HAPPY EARTH DAY!

Happy Earth Day folks!

Only within the last few years have I begun to actually pay attention to the little things. The concept of changing various areas of my life initially seemed liked an infringement on what became a comfortable routine. Once I delved in though, I decided to never look back. You see, this wonderful planet that we live on is quite literally being harvested, abused, and drained like she will run forever.

Instead of a preach-fest how about just one little teeny-tiny thing to start with that won't only help this lovely earth but it'll save you money (good incentive in my books).

BRITA-BOTTLE AQUA $9.99

Instead of spending a dollar, two dollars, three dollars everyday on plastic H2O bottles  go and buy one of these little guys.


You only need to change the filter once every two months and you can filler up any where you go, all you need is a tap. SHRIEK "TAP WATER", I bet is what some of you are thinking, but our tap water goes through an intensive filtration system in Ontario. We are lucky to have some of the cleanest tap water in the world so why waste it?Plastic bottled water ends up containing more yucky bacterial organisms anyway so it sounds like a win-win from my perspective.


One thing at a time is my philosophy so go out spend that $9.99 proudly and don't forget to smile because yes YOU are helping to save this earth!

Love,
Sarah

Sliders and Roswell

What do they have in common? Well sorry to say not a whole lot except for the fact that the Space Channel most likely has them running back to back. Other than that I'll tell you how they are both deserved of being in the same title.


First it starts with a netflix adventure into another dimension of Sliders. Jerry O'Connell turning into a man before your eyes, The Crying Man always getting down, Wade making the slides more girly, and the professor keeping it real.

Then the unthinkable happens after night after night after night of Sliders fanboy dedication; they start killing off the beloved main characters and replacing them with Hollywood bozo's. That was it, the second this terrible actress came on to replace the professor I swore Sliders right out of the window from that point on.

A few days ensued of confusion and heartbreak not knowing how I could go on without a new adventure into another dimension than.... Roswell.

Ahhhhhhhhh, safe for the time being, I said to myself. Roswell is like Dawson's Creek and Predator vs. Aliens combined. What an odd combo of strange acting and a lot of deep longing stares. Either way I'm safe in my world of Sci Fi until they replace the Rosewell cast like they did Sliders.

Yeah I'll admit it, I love Sci-Fi so what?

Sarah

Veterans Affairs Canada - Skimping on Benefits?

"The Canada First Defense Strategy provides the resources needed to expand the Forces to 70,000 Regular Force and 30,000 Reserve Force personnel. This will give the Canadian Forces a total strength of 100,000 to achieve the Government's defense objectives in Canada, on the continent and internationally, as well as positioning them for future growth".

(http://www.forces.gc.ca/site/pri/1/index-eng.asp)

That's right, 100 000 potential people who could find themselves in a situation where they are injured on the job in the name of their country. And how does the current system treat the injured veterans who apply for disability benefits? Many of them are treated like a number and sent a vague denial letter without a reason, a cast-aside if you will.

Seriously Canada? You will spend millions of dollars to train and deploy these husbands, brothers, wives, mothers and send them into a raging battle field of rockets and warfare but when they ask for your help in return, you round house kick them in the back of the head? That is not the Canada I grew up in, and that is not the Canada I want to raise my children in.

If you are going to skimp anywhere in life, let it not be in the area of Veterans Benefits, that is just embarrassing. Why don't we ask "The Honorable" Steven Blaney what he thinks the honorable thing to do is here.

Sarah

DRESS PARTY - Like Dresses?

HEY WANT SOME DRESSES?

http://myworld.ebay.ca/dresssparty

and lots more.... 

Go to: http://myworld.ebay.ca/dresssparty

Have fun

Sarah Shafey

Big Weddings and Even Bigger Dollars!

What is going on lately with a string of just crazy people having just crazy expensive weddings?

Don't get me wrong, weddings are a beautiful thing, I love them if they are genuine and I love them for love. But seriously gals, there is no need to spend enough money to host an African country for a few days worth of supplies, ahem... including food.
 
I think the idea of Romance has taken a wrong turn somewhere down on Route 66. Gone are the days of poetry that will fill your senses with warm fuzzies. The trick to old love and old poetry was that it still embodied the realities of life. 

Okey dokey then it is settled ladies, no more Cirque to Soliel trapeze artists jumping out of a cake that is mounted on a giant pot of gold (opposite of small Stonehenge). 

Sarah

Long Time No Speak

Since my last blog I have been playing a genuine game of "Let's See Who Doesn't Speak For the Longest".  That game was a family favourite during our childhood van rides to Atlantic City and Cape Cod:

Arabs in Cape Cod?

I always lost as a child because of my enthusiasm for asking if we had arrived at the destination yet. My timing was slightly askew as a child but alas, I have fine tuned and now I practice the art of silence as if a shaolin monk.

You know Batman had to do something along those lines before he really became a superhero... just saying.

Every time the show Weeds has come out on DVD, I wait months before I rent it. I do this because I know that I have to be prepared for a whirlwind of ADD induced bad choices and croquet mallets. The most recent season is just all over the map yet I am trapped by it's heightened sense of urgency. It is so stupid that it is great. I highly recommend this show to anyone who want's to turn of the neuron tap of firing synaptic clefts.

Good Night!
Sarah

The World's Slowest Blogger Award Goes To...

... I won! I won the prize. I am hoping the prize is a pair of tickets to go see the Chicago Bulls when it was Pippen, Jordan, and Rodman. Michael J. and I would hitch a ride there with Doc. This sounds like an adventure worthy of perhaps another sequel in the Series. Which series you ask, the movies or the game? Mmmm open ended that's how I'll leave this. Yesss I think I think I shall.

I hope you have a great fathers day. Happy Fathers day Dad.  Let's go eat some steak and potatoes while watching Back to the Future the next sequel , while watching a game on the other T.V. Rodman will pass the ball to Pippen who will then proceed to Alley-Oop the ball into the air to Jordan, then J-Dawg will slam dunk and shatter the glass.

Sarah