Happy Earth Day!

I�m bummed because it�s raining and I was going to take my 3.5 yo out to clean up trash in our neighborhood. We can do it tomorrow (it�s not like the trash is going anywhere) but I wanted to do it today in honor of Earth Day. I�m sure they�re talking about Earth Day at school and it would have been a nice �tie-in� to bring the concepts close to home. I think I�ll just stress that EVERY day is Earth Day so we should clean up the trash anyway � it�s the socially responsible thing to do.

Recently I�ve been bringing a lot of leftovers to work for lunch. I tend to have 2 or 3 different plastic containers at any given time so I just keep a stack of paper plates in my desk drawer. At lunch I dump my food on to the plate and nuke it. Well, in my effort to Reduce Reuse Recycle I�m going to go to the Dollar Store after work and pick up a regular plate to use. I already just wash my plastic utensils and reuse those. I don�t know why I didn�t think to get a plate before. I don�t just heat them in the plastic containers b/c I often have more than one serving and I don�t want to reheat what I�m not going to eat that day. Also, there�s always a long line at the microwave so I try to be efficient and just have to heat one thing.

I do believe my efforts to lead a more frugal lifestyle will lead to a more �green� lifestyle, as well. And that is never a bad thing.

Challenge: Found 51 cents around the house . Does my house produce coins? It seems like I�ve been finding a lot of change around lately. If so, I hope it starts spitting out dollar coins soon!