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CHYK – it IS possible to compost in an apartment – no worms and no odour! If you go to http://www.GreenIrene.com/LindaMaumelle, click on the shopping cart, then click on Waste Reduction, I sell an indoor composter that is small and just plugs into a regular outlet. It takes up to 5 pounds of veggies and fruit leftovers every day and only takes two weeks to get compost! It’s an amazing product. Food and paper are the two largest contributors to the landfill, so if you already recycle paper, and then start composting, you will be helping keep landfill levels down tremendously.

– Making green laundry powder (natural soap + baking soda) and using vinegar as fabric softener keeps the nasty phosphates out of the local lakes.
– Vinegar + water for glass keeps ammonia from Windex out of my house & lungs.
– Salt + baking soda makes a great scouring powder

I also enjoy crocheting blankets. One of these days I’m gonna learn to spin wool. :)

Best wishes,
~ Willow

I just finished the fourth book and would like to read the 5th. I doubt I would read the last 2 if they are about Brianna. She doesn’t interest me much either.

Thx for the gym mention. I want to join my local YMCA this month so I can do water aerobics and my kids can take play time classes for cheap.

Entertainment can be expensive for us too, so we got a state parks pass that was about $60 for the whole year. We can go camping for a discount and hang out and hike for free anytime no matter how many people we cram in our car. Our parks have a lot of geocache sites too, so we can ‘treasure hunt’ with the kids, makes the three year old very excited! As a stay at home mom, I really needed to get a small break from my very active toddler too as well as wanted him to get some play time with his peers but couldn’t afford pre-k or anything like that. However, a gym membership for $36 a month gives me two hours a day of time to work on being in shap, and him two hours a day of pure peer playtime. My gym has a huge playscape, no tv, lots of toys and great employees that interact with the kids. While he is playing I can work out, swim, sit in the hot tub, and take an uninterrupted shower. If you are going to get a gym membership, it’s all about the daycare. If it doesn’t have a good daycare and happy people, don’t get a membership there.

I also have read the Outlander books! Jamie is HOT. I could never get through the last two though, Brianna just didn’t do it for me. Claire and Jamie were so much more exciting and adventurous. Which book are you on?