I know this is a bit "Suzy Homemaker", but I kind of dig it. It's not a very good picture, but here it is....
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Scrap Happy
I just finished my very first scrapbooking page.
I know this is a bit "Suzy Homemaker", but I kind of dig it. It's not a very good picture, but here it is....
I know this is a bit "Suzy Homemaker", but I kind of dig it. It's not a very good picture, but here it is....
Banish the Bags
OK, I am going to step up on my soapbox for just a second. I recently read a terrible article about plastic grocery bags filling up our landfills. To make it easier on everyone, here is a bit from the article:
PLASTIC BAGS & THE PLANET The average family brings home 1,000 bags every year. Most of those bags end up in land fills. That really adds up - 100 billion plastic bags are sent to landfill in the US each year.
In landfills, it can take up to 1000 years for a bag to decompose. Plastics don't biodegrade, they photo-degrade, breaking down into tiny toxic pieces that contaminate soil and water or harm wildlife.
I know at our house we try to save and reuse them. But, ultimately, after filling with puppy poo or bunny balls we also add to the plastic bag pile-up. I'm sure we are not the only ones who do this, so now there are not only bags but bags full of poo that would have otherwise been fertilizer and now will be preserved for decades inside a non-biodegradable bag. Wonderful. It has gotten to the point that England is actually considering banning these types of bags and switching everyone back to paper, which comes at its own price that I won't get into.
Here comes the product endorsement....
I have yet to invest (6 for $38), but I found this great product. They are nylon reusable bags called Baggu Bags. They are much bigger and better constructed than the reusable canvas bags you see at the grocery store. I think this is a great idea.
[www.baggubag.com]
PLASTIC BAGS & THE PLANET The average family brings home 1,000 bags every year. Most of those bags end up in land fills. That really adds up - 100 billion plastic bags are sent to landfill in the US each year.
In landfills, it can take up to 1000 years for a bag to decompose. Plastics don't biodegrade, they photo-degrade, breaking down into tiny toxic pieces that contaminate soil and water or harm wildlife.
I know at our house we try to save and reuse them. But, ultimately, after filling with puppy poo or bunny balls we also add to the plastic bag pile-up. I'm sure we are not the only ones who do this, so now there are not only bags but bags full of poo that would have otherwise been fertilizer and now will be preserved for decades inside a non-biodegradable bag. Wonderful. It has gotten to the point that England is actually considering banning these types of bags and switching everyone back to paper, which comes at its own price that I won't get into.
Here comes the product endorsement....
I have yet to invest (6 for $38), but I found this great product. They are nylon reusable bags called Baggu Bags. They are much bigger and better constructed than the reusable canvas bags you see at the grocery store. I think this is a great idea.
[www.baggubag.com]
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Welcome to us!
Well, here we are - from biggest to smallest -
Clark,
& Pepper.I decided to create this page as a way to share our lives with our friends and family. We are always getting questioned as to what we are working on and why haven't we shared pictures. This way I can post all those little - but exciting to us - things that just seem a little silly to make a phone call for. So, please, send us a message and check back often for news & updates on us and all the projects that you know we have.
Y,
Ryan, Amanda, Clark & Pepper
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