Acts of Green: Green Living from Top to “Bottom”

(As posted on my agency’s website: www.stearnsjohnson.com)

Last year my family’s party of four became a party of five.  The addition of one new child meant many things to my family – lots more laughter, fun moments watching a baby grow and a louder house.  However, more people in the family equals more things… equals more garbage/waste… especially with a little baby around.  Raised with sustainable living practices (the norm as a Bay Area native), my family strives to be as eco-conscious as possible.  At a minimum, we reduce our waste by using the composting bin (and reminding our guests to do so), we recycle religiously and we’ve minimized the amount of paper/disposable products used in our home.

 With the birth of my third child last year I vowed to be more responsible with my diapering practices and was excited to find various options for eco-diapers.  The industry has come a long way since the birth of my first child in 1999 and even since the birth of my second child in 2006, there’s been even more innovation.  While cloth diapers are the obvious choice, I just couldn’t commit to what felt to me like a labor intensive and messy process.  After some research online and recommendations from friends I settled on gDiapers. Here’s what I like best about these diapers:

  • The super cute gPants!
  • They’re 100% biodegradable and can be flushed in the toilet.
  • “Cradle to Cradle” certified which means that everything that goes into making the diapers are “re-absorbed back into the eco-system in a neutral or beneficial way”.

I do use a disposable diaper for my baby from time to time, but I sleep better at night knowing I’ve done my part to help keep our landfills diaper-free.

gFlutter gPant

(Source: blog.stearnsjohnson.com)

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Alex Carbonel - I Can’t Wait

I love supporting local talent.  I love original music.  I love acoustic songs.  This song from Alex Carbonel combines all three and took me back to those days of young love.

What’s extra special, for me, and I’m sure the rest of her family is to see Alex all grown up doing her thing.  Alex is a niece of my cousins and I still view her as that cute, sporty little girl who ruled on the basketball courts and the baseball fields.

This girl can ball, sing, she’s super smart and is BEAUTIFUL.  Whoever she’s waiting for is one lucky fella.

One day when she “makes it”… cause she definitely has the will and talent to do so… I can say that she helped DJ my wedding reception… and I have the pictures to prove it. ;-)

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Tax Day Haiku - Bleah

Today is tax day. 
Let me keep my money please. 
Momma wants new shoes.

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Strange Love In honor of Valentine’s Day, Taboo, a National Geographic documentary series, includes an episode called, “Strange Love”.  This episode chronicles the life of people who embody “tabood” unions including a man who is currently in a 10-year relationship with his “love doll” (pictured above), a couple who stays faithful by having sex with strangers and a 7-year-old child sold as a bride in poverty stricken Nepal. To each his own.  It’s an interesting show, to say the least.  Read more and view the episode preview: http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/series/taboo/4599/Overview#ixzz0fX0Po6yT Click for high-res photo

Strange Love

In honor of Valentine’s Day, Taboo, a National Geographic documentary series, includes an episode called, “Strange Love”.  This episode chronicles the life of people who embody “tabood” unions including a man who is currently in a 10-year relationship with his “love doll” (pictured above), a couple who stays faithful by having sex with strangers and a 7-year-old child sold as a bride in poverty stricken Nepal.

To each his own.  It’s an interesting show, to say the least. 

Read more and view the episode preview: http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/series/taboo/4599/Overview#ixzz0fX0Po6yT

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Stuff Kids Say: Ison: Mom, smell my breath. It smells good. Me: Oh, you brushed your teeth? Ison: No, I took a bath.
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Stuff Kids Say: Ison (3 1/2 yrs old): Mom, my butt crack’s scratchy. Me: That means you need to take a bath. Ison: I know, I know. I will, but after I eat.
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Stuff Kids Say: New made up word from my 3-year-old: gradawaited… Definition: very excited… In context: ‘I’m so gradawaited!’ (He was excited to see his sister make a batch of cupcakes.)
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Stuff Kids Say: My 3-yr-old made up his own word that he uses all the time: “Elisinated”
I think it means irritated. For example he just said, “My dad’s making me elisinated”.
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It’s easy to lose sight of what you want especially if you haven’t gotten it. I know it’s less work to put the wish away, to pretend that the wish itself has disappeared. But it’s important to know what your prize is, because that is part of who you are. Whether it’s financial stability, two children, a collection of poetry, or a happy marriage, take Winston Churchill’s advice and never give in. Never give in. Never give in.
Amy Bloom, Author (Taken from “10 Truths I Wish I’d Known Sooner”, Real Simple Magazine, December 2009)
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Stuff Kids Say: Mom, I want to be a police man when I grow up, but I won’t kill anyone.
My 3-year-old son
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