In general, I see less disdain for things like recycling. Ok, the hubby groans less when I ask him to take a can out to the bin. The city has finally included steel cans into the pick up recycling options. The Orange Box has really embraced it this year for a week long sale and celebration. In the past they gave away stuff like cfl light bulbs and water saving faucet aerators. This year there are 2 eco gardening workshops and many things in the store reducing water and energy consumption. And surprisingly enough I'm seeing the transition of gas guzzling vehicles into more streamline, slightly less gas guzzling vehicles. Now that gas is getting near or past the $4 someone is realizing that alot of people can't afford to fill the tanks of those big cars.
On a personal level it feels like I'm getting there as well. I remember to take out the recycling. I'm in my second year of having a compost bin. I have a good start on my herb and vegetable garden. I have a couple of heirloom tomato plants from work and some mesclun greens in the ground. I was very please to see my sage survived from last year. I'm trying really hard not to use the ac in the house. We'll see how it goes when we start getting into the 90's. And best of all... yesterday, I made my first ball of tarn.
I have a lot of t-shirts left over from travels and shows that I've done. When I say I have a lot. It's relative. I don't have anywhere near as many as some of my friends who are still in the business. But they are overflowing my closet and I truly don't wear half of them any more as I can't wear t-shirts to work. I went through my shirts and took photos of the ones that have memories and I'll put them together in some format of a memory book. They will be transformed into something that I will use every day and make me happy to reminisce. I really need some dish cloths.
Here is a link to a tutorial that I used to make the tarn. It is on the Craft Passion blog.
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