I save the Christmas cards I receive to use as next year’s Christmas gift labels. They make beautiful labels and it’s a nice way to revisit last Christmas. I cut out cute scenes from the front of the cards. I’m sure to leave enough room around the image to write people’s names.
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Did you know that you can bring your own coffee mug to Starbucks and get a ten cent discount? I didn’t believe it at first so I checked with Cousin Charles who works there. He assures me it’s true. It’s part of the company’s plan to encourage waste reduction. Make sure that your mug is [...] The Wall Street Journal had an interesting article yesterday about clotheslines. Apparently it’s a controversial subject. It’s so controversial that there’s even an advocacy group for clothesline users. It’s called Project Laundry List. Call me unsophisticated but I find all of this shocking. I have pleasant childhood memories of Mom hanging clothes out on the [...] Our homes use a lot of energy. We have to heat them in the winter. We have to cool them in the summer. We have refrigerators, ovens, TVs, lights and hair dryers. And then there are all the supplies that go into actually constructing a home. Yikes! It makes a lot of sense to try [...] The Seattle Times has an online calculator that estimates your households annual greenhouse gas emissions. I took the test for our house. We did really well for the automobile emissions because we both work at home. (This is another reason that I love working at home.) It looks like we can improve in our household [...] |
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