Sadie’s mastering the puzzles
We’re getting to the point where Sadie’s mastering all the puzzles we have in the house. She knocked off this giant puzzle in about fifteen minutes (about as fast as I could do it, I think.) Egads.
Archive for February, 2010
Eco-renovation
Green Living has been on my mind a lot lately, and it will probably dominate this blog for a while as I figure things out. I’m working on plans to improve health, reduce stuff, save energy and conserve water. We’ll see how well it works. At least I have a pretty good green living category on Serendeputy, so I can usually find some pretty good ideas.
One of the best series I’m following right now is Eco-Renovation on the CS Monitor site. The writer is renovating a century-old farmhouse and is chronicling her quest. All sorts of good ideas in there.
Lucy in the chair with animals
Lucy loves her little stuffed animals. Sadie helped her out yesterday by burying her in the chair with some of her favorites.
Can you identify them all? I see Squirt, Elmo, Otto, Thomas, Sharky, Cowpuff, Eeyore, Bluefish, Froggy, Wally, Snoopy and Tigger. Did we miss anyone?
Marital Green Spats
Susan, over at the Practically Green blog, writes about when couples fight over how green to be.
I’m sure some couples have serious green battles, particularly if one person is just starting to think green and the other isn’t there yet . I feel pretty lucky that our green differences seem to lead only to a few eye rolls and snarky comments.
Are fights over the goddam paper towels this generation’s version of fighting over the new set of golf clubs? I hope not. One of our resolutions this year is to be a little greener — not to upend our life, but to be a little bit better. My green living tag over at Serendeputy is helping me out…
