I'm bad...

Well I'm pretty bad at this blog stuff. I haven't written a post in so long. Sometimes I don't know what to write about, so I don't even try to write a post. lol.

I saw an interesting documentary last night that I checked out from the library. It was called Disconnected and it was filmed/made by MN students from Carleton College. Pretty much it's about 3 college students who go without a computer for 3-5 weeks. I found it so interesting that they didn't think they could do it. I guess its hard for a college student, since everything is computerized now, but I don't think its a hard challenge.

It may be because of how I grew up. We've had a computer in our lives, but never hooked up to the internet. I've also gone up north to my grandparent's cabin, where it would be so bad for most people. We have electricity and we do have satellite t.v., but we have no running water. We pump all the water we consume from an old well and we use an outhouse for the bathroom. If you need a shower, you're out of luck. You either need to do a sponge bath or take a bath in the lake. Most people would find this impossible to deal with, but I like it.

Normally I wouldn't have an issue with not having a computer for 5 weeks, but I've been a full online student for two years now and if I don't sign in to my classes in 2 weeks I would be dropped from all of my classes. So, I would probably wait to do this until I wasn't a student anymore. I would have a HUGE issue at work, since everything except making packets for different departments, is done on the computer. Oh boy, that would be an issue. But besides these issues, I would still be able to do the challenge, with my background growing up and my limited access to internet at home.

What do you think? Would you be able to do this challenge?

Land

So yesterday I watched a program about how open, wooded land is disappearing up near St. Cloud. I guess in Stearn's County there is only about 2-3% preserved land for woods and nature to thrive. There are so many community developments it looked really bad. Who wants to live in a crammed neighborhood where you hardly have a property to have fence around. I mean there's a reason why there are suburbs and rural areas outside of the city...for more nature to be around us. For more space.

This got me thinking about my own views about owning a home. I've told many people that I want at least 5-10 acres of land. I'm not necessarily going to farm, but I would like space. I live in the suburbs of the Twin Cities Area and, even though we have 3/4 an acre of land, I still need more space. I like not seeing another house next to me. I would rather get a glimpse of a house through a forest of trees.

This show made me realize that even though I only want 10 acres of land, it's important that I buy it and not developers. I'm not saying all developers are the same, but a lot of developers see 10 acres of land and think of all the houses they can squish onto it. That does not appeal to me in any way and we need to stop this way of thinking. If we don't, we could lose the the nature that we have now.

Wondering....

So I was wondering if anyone is viewing my website, since no one is commenting. I got the bright idea to finally put a counter on the website, so now I'll know who visits. Yay for Leah!! lol

Lets hope many people visit.