My Quest to Receive Less Mail
June 7, 2009 | Filed Under Green | Leave a Comment
A few months back I determined that I get entirely too much mail. It takes time to filter through and it clutters up my place. Boo!
I started by getting rid of the catalogs with www.catalogchoice.org. Good, but since I believe in giving to charity (I suppose this replaces tithing for me) I’ve ended up on a lot of charity mailing lists. At one point I was averaging a sheet of new return address labels a week. Ridiculous! I started sending each organization an email requesting to be removed from their list. This worked fabulously and now I’m glad to be nearly mail free! This method also works for obscure catalogs that aren’t on catalog choice. Just find the customer service email on their website and drop a short please remove me email with your mailing address. Done.
Now that we receive dramatically less unwanted mail it is no longer worth it to deal with it immediately. So, I added a labels to our mail sorter to let stuff accumulate until there are enough to remove them all at once. Now we have each person’s name, remove, and ads. The ads space holds the weekly circulars and coupons until we need them for deciding on what to get on the next grocery run. This works out much better than the coffee table ;)
My New Haircut
May 11, 2009 | Filed Under Kelly's Life | 2 Comments
Letting it dry…
Straight from the salon:
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Steve and Danielle’s Wedding
May 7, 2009 | Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
Wedding two out of three this month, crazy right? First my cousin, then my boyfriend’s brother, and finally friends from school.
It is interesting how each wedding reflects something about the values of the bride and groom. They weren’t concerned about the specifics of the ceremony. The exact location was something of a surprise, it was the first in person meeting with the preacher, and they weren’t exactly sure how many people were planning to come.
The day before the wedding there was much discussion about what time the wedding would be. Three? Five? Hummm, maybe we should touch base with the preacher, haven’t spoken with him since February. The morning of the wedding we meet the preacher in front of an abandoned building so we can caravan up to the location. Mile 53 around Lake Tahoe. Stunning spot overlooking Emerald Bay at Lake Tahoe. (This is my first destination wedding experience.) The preacher gave a wonderful ceremony, the photographer took many a picture, etc. Despite the liaise fair attitude of the bride and groom the wedding went off without a hitch! I’ve never experienced a less bridezilla bride!
I want a Universal Device Charger!
May 7, 2009 | Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
An amazing concept that this company seems to have the wherewithall to actually put in place. As of May 09 the company announced that it has convinced 17 phone companies to add Green Plug compatibility to their devices by 2012. This is a key step because your phone, mp3 player, etc has to talk to the charger to ensure the right voltage and current.
Weddings
May 3, 2009 | Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
Here I am drunk after my cousin’s “country wedding” reflecting on the meaning of life and the value of spending big bucks on a wedding. Surprisingly I had just as much fun at this cousin’s wedding as I did at her sister’s wedding nine months ago (it was held at a winery and cost a fortune!). There were many similarities between the weddings… both had short wedding ceremonies, both had amazing food at the reception, and both featured massive numbers of friends and family (our family doesn’t have reunions… we have weddings and graduations). There were a few differences, the first wedding was much more expensive and shazanny and the ceremony was much more religious at the second wedding. Either way the fun the guests had was pretty much the same despite the price difference. At least from my personal experience and from what I could see around me…
Rock Climbing and Hula Hooping
March 28, 2009 | Filed Under Kelly's Life | Leave a Comment
Pictures and a Note from the Teacher I Supported on DonorsChoose.org
March 27, 2009 | Filed Under charity | Leave a Comment
How awesome is this! The teacher can send you pics of the project you supported. I donated money at least 6mo. ago and I had completly forgotten about this.
The note and pictures on DonorsChoose.org
I’m too Sexy for my Gas Tank!
March 26, 2009 | Filed Under Green, News | Leave a Comment
I want an electric car!
In the news: Tesla Model S: $50,000 EV sedan seats seven, 300-mile range, 0-60 in 5.5s
The downside: It is acheduled out for 2011 :(
White House Garden, Yay!
March 20, 2009 | Filed Under News, Political | Leave a Comment
The groundbreaking for the White House Kitchen Garden took place today. I’m am extremely excited about the whole concept of a garden at the White House. Like the White House Victory Garden of the past I think this will inspire record numbers of people to plant their own gardens. This is an amazing avenue to eat well for relatively little money. You can’t buy the quality of food that you can grow in your own garden in most supermarkets. For a $4 starter pack plus the cost of water you can have your veggie of choice fresh for a whole season. Frugal and healthy. Win Win.
A few articles about today’s groundbreaking and the White House Kitchen Garden:
Obamas to Plant Vegetable Garden at White House
Ground is broken for White House ‘kitchen garden’
At the White House, It’s Back to the Garden
Obamas plant organic kitchen garden at White House
Barack-Handed Complient
December 6, 2008 | Filed Under Political | Leave a Comment
Generally when watching the Daily Show or the Colbert Report (shall we say Repor?) I’m surprised by the deeper meaning behind it all. The general ridiculousness of the show throws off your guard. For instance at the end of a long tirade Colbert concludes, “The point is, it is possible to damn Obama with our praise. Because the more we praise Obama for cynical, old-school political maneuvering, the more we can make it seem that nothing he does will feel like change.”
Pro Obama slant
Cabinet members who don’t agree with Obama will help him run the country better
Brack-Handed compliment
Obama keeps his enemies close… he is the master political maneuver!
Pro Obama slant
Obama is planning to engage the UN and the US will become a respected world power once again
Brack-Handed compliment
By participating in the UN, Obama can make sure the UN goes the way America wants
Can’t think of any? Try news.google.com and search for Obama.