Hello,
My name is bwings and I'm coming back!
Yeah I know, scary picture, but it was the only one I could think of that consisted of me running. Or at least running with great enthusiasm.
After my google ads became suspended and I was no longer able to financially prosper from express research and time I stopped treating this blog like a Monday - Friday and more like "that thing I do when I have some free time. The problem with that is I am unsure of what this free time thing is!
I have not stopped my green living, I've only continued to learn as I've sampled new things, tried out different approaches to life and researched alternatives to things taken for granted. Waste not want not is huge in my house and we are now composters as well.
We are rounding the 5 month mark since I've made my live green resolutions and although I'll go into more detail through the week I can give you a brief update on my successes.
Resolution 1: Reduce waste to one grocery bag a month. So far we have reduced it to one grocery bag a week. Much closer than we thought we'd be in such a short time. Considering we used to be one garbage bag a day! Composting is a huge help in this department.
Resolution 2: Introduce more plant life to the house. I now have a plant for every room. They may not be in every room but there certainly are enough.
Resolution 3: Purchase only paraben free products. check...well except this one thing I purchased on the fly on day and then only a month later realized it had parabens. I thought it was mostly a water item and so didn't look too much into it.
Resolution 4: reduce EDTA in the house. This has been done. Aside from the odd overnight guest perhaps using EDTA shampoos etc. There is no EDTA going down my drains.
Resolution 5: Purchase Bamboo towels. This I actually completed today. I'm excited for them to go in. These are one of the few situations where the eco-friendly option is more expensive. Alas, I wanted to wait for the towels to be on sale. They are currently 45% off, an inarguable price. So in 5-6 business days I should be drying off in eco-friendly luxury.
I can not think of the rest of my resolutions off the top of my head right now, nor what I have been doing to continue to improve my home life and the earth. I'm an avid searcher of ingredients in food as well as cleaning and beauty products now and more understanding of what I'm reading.
What have you been doing in the new year?
Keep me updated, your friendly neighborhood hippie mom.
