Fantastic ideas and boy I see more and more people riding bikes now. Too bad we don't have nice weather every day to do that but when it's nice the bikes are coming out! I already eat healthy so that helps with the stress of paying for all that gas and heating our houses.
Oh and you are oh so right about not watching the news every day...it really does depress you. I only watch the news maybe 1-2x a week just to get caught up on what's going on in the world but if I want weather and sports then I go right to speicific web sites or the channels on TV to get that info.