Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Speaking of Starbucks

So I got some oatmeal (as you can see from my previous entry) and it came in a Starbucks bag.  They always have clever little sayings on them, so I figured I'd share.

"You're holding something special.  A tasty treat.  A thoughtful gift.  All inside a handy carrier.  Which becomes a lunch bag.  A puppet.  A keep-it-new book cover.  A garden tool holder.   A "bring a few CDs over for dinner" carrier.  Unwrapped, it's a sketch pad.  With handles.  So reuse it.  Reincarnate it.  Re-imagine it.  And when it's served its every purpose, recycle it."

I love to recycle.  I love to reuse.  Mike hates it (the reusing part, not the recycling part, he recycles).  I will save containers from sour cream, yogurt, whatever I can, so I can put leftovers in them.  He hates it.  So, thus, I do not do it anymore.  Unless I can sneak it in.  He's really all about NO CLUTTER.  I understand this, I really do, especially living with his mom.... ;) but there are some things that I would like to do more of.

When we have kids (he says one, I say 2, we're still working on that one....) I would LOVE to cloth diaper.  He's not so keen on it.  Why do I want to do this?  To save the world, of course!  But honestly, because I don't like the idea of all the disposable diapers in land fills (there are other reasons, but that's my main one.).  I want to do my part, how little or big it may be.  We have time to discuss this, and I think he might be seeing it a little more my way.  I can put it in "guy" terms for him, "babe, if we CD, we can save a lot of money, and you can buy more VWs!" - I think it may give me the upperhand, in the long run.  ;)

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