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Month: July 2007

  • Re-use old towels

    It’s a reasonable thing to buy new towels when your old ones are starting to get threadbare. But unless they are really falling apart, don’t throw them out. What? Give them away? Who would want these nasty things that you’ve dried off with hundreds of times? Puppies, dogs, cats and…

  • Chest of drawers

    This is a great use of drawers from old pieces of furniture at poaa.com. I wonder how stable it is? I’m not sure a cat could crawl over it.

  • Saving watts

    What is black Google? Blackle. They claim to have saved 119,137.960 watt hours at the time of this post. Click here

  • Junk mail blahs

    You know what I like? What’s giving me a little thrill? Bringing my junk mail back to the apartment and putting it in my paper/newspaper recycle basket. This prevents that tinge of guilt I felt at throwing the junk into the trash can beside the apartment mailboxes. And it almost…

  • Got a call back

    Since it had been two weeks since I sent my e-mail to the area manager about getting recycling bins added to our apartments, I decided I needed to do something. Last night I forwarded that message from two weeks ago back to the area manager and said I wanted to…

  • Recycling containers

    I have recycling containers for my Recycle Candy. Let the fun begin. Actually, I have found it exciting to check out all my favorite products that come in plastic containers to see if they have the 1 or 2 number accepted at my recycling drop-off. So far I’ve found that…

  • Green bean can

    As I continue my wait to hear from the area manager of my apartments, I would like to ask a question. Why do recipes tell you to preheat your oven first? It often only takes about 6 minutes for an oven to preheat (longer for gas), but preparing the dish…

  • Plastic and stuff

    As I begin my long wait to hear from the area manager about adding recycling bins to my apartments, I must begin to contemplate how I will separate my trash, excuse me, my Recycle Candy. I should probably start taking my Recycle Candy to the drop-off provided by the City…

  • E-mail for bins

    I found the e-mail address for the area manager. Maybe I’m too optimistic, but surely, she’s a bit smarter than the apartment manager. I’m also feeling optimistic since the interloper kitty, Choco, isn’t bothering me right now. Recycle Candy. So, here’s my e-mail after I get the boring greetings and…

  • Recycle Candy

    I call the number for recycling on the City’s website. The person who answers the phone is a little surprised by my question and she refers me to someone else. My question: Why doesn’t the City provide recycling bins for apartment complexes? I talk to a really nice lady named…