Too bad they won’t take microwaves. I had an ancient beast from the 80’s that finally broke last year, and it’s been sitting in a corner of my dining room ever since At least it’s serving a purpose: It is currently a “shelf” for my towers of canned organic cat food, and where kitty sits when he wants to tell me it’s feeding time =^^=

Anywho… David and I had our fondue, which was a huge blast. We turned off the TV and almost all the other appliances (I left my DVR on so we could record Earth Hour programming on CBC) We were most excited about watching the lights go off at Sheridan but were extremely disappointed when all they did was turn off the parking lot lights and the lights between buildings. I don’t know if those are the lights that require the most energy or something, but I think given that there were cars in the lot, that was a pretty dangerous thing to do. I certainly wouldn’t want to walk to my car in the dark. We took movies and pictures but since you can see all the lights on at the college, they’re not that impressive.

We had a huge laugh when we watched the TV coverage later… typical media types saying, “…it’s ok, you can leave your TV on and watch us, you only really have to turn the lights off.” *shaking head*

We actually enjoyed having the TV off. Aside from repeatedly checking out the window for the status of Sheridan, our time passed quickly as we chatted and joked and had fun with our fondue by candle-light. We found that more than anything else, it was a great way to have some rare QUALITY TIME with each other. It was like having Earth Hour and TV Turn-Off Day all in one

I haven’t gone through my pics yet but when I do, I’ll post something!

What is everyone else doing?

My boyfriend and I are having an Earth “Evening” – fondue and board games by candle-light. I’ll take some pics/video and post them somewhere, and I’ll try to get some pics of the college!