Gorgeously Green

I have officially unpacked every single box...that I can. haha Let me explain...Scott was out of town last week, and he was gone for two days this week. I have done most (aka all) of the unpacking in the house. I like it that way, I am not complaining. BUT I have reached a point that until we move everything left IN the garage OUT and organize it and set up shelves and such I can't do anymore. Then there is all the other stuff, extra books and electronics that can't be parted with that need to be put/shoved in the basement area. The thing I do need to do is go through baby/kid clothes and get real on what I should be keeping and giving/throwing away. I'm big into the this/that today. :) We also need to make another trip to the IKEA and purchase another book shelf and maybe some kind of toy shelf. I'm using our large square shelf (that used to be the toy shelf) in my loft/office (there it is again). I do have a great big walk in closet to put all the toys, but I do need some more shelving in there. We have ENTIRELY too many toys!! The other day Hayden told me he was bored...he really just wanted to play the WII and had a brain fart on something else to do. But I paused, and told him to get his little bottom upstairs OR downstairs and starting PLAYING with some darn toys!! There, that felt better.



The last two weeks I have had an obnoxious amount of garbage out at the curb on garbage day. I'm feeling a little bad. I got rid of a baby bath tub, an infant car seat and a microwave that was missing the glass plate inside. The microwave has been with us since we got married, lost in our attic in Texas. I dumped it. I should have taken it to a special recycling spot, and I feel a little guilty. I have been a very good recycler though too. I smoothed out and recycled MOST not all of the packing paper that was used. Talk about a lot of paper. But I am loving the whole recycling thing. I had all three of my bins full last week and then this week too. And I'm filling up my little composter bin again, too. I can't believe all the food scraps. I am composting napkins and paper towel now too. I'll let you know how that goes :) I know, I know stay tuned haha.



Now that I'm on the whole "green" thing now, I want to tell you about this great book I'm reading. Gorgeously Green by Sophie Uliano. Sophie was on Oprah the other week (along with Julia Roberts, you might have seen it). I like this book, because it's all about some little things we can all do, now. Without being too granola or eco-nerdish. Check it out at the library, OR buy it at Target for under $14. Oh, and I haven't been to the DMV yet, I want to get new plates for my car too, but I need paper work on our cars to do that. Guess where that paper work is...in the garage!! SCOTT where are you??