Archive for May, 2008
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Wednesday, May 14th, 2008Yesterday I wrote about a site where you can determine your environmental impact. I went to www.lowimpactliving.com and filled out the questions to come up with my LILI number. My results were better than I thought with definite room for improvement. So, 100 is an average LILI score and my family in Tampa, Florida scored an [...]
What is your lili score?
Tuesday, May 13th, 2008Sometimes numbers help put abstract ideas like “saving the enivironment” in perspective. I found a website that helps you do just that. If you go to www.lowimpactliving.com you can calculate your environmental footprint. You get information on your wastewater, trash, and stormwater runoff along with your carbon footprint. Plus, you can see how your “lili score” [...]
Meatless Monday - Chickpea Love
Monday, May 12th, 2008We have enjoyed Meatless Monday so much that we actually eat veggie meals or snacks a few times a week. One of my current food obsessions is chickpeas. I love hummus and this chickpea salad. So today we had Chickpea Salad with tomatoes and cucumber along with couscous and green beans. The chickpea salad is super [...]
Myakka River
Friday, May 9th, 2008 View looking down from Myakka Tower.
As funny as it sounds for someone trying to do better for the environment, I am not too much of an outdoor person. Bugs scare me, mosquitos love me, and I hate the heat! But last weekend, my family took our first camping trip to Myakka State Park. Myakka is [...]
Paperless Living
Thursday, May 8th, 2008One really quick change I have made is taking the paperless option in my bill paying. I have done automatic bill pay with Tampa Electric, the YMCA, T Mobile and other bills. These companies send me an email to view my bill and then I pay online. For most accounts, I have automatic debit so [...]
The BPA Controversy
Wednesday, May 7th, 2008I was first alerted to the chemical BPA while searching online for popular sippy cups. Imagine my surprise when the bottles I had been using and loving for the past year (Avent) were found to contain BPA. If you haven’t heard yet, BPA or bisphenol A is an endocrine disruptor and is widely used in the manufacture [...]
Organic Panic
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008Anyone who is in charge of the household grocery shoppng has felt the squeeze of rising food prices. In the spirit of full disclosure, I don’t even buy organic milk for my family anymore - it’s too expensive unless there is a great sale. I know lots of blogs out there say they sacrifice everything [...]
Meatless Monday - Cinco de Mayo edition
Monday, May 5th, 2008Okay…so in all honesty I only remembered that it was Cinco de Mayo half way through the day. Lucky me, todays meal kind of fits the theme. I love tacos, enchilladas, etc. and these are easy items to make vegetarian. Today we had Bean Enchiladas and they were tasty. I made them the quick and [...]
Happy Campers!
Friday, May 2nd, 2008Today we are leaving for our first weekend camping trip with the baby lime! Wish us lots of luck…especially with her sleeping at night! Hope to post some new pics next week!
Wrap-n-mat
Thursday, May 1st, 2008I heard about his nifty item on my favorite podcast, Manic Mommies. These ladies are hilarious but they also feature some neat stuff. The woman talking about the wrap-n-mat uses them for her kids lunches like you would a ziplock bag. I was intrigued because my tupperware collection is large enough but I would like [...]
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