Reusable and sustainable

It's cold and sunny and it snowed, so I just did a bit of shovelling. My neighbours on both sides shovelled our sidewalk! A few weeks ago, I was complaining that one of them wouldn't even do her own.

My girlfriend wanted to go for a long walk, but I decided it was too cold and I have a bit of review work to do with K. It turns out that one of the boys K is working with on that new Science project has lego parts that can build a crane, so they're all set (major relief).

Well, what do you know, the price of stamps is going up by 2c to 54c. So I guess it wasn't such a bad idea purchasing those permanent stamps in bulk the other day!

I watched a great TV show last night, I think it was on FoodTV, but this couple was camping in the English countryside and living completely off the land. So they were fishing, then they found wild mushrooms, bartered them at a store for eggs and other supplies and made a delicious meal of eggs and mushrooms at their camp. Then to get their meat fix, they shot wild pidgeons and went rabbit hunting at night on somebody's farm. Apparently rabbits have overrun the country, so it's quite ethical to eat them. Unfortunately, I didn't catch the name of the show. It's all good in theory, but it would be tough for most of us to have to really live that way.

A major grocery chain will start charging 5c for plastic bags, starting tomorrow. I think that's a good thing, it will force me to use my reusable bags.

Have a great week everyone.


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Swiss Delice cookies

I skipped the gym and stocked up on some groceries and supplies today. A lot of people were doing that. I decided to get a pack of 100 local stamps from Costco for $50.50 plus 5% GST tax. A lady at the gym suggested that to me, and I thought it made sense. These permanent stamps don't have a price on them, so they never even expire. I just calculated I save a whole $1...hmm. Well, I won't have to think about running out of stamps several times per year!

K said he had a bad dream last night, I forget what it was, but so did I. I dreamt I was in this room taking his math test with him and it was so hard I couldn't figure out what to do. I looked over at him, and said 'don't worry, this one is impossible, not your fault' (back to school stress for some of us parents too).

Someone gave us some 'Swiss Delice' chocolate cookies over the holidays and they are so 'melt in your mouth' delicious, it's hard to stop at just a few.


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