Fundraising Whattt?!

Hey Everyone! Who knows about the JDRF ?

Cool right?! 

So I have decided to take on a fundraising adventure from now til June 8th! 

For over 40 years, JDRF (formerly known as the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation) has been a global leader in the search for an end to type 1 diabetes (T1D), through both research funding and advocacy. JDRF’s research is committed to improving the lives of every person with T1D and to curing this disease.
I have joined a local team in my area to help raise money! I am putting portions of my art sales towards it, and I am helping out with an awesome benefit concert! 

I really like the idea of fundraising. I find we do it all of lives. Really it is like it makes us keep going to know that we try every once in a while to help someone with some problem of some sort. Its good really. Even though I don’t sound like it in my head as I read what I am writing. To think that we as a people continue to share and fundraise in hope for a better tomorrow, doesn’t it confuse you even further as to why we have so much war, greed, hate and well every single other bad thing we have in the world!? Seriously, I am a very strong believer in living your own life and living within your culture however your culture is happy living. I want us to be able to travel all over the world and go on adventures and discover new people and new things, yet at the same time I dont want to ever leave my country, my homeland, the place in which I have pride in. 

As a Canadian, but not speaking for all of them of course, I feel that I have a high sense of pride and for a good reason. Yes, we have our issues, yes we have made mistakes, but we are also a very new country, which stills holds within it an innocence. 

I found myself today even having a conflict about whether I would want Manitoba, Canada taking over part of the North Western part of Ontario or not. The stronger answer was that I do not, and this confused me some. It was still Canada? So whats the big deal? Ecspecially when you think about the fact that I have lived in Northern Bristish Columbia at one point in my life. Strange still as I think about it. Maybe it will come to me in the future and I’ll be sure to comment on this blog about it. Overall, I am a very proud Ontarian Canadian, and until that changes, because we all know it could, that is how it will stay. 

 

I am sorry that my writing is a bit all over the place.( For instance, where did the conversation about fundraising go? I guess its good, and everyone should get involved with something!!) I hope to get on a better schedule, and be able to perfect my writing skill more and more over time. Thank you for reading, and I will be back tomorrow to talk about how it’s been for the past 6 months not smoking after smoking for 10 years! 

 

Good Night Tuesday! 

What’s Shaking Winter World?

 

I know that not everyone is in love with snow as much as I am! Being a December baby, a lot of my firsts took place in the winter. 
Sunday is my 24th birthday, so I’ve started thinking about the different things I have learnt.

I remember my first driving lesson. It was definitely a snow covered day. I think EVERYONE should learn to drive in the snow, it truly can make for a better driver, or at least a more cautious one during the winter.  I was going to say that may be hard for people that don’t actually get snow like us Canadians, but hey if Egypt gets snow after not having it for 112 years.. anything can happen! 

 
(Photo Courtesy of http://mashable.com/2013/12/13/snow-egypt-syria-israel/ )

Really, the snow isn’t the issue in any bad views of my wonderful birthday month, not to mention the great holidays. I am not overly religious, but I have my beliefs ( I am sure a blog later on will enclose such information however to stop any possible confusion I’m more towards Buddhism than anything else), however I celebrate Christmas based on the family and friends coming together in ways they don’t any other time of the year, and the Santa Claus thing with the decorations, I just love it!

The bad part is the cold!!!!
Right now for instance at 10:14pm it is -9c/15f but feels like -16c/3f in my area of Southern Ontario.
I’m originally from an area near Georgian Bay, Ontario. Right now -18c/-0.4f but feels like -25c/-13f.
My Fiance (AJ) is from an area near Dryden Ontario and right now -28c/-18f but feels like -36c/-32f…
I would LOVE to know how anyone down south thinks about those types of temperatures!

Your body gets used to it I guess, and your pretty much trained from birth ( especially us December babies) to dress appropriately for Canadian weather. Plus that means you can actually enjoy the snow! 

I think I have rambled on enough about December and cold and snow… I hope you all have a fantastic weekend! Due to Sunday being my day of birth I can not promise there will be much posting happening over the weekend. I will try to post a few pictures of minw though to keep you a bit entertained! 

Later Gators!