Saved from the dump...

As most of you already know, I have been on a bit of a "green" kick for a while now. I was driving around, after having one awful morning, and doing some retail therapy. Well, retail therapy is not very green. Not green that is unless you're shopping used or you shop behind the store, i.e. the dumpster. I am not a dumpster diver, not by any means. Would not have even gone back there if I hadn't had items that our garbage truck refused to pick up. But I saw this beautiful, perfect, garden bench waiting to go to the dump while I was back there and I just couldn't fathom the idea of it. So I put the perfect bench (whose only crime was having one slightly bent leg) into the van and brought it to it's new home. I LOVE it!

Here is a photo of the new bench:

Now how could they throw that out??? All I know is that it's going to be my new vacation spot. My place to relax. I just need a little table next to it, and I happen to know that I can buy one at Walmart for $15!

Well, I need to get back to my Environmental Science final... Putting the finishing touches on that paper now...

Making a statement...

I'm a big believer in making a statement and standing by it. My newest that I'm trying to spread is on a green lifestyle. I've been doing my best to change, and I believe that I've been doing pretty good. It's been a long road and I still have a ways to go, but my family is getting there.

Right now I'm working on buying clothes made of bamboo fibers and organic cotton when our clothes need replacing. Well, I'm also buying us clothes that make our statement for us.

Check out Micheal and I:

Micheal loved his new outfit and wore it with pride today! Of course, I think his pride had more to do with the Sesame Street characters than with the statement he made wearing it. He'll understand one day though.

I'm going to be working on finals tonight... I want them to both be perfect before I turn them in. I want the best grade I can possibly get it...

Well, I need to go. Almost bath time for the kids...

Work today...

I always dread having more than one day off because it makes me really hate going back to work. I miss staying home with my kids. It just really isn't fair, I feel like I miss out on so much. I keep hoping that since I am revamping my resume that I'll find a better position somewhere else. Gary told me last night that he can't wait until I can get a degree and get a job in the field that I've been wanting to get into... He's really starting to back me up. Of course we were talking about bills and I was adding up how much time I have left until I graduate... That feels like forever whenever I do the math. I asked him if he realized just how much I'll be making when I get my Master's and later when I have my Ph.D. and he asked me if he would be a kept man... Yes, we have some crazy conversations...

Oh, I finally got another steam mop yesterday... I have to say that my floors definitely needed it. I out it together and went straight to work. I'm in love with it all over again!

After Gary got home, Micheal and I went to the park with Dorsann and Jake. Micheal loved it... He and Jake got to run and play for an hour. I also came to the realization that my son is a leader, so not a follower. He does his own thing and doesn't care what someone else is doing. He also is good at telling you no, you need to do it like this... 

Here are a few pics of the boys having fun...

Micheal stopping to say cheese:

Do it like this Jake:
Smile for the camera:
Two dirty and tired little boys heading home:
Well I've gotta run... Gonna get ready for work now...