Archive for April, 2011

I took a couple of Earth Day-related polls for Swagbucks* recently. Here’s the first one: I picked the last answer. I don’t do anything for Earth Day. I try to make overall lifestyle changes instead. Hopefully some of the other people who picked that answer are doing the same! Lifestyle changes, even smaller ones, have [...]

I’m at the beach with 20+ ladies from work. As often happens, there was a conversation about the price of gas. “I stopped by the gas station on my way home, and I thought I was just topping it off, but it cost more than $20!” “Yeah, I know, it costs me more than $50 [...]

My husband often accuses me of being addicted to the internet. And he admits that he sometimes has a problem too. Lately, I’ve found myself feeling too tired to get things done — but not too tired to play around on the internet! Sometimes I fool myself that I’m getting things done on the internet. [...]

If you’ve read this blog before, you know that we’re not car-free. We could reasonably be called car-lite. Sometimes. Today wasn’t car-lite. We drove around to Little League softball events. But if you’d like to know how a real car-free family does things, Paul Cooley of Carfree Family is a good source. The Cooleys have [...]

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