Year 3 Day 334- “Living the Dream”. Sunday, 3/31/2024. Clifty Hill 2 – Happy Easter!
Well to us today is Easter, but this morning I was reminded that not everyone celebrates Easter today. Remember, some people celebrate a different day like The Greek Orthodox Church. They use the Julian calendar, not the Gregorian calendar that most other Christian believers (and secular civilizations) use. We had a video chat with my daughter and her family, and they are having Easter dinner at their house. I really miss Jamie’s cooking. He is the best cook and makes it look so easy. It is not EASY for me. Hey, I don’t have a helper like Julianna,
So, as I continued dreaming about his cooking and drinking coffee at my cardboard box laptop table. I found this interesting to share – The rates of obesity among US adults have increased from 14% in 1980 to 42% today, and half the world is expected to be overweight or obese by 2035, with children and teens facing the sharpest increase in obesity and its consequences. Hormone-disrupting chemicals are entering our bodies. We eat 44lbs of plastic in our lifetimes. Findings, however, suggest that obesogens found in plastic water bottles promote adipogenesis, a phenomenon by which fat accumulates in the body, causing additional weight gain. These chemicals disrupt your metabolism and bind to estrogen receptors in the body, causing it to store more fat than it needs. How gross is plastic. We are a throw away world and therefore are bombarded with plastics around our foods. We use plastic wrap, plastic milk jugs, plastic salad dressing bottles, plastic condiments and baggies to pack lunches. In the 1950’s we started replacing plastic bottles with glass bottles because they were lighter in weight, easier to transport, and harder to damage in transit. The manufacturers for plastic also began to hit their stride during this time, making plastic a cheaper and easier to produce option for bottles. Then my sweet neighbor called to wish us a Happy Easter and she told me that we have to visit Short Creek. I didn’t realize that we live by the shortest creek in the world, “Short Creek”. This creek is a substantial but very short watercourse in Pulaski County. The water, in volume equivalent to a large creek or small river, flows out of a cave, runs for 200 feet then vanishes into another cave. Steve worked on loading the truck with garbage. He used the excavator, and the truck was loaded in two minutes. Tomorrow is get rid of garbage at the transfer station.
The pipe was connected and laid out from the downspouts. At least the rainwater will flow away from the house now.
Most of the Williamsburg is empty, lonely, and waiting for the new owners to move in.
For us it was a KFC Easter dinner! Steve says he would do that again next year!
Things to ponder today! Have to leave you thinking.
Danish Butter Cookies –Here’s a link to today’s Amazon recommendation: https://amzn.to/3IS64GS These are the real Danish Butter cookies. This is Steve’s favorite 10am break snack. He has to hide the box from me! There won’t be any left if I find it. Yes, it is so much better hidden.
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