Archive for May, 2008
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Friday, May 30th, 2008I drive a 2004 Honda Accord that I love. Everything about this car is great…no breakdowns, decent fuel economy, and plenty of room for my family. However, with gas prices now inching towards $4.00 a gallon, I took a look at what hybrid or fuel cell plans Honda has in the future.
The Consumer Reports blog reports [...]
Reusable Bag Shame
Thursday, May 29th, 2008I love the new reusable bag craze. Why I didn’t switch over sooner, I don’t know. Publix, the best grocery store Tampa has to offer, sells reusable bags that are the exact right size. The problem is they say “Publix” on them. Maybe this isn’t a real problem, after all I do love Publix. But [...]
BPA Controversy Revisited
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008I love hearing different sides of a story - especially out here in the blogosphere. Orignally, the chemical BPA was written about as clearly a health risk, with only a limited time before it was banned. Then of course Canada did ban the substance and now even Wal Mart of Canada is taking products containing BPA off [...]
Vegetarian Freezer Meals?
Tuesday, May 27th, 2008Don’t worry…a new Meatless Monday recipe will be up next week! My family went camping and we got back last night…no time for new recipes! But this reminds me that the same “Freezer Meals” or Once-A-Month-Cooking style should work for vegetarian meals too. Normally, I freeze chicken dishes, lasagna, etc and sometimes I use a [...]
StatsBlog
Friday, May 23rd, 2008I found and received a few links to the StatsBlog site when I was researching BPA in baby bottles. While I still stand by my decision to use BPA-free sippy cups, I do love that this site shows other viewpoints in the science community. I think it is important to have a basis in science [...]
Hillsborough County Water Department Love
Wednesday, May 21st, 2008I have actually never visited our water department in Hillsborough County. I pay my bill online so I have never had a reason to go and see the office in person. Yesterday, however, I finally remembered to go and pick up my FREE water saving fixtures. The woman in the office was very nice and [...]
Calculating Green ROI
Tuesday, May 20th, 2008MSN has a great article today asking the important question “Are Green Upgrades Worth the Expense?” While I have heard of the items they feature, I have never seen a clearly calculated return on investment. I know these are upgrades my family needs to make. The first upgrade is CFL lightbulbs. We have done that [...]
Mushroom Meatless Monday
Monday, May 19th, 2008
I am happy to say that Meatless Monday is still going strong! Today we had stuffed mushrooms, curried rice salad, and steamed broccoli. The mushrooms were great! I used a recipe from The Vegetarian Meat and Potatoes Cookbook. For the rice salad, I tore out a recipe from Health magazine (March 2008). I would highly [...]
Wysi Wipes Winner!
Friday, May 16th, 2008I am so excited - today I won my first blog contest! Over at www.theecochic.com, I entered a contest to win a sample of Wysi Wipes. These are small disks that you add any liquid to and they turn into a cloth you can reuse. The cloth is also biodegradable. I plan on trying them out on [...]
Water, Water Everywhere!
Thursday, May 15th, 2008After posting yesterday and looking at the stats for water usage in my home, I took a look at our water bill. I think I overestimated the size of our lawn as our water bill says we used 30,110 gallons of water last month. Our LILI score included water usage that was far beyond that number. But even 30,000 [...]
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