yeah. I read BETWEEN the lines.

I think your obsession with money is healthy because it’s not just saving money for the sake of being cheap. It’s saving money while maintaining a happy life because you’re dirt poor.

that’s all.

and I think that’s perfectly normal and perfectly healthy.

plus, your tangerine house makes me horny.

haha. not really.
but seriously.

* Used dryer sheets are great computer monitor cleaners. You re-use something you would just throw away, and the anti-static properties work on the screen as well as your clothes.

* My Mom can help you set up a rain catcher using recyled items from around your house – plastic pop bottles work great – that is small enough to fit on your balcony but still get you a bunch of water.

* Get yourself some canvas bags to use when shopping (net bags work really well too). that way you don’t use paper OR plastic at Safeway.

*Coffee grounds are great as compost, and they break down so fast you can use them in potted plants. Again my Mom could help you use them wisely to not screw up the Ph of your soil.

* Floursent or LED lightbulbs are more costly up front, but use way less energy and last years at a time. With the whole Green Revolution you can find them for any size and shape socket and lamp.

* Some blackout or whiteout curtains behind the beautiful red drapes on your sliding door would help keep your house cool in the early evening.

* Installing styrofoam blocks in the tank of your toilet reduce the water flow per flush and keep styrofoam out of the landfills.

I’ll ask Mom about cool “green” books to look for. There are also some killer vegi/vegan cookbooks at Barnes and Noble at Janzen Beach – Gina’s sister’s boyfriend is vegi and we got him some cool cookbooks for XMas.

My wife brought home some Norwex cloth thingy (after I cleaned the window) that I will have to give at try.javascript:void(0)
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for serious.

and i’ll look through my lists to narrow down some books.

one i can think of right now is:
“organic suburbanite”
you can check it out from the library even and then just return it. i love it!