Preserving planet earth
Posted By: sme on 2007-04-24
In Reply to: Happy Earth Day..we should do this EVERYDAY! - raise consciousness about planet Earth..sm
I've begun my own conservation program this week in honor of earth day. I'm starting small...bought my first fluoroscent light and it's not too bad. REplacing my kitchen cleaning products with things like baking soda, whie vinegar, lemon juice and club soda as well as borax. These can be used for various things around the kitchen/bathroom and are much cheaper than store-bought chemical things. Not much but it makes me feel good that I'm doing my share little by little. For simple ideas do a Google search. There are plenty of sites that come up with simple suggestions that we can all do and benefit from.
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I like to dehydrate it in my Excalibur Dehydrator. Google it on the net and go there! I use ours constantly. We make killer jerky in it, dehydrate garden produce, especially tomatoes (don't you hate paying those prices at the store for dried tomatoes? I do). Another way you can save that celery is to saute it with your butter, onion and broth, if you want, and put it in a jar and freeze it. That way you have a headstart on Thanksgiving! I like the dehydrator too to dry cranberries and peaches, makes yummy fruit leathers too.
Preserving celery
Does anybody know if celery would be usable for putting in stuffing after it's been frozen? I've got a bunch I could cut up now for use on Thanksgiving, but I don't know if it will last that long - I know, I know - it doesn't cost all that much, but with nobody else around to eat it, I'd hate to let it go to waste!
Earth Shoes....heel lowered in Earth Shoes
*tsk tsk - someday there may be NO planet for A/C...
A role model on what planet.
That's ridiculous.
When interviewing the "man on the street," our local channels seem to go out of their way to find unusually unsophistocated and uneducated people to interview, preferably looking like they haven't bathed in a month or seen a dentist in a quarter of a century.
My Annie too, Animal Planet fan.
She also loves the cartoon, Miss Spider's Sunny Patch. Will sit and watch the entire 30-minute episode!
My parents used to leave Animal Planet
on for their dog, but they said she became a couch potato and didn't like it when they turned it off so they stopped letting her watch it. I am not kidding!
On animal planet they were featuring types of SM
animals and snakes, etc. with two heads. I know in some cultuers these animals are felt to be holy and a gift from God. I felt sorry for them when I saw them.
I feel for this dear child and family.
My mother's cats love the Animal Planet!
She leaves it on, and her two cats sit there watching it. I thought she was just getting a little kooky when she told me, but it is true.
Did anyone watch any of the Puppy Bowl on Animal Planet? SM
I watch it every year, but this year was particulary funny! Such adorable breeds playing running, jumping on each other, etc. I laughed my head off. The little Westie was just darling, and the little Corgie pups were so sweet. 
Again, God put us on this Earth to do His work through us. You need to get more in
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No. I share this earth with you unfortunately..sm
reality is what we make it. This is NOT MY reality..only yours.
Am I the last person on earth to know...
that queen latifah is gay?
She is marrying her longtime GF.
http://www.denverpost.com/celebritybuzz/ci_9488366
I never gave her sexlife any thought, but it surprised me to hear this.
name one creature on this earth that
You don't have to live alone to be a secure person.
Happy Earth Day
Re-use, recycle, take care of our fragile home, planet earth not just today but always!
Happy Earth Day..we should do this EVERYDAY!
We should be caring about planet (mother) earth EVERYDAY and not just on April 22nd.........
If we do not, someday there will no longer be a planet Earth......
Probably here on earth longer than you, but what I am talking about
is the fact that young females can have WITHOUT taking antibiotics. The post above me seems like it was set in concrete this was the problem and fabric softners. There are so many scare tactics here in the US and it just continues and everyone things the sky is falling, oh my!
I liked show and her, She is funny and as down to earth
fd
What on earth is N/T - sounds like a nightmare !
Grandparents are Heaven on Earth
I have no kids so can only give you a viewpoint of how my grandparents shaped my life. I grew up very close (personally) to my grandparents (grandma was my second mom). My grandparents (moms side) lived up the road from us (about a 5 min walk with an open field between us). In the mornings we would walk outside and if she was out we would yell "hello up there" and grandma would yell back "hello down there". She took care of my sister and I during the day while mom worked. We went everywhere with her every day (hairdresser, butcher, stores, errands, church activities, her friends house, etc). She taught us how to whistle with a blade of grass, play "here is the church & here is the steeple, open the doors and see all the people" with our hands. We ate every Sunday supper with them and then she and grandpa moved the living room furniture and taught us how to polka to Lawrence Welk. We also ate there often during the week. Once a week we would spend the night at their house. Grandpa had a lawnmower repair and sales business but anytime I was having trouble in school, he would come in and after supper sit down and help me (mostly with math), but he didn't even think twice about not helping. He was the most unselfish person in the whole world. When I was feeling down about my grade on a report card or test (I was a C & D student, occasionally a B and very rare an A) he would ask me if I did the best that I could and I said I tried really hard but I just didn't understand. He told me as long as I tried the hardest I could he was proud of me. We grew up in the country and g'ma taught us about wild flowers, quilting, and other country type stuff. During the winter we would have sled parties at her house for my girl scout troop and she would bring out hot cocoa with mini marshmallows. Just a couple years ago my best childhood friend was telling me she had just been thinking about that sled party and my grandma bringing us the hot cocoa, and I just have so many wonderful life memories the list would go on and on. She died when I was 16 (30 years ago), grandpa died a few years ago. I miss them so much it still hurts. My dad's grandparents lived 15 minutes from us and we spent every Sunday afternoon with them and when I was old enough to drive I would go up on my own during the weekdays and sit at the table and talk and talk with grandma for hours. I miss them both so much too. I think grandparents are the most wonderful gift a child could have. I was blessed to have mine live so close to us. They spoiled us rotten and we loved it!
Oh how I dream of being young again and having my grandparents to talk to. I'm now 48 and live alone with husband. All my grandparents and mom are gone, dad lives across the country and I see him once every 3 years. I sure do miss them all. I hope all kids have a chance to be close to their grandparents the way I was.
My mom (when she was alive) and dad all have fond memories of their parents (they both told me they had the best parents anywhere).
So the only way I can sum it up is that "Grandparents are Heaven on Earth".
Earth Quake...NC Indiana
I live in north central Indiana, and slept right through it. When my sister got to work her boss was talking about it. What was it rated? I haven't heard.
Ain't no way on this earth I am going to live in fear
You all are really lacking a lot to have this man rule your lives. If you were a man I would tell you to man up but both of you lack a backbone.
Earth in proportion to Sun, other solar systems
http://www.rense.com/general72/size.htm
We had an astronomy presentation for our Girl Scout troop Friday by one of the girls' dad. The above web site is just a few pics of the size of the Earth in proportion to the rest of the universe that we know about. I never knew this. We really are like the speck in Horton hears a Who!!
why on Earth does the guy mowing his lawn at night
not sure why you live in suburbia if you can't handle it. Sounds like you need to be in the country!!
why on god's green earth are 8 jumbo crayons
a pack of 8 regular sized crayons is 2 for $1. I can get a pack of TWENTY FOUR crayons for 17 cents. But a pack of 8 large sized is $1.50 a pack at the cheapest. I found them at winn dixie for 2.99 a pack. I need 2 packs. Six dollars for 16 crayons?? That's highway robbery...geez
...wait, that might be Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth (?) NM
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Mahnomen ... White Earth reservation. nm
nm
Hayseed, I love your down-to-earth way of putting things
My beliefs are similar to yours - I do believe that their is something within us that lives on, but I don't know in what form or how. I have studied many religions and I think there is some truth in almost all of them, but none of them have a corner on THE truth - if there is sich an animal.
If I got rid of my land line, how on earth would I be able to call my cell to find it!
LOL! I misplace my cell all the time. I use my land line to call my cell so that I can find it.
bing crosby/david bowie - peace on earth Little drummer
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