Welcome to my blog.....

HI EVERYONE! I'm joining the world of bloggers for a number of reasons! I have alot to say and I really think your lives will be better for hearing my thots. :0) It's just the kind of friend I am, ya know!! Besides....somedays while doing my work or driving I get these thots. They are random and often not connected to anything particular, but they drive me nutty. They stick in my head and won't go away. They stay with me thru the night and often are still there in the morning when I wake up and I'm stuck with them until they are replaced with a new, often random thot. SOOOO... I thot if i could give them a forum or a vehicle to get out of my head and onto a screen they would leave me alone sooner. It's worth a try, right?
Some days I will also share with you stuff that makes my life richer (or more comical). Things you might enjoy or would miss if you didn't know I told you. For example......Kim bought lunch at Whataburger today and while that isn't news shattering it made me happy! It was only the 3rd hamburger I've had in almost 3 years!! IT WAS NEWS!! And yummy!
But mostly today I am preoccupied with the oil mess in the gulf! For years I've been aware of the enviroment and our effect on it. Not real aware, but aware enough where I know that littering is bad, putting oil down the gutter is frowned upon. I know that the six pack rings hurt the dolphins and that I shouldn't pee in the ocean.
When I shop, I try to be careful about the products I buy. Bio-degradeable this, Eco-friendly that. I do what I can as one person. I was always pretty proud of myself for recyling (but lately I've been real lazy).
When I watch the news and see that oil spewing and the vast amount of chemicals dumped in the ocean to "help" the problem it makes me sad. It makes me sad that I didn't think more of the oceans before this. That I didn't pay more attention to them before they needed our help to heal. Will they ever heal? What about the people of the Gulf that depend on these seas for their livihood and life style? And the Pelicans!! I wish I had the power to make it ok for them. I wish we didn't have this crappy dependence on oil!
I love Maya Angelou's poetry. Till next time, Karen