Recent Posts Tagged With 'commentary'

• Day 161- A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

  Posted on Friday May 15th, 2009 at 07:40 in commentary

  They say a picture is worth a thousand words, so today I will keep is short Visit this photo website, scroll through the pictures and let me know what you think. I thought that they were very moving and gave me a better perspective on how good we ha...

• Day 159- If You Want it Bad Enough

  Posted on Tuesday May 5th, 2009 at 14:08 in commentary, trash, recycle, Cost, reduce, $ amount varies

  I read in our local paper that we will have new recycling bins next July. Finally. A majority of people have commented that it is time that the city decided to make the change. Currently we are given one small bin with an open top. On windy days you ...

• Day 157- The Great Garbage Patch

  Posted on Thursday April 23rd, 2009 at 11:00 in shopping, water, commentary, recycle, Cost, reduce, reuse, $0- free

  There are quite a number of patches that I am aware of: Cabbage Patch Kids, pumpkin patch, anti-smoking patches, patch quilt, patchwork, eye patch, software patches, Patch Adams, contraceptive patches, and the little green patch. I could go on, but y...

• Day 156 A Year to Remember

  Posted on Wednesday April 22nd, 2009 at 10:31 in commentary, Cost, $0- free

  Wow, time sure does fly when you are having fun. I can’t believe that it has been a whole year since I have started this project. I had originally planned to do one article per day for a year, but my ambition greatly outweighed my skills as the own...

• Day 153- The Natives Are Getting Restless

  Posted on Thursday April 2nd, 2009 at 10:31 in garden, water, commentary, Cost, $ amount varies

  The past few weekends have been spent in the yard planting trees, tearing out my grass, planting my garden and just general landscaping things since the weather has been nice. I have some sort of love/hate relationship with my yard. I treat it nicely...

• Day 135- Thank You

  Posted on Thursday November 27th, 2008 at 07:14 in holidays, commentary, $0- free

  It is Thanksgiving here in the United States today. It is one of the last holidays out there that you virtually can’t commercialize. As I get older, I appreciate all the things that I have in life and I am even thankful for all the ups and down...

• Day 132- Turn Back Friday Into a Green Friday

  Posted on Sunday November 23rd, 2008 at 09:05 in shopping, gifts, restaurant, commentary, recycle, reduce, reuse, $0- free

  It’s hard to believe that Thanksgiving is just around the corner with Black Friday right on its heels. For those of you in different countries, here in the United States the Friday after Thanksgiving is typically known as Black Friday. The term...

• Day 123- Rock the Vote

  Posted on Tuesday October 28th, 2008 at 11:44 in commentary, $0- free

  When I tell people about this project, I get a wide variety of responses. Some people are really into it, while others can take it or leave it. I usually get a ton of questions, but the two most common are: “How much money do you make off of ...

• Day 122- To My Best Friend

  Posted on Saturday October 25th, 2008 at 15:30 in pets, commentary, $0- free

  I always knew that this time would come, but I thought it would be different. I don’t quite know how–but different. I feel as though somebody has violently ripped out my soul and has torn it apart. My first “baby” is dying a...

• Day 112- How Many Do You Have?

  Posted on Friday October 10th, 2008 at 05:44 in home, water, food, commentary, reduce, $0- free

  We have four and a half sets of dishes. Our everyday stuff, the ones we got as a gift from the hotel in Jamaica for our honeymoon (which we don’t use), special holiday everyday dishes, “the good stuff” that we have all wrapped up r...