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[25 Apr 2009|02:30pm] |
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Another new page of photos on Flickr. Still more to come.
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[23 Apr 2009|11:19pm] |
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A new page of photos on Flickr. Maybe more tomorrow.
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| I admit it |
[26 Feb 2009|12:05am] |
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I am totally a spoiled princess.
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| Garbage Party #4 |
[31 Jan 2009|07:22pm] |
Just got back from picking up garbage on the boulevards surrounding my neighborhood.
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=2529070
This half mile route took me less than 2.5 hours today, and amazingly did not fill my entire big black trashcan. On the National Day of Service, Mom and I filled up the entire can with just the West Bellfort side, and the day before I'd filled it up on the Willowbend half. It was mostly bottles and cans today, as we picked up a great deal of the wrappers and paper last time.
I sort as I go, trash from recyclables, and I don't bother with saving paper because it's usually filthy. Although the city no longer collects glass, we keep a bin at our house and make trips to the recycling center in West U.
On the furthest east point of that route, there are bus shelters immediately to the north and south. I dropped a couple bags of rubbish in the trash can at the westbound stop and picked up some garbage on the northern side of the street. Had a nice conversation with a homeowner who is discouraged that the city won't do regular maintenance on the boulevard.
I need to invest in a set of my own work gloves; wore dad's today. They were certainly better than latex, which is what I'd been experimenting with for the last couple weeks.
Beautiful weather today. Probably upper sixties and clear.
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| Library System |
[30 Dec 2008|10:26pm] |
I just requested 2 books and 18 movies from the library or through Inter-Library Loan. I can't wait to start playing with all this free stuff when it arrives!
The library is better than Netflix!
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| Writer's Block: Saving Money |
[30 Aug 2008|05:34pm] |
The simplest answer is actually just to drive more slowly. Your car is far more fuel efficient at 45, 55, or even 65 mph, than at 70+.
Learn more at drive55.org
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