ioleen-l.... the blog

These guys... my heart! Hubby usually feeds the animals in the mornings, but the other day he had to rush off to get to work a little earlier than normal... Leaving me to feed them instead. And so I went about my morning routine as per usual, intending to feed the muttleys as my last little chore before I left for work that morning. Except that they didn't know that. And my usually boisterous, barky, happy doggies were most un usually quiet and subdued. I could tell that they didn't quite know what to do with themselves.  Grant has left for the day without feeding us! Oh no!    I could see the little doggie-brain cogs whirring away behind their eyes - I could see that they weren't quite sure what the heck was going on, and that they were starting to worry about whether or not they were going to get any food at all. So, meanie that I am, carried on with what I was doing as if nothing was amiss...  Because nothing was amiss!   I had a plan in min...

Today was a pretty special day for me. Today I (almost) got to meet Bea Johnson of " Zero Waste Home " fame. I say "almost", because while I was in the same room as her, being thoroughly entranced by her Zero Waste presentation... I didn't actually get a chance to shake the woman's hand & tell her personally what an inspiration she is to me. Boo. But she got her message across + her enthusiasm spilled over + I'm feeling so inspired to get serious  about this zero waste concept - or at least a "heckuva lot less waste" for now - and implement some real changes in the lives of hubby + I. We are already pretty conscientious about our spending,and we recycle a lot of our packaging. We haven't gotten around to setting up the compost heap yet, but I'm totally blaming that on me being squeamish about worms... I'm dealing with it lol! But as good as recycling is, it's not the answer. It still utilises so much of our precious...