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Recent Blog Posts

Why Christians Should Care About Being Green

2 comments | posted Jun 15

 

All the hype surrounding rising oil prices, extreme weather conditions, and food crises around the world has caused the majority of people to begin considering human impact on the earth.

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Composting

post a comment | posted May 30

 

I now have a garden, complete with baby vegetable plants and herbs. But before I had the garden, I had a compost pile. I wanted to grow our garden sans chemicals and artificial fertilizers, so I read a book about composting and another book about organic gardening and companion planting. What follows is a brief but hopefully thorough account of what composting involves...

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Naturo-beauty

1 comment | posted May 16

 

Being instilled with a holistic appreciation of life, I like to do things because they are GOOD, in every sense of the word. Here are common toxins I have discovered that are in most beauty products we use AND the natural alternatives that I am using.

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Not-So-Recent Blog Posts

Simple, Green Strategies

post a comment | posted Apr 15

 

As opposed to Simple Green strategies. Which I just discovered has had non-toxic, biodegradable cleaning products on the market for over 30 years. I mean, duh, it's in the name, right? Anyway, here are some things I've implemented at our house...

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Turning Green

1 comment | posted Apr 13

 

I began a journey, a long, long time ago, and I'm really beginning to understand where it's taking me now. That is to say, alot of things I've been taking in since I was a little girl are beginning to make sense...

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Thermodynamics

post a comment | posted Apr 10

 

So what happens if creation isn't bonded to decay?

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Random Life Updates

post a comment | posted Oct 5

 

Today has been a quiet one...

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New Casa

post a comment | posted Sep 11

 

We moved into our new apartment two Friday's ago, before the mad-Boston-rush of new tenants on Saturday September 1st. Adios Apartment 33, HELLO APARTMENT 4!!

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The Governmental Side of Moving to a New State

1 comment | posted Aug 17

 

Registering your vehicle. Insuring your car. Getting a new Driver's License. Not to mention the newly-wifed phenomenon of changing your name on ALL official documents. These are the issues that hang over our heads.

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Sometimes technology sucks

2 comments | posted Aug 9

 

Says the girl writing a blog. I am doing this to vent some DEEP frustrations regarding my experience just now trying to create my own personal login for a chat program called Adium. Because going back and reading what I have written makes me feel like I've accomplished something...

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