And now my research into offsetting one’s carbon footprint truly begins….So happy for the breathing room for the boys, however, and hoping for the car pool effect to take effect soon.
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We bought a minivan
Posted in 3 boys, going green on 06/19/2008 | 6 Comments »
I’m it…
Posted in blogging Burma, church stuff, going green, me, meme on 05/22/2008 | 7 Comments »
meme time – it really has been quite a while, so when Whirlwind tagged me, I was sort of relieved5 Random Things About Me 1. I am a peak oil believer and bought a book about raising poultry to prove it. If Sharon can’t convince you, I’d be surprised. But don’t go read her if [...]
I’m it…
Posted in blogging Burma, church stuff, going green, me, meme on 05/22/2008 | 7 Comments »
meme time – it really has been quite a while, so when Whirlwind tagged me, I was sort of relieved5 Random Things About Me 1. I am a peak oil believer and bought a book about raising poultry to prove it. If Sharon can’t convince you, I’d be surprised. But don’t go read her if [...]
Productivity
Posted in 3 boys, gardening, going green, parenting, suburbia, vegetables on 04/21/2008 | 12 Comments »
The hours my children spend awake in my care fly by like thoughts that whiz through brain. I catalog to myself the things I will do when they are asleep, at school, playing nicely on their own, outside with their dad, older, all in school all day, at college. The things include paying bills, cleaning [...]
My secret fears teased out in vivid detail and organized by chapter
Posted in book reviews, delays, going green, SPD on 04/02/2008 | 4 Comments »
This book is not about fear. At least it shouldn’t be. It’s just that there are a few issues in the world of all things green and greener that I am handling (like cleaning), a few I feel I can’t afford to handle (like organic free range, pure food) and a few more that I [...]
The Christmas we almost didn’t need new batteries
Posted in Christmas, Girls for Glaciers, going green, sensory processing on 12/31/2007 | 14 Comments »
Almost. It was very, very close. I catalog for your review the following battery requiring gifts: *musical caboose: this toy is so awesome and beloved by the toddler that I cannot even begrudge them the noise it makes, nor its inevitable need for a new battery. Most of all, I love it because it inspired [...]
I made up my own Earth Day, just for me!
Posted in Earth Day, faith, Girls for Glaciers, going green, Inconvenient Truth, Just Post on 08/31/2007 | 24 Comments »
I always look back in August. I always look ahead in August. This month in my family we have looked back and ahead in celebration of two birthdays (husband’s 35th and his dad’s 70-somethingth.) The week following we looked back at 9 years, or so, of consciously parenting -our oldest confirmed in his existence by [...]
Introducing….
Posted in batteries, crafts, going green, linkage on 06/21/2007 | 18 Comments »
Girls For Glaciers Please welcome to the blogosphere, Shelly and Jenni: “two gals in big cities on opposite coasts try to go green and save some glaciers without turning their lives upside down.” Jenni is my smart, sexy sister; she lives on the same coast as me and my crew. My kids love her black [...]
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