....This was a winner that year.

We set a beautiful table as usual...and I had to take a pic. Not very good lighting.

The girls collected leaves and we wrote the place setting names on them with a gold leaf pen.

The only down side to this Thanksgiving is that I forgot one of the most important elements of our Thanksgiving table. I nearly ruined Thanksgiving by forgetting these very important peeps.

That is our joke around the house...you ruined our Thanksgiving.....what ever. ;)

My Cousin Patrick, Linds and Lo.

We have a piece of property in the area, and we enjoy visiting it. This is OUR rock. That is what the girls say anyway....we are making payments on that rock and the land under it.

If business does not pick up by a gazillion percent we very well may be living under/next to/on top of that very rock.

Nice views though.

I will be boring you all with more Thanksgiving memories over the next few weeks. I may even share my most PERFECT turkey recipe....I stole it from Martha herself.

According to my Poll regarding the President elect on the left:

Most Americans are going to just suck it up and live with what the majority of people voted for.

A few are moving to Montana.....

A few are going to the mall....(pretty sure those are my kids)

There was an illegal alien from mars reading my blog who couldn't vote and

a few people are going to complain for the next 4 years (pretty sure I know who YOU are)

...but what else is new????

Glad it is all over...

SOOOO ready to move on!!!!

You Never Even Called Me By My Name!

Everyone was correct. "You don't Even call me By my Name"
This is supposed to be the "perfect country and western song".
Really, I am not a fan of country, but this one really sticks.
The video is a bit strange...I guess he never had one the song is so old. Someone with some time on their hands did this.
After reading about David Alan Coe, I found out that he really is not a nice person at all.....so I am not going to listen to any of his other songs...just this one. The end. ;0