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?"
We are heading towards 600 orders for Dominic's business. Since our long-term goal for Baked Goods By Dominic is having a "brick-and-mortar" and hire those with disabilities, it is essential and imperative that I continue to teach him all parts of the business. Since I prompted Dominic for so many years for speech, he has become "prompt dependent." What that essentially means is that he will look at me for a prompt, like, "what do you do next?" I do that one a lot. Dominic has been going to a private speech therapist for over ten years and she reminds me often that Dominic usually will know the answer, if I am patient and wait for him. That has been a very hard habit to break! Dominic has an incredible memory, so I put it to the test this morning. I didn't write out the steps, I wanted to see how much he could do completely on his own. We have a customer picking up his order today, but the only thing that had been done is putting the cookies into t...
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