Tuesday, August 28, 2012

We're Taking the Challenge!

How many times do you think you use your dryer each week? For us it was usually 3-6 times!!! When it was SO stinking hot here in July I just couldn't bring myself to turn on the dryer. I found a clothes line and started line drying everything. I loved it! The clothes were coming out a little crunchier than I'd hoped so in doing some searching for what to do, I came across a very fun blog! They happened to be doing monthly challenges and guess what August's challenge was? No Dryer! I wasn't brave enough to post this before bc I wasn't sure how long this no dryer thing would last for us, but it's been over 5 weeks now and I'm not missing it! Colin is even into it! So here's to the No Dryer Challenge- we did it and probably will keep it up for months to come!!! By the way, adding less detergent to the laundry made a big difference in how crunchy the clothes were once dry.



 

So for this month the next challenge is "Eat Your Pantry" Something we need to do. I know there are the makings for lots of good meals in there I just need to cook the stuff! Going to spend some time this week coming up with meals (or side dishes more likely) from what we have in there.



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Friday, August 3, 2012

What We Don't Do

"Sometimes I think what you don't do has a just as big- if not bigger- impact as what you do do." This thought popped into my head the other day as I watched my sweet girl have one of her first melt downs. I don't mean to say that doing things doesn't have an impact, of course it does. But, sometimes the things people don't do, especially when it comes to their children, can greatly impact (positively & negatively) the children's lives. I'm sure we could brainstorm tons of examples. I'm not going to. I'm just going to say that when I see children struggling in their lives a lot of times it's caused by things the adults in their lives aren't doing. It's also true that when I see successful children there is a list of things their parents aren't doing also. I guess the implication for me reflecting on this, as a new parent, is to be aware of the things I'm not doing. Then decide if by not doing these things I'm benefiting my children. Food for thought. Pin It Now!