Anders Family: Ice Skating with Daddy

Sunday, January 6, 2008

Daddy and Maddie went ice skating today. Here they are putting on the skates. Maddie asked why they were so heavy?

First time for both daddy and Maddie. It was slow going for a while.

This seemed to work a little better. Maddie was determined though. She wanted to try it all by herself.

A small breakdown.

She did it!!! She went on her own and even did a little circle and stayed on her feet.

Green Tips

"The Dirty Dozen" I know that organic foods can be really expensive but here is a list of 12 items that carry the highest level of residue, pesticides and other dangerous contaminations. Apples, Cherries, Grapes (imported Chili), Nectarines, Peaches, Pears,Raspberries,Strawberries,Bell peppers,Celery ,Potatoes,Spinach. Even after washing these items still hold on to bad things. If you can buy organic for these items. If you can't at least buy a good vegetable wash and really follow the directions( leaving it on for several minutes)
"If every American home replaced just one light bulb with an ENERGY STAR qualified bulb, we would save enough energy to light more than 3 million homes for a year, more than $600 million in annual energy costs, and prevent greenhouse gases equivalent to the emissions of more than 800,000 cars."
I have been trying to change some simple things to make our family more "Green" I think we should all try to work at making our earth and our families a little more healthy. I am going to try to post simple household tips that I find in my own journey. I hope you will try some of them out.

Anders Family