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Blog Action Day 2010: WATER

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Yesterday I recapped my self-made environmental report card and my grade was a 60%.

For this year’s Blog Action Day, I’ve been reading up on water.org. The statistics are staggering and inspire me to use less if for no other reason than I otherwise feel helpless in the developing world’s plight for access to clean drinking water & I shouldn’t be plundering my good fortune.

I found a water calculator http://www.csgnetwork.com/waterusagecalc.html that can help track our family’s water use. Right now it looks like we use just under 90 gallons again, but that’s just a guess. You read it here first that I’m going t do some record keeping and research and get a more accurate count in November. I’m hoping that by checking in there every so often, we can reduce the amount of water we use. Strikes we have against us is that the fixtures in our home are all 20 years old, and we have a top-loading washing machine. I supposed we if don’t sell our home soon, we could start replacing these water-guzzlers with newer, low-flow models.

Poke around the “facts” pages at Blog Action Day and at water.org and you may be inspired to do the same thing. Water.org has several ways to spread the word and show your support, if you scroll down to the bottom of the “women’s issue” page.

Let me leave you with the video below (from water.org) and some things to think about (from blogactionday.change.org) :

More people in the world have access to a mobile phone than to a toilet.

38,000 children die each week due to dirty drinking water and unsanitary conditions.

One in eight people on the planet don’t have access to safe drinking water.

Women can’t do anything from water.org on Vimeo.

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A Mile a Minute

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Junior’s been talking for awhile now, and suddenly he’s entered that phase where he just doesn’t stop talking. Driving down the road, he points out cement mixers and dump trucks, driving by the refinery near the quarry is his favorite road. He’s obsessive about following the Conner Prairie hot air balloon in the sky, and likes to say, “My Conner Prairie! I go there now!” When we drove by today, he said, “No Conner Prairie, it’s closed”, which impressed me (I’m his mom, of course he impresses me)

A few minutes later thought,  my boy made a real  leap — he commented on something his smelled, rather than saw. We were driving by the water treatment plant and he said, ” Smells like poop, Mommy!”

Why yes, yes it does, little boy. What an observation…..

Are your kids saying anything cute lately? MaM was whispering “Liar liar, touch your tire” tonight, which made me smile.

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Perfect Moment Monday: Happy Birthday to Me!

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I Capture Perfect Moments.

Lori hosts a link up every week called “Perfect Moment Monday” . Every week I see it, every week I think, “I should do that”, and every week it passes me by again. NOT THIS WEEK!

This week my perfect moment was my birthday lunch. I invited a few friends over during the noon hour, and we had the most perfect lunch together. The guest list included:

My friend whom I met in 1988 in my geometry class. Once you’ve suffered through geometry together, really, you’re bonded for life.

My friend whom I met during my Montessori training course in 1995. Again, meeting during such a pivotal year in one’s life bonds people.

My friend whom I met at our very first cooking club gathering in September 2001. She lives around the corner from me and I don’t get to see her nearly enough.

My friend whom I met through preschool in 2006, whom I complete probably 95% of my summer adventures with each year. Our girls are the same age, and I can’t really imagine my life without her!

And last, but not least, my friend I’ve  met through the Twitter just this past fall. We’ve gone from one  line chatters to walking buddies to friends.

Good Friends, Good Food, Great Conversation.

It was, by far, the best way to kick off my 37th year!

Have a perfect moment? Link it up over at Weebles Weblog!

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