ohvelocitygirl

I’ve gotten my family on board with recycling plastics and aluminum, and I bring them over the week’s collection over to my boyfriend’s house.

I’ve also taken up gardening. Right now I’m growing sugar snap peas, lettuce, tomatoes, bell peppers, strawberries, and catnip (for my cat, haha). It’s all indoors except for a few tomatoes and bell peppers since my boyfriend’s dad gave me the tomato topsy turvy thing, so we’re trying that out. I saw my first bell pepper today. I’m really excited about this. I’ve also got okra and squash that will be planted soon. Hopefully this will reduce the amount of vegetables my family buys, which will not only save us a bit of money, but also help reduce the amount of fuel we consume by driving to the store and buying vegetables that traveled thousands of miles to get there.

My next project will probably be to get rain barrels and a compost bin. Right now, my family disposes of fruit peels, mowed grass, and the like outside near our tree trucks. They eventually compost (or birds eat them) and help fertilize our trees. However, I think it’d look way better if we had a compost bin. The rain barrels will probably be in the coming months because it hardly rains here in the summer, and getting on now would be a waste (especially since I’m on limited funds).

I’m trying to think of other things I can do to further reduce my carbon food print. I’m sure I’ll think of other things. I’m having a lot of fun with this goal though. It makes me feel so good!

I am determined to do this. Today was the first day, and I got my dad in on it too. I’m hoping this will get us both into shape. My dad has high cholesterol, but he always says he is too busy to exercise. This is just thirty minutes a day, three times a week, so I’m pretty much forcing him to do it with me. Even just the jogging today was slightly challenging (which should show you how out of shape I’ve gotten haha). I’ll report back next week.

I originally came here to try the crepes, but the lady that was working said she didn’t know how to make them. This was really, really, really disappointing. So I got a croissant sandwich and potato salad instead. It was really good (although way messy). I didn’t stay and eat since I was on a lunch break and the place seemed a little small. However, it did seem like a cozy atmosphere. The price was really good as well. A whole meal, plus a drink for under five bucks. I give it four stars. I’ll probably go back again since it’s so close to work and I really want to try the crepes.