Saving the Planet Dilemma # 45

I was looking through Josie's Dec/ Jan 2008 National Geographic Kids magazine today and came across this "green list" article. It lists 6 actions you can do this holiday season to make a difference. Number 4 states to "Let It Cool" by letting hot food and drinks cool to room temperature before placing them in the refrigerator as hot items cause the internal fridge temperature to rise. Now I don't know about you but I've been told that letting food sit at room temperature is the perfect breeding ground for bacteria. So what does one do: save the planet or save yourself from sitting on the toilet for 24 hours straight?

He's Everywhere!

Josie has had some zinger quotes recently. The latest one was driving over to Pullman yesterday. We have satellite radio and the display shows who's singing the song.

Josie: Mom, who's FT?
Me: FT? I don't know. Why do you ask?
Josie: Because FT sings on just about every song that comes on the radio. He must be really famous.

It took me a while to grasp what she was saying until I looked at the display and saw Madonna FT. Justin Timberlake. With all the collaborations on songs these days the FT stands for "featuring". Josie mistook it as one of the artists in which case she was right about one thing. FT is "featured" on a lot of songs!

Heron Trouble

I went to take Buttersctoch outside to do her business when I rounded the corner of our house and saw something in our pond that wasn't supposed to be there. Upon hearing my scream the heron flew onto our neighbors roof and perched itself there until discovering our neighbors backyard also sports a pond stocked with koi.

He soon made his way back to our yard hoping to stuff his beak full of succulent fish but Nate was there waiting with a handful of small stones. Herons are amazing creatures and we would've loved to have it hang out at our house if not for the fact we wanted to save our little fish friends from being lunch. We haven't seen the heron since.

What's your Smell?

The following is a conversation between Nate and Josie.

Josie: "You know how people's homes have certain smells?"
Nate: "Yes."
Josie: "Well, what's our smell? Robin said our house smelled good but I don't smell anything."