Hope everyone is having a good “Monday” back after the Memorial Day holiday. Yesterday I hassled a friend about heading home to be productive. After all, the only activities allowed on Memorial Day are relaxing, eating and doing a ton of yard work. Wait, what? Yah, I had to add that to the list because that is what our Monday was about.
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It seems like every time a new “green” product comes out, there’s a big debate about whether or not it’s actually good for the planet. Heck, it doesn’t even have to be a product that claims to be green. I’ve read more than my fair share of discussions about everything from Kindles (no more resource intensive publishing, shipping and retail) to electric cars to the latest green cleaning solution.
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This is the story of how I almost became addicted to Cheez-Its and what that reminded me I already knew about human behavior. Enter the Cheez-Its Over the holidays, my brother-in-law came to visit. He and my husband made a late night run for cheese (we were making pizzas and had run out) and came back with a ridiculous assortment of processed snack food.
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Happy Spring, everyone! Lots of catching up to do around here – and, first up – the potato condo. Many of you may remember my major garden experiment last year (let’s face it, in spite of extensive mental staging, I didn’t end up getting much actually IN the ground).
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