tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5547673362503092739.post1055831493253331463..comments2024-03-13T03:21:20.438-04:00Comments on Fast, Cheap, and Good: Sustainability, One Choice at a Time: Sustainable Living Goals for 2012Jennifer Lorenzettihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04786323329087269634noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5547673362503092739.post-84134230997123743662012-01-04T01:29:21.289-05:002012-01-04T01:29:21.289-05:00Our main goal this year is to have days, and then ...Our main goal this year is to have days, and then a week sometime, eating only what we grow or produce ourselves.<br />It seems harder the more we talk about it but it will happen, starting with 2 days this month.<br /><br />It means I need to get heaps more organised with my planting. And soon!<br /><br />Barb.Barb.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11383714327462070532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5547673362503092739.post-92132975418407900982012-01-03T18:58:20.862-05:002012-01-03T18:58:20.862-05:00My sustainable living goals:
-Bring a mug with me ...My sustainable living goals:<br />-Bring a mug with me when I get coffee. I have one, I just forget it all the time. You would think this would be really easy for me but I've never been able to keep it up.<br />-Buy fewer bottled/canned drinksjacqueline.allainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12648413876011955768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5547673362503092739.post-9925094309190645972011-12-30T18:17:36.606-05:002011-12-30T18:17:36.606-05:00I bow to your more laudable goals. My primary one ...I bow to your more laudable goals. My primary one is to get Viking to fix this hideously expensive sewing machine. It has spent more time being fixed than embroidering. The frustration of having to unsew and resew together with the seasonally short days and miserable cold (anything below 60 degrees) is making me rather short tempered. Not to mentionyou heel turns.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5547673362503092739.post-66086172904787681362011-12-30T16:11:28.132-05:002011-12-30T16:11:28.132-05:00I just blogged about reviewing what I spent on foo...I just blogged about reviewing what I spent on food, groceries etc over 2011. I have a household of 5 A, 2 dogs, 2 cats and 6 chooks and we spent $130/week average on groceries, cleaning products, etc.<br />Included in that total was the $511 we spent on takeaway over the year.<br />That's a MONTH'S worth of grocery money spent on pizza and chips. I was shocked.<br />So yeah. Far less takeaway is my big goal for 2012. Imagine what i could do with an extra $500?Frogdancerhttp://dancingwithfrogs.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5547673362503092739.post-77028606422188179622011-12-30T14:34:08.796-05:002011-12-30T14:34:08.796-05:00So....losing 10 lbs and being a better person are ...So....losing 10 lbs and being a better person are on the top of my list LOL. Last year I lost 25lbs, so 10 should be easy-peasy. <br /><br />And being a better person, specifically learning to love people that are hard to love, should reduce stress and make life more enjoyable.<br /><br />I plan on adding more perennial-edibles to the landscaping. Gonna rip out some butterfly bushes and plant a patch of gooseberries. Also going to start the asparagus patch my 5-year has been begging for. And I think I'm going to try some Egyptian walking onions this year too. I love the idea of never planting onions again :)<br /><br />Skill-wise, this year I'm learning how to make maple syrup. Producing our own sweetener is way up on our to do list, so maple syrup seems like the logical place to start. And if that's a total bust, then sorghum.<br /><br />And of course, I plan on upping the amount of canning I do next year. I gave away a LOT of home-canned stuff for gifts this year and plan on doing MORE next year.Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14662745930080756613noreply@blogger.com