Many of you may have heard about Al Gore's non-partisan challenge to repower America in the next 10 years. I am so excited to see all the support his challenge has been getting. I heard part of his speech from a conference that was held in DC this month, and truly feel America is finally prepared to take action on our energy crisis. It is possible to solve most of our problems if both political parties will take action and attack the two central issues that keep causing us grief...global warming and an overwhelming dependence on oil.
Anyone heard of T. Boone Pickens? I just saw a commercial the other night referring to his plan to switch American energy to domestic, renewable energy. He is apparently an oil man who is investing in wind energy farms. Will he profit if we switch 22% of our energy to wind power? Absolutely, but that's fine with me, as long as we start looking for viable solutions to our dependence on foreign oil. I am a huge supporter of wind, solar, and wave energy. They are all renewable with very little impact on the environment. Oil is not a renewable resource. No matter how long we stall, the supply is going to eventually run out, and in the meantime we are not being responsible to the environment. The misconception that is being propagated right now that drilling for more oil will help us get out of our steep gas prices is not the full truth. It will take years for any new drilling to impact the economy(more than one presidential or senatorial term), and by the time we get ourselves set up, China will be a huge player in petroleum imports. It simply won't work in our favor. I think this T. Boone Pickens' plan sounds reasonable, for a change. He is stepping up to Gore's challenge, and I hope many will follow. Check out his website in my links at the bottom right of my blog. And please feel free to share your opinion to this blog post. I am still learning, and love to hear other perspectives.
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Fourth of July
We may not have gone to any fireworks, but we did get the barbeque and watermelon in.
Just Sing...Sing a Song!
Eden is quite the little singer. She used to open the Primary Children's Songbook and start singing whatever she could make up. Now she does it with nearly any book, and she absolutely loves singing in the car. She has loved music practically from the day she was born. She loves to be sung to before bed, and loves joining in the songs at our library's "Book Babies". I wish I could catch her singing "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" with the camera, but she typically gets distracted whenever she sees the camera. She wants to see the pictures on the LCD screen instead of being photographed. Here is the one and only time I was able to catch her singing. Enjoy the video, and crank up the volume on your computer!
Friday, June 13, 2008
New Edie Pics
Finally! Here are some new pictures of Edie, whom I might mention will be going into Nursery in one more week! I am soooo excited!
Edie is becoming fond of dress-up.
Here she is in her summer dress and ponytail. She looks so grown up!
Edie is becoming fond of dress-up.
Here she is in her summer dress and ponytail. She looks so grown up!
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Tagged x TWO
I just got tagged for the very first time this week. Not by one person, but by TWO! Can you believe it. Maybe I'm becoming popular, after all these years! Well...let's not go that far, just yet. Anyway, for this tag I was asked by my friend Leslie to share 7 things about myself. So here we go. (I apologize for the poor quality of most of these pictures. It's our scanner.)
1. I am very opinionated. I have an opinion about almost any subject. I try to tone it down, most of the time, until my blood just starts to boil, and my opinions just come shooting out of my mouth like steam. Not good, I know. My two favorite things to discuss are politics and social issues. I am very lucky that my husband shares most of my views. However, I am very good at looking at things from other people's perspectives, as well. Sometimes I take the opposite view of how I really feel, just to play "Devil's Advocate." I know I may come across as confrontational at times, but the truth is, I am just trying to get a meaty discussion going.
2. I love being in front of people. It is the best high ever! I love acting. I love teaching. I think I have talent in both areas, but the people in the audience / classroom may disagree with me. I have not performed for several years; not since I returned from my mission, but here is a photo of me performing for a Shakespeare competition my Senior year of high school. My partner and I won second place in our division that year. I really miss being on stage.
3. Something peculiar about me is that I love being behind the scenes just as much as I love performing out front. Many of my favorite classes at BYU were my screen-writing and directing courses. Before we moved to Colorado I worked as a member of the production crew for CBS 5 News in Phoenix. The spring before I got married I spent 4 months in New York City working as a casting intern for a feature film that none of you can see, because it has some questionable content in it. New York was really fun, but there was no way my career could compete with the amazing John Wanberg!
4. That brings me to the greatest decision I ever made. I married the man I had loved for six years before we ever started dating. My husband is truly my ideal husband. He is the most considerate, compassionate, and exciting man I have ever known. He is an amazing father, a talented designer, and an all-around good person. We are best friends, and there is no one I would rather spend time with than him. We have been married for nearly four years now, and I thank God every day that he blessed me with such an amazing, eternal friend.
5. I grew up on a dry farm near Tremonton, Utah. Admittedly I am not the hardest worker in the world. Sometimes when people hear I am a farm girl, they assume that means I don't mind getting up at the crack of dawn, and working all day. Not the case with me. I do however love to get dirty. Most of my summers were spent pulling rye, hauling rock, or driving grain truck during harvest. Here is a picture of me doing some clean up in our farm yard about 4 years ago.
6. One of my favorite places to be is outdoors. I love going for walks on the nature paths along Cherry Creek and the Highline Canal. I used to love hiking...before I got pregnant with my first child. I enjoy fly fishing, camping, roller-blading, even just sitting outside. I will admit, however, now that I am a mother and live in a new state, I have become ridiculously afraid of bears. It is one of my biggest fears that Eden will somehow smell like food, and a bear will drag her out of our tent while we're sleeping. My friends assure me that this is really unlikely. But I just can't seem to let go of my paranoia.
7. Those who have been around me the past couple of months will be amazed by this, but I love experimenting with makeup. I have read books on makeup application, and have done quite a few makeovers for friends and family. I love learning about different styles of makeup, and I used to try many of them out on myself...before I was chasing a toddler all day. I worked as a makeup artist for one of my friends short films a few years ago, and had a great time. In high school we even worked with latex, and blood and gore for Halloween. This is a picture of one of my former roommates. I convinced her to let me practice on her. She's a cat.
Well, there you go. There's 7 things about me. Hope you didn't get too bored reading all this.
I hereby tag: Corina, Heather G., Susan, Shary, Blair, Tracy, Lorielle
1. I am very opinionated. I have an opinion about almost any subject. I try to tone it down, most of the time, until my blood just starts to boil, and my opinions just come shooting out of my mouth like steam. Not good, I know. My two favorite things to discuss are politics and social issues. I am very lucky that my husband shares most of my views. However, I am very good at looking at things from other people's perspectives, as well. Sometimes I take the opposite view of how I really feel, just to play "Devil's Advocate." I know I may come across as confrontational at times, but the truth is, I am just trying to get a meaty discussion going.
2. I love being in front of people. It is the best high ever! I love acting. I love teaching. I think I have talent in both areas, but the people in the audience / classroom may disagree with me. I have not performed for several years; not since I returned from my mission, but here is a photo of me performing for a Shakespeare competition my Senior year of high school. My partner and I won second place in our division that year. I really miss being on stage.
3. Something peculiar about me is that I love being behind the scenes just as much as I love performing out front. Many of my favorite classes at BYU were my screen-writing and directing courses. Before we moved to Colorado I worked as a member of the production crew for CBS 5 News in Phoenix. The spring before I got married I spent 4 months in New York City working as a casting intern for a feature film that none of you can see, because it has some questionable content in it. New York was really fun, but there was no way my career could compete with the amazing John Wanberg!
4. That brings me to the greatest decision I ever made. I married the man I had loved for six years before we ever started dating. My husband is truly my ideal husband. He is the most considerate, compassionate, and exciting man I have ever known. He is an amazing father, a talented designer, and an all-around good person. We are best friends, and there is no one I would rather spend time with than him. We have been married for nearly four years now, and I thank God every day that he blessed me with such an amazing, eternal friend.
5. I grew up on a dry farm near Tremonton, Utah. Admittedly I am not the hardest worker in the world. Sometimes when people hear I am a farm girl, they assume that means I don't mind getting up at the crack of dawn, and working all day. Not the case with me. I do however love to get dirty. Most of my summers were spent pulling rye, hauling rock, or driving grain truck during harvest. Here is a picture of me doing some clean up in our farm yard about 4 years ago.
6. One of my favorite places to be is outdoors. I love going for walks on the nature paths along Cherry Creek and the Highline Canal. I used to love hiking...before I got pregnant with my first child. I enjoy fly fishing, camping, roller-blading, even just sitting outside. I will admit, however, now that I am a mother and live in a new state, I have become ridiculously afraid of bears. It is one of my biggest fears that Eden will somehow smell like food, and a bear will drag her out of our tent while we're sleeping. My friends assure me that this is really unlikely. But I just can't seem to let go of my paranoia.
7. Those who have been around me the past couple of months will be amazed by this, but I love experimenting with makeup. I have read books on makeup application, and have done quite a few makeovers for friends and family. I love learning about different styles of makeup, and I used to try many of them out on myself...before I was chasing a toddler all day. I worked as a makeup artist for one of my friends short films a few years ago, and had a great time. In high school we even worked with latex, and blood and gore for Halloween. This is a picture of one of my former roommates. I convinced her to let me practice on her. She's a cat.
Well, there you go. There's 7 things about me. Hope you didn't get too bored reading all this.
I hereby tag: Corina, Heather G., Susan, Shary, Blair, Tracy, Lorielle
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