The Sewing Mom

A Siberian tiger at the San Francisco Zoo “escaped” from it’s enclosure, killing one and mauling several others.  The tiger was shot to death by police.  What makes this entire event even more sad is that right now, investigators believe that someone may have actually set the tiger loose.  The zoo director is disputing this saying the tiger must have leapt out of her enclosure.  This would have been quite a feat, an 20 foot leap across a moat and over an 18 foot wall.  Keeping in mind that tigers kept in captivity are not in the same kind of physical shape as a tiger in the wild, this would have been virtually impossible.  It would have been difficult enough for a cat in the wild to accomplish.

I find this to be so heartbreaking.  Siberian tigers are endangered and need our help to survive.  Something went terribly wrong in this case.

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I’m always on the lookout for ways to search the Internet and a new search engine is ready to launch on Monday called Earthfrisk. This site will combine all the best results from the major search engines, including Google, MSN and Yahoo, giving results with far less spam. Earthfrisk will even have its own new ranking system plus toolbars for both IE and Firefox.

 As a blogger who has been Google-smacked, I look forward to the release of this new search engine.  Farewell Google!

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Are you hitting the stores today?  I think my husband actually wants to go shopping, but I’m not one for crowds, so I’m stalling!

I think we’re going to go have some breakfast and then maybe go to a couple of stores.  We need to get my daughter a helmet to go with her new electric scooter (pictures to come later) and I need a memory card for my new digital camera (the reason the pictures will come later). 

It’s raining this morning too and that really is making me drag my feet.  I guess I better go get in the shower before he gets too antsy!

I hope you all had a very Merry Christmas!

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Gac - it sounds like something straight out of a Dr. Seuss story! The reality is that Gac is a fruit grown in Asia. It’s a bright red fruit that grows on vines and can grow to be as large as a cantaloupe.

What I find most interesting about Gac is that in Asian households, it has been used for its medicinal properties for many, many years. As I am getting older, I look for products to use on my body and especially my skin that are natural due to the fact that they cause less damage. After all, it is damage I am trying to repair, I don’t want to use products that add to the problem.

R.G. Skin Revitalizer utilizes Gac in its product because it is an all natural product that protects the skin from damaging free radicals. In fact, a natural carotenoid antioxidant, beta-carotene, is found in abundance in Gac. Carotenoids also function as protection from the sun which we all know is a primary source of facial skin damage.

I have used facial lotions on my face since I was in high school. I’ve always looked for products for sensitive skin and no fragrances. I look for these because I find they help, not harm my skin. I’ll be looking into R.G.(Red Gac) Skin Revitalizer with Gac for future use.

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I realize this is a day late, but I did take a day off from blogging and spend the entire day enjoying Christmas with my husband, daughter and mother-in-law.  It was a wonderful day together, opening gifts, cooking, and playing the new games my daughter received.  We even spent some time watching Pirates of the Caribbean, At World’s End, which I found in my stocking!  I loved spending time with Johnny!

I hope all of you had a wonderful and very Merry Christmas and that you were also able to spend time with loved ones.  Happy Holidays!

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