What’s the Mission?
Yes, I’ve been busy. As a parent AND school employee, September is madness. And the first week of the month is usually the Week of Meetings Every Night, so the beginning of October is gone, too. But that’s not entirely why I haven’t been posting much. It’s also because some of the things I normally [...]
According to AdvertisingAge, sales of disposable diapers were down 9% for the 52 weeks ending August 7, 2011. Meanwhile, the number of babies age two and under fell by only 3%, and sales of diaper rash creams increased by 2.8%. AdvertisingAge reasons that this means that parents are letting babies sit in dirty diapers longer [...]
Saturday, I went to the farmers’ market and got a half flat of strawberries and a half flat of blueberries for JAM! I’ve already made the strawberry jam, as well as some blueberry pancakes. You can get exact recipes and instructions for making and preserving jam in lots of places. My favorite is PickYourOwn.org. I [...]
I’m starting to realize that growing a garden and subscribing to a CSA might be redundant. Fortunately, so far most of our crops are not overlapping! We are probably going to have an overabundance of peas soon, but we’ll see. We like stir-fry and raw peas (I’ve been snacking all day), so that might be [...]
The New York Times editorial page admitted on Monday that The Numbers Are Grim. Supposedly, we’re in recovery from a recession now, but unemployment is still high (indeed, unemployment is slightly up as of Friday, June 3), and the Times blames slow growth in consumer spending. More troubling in the latest figures, consumer spending — [...]
The other day, I had a dilemma. A good dilemma, but still a dilemma. I had planned to meet friends for happy hour after work, and knew I’d have to either ride my bike or take public transit. However, I forgot to get cash for bus fare, so instead of being able to take the [...]
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 [...]
