At the very beginning of September, I gave myself and the rest of our family the challenge of becoming more "green." I'm happy to report that all members of our household are on board as far as recycling more. We now fill the recycling container up to the top! The hubby takes a yogurt every day to work and he now rinses out the container and brings it back home. Instead of throwing out my "junk" mail that we get, I use the back of the envelopes to write my grocery shopping list. Lauren used to take a bottled water in her lunch every day and even though we recycled the plastic, I knew there had to be an easier and more "green" way. I bought a re-usable plastic cup on sale around the time she started school and she now fills that up with water here at home before she goes to school every morning. At Old Navy, of all places, I found the best re-usable salad container. It was less than $5.00, and it has more than paid for itself, since Lauren likes taking a salad for lunch. When I make lunches for the "kids" and the hubby every morning, I use plastic containers whenever possible. Wait for a good sale and/or coupon and stock up when you can. That's what I did!! I've got a good collection of all different sizes. I've also seen name brand plastic containers at my local dollar store. Become familiar with the recycling rules where you live. For some reason, I had it stuck in my head that the company we use for recycling only took certain things. I called them up back when I started my "challenge" and they clarified what they took and didn't take. All I can say is, I should have made that call a while back! So many of the things I was tossing in the garbage they take!! If you haven't already, do a little de-cluttering and see what you might be able to donate to others. Do your kids have games they don't play with or books they don't read anymore? Check around to see if a homeless shelter that houses children can use them. Before you toss a magazine into the trash after you read it, maybe the retirement home near you accepts them. Just remember to remove your address label first. My goal for next summer is to get my garden going again!! There's nothing like a home grown tomato!! How about you? What have you done today to be more "green?"
When Dominic was diagnosed with Autism at 2 1/2, I went to our local library and took out every book I could find about Autism. Sometimes I would bring back 20 books. This was 2006, so a lot of the information was very "dated." I guess I was looking for a book that would tell me what I should do next, like a "manual." Autism doesn't quite work that way! The saying is, " if you know one person with Autism, you know one person with Autism." Every mom to an individual with Autism follows their own "path." I think as moms, we judge ourselves much harder than anyone else does. I was 41 when I had Dominic. Did he get the diagnosis of Autism because I was an older mom? because I drank a lot of pop? I could sit and think about that every minute of every day. I am pretty integrated into the Autism community around Lansing and have told more than one person that it took me about two weeks to come to terms with Dominic's diagnosis. It is so incredib...
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