making slow changes for the better
• Saturday, September 9, 2006 - Here it is!!!
Well here it is my first actual blog entry. Hi my name is Colleen, and I am a SAHM of 4 beautiful children. Colin who is 10, Connor who is 6, Lillian who is 3 and little Hannah who was 10 months on the 7th. They are my life, and my inspiration to become a better person in this crazy world.
My interest in simple living started about 2 or 3 years ago, with my father in law loaning me his collection of Mother Earth News magazines. I was drawn to them in a way that I can not explain.
Right now we live in the suburbs in a 3 bedroom colonial home with neighbors all around. At times I like the suburban life style, but also long for a more quiet life. It is oh so annoying when everyone knows your every move. My husband and I desire to own a piece of property with just a few acres, so we can have some animals, and a nice garden. Right now we have probably 1/4 acres with a small garden in the back.
I will be blogging about the small changes I make as the days pass to get back to a more simple life, and a more natural way of living. Changes I have made so far are:
1. We just started recycling
2. Switched to whole wheat breads
3. Only by second hand clothes
4. Am trying to use only whole wheat flour in cooking
5. Switched to powdered milk for cooking.
6. Growing a garden with fruits and vegetables
7. Cooking from scratch
8. Cutting down on electricity use ( Turn off Tv or lights if noone is in room, bad habit!)
9. Cutting down on water use ( bath the kids every other day unless needed)
10. Making less trips in cars to save on gas.
11. Bought a clothes line, and waiting for husband to hang it so I can hang out clothes to dry instead of always using the dryer.
12. Trying to get ourselves and the kids to wear things a few times before putting in dirty clothes ( I just know I have been washing things that really did not need it.)
13. Cutting coupons, and only buying things when on sale.
I am sure there are many more little things that I have been doing, but these things come to mind right now. You will find I will talk about my children alot and what we do to disapline them, and anything else that comes to mind for that day.
I am by no means a writter as you can tell, but I thought it would be fun to blog and share things that I learn along the way of simplifing and slowly working on getting out of the suburbs. I hope you enjoy.
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Megan