Marti Stanley’s Web Log

I am still here. Life has been crazy and good, but still crazy and I’ve let my blogging ball drop. There are several things I should be posting about but it’s late and my friend Courtney and I are taking my daughter to the Ft. Worth Zoo in the morning and then swimming in the afternoon. Yes, she should sleep well tomorrow night! Instead, I’ll just do a mini feed of some topics I’ve been thinking about.

1. We have gone vegetarian. I would like to say it’s due to health reasons mainly, but that’s just an added perk. The environmental issues hit me hard and then doing research into animal treatment made it a done deal. Hopefully I will go into detail about this further later on. BUT, if anyone has any vegetarian dishes or suggestions of any kind, pass ‘em on. We’ve created many a delicious dish, but new ideas are always welcome!

2. The Dallas Zoo. I would love to post concern about the Dallas Zoo and other city funded businesses that are going under due to the high price of EVERYTHING. The Dallas Zoo is $25 million dollars in debt and are lacking support (obviously). They have good zoo keepers, several of their animals are some of the oldest in the country (some are among the oldest in the world) and that has to speak volumes of their care. Yet, since their animals are old, they’re dying and since there is no money, they can’t afford new animals. The zoo is hurting, there are empty cages, and I’m afraid they’re about to shut their doors. I just hate that programs like zoos, parks, museums, etc. are the first ones to get the boot when we’re strapped for cash. I really need to do some more research into all this and post about it.

3. Documentaries. I believe Kasey suggested on here that I watch “For the Bible tells me so”.  I have watched it and I think they bring up some really good questions. If I was to summarize it in three words, love thy neighbor. Yes, there is a lot more to it, but the basic principle is there. Also, we have coming to us, “What would Jesus buy?”. If I’m not mistaken it’s by the same people would brought us “Supersize Me”. Once I’ve watched it, I should post on both.

4. Life. I should use this venue as a way of journaling more. I should let you, the reader, into my world. Tell you my struggles, tell you my worries. Sharing those do not make us weak, instead they build us up. I’m not going to lie. Life right now is hard for me. I’m struggling with a lot. We are all in this world together running around doing to best we can. So we have to put up with flaws. Flaws from others and flaws from ourselves. Sometimes life is hard.

5. Being Green. I’ve been trying to switch over all my beauty and makeup items as I run out of them to eco friendly alternatives. This is a challenge!!! I haven’t had problems with anything breaking my very fair and sensitive skin out (praise God!), but I have had issues with soaps drying out my skin and shampoos not being moisturizing enough. Has anyone found a good mineral makeup they like? They are suppose to be better for the planet and your skin from what I’ve read so far. More on this subject will have to come later.

OK, I’m going to bed. My little one will be up bright and early in the morning ready to go to Barney’s Zoo. (In the “Barney Goes to the Zoo” video, the zoo he goes to is indeed the Ft. Worth Zoo. How exciting!) Have a great week everyone!