MAKE YOUR HOLIDAYS GREEN!
There are many great ideas to green up your holiday season. Here are a few to get you started:
Make sure your holiday feast is organic and local.
If using lights for your decorations, make sure you use LED lighting - they even have solar-powered LED holiday lights!
Look for gifts that come in little or no packaging.
Instead of wrapping paper, use a reusable gift bag.Top ...
Posted by Darlene Tychansky
on November 26, 2008
More Than A Day
As Thanksgiving Day rolls around,It brings up some facts, quite profound.We may think that we're poor,Feel like bums, insecure,But in truth, our riches astound.
We have friends and family we love;We have guidance from heaven above.We have so much moreThan they sell in a store,We're wealthy, when push comes to shove.
So add up your blessings, I say;Make Thanksgiving last more than ...
Posted by Erissa Yong-Wilson
on November 26, 2008
Limits are the walls of real life. Boundaries are the doors. You grow when you push past your limits not just to the finish line of your limits. While you are growing you will be uncomfortable because you are pushing out the walls of your comfort zone, GOOD!!! get use to it, it means you are expanding. If you are flexible you will find new doors ...
Posted by Darlene Tychansky
on November 26, 2008
Wow, it is one month till Christmas; I have my Family joining me from the rest of Canada in my home. We will be 9 in total on Christmas Eve and Day. I need to get creative to make the things I do everyday a little more special. I need to make some lists for meal planning and grocery's we will need for the week they are here. I'm excited that they are coming and a little ...
Posted by Darlene Tychansky
on November 26, 2008
If you woke up this morning give yourself a Yahoo... You are alive. The Universe has given you one more day to accomplish a goal. In August of 2005, after my husband died suddenly, my goal was to get up out of bed and to survive another day. I had a choice everyday to make... I could be miserable or I could try to find a way back to the happiness I once knew.What choice have you made ...
Posted by Darlene Tychansky
on November 26, 2008
You can tell the value of a man by the way he treats his wife, by the way he treats a subordinate, and by the way he treats someone who can do nothing for him.-- Ken Babcock
Posted by Darlene Tychansky
on November 26, 2008
Care more than others think wise.Risk more than others think safe.Dream more than others think practical.Expect more than others think possible.Howard Schultz,CEO Starbucks Coffee
Posted by Erissa Yong-Wilson
on November 20, 2008
The last time I entertained I was told I was a darn good cook. But then someone said to me, "hey you! Do you know that the pot you awere using was smaller than the burner? Huh? Whddya mean? I say. Well. it was then that I learned that if the bottom of my pan or pot is smaller than the burner, I will waste energy in cooking that meal. Okee, dokee, I got it. Next day, I made sure I match ...
Posted by Erissa Yong-Wilson
on November 19, 2008
Today, my Mortgage Broker, Pual Makortoff @ paulmak@istar.ca or http://bcmortgagesource.com took me out to lunch to chat about the current financial and real estate market trend. I got a free lunch ( who says there's no free lunch)? and great news about mortgage rate. I was told my mortgage will come down half a point on Dec. 9. Yes, that means yours is too. AND for buyers that is simply ...
Posted by Erissa Yong-Wilson
on November 19, 2008
Here's time to practise a green eco-vista move.... If you opt for a live Christmas tree, then buy one in a pot or one that has a rootball you can plant later in your back yard or on a property requiring trees. The Earth will thank you for it. A cut tree requires disposal which inevitably cost more energy to carry out. ( Fuel for transporting it to the disposal site, and electricity to chip it ...
Posted by Erissa Yong-Wilson
on November 17, 2008