My favorite color

My favorite color is pink or blue...I guess my wedding colors...pink and navy. Plus those colors go well with most other colors...blue and red, pink and chocolate, blue and chocolate, pink and green, pink and red, pink and black...many many combinations that look cute together.

My favorite color is definitely not green...even though my house is green (not my choice) and my living room is green (my choice after seeing Nicole's living room :-)). However; green has become a charged word lately. Are you green? Are you not green? If you are green does that mean you support a certain political ideology? If you are not green does that mean you support the opposite political ideology? It's frustrating for me. Why can't I strive to be greener without making some deep personal statement about myself? Why does my choice to be greener make someone's opinion of me change...in either direction?

So...here I am saying it...I try to be green. I do. Am I the greenest? Do I even strive to be the greenest? Not even close. But I like that my simple choices may make a difference in our household and maybe even in my community.

Here are some of my green choices:
*I purchased Toms Shoes...they're cute boots and they use renewable resources AND they donate shoes to shoeless children around the world.
*I use re-usable grocery sacks and produce bags...it's been difficult to always remember but I've gotten really good at grabbing those bags on my way out the door. (It also helps that I have an insatiable love of all manner of bags and purses)
*I use reusable coffee mugs...even for my iced drinks! Again, I'm getting better at remembering to bring them with me.
*I use a re-usable water bottle...mostly because it's cute and pink :-)
*I'm having a yard sale (WHICH I HATE TO DO) in an effort to not throw away my old fridge and stove.

Here's a link I found to help out too. Again, will I do everything listed on this site? I can guarantee "no". But, even the idea of not topping off my gas tank is something little I can do.

www.greenissexy.org

But...my favorite color is still pink!

Age

At what point do you need to continually need to write things down to avoid forgetting? I've always been a HUGE fan of "To Do" lists...it can be such an easy way to feel accomplished. My brother would even go so far as to write things on his To Do list like "Take Shower" or "Eat Breakfast" just to make sure that at least some things could be crossed off the list.

But it seems lately that I will absolutely, positively, without a doubt, in no way shape or form remember the things I need to do or shop for unless it is written down on a list.

Sure enough...I went to Target (my fave store) and WalMart today with Nicole and TOTALLY relied on my list. But the other cool thing is I'm getting better at not going off my list...especially if it's an extensive list that I need to consult multiple times. Yay me :-)

My Right Now...

Right now...
*I'm watching a CSI episode from this winter that we've had TiVo'ed for a while
*I'm doing some online People to People work
*I'm sitting on the couch with Sean and Sommer...we hardly ever do that anymore
*I'm thinking of what needs to be on my shopping list...for the house...and for Australia
*I'm still feeling like I have "Nap Eyes"...you know how it feels when you've woken up from a late afternoon nap
*I'm wearing my green Creation shirt and my gray shorts and my black Crocs
*I have a pink sheet on the couch to protect it from dog hair
*Sommer is on the couch, Roxy is on the dog bed, and Cleo is barking outside
*The 409 is still on the entertainment center from when I cleaned off the TV tray for my laptop
*my suitcase is 30% packed for Australia
*It's at the borderline of almost too dark in the living room as the sun goes down and not quite dark enough for the lights to be turned on
*I'm hoping Sean will want to watch another episode of some TiVo show...so that even though we're not having a deep conversation and even though I'm multi-tasking we can still have some time together :-)

Happiness is...

...my friend Nicole asking for help on her blog...which in turn gave me the renewed gumption to attack my own long abandoned blog.

...my friend Amanda who made a fantastic tribute to her dad on her blog...which in turn gave me inspiration for the bulk of this post.

...my "word of the year" RELEASE...which in turn has given me the freedom to NOT FEEL BAD THAT I'VE NOT BLOGGED SINCE EASTER! :-)

I Wonder

...what his voice sounded like
...if he barbecued on this day
...what he loved for dinner
...if he ever cracked up in church with her the way I did with Sean today
...if we would've done father/daughter dates
...if he would've liked Sean as much as she did
...if he'd be retired by now
...what our house would've looked like
...if I'd have visited Minnesota by now
...how much hair he would have
...if he was the New Tie on Father's Day type of guy or the Power Tool on Father's Day type of guy