I am a trashy girl
Off and running! My first blog post. It's my husband's fault. Dino wishes I would share my endless how-to's and what-if's with someone other than him sometimes. So if you're interested, here we go. If not, try Dino's rants.
So it's true, I am a trashy girl. Some days it's even fun (ask Dino), but today it simply means I throw away a lot of garbage. I'd pin it on the kids, but I blame them for so many other things I figure I'll take this one. And please understand that by no means am I an expert on the subject of green living. I leave that to people like Sustainable Dave. Check out his gross, but very useful, video about worm composting. It's like 7th grade science all over again.
I do recycle, carry cloth bags to the store and use as many environmentally friendly products as I can, but I'm definitely late to this party. This is just one area of my life that I have vowed to improve. My other favorite arenas of discussion are wine and workouts (I'm considering starting a class that has both), but lately I've been wondering whether I can't do more for the earth. Maybe it has something to do with turning 40; or maybe I just realized I could fill a small, albeit stinky, village with the number of diapers I have thrown away over the past few years. Alas, I am slowly changing my wasteful ways.
Speaking of stinky, I believe I turned a major corner in Greenville today. I bought reusable diapers.
I know what you're thinking. Disgusting! I'm with you on that, but I'm going to try it. Somehow I am supposed to shake the diaper so the crap falls off into the toilet and then wash the whole diaper. I've been practicing with the current diapers and I just don't see how this is going to work unless I buy flushable wipes too, but we'll see. I used disposable diapers with my first daughter, Isabella, and for the first 1 1/2 years with Ava, but I figure I can still save at least a couple hundred diapers from ending up in a landfill. I'm not ready to commit until I know whether they actually work, so I bought just a 3-pack of Smartipants. As I said, I'm late to the party, but at least I'm here.
I am proud to be on my way to a greener existence, but you can be sure the next post on the subject will be a shitty one.
1 comment
Nov 07, 2009
rnorth said...
I applaud you! My mom worked really hard to recycle way before there was curb service and lots of collections spots. She composts, too. I would be happier if we could just stop buying expensive, over packaged lunchables and if I could get my husband to stop littering the back yard with cigarette butts. So carry on and we'll try to catch up!
