give a damn

on her way back to church. What a good call…Catholics are so social-justice oriented, as a group, and I appreciate the motivation and support.

and they had put together a very well-organized and attractive display about ecological conservation. I was happy to see that Mr. M was checking it out with interest….saying, well, we do this and this and this….then said, well, we need to stop buying paper napkins. Let’s switch to cloth ones. And I thought, okay, so now the family is all officially on board and people are starting to notice things around here. I am a little ashamed to admit we just recently started recycling again(haven’t done it since we moved here), I’ve made the switch to cloth shopping bags (easy, once I found them)....but now realize the chemicals I’m cleaning with are pretty dreadful. Has anyone used 7th Generation’s products…or anyone use natural cleaning agents? I’m interested in learning what kinds of solutions and substitutions I can make in this area.

I heard it ploop into a muddy ditch on the side of the road…just saw the back end of its shell slip into the water….on which was floating two filthy WalMart bags! So, pulled the stroller (into which were stuffed my two boys) onto the side of the road, found a stick and pulled those suckers off. Then, bleah, put the wet and nasty bags in the side pouch of the stroller. Pat on back to self. Go pay it forward now, Mr. Turtle. And I’m glad I use reuseable shoppping bags now.