Life in Moderation

Today I was on www.dearblankpleaseblank.com when I came across this post:

Dear principals of my school,

You ban soda machines from the school, but fail to realize that there are fast food restaurants within walking distance from the school?

Sincerely, A student who believes the people should choose for themselves

I had just been thinking about how when I was in high school they had taken away all the junk food from all vending machines and the cafeteria to try and stop obesity.

While I'm all for healthy living, I couldn't help but think, making sugary and fattening foods unavailable isn't really going to teach young people how to make proper decisions when it comes to their diet and that even chocolate or a can of coke is fine so long as it is in moderation.

What I found even stranger was the fact that before they had removed things like pop from the vending machines all together they just provided diet drinks instead. Perhaps research no longer indicates this, but at the time I (and many other people) were under the impression that artificial sweeteners used in diet drinks, such as aspartame, were potentially very harmful.

There's no real point to this post besides the fact that I find it funny that I was thinking essentially the same thing that this post was talking about.

Have a lovely Saturday!

Canada Day

I woke up somewhat early this morning to put on my red and white clothing and then head to the Manitoba Legislature to take part in the 3rd annual Living Flag.
I joined the sea of over 3,500 other people and stood in formation singing our national anthem and thinking how much I love Canada and Canada day.
Winnipeg has held the title for largest Living Flag of the year for the country for the past 2 years, and we're actually on a stamp because of it! (How cool is it to know that a very very tiny picture of you is on a stamp? Not many people can say that).

After the living flag I had a bunch of friends over for a BBQ and we ran around with water guns and ate yummy food and acted goofy. We went to the park and threw the football around watched fireworks and just enjoyed the beautiful day in our beautiful country.

I love Canada Day. It actually has to be my 3rd favourite holiday (after Christmas and Halloween). I'm proud to be Canadian and I love fireworks and BBQs and just everything that goes along with the holiday.

I was thinking about how this was such a wonderful Canada Day, but I don't think it's my favourite. When I was little I was in Edmonton visiting family friends and my sisters and friends and I stood at the corner of their street with little signs that said "honk if you love Canada". It was simple. Nothing extraordinary or anything but it is such a fond memory. Nothing but my friends and the love of our country.

I hope all my Canadian readers had a good Canada day too, and if you're from somewhere else in the world, I hope you enjoy your national celebration day too. (All countries have those, right?)