Earth day craft with my kids

As far as I know my work is way more now than when these two were a year younger. I was thinking they didn’t have the patience for a complete craft then. Now they just high-jack my work and do whatever they want with it.

They work so fast and so well together to get the mess done, that first I don’t get a chance to stop them and second I like to see them working in a team.

So here is my craft idea

This was supposed to be a green jar with pink and purple flowers or dots, (I was still deciding on that :) ) to hold my smaller gardening tools.

This happened when my lovely children decided to do art!!!

Have a green and happy earth day.

 

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Happy Spring, Nowruz Mobarak!

It’s been a while! What can I say life happens and moves you with it. I had plans set for this blog, but then different type of flu visited one by one and sometimes two at a time, and prevented me from doing many things. One writing, (I can’t blame the whole thing on flu though, but if I felt better … ) the other celebrating Nowruz in time. I can’t believe it is the 9th day of Nowruz and I’m just writing about it. Well Nowruz Mobarak to those who celebrate it and Happy spring to those who don’t, because if you live in Vancouver you deserve a happy spring to start thinking about summer and dryness for a little bit :)

This Nowruz was overly challenging and busy for me with the children. Keeping them busy and interested in Nowruz was a journey to tell in other posts.

Until later,

 

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Be My Valentine

Ok, I was going to write about Valentine craft and all different decoration and gift ideas, but hey, everybody does that.

Is Valentine all about craft or handmade cards or decoration and food? Or all of these come after the initial love and understanding of each other.

I have to express my feeling in daily bases, this was the case since I was a young teenager. I just can’t fall sleep knowing someone I love is upset of me or I’m upset of them. My day begins and ends with me telling I love you and hugging at least one person in my extended family. Well most of the time it’s more than one person and sometimes I have to keep myself from doing that as others had enough of it :) Thank God, I am blessed with this. Although I can’t say it works to my benefit most of the time, as others get used to the idea and expect it anyways, even if they don’t deserve it sometimes!

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Don’t buy plastic in any form

Have you heard of the “Great Pacific garbage patch“? I didn’t either until last week when I was browsing for facts about recycling plastics. By the way, according to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, only 9.8% of all plastic bags, snacks and wraps were recycled in 2008, which is only 390,000 of the 3,570,000 tons produced in the year :( That’s sad!

The rest will evidently join the other garbage in the Great Pacific garbage patch! This is actually two large masses of accumulating trash  known as Western and Eastern Pacific Garbage Patches. The Eastern patch floats between Hawaii and California, the Western patch forms east of Japan and west of Hawaii.

Plastic waste ends up in this currents of ocean, they break into tiny polymers. Guess what? Small fish feed on them thinking it’s food. Wild life in the near by islands are also in danger; birds and fish die everyday due to consuming garbage.  The ones that survive are food for bigger fish like Tuna and Salmon that we eat. So, plastic for dinner anyone??? Continue reading

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Roast beef green salad recipe

I love making salads, when making salads I get creative and mix different flavors to get what I have in mind.

Tonight I made this roast beef green salad, which was delicious if I may say so myself. Even hubby said  I could be a chef !!! But I think he was too hungry :)

Here are the ingredients. Sorry no measurements, tonight I just enjoyed myself having fun with different ingredients.

Lettuce, tomato, green pepper,  grilled zucchini, grilled red onion, carrot, cauliflower, lemon and orange peel and juice, olive oil, dried mint and oregano, salt and pepper, and of course roast beef.

Get creative and share it here with us.

Until later,

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