Please don’t roll your eyes. I’m writing yet ANOTHER post about my goals for 2009. This time, though, THIS time I’m writing about how I plan to improve my green living. Here are things we have already done over the past couple years:
- Eliminated the use of paper towels and napkins
- Use cloth diapers
- Employed the use of a clothesline (though it had to be taken down for the garden last summer)
- Switched to an eco-friendly dish soap and other household cleaning supplies
- Started wearing burlap sacks and cardboard shoes…HAHA. Just kidding.
- Use canvas shopping bags
And here are things we’d like to do in 2009:
- Have a homebirth! (does that count?)
- Put the clothesline back up
- Plant, harvest, and can some vegetables
- Jamie wants to get chickens and goats. We’ll see how that goes.
- Continue to use more eco-friendly cleaning products
- Find a reasonably priced potted Christmas tree
I may add more to this list as I think of things, but for now I don’t want to put any more pressure on myself than I already have with all these goals and challenges. See? Told you I need an intervention.
What are your Green Goals for 2009? Head on over to Crunch Domestic Goddess and let her know!
My orchid is spiking again! I wasn’t sure if that little green growth was going to be a root, but since it didn’t turn white, I’m positive it’s another spike. This is certainly the happiest phalaenopsis orchid I’ve ever owned, considering this is the second time it has spiked for me. I’m so glad I figured out how to stop killing them. Now I just need to find out what I’m doing wrong with my dendrobium orchids. I have four in the house that have not spiked in years…
Our garden is starting take off!
Mutant sunflower!
One of my favorites. Look at the happy honey bee!
We need to do a lot of weeding, but over all, I’m really pleased. The tithonias make really beautiful flowers for inside.
(picture by reptifish)
We have one of these guys living on and around our porch right now. We see him almost every day! Today was the first time Aiden got to see him puffing out his little red neck and he found it to be quite amusing.
Today Jamie and Corey planted azaleas along the side of the house so it can be pretty there, too. I love all this gardening! It’s making our home more homey.
I tell you. These ‘roids have got me all edgy. When Jamie left this morning for his Friday meeting (at 10 till 6), I couldn’t get back to sleep! And that is incredibly not like me. I stayed in bed long enough to make sure Simon was sleeping and then I just got up and went into the living room to fart around on the internet.
Tonight Jamie is going to our friend’s Senior Recital. I really want to go, but we couldn’t get a babysitter. So the boys and I will hang out. I don’t know what I want to cook for dinner. We have a whole freezer full of chicken prepared in various ways from Angel Food, but we had chicken last night. I’ll figure something out.
You know what?
Boys eat a lot.
Wowee, this week has gone by quickly. Summer is fast-approaching and I think I’m ready to do some swimming. How about you?
All the men in my family have been putting together a wonderful garden this Spring. From our awesome book, Roots, Shoots, Buckets, and Boots, they chose the labyrinth and moon garden, combining them into a big project for our side yard. To accent the garden and also prettify our yard, they built a sweet picket fence. It just needs a few pickets and the trellis for the entrance. I’m so proud of everyone!
In other family news, last night marked the last rehearsal for the boys’ choirs at church, so they were awarded their beads for the year in a special ceremony. I didn’t have time to explain to Aiden what was going to happen, so he was a little overwhelmed by the whole experience and refused to cooperate for the “performance” of their song.
And to update on my TMJ issue, the oral surgeon dude started me on a one-week steroid pack and then I’m to start taking Voltaren for four months. He doesn’t feel that it’s bad enough to need surgery and we’ll explore other options once I get the inflammation under control. If I turn into a raging lunatic or something, it’s not my fault!
So, without further ado, here are some photos of all the business going on at Two Turtle Pond (a name I dubbed our pond & property):
