actually its May....snicker, i am so bad about this post.

happy earth day....Earth day ..what is earth day ....a celebration of earth. humm i am waaay to grumpy to be posting an earth day blog.....sigh but i am going to give it a try:

i can hear numerous birds chirps and whistles outside....inside my house is extremely quiet..boyz are all out and about with my hubby.....even my fridge is turned off...only the quiet humm of my pc...one of our chickens is very happy out there, must have laid an egg....from my window i can see buds on my lilac tree...but around my yard there is much tiding to be done....arg i was almost not frowning....which is not quite a smile...but it was closer ....

Its somewhat overcasty today...so that could be why i am less excited about the day..or maybe its the long list of "to do's"....and am kinda tired to say the least....(which is probably the real reason..just old fashion tIred!)

But back to Earth Day...and all that it means and the 'will dos' and 'so forths'....humm what can i post that we do DO?..

we recycle bottles...(not that we happily ever sort bottles...there is much moaning and less than friendly chatter- and no one thinks "look we are saving our landfills" mostly we are thinking "there isn't enough money to be doing this!" so sad but true

hey we have chickens.... haha and 8 annoying roosters..there day is coming.

hang our clothes on the line... actually going without a dryer in January we were hanging them inside..(yikes not recommended)

cold water wash..laundry that is

i reuse plastic jugs/jars/pails.... although i must confess...the other day i threw out a glass jam jar. One of my boyz says "Mom this is a really nice jar, you should save it." so i did fish it out, clean it, and put it with the other numerous glass jars. sigh ...in this moment i am so great full i listened.

does hand-me-down clothes count?

drop off and pick up(haha sometimes in the same day) from thrift stores / flea markets / garage sales...oh i love it all.....ahhhhh

compost/chicken scraps/dog scraps-- ok more confessions...Yes we do give our chickens lots of scraps..and our dog gets anything worthy...but ...yeah the first one....compost.....well i always want to compost...ok this is so lame...but i am waiting to purchase a Lee Valley stainless steal compost pot..with a lid. i know shameful isn't it.

i want to put an order in with a friendly soaps and such.....(yeah if i am still waiting to buy a pot like try 10 years...how long do you think it will take to order the soaps?)

i love picking berries, fruit, ....from other people who don't want to/it ..

also i have been known to take unwanted leaves from the road side, well driveways...in garbage bags.... i would always ask first.......my boyz still cringe when we talk about the good ole days. (snicker snicker)

we really aren't thoughtful stewards ..we throw out as much as we save ... if we have the money to treat the kids to something fUn we do, and we don't usually look to see if it is bio friendly or less packaged..and we have been known to burn ..well campfires. for fun. we do not burn plastics- unless by mistake--and this one you will like--NO StyroFoam. no buy. no burn. no use. thank you very much.

i think i am married to an anti-green leafer....i think he enjoys the clean, fresh, outdoors once he is out there...but hes not likely to consciously make a real effort in saving the planet. i hope i didn't incriminate him. He is a really great guy ....but he doesn't hug tress...and so being hugged so often i forget the beloved greens more often than not. sorry. i will try harder...with or without my stainless steal pot.

Gwen...i am posting this late because .. i am shamed. but i can't really make any great plans as of yet. i hope this doesn't mean we can't still be friends......... i hope i will be making more effort into it ....


SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, fellow bloggers...and non- green-leafers....

*HAPPY EARTH DAY*... do something kind....plant a flower...add some compost to your depleted soil, say a thank you to our Creator who made us a beautiful world to live in....and like our own bodies....what we do with it will affect us eventually ....so do the best you/i...... can .......




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