This song makes me cry every time.
I am not ashamed. :)
It's good to be reminded that this life that we live is merely a speck in time before we spend eternity with our God.
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Saturday, June 5, 2010
Our Overcup Oak
14 months ago I brought this tree home from an Earth Day giveaway at work:
Here it is now! It's growing fast!
Here it is now! It's growing fast!
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Recycling
It's the little things in life that make me happy.
Our condominium complex just put a recycling bin next to the regular dumpster. Hallelujah! Easy access recycling. I have been moping around for the past 4 years kicking myself for tossing aluminum cans and plastic in the trash. Realistically, all I had to do was set aside a separate bag or box for recyclable items and then drive them over to the nearest recycling center. My excuses included the following:
- too lazy
- not enough space for extra bag/box of trash (this could be solved by having a garage or utility room but we have neither)
These excuses amount to nothing. Think of all the plastic and aluminum and glass I could have recycled. My father would keel over knowing how much we simply dumped into the trash. He in fact did scold me once or twice but the horrid excuses above rang loud in my head.
Thankfully, we've at least been faithful recyclers of paper and have taken frequent trips to the various paper recycling bins around town.
But now, we can dump even our paper into the recycling bin in our own complex. I feel I will now change the world.
Recycling is really an easy, effective way of doing your part in reducing the massive amounts of trash that goes into landfills every day. So don't follow my example of making excuses. There are NO good excuses not to recycle.
Even the Grand Canyon recycles. Our cabin had separate trash cans for recyclables and non-recyclables. This, indeed, enhanced my Grand Canyon experience.
Our condominium complex just put a recycling bin next to the regular dumpster. Hallelujah! Easy access recycling. I have been moping around for the past 4 years kicking myself for tossing aluminum cans and plastic in the trash. Realistically, all I had to do was set aside a separate bag or box for recyclable items and then drive them over to the nearest recycling center. My excuses included the following:
- too lazy
- not enough space for extra bag/box of trash (this could be solved by having a garage or utility room but we have neither)
These excuses amount to nothing. Think of all the plastic and aluminum and glass I could have recycled. My father would keel over knowing how much we simply dumped into the trash. He in fact did scold me once or twice but the horrid excuses above rang loud in my head.
Thankfully, we've at least been faithful recyclers of paper and have taken frequent trips to the various paper recycling bins around town.
But now, we can dump even our paper into the recycling bin in our own complex. I feel I will now change the world.
Recycling is really an easy, effective way of doing your part in reducing the massive amounts of trash that goes into landfills every day. So don't follow my example of making excuses. There are NO good excuses not to recycle.
Even the Grand Canyon recycles. Our cabin had separate trash cans for recyclables and non-recyclables. This, indeed, enhanced my Grand Canyon experience.
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