A little more Green
Last week while I was visiting my parents Gary called me with the news that our washing...
Last week while I was visiting my parents Gary called me with the news that our washing machine had stopped spinning and was making an awful noise. Yep, it was inevitable our washing machine had pooped out. So, we took a deep breath and went shopping. With hardly any arm twisting I managed to talk Gary into a front loading washer. Actually, all that had to be said was “it will reduce our water use by more than half”. That’s right, front loading washers use about 18 gallons of water compared to the old school top loader that uses up to 45 gallons of water and they reduce the amount of time clothes spend in the dryer because they spin the clothes at higher rpms. Plus it reduces the wear and tear on clothes from a conventional dryer therefore helping your clothes last longer. It took my first batch of laundry 40 minutes to dry. The oldy moldy dryer took about hour. I’ve never been so excited to do the laundry before! We sat in the hall this morning as a family and watched the first load of laundry get clean.
This made me think what are we doing to reduce our “footprint” and what could we be doing better? I often feel that for every one thing we do right there are 5 things we could be doing better.
So here’s a few things the Marcoccia’s are doing right.
And, here are a few things we could be doing better…
I went to the dentist yesterday, found out I have to get a root canal (ugh my first one). So I was feeling sorry for myself and in an effort to cheer up I stopped into my favorite second hand store in Heber. It’s a great little shop on Main Street called “Second Glance”. I totally scored! and I’m so excited about my little treasures I wanted to share them with you all. My favorite is the little ceramic owl. It holds a tea light so its belly can glow in the wee evening hours, ahh. Also got a fab book for Ellie ” The Saggy Baggy Elephant” the elephants name in the book is Sookie, I love it. Once I got it home I found out it’s missing a page or two, but we can work with that, just make up what we think happens and maybe when Ellie is older she can add her own pages. Oh, and check out that little clay pot with the birdie, so precious. Twenty bucks well spent.