Well, we (Hubby and I) are working hard to do our part to save the environment. We are now doing recycling with our trash company. We start next week. They take glass, plastic, and paper. We get to throw everything in one large recycling bin.
I try to always take our canvas bags to the grocery store so we don’t have to use the plastic ones. We try to buy organic foods for us and the baby, and the dogs when possible. We are just doing little things here and there. We are starting small and doing small things that hopefully will have at least a small impact. I hope everyone who reads this does what they can as well. When I am making decisions about almost anything nowadays I am always asking myself if this is the best thing for the environment. Is there a better choice I could be making?
Our air conditioner we had last year is Pueron, not Freon. Pureon is better for the environment. I hope that we all do a little bit and that little bit makes a big difference!
The baby has been working on perfecting her crawling. She is getting pretty good! And fast! When there is something she wants, she goes right after it. And usually that is something she shouldn’t be messing with. In her room, we have an air deflector on her heating vent so the air doesn’t blow directly into her crib. Well, tonight, that is what she wanted! She would go after it in a flash. Hubby would pick her up and put her 4 feet away and like a flash she would be back over to it!
I went to a food seminar at WnW Wednesday night. The Nature’s Variety rep was there talking about their cat and dog food lines. I feed the raw diet they make. She was talking about cats, and something that I wanted to bring up here. I have known this for a few years now, but I don’t know how many of you know this, so I am going to share. Did you know that cats should always have wet food in their diet?! Cats are true carnivores. They are not technically designed to eat kibble. They get their moisture in their system mostly from wet food. It’s hard for them to drink the amount of water they need, from a bowl. Also, I just learned that cats like their food room temperature or warmer. It reminds them of their prey they kill. Usually their prey is not cold (refrigerated).
This weekend we spent it working as well. Saturday I worked for WnW at a Heart/Stroke walk. We set up our normal booth. A lot more of these walks are having dogs join in the fun as well.
After that, we ran errands and then Glenn came over to help Hubby get several projects done around the house. They re-ran phone and satellite cable so that it doesn’t run around the fireplace anymore. That was something that really needed to be done now that the baby is becoming an expert crawler.
They also installed a retractable screen door on the door that goes to the garage. I love it. On cool days it helps with a breeze. When we are working in the garage it keeps kids and dogs inside!
This morning we got up and when the baby went down for her morning nap we did more house stuff. I weeded the rocks in our backyard, which I don’t think has ever been done, while Hubby cleaned up from yesterday’s projects and finished a few odds and ends. I still have things I want to do in the back yard, and I know Hubby still has stuff he would like to finish as well. Well, I guess there is always next weekend! It just never ends!
Today we ran some errands. We got home, fed the baby and put her down for her nap. Then we both took a nap as well. Later our friends stopped by to get some music from us that they want to try with their kid. We always have some sort of music or something playing in the baby’s room. So, they want to see if the noise distraction will help their kid sleep at night.
Our sprinklers finally got fixed this week. It took the sprinkler guys two days to get it done, as they had to order a part, but we finally again have functioning sprinklers. Our grass was so dry, and starting to look so bad, I have run them every night since they started working again. We still have one patch in the backyard that looks pretty bad.
This week the Utility Company came and installed a new water and electric meter. These new ones are read remotely. They are supposed to be putting something in our street lights to read our meters. So, no more guy walking around once a month checking every house’s meter. Pretty fancy, but I feel bad for all those people who are going to end up with some other job they probably don’t want because their meter reading days are over. All though I am sure there are some parts of the job they won’t miss, like crazed dogs in the backyard!
The baby had her 9 month old check up this week as well. She weighed in at 15#’s 7.5 oz. That put her way down into the 3rd percentile for her weight. A little nerve wracking, but the doctor says she isn’t overly worried. But, since the baby does have such an issue with texture, and her weigh is so low, we get to go to a speech therapist for a food clinic. I have no idea how this is going to work, but somehow they help the baby get past the texture issue. We shall see! She did pass her anemia test with flying colors, so that was good.
Today for the first time ever, the baby pulled herself up to standing in her crib. She was supposed to be napping, and she was having a hard time falling asleep, so she was up moving around and she just grabbed onto the crib railing and pulled! When she was standing up in her crib, the crib rail was at her armpits. Her mattress was on the middle setting, but tonight we dropped it down to the lowest.
Thursday Hubby and I spent the afternoon at the spa. I got a massage and pedicure and Hubby got a manicure and pedicure. I now have a pretty shiny coral color on my toes and Hubby has a dark purple polish on his toes.
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