With Earth Day yesterday, we always like to reevaluate how we're doing on our adventure as environmentalists. As pictured, our latest adventure is cloth diapering. We just started this week, so we have no idea what we're doing yet, but we'll let you know how it goes. We've also started to eat less processed foods (for health and environmental reasons... though mainly health). Here's a picture of the 7-grain cereal that we usually eat (Tom's making us some pancakes currently... and can I just tell you that homemade turbinado syrup is the greatest thing ever?).
I'm also planning on making granola this weekend so healthy breakfasts can be more transportable for Tom to take to work. Which brings me to Tom's bike commuting. He commuted 1-2 times a week all winter with his studded tires. Sometimes, he would walk into the house and his balaclava would be covered in ice because his breath would freeze. During the beginning of break-up season, he commuted in galoshes so he could get through the deep ice puddles. And now that break-up season is coming to an end, his tires have been changed back over to regular ones and he's biking 2-3 times a week (gas prices are up to nearly $4.15). I am now on the condo association board simply because I mentioned I wanted to get recycling for the association and showed up to a meeting and was immediately voted onto the board. Still working on the recycling... (Tom currently has to load up the whole car once a month and drive it to the recycling plant on the way to work). Celia learned all about Earth yesterday. One of her favorite movies is Wall-E so she talks about Earth a lot. Yesterday, she learned that we can help Earth by "turning off things... like water and lights... the two things!" That's how she phrased it.
So Earth, we're trying to be good. CFLs and reusable grocery bags are a usual part of our lives. So stay beautiful so we can enjoy our many camping trips we have planned this summer. And can we ask a favor? Our household salmon limit this summer is 55 fish... can you give us that? Oh, and the rhubarb is growing back and the tomato plant is starting to sprout... but the peas haven't come up yet. Help them grow too. Thanks.
Love, the Stocks.
PS - Thought you'd like to see a picture of Sabrina falling asleep in between bites of Tom feeding her rice cereal because it's cute. Notice she's holding a mini sham-wow that have replaced paper towels for cleaning up our children.
1 comment:
I know we just talked about all this within the last hour or so, but I'm impressed with your good-earthiness. I am loving that Tom biked to work during the winter despite the chill and suddenly have the plan to start using hankies instead of kleenex. Maybe. Good job putting Sabrina in there at the end of your spiel on earth day. Because she's cute, she is very convincing. No concluding statement needed.
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