tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22617213.post151352971356854736..comments2023-10-23T11:47:37.529-05:00Comments on Who knew?: Low Impact Week starts tomorrow, cornucopia of produce bought today, & the bird that reminds me of BO.Oldnovicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17714134603537886606noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22617213.post-89556764022512585712007-06-01T15:58:00.000-05:002007-06-01T15:58:00.000-05:00Welcome, Leigh and KMH. Someone else online lives...Welcome, Leigh and KMH. Someone else online lives in Grand Prairie?<BR/>I enjoy Crunchy Chicken's blog. She's (I think, from what I've read) about where I'm at on this whole impact thing. I'm sure you're aware that some are attempting a 90% reduction in impact. I might have considered that if I lived alone and/or we were younger, but I already know that I won't ask Em to change his life any more than he already has just to be married to someone like me. In fact, I noticed it getting steamy in here last night before he was due home from work so turned the AC back to 80 for an hour. That was all it took to cool the house and get the humidity out of the air. We just left the windows closed after that until this morning.<BR/><BR/>I'm also not making a list of things I'm going to do differently because I've been doing most of the things other people are going to do most of my adult life. The "granny cart" is new, although something I've thought about for a long time, but one of my two cloth shopping bags says "Jewel Foods" and there are no Jewel Food Stores in Texas. So, they're 15 years old at least.<BR/><BR/>I'm still undecided about flushing. If I'm home alone (which I'll be this evening while No. 1 and Em are at work) I feel comfortable not flushing. No. 1 refrains at night so she doesn't wake us. She just mentioned it to let me know that she was doing her share in water conservation. Actually, she's been a real champ about the whole water saving thing. It helps that we recently got a dishwasher because she once ran water a long time to get it hot enough to wash the dishes by hand and I'd be yelling "Turn off the water!". Back to flushing: I fear the toilet area will have a urine odor and any woman knows that a urine odor in the toilet area is caused by guys who missed. So, when I can I refrain and when I don't feel comfortable refraining I don't, which is how I think we should handle not just our impact (this week and forever more), but every avenue of life.Oldnovicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17714134603537886606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22617213.post-78631174997860553362007-06-01T11:57:00.000-05:002007-06-01T11:57:00.000-05:00Hi. I'm doing the Low Impact Week too. My nearly...Hi. I'm doing the Low Impact Week too. My nearly adult children decided it would have been much easier to learn not to flush than to try to unlearn the flushing habit. <BR/>I can still hear myself yelling (years ago), "Who forgot to flush?" Sigh.<BR/>KMHAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22617213.post-6634657190289319882007-06-01T10:51:00.000-05:002007-06-01T10:51:00.000-05:00Hi :) I found you on the Crunchy Chicken blog - wh...Hi :) I found you on the Crunchy Chicken blog - when you mentioned you live in N Texas, I came over to your blog. Lo and behold, I live in Grand Prairie too! :)<BR/><BR/>It's nice to "meet" you :)Skulleighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14381389578551133960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22617213.post-66757362289190972912007-05-31T16:00:00.000-05:002007-05-31T16:00:00.000-05:00Probably should have a thread about the subject, b...Probably should have a thread about the subject, but I just started THIS thread!<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/recipes/hungrymind/slowingdown.html" REL="nofollow">Slowing Down</A> is an interesting article, IMO, put out by Whole Foods that fits in quite well when we think of Low Impact Week.Oldnovicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17714134603537886606noreply@blogger.com