month 5: waste

so it’s a new month!!  WASTE is this month’s feature …  how to reduce, reuse and recycle!! this month I hope to accomplish the following in order to waste less and use more of my resources: use re-usable grocery bags {no plastic bags} use only 3 large garbage bags {for all of our garbage the … Continue reading →

day 30 {final day}

well, tonight is the FINAL night of my media month fast!!!  Wahoo!!!  Yipee!!!  Hooray!!! honestly, this was another hard month, especially the first 2 weeks in.  BUT {good news everyone} it WASN’T impossible and it was also a little relieving to have a break from all the social media garbage. here’s what I missed: movies … Continue reading →

day 19 {dreaming BIG}

so I’ve made it past the halfway point of “media month” and I feel really good, yet torn.  reading DOES in fact get old {sigh} and there are at least a few times a day when I think it would be nice to turn on the tv and ‘get lost’ in its mindless, numbing banter … Continue reading →

2012 in review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The new Boeing 787 Dreamliner can carry about 250 passengers. This blog was viewed about 1,400 times in 2012. If it were a Dreamliner, it would take about 6 trips to carry that many people. Click here to see … Continue reading →

day 13 {and still no TV}

well it’s day 13 of “media month” and I’ve been going strong here … yup, it’s hard, but still rocking it!! what I’ve noticed is how much I’ve truly missed reading.  And that’s pretty much all I’ve done, outside of building LEGOs and playing LIFE.  books, books and more books!!  I’m up to one book … Continue reading →

Haiti fundraising update

just wanted to share a quick update… to date {1/4/13} via Indiegogo, I have raised … DRUMROLL … $995!!!! I am in shock, completely speechless from the outpouring of love and support from all my friends and loved ones over the past month!!! this is truly amazing and I’m SO thrilled to be getting closer … Continue reading →