Ruby Is Her Name

So Ruby is the name that came to me when we went to pick her up today.  I am happy with that name.  She is rugged and friendly at the same time.  I feel very comfortable with her.  I wanted to sleep in there tonight, but my significant other is not onboard.  He says it's too hot.

He practiced driving it today and did pretty well.  The backing up part did not go so well.  I think it did, he didn't run over anyone.  I wanted to try doing it, but I don't think he wanted me to get good at it before he did.  Oh men.

The anticipation of getting Ruby has gone and now it is taken over by anticipation of our traveling adventure.  I just can't wait to get started on our journey.

Ameri-Lite 20 Footer

This Friday is the big day to pick up the camper.  I'm so excited that I just might sleep in it outside my house on the first night.  I do think it's suppose to rain Friday, but that will make it all even more adventurous.

Those Darn Parents

Yesterday I was standing in my living room looking out my window.  And I noticed my neighbor in his driveway with his two young children.  They were riding bikes.  Then I noticed a car speeding into said driveway and stopping short right before hitting the children and pulling over to the hairdressers side of the driveway. No one seemed to say anything to each other or be horrified by this happening.  Meanwhile, my mouth was agape and I couldn't close it.  I would just like to say that if you share a driveway with someone and your children are playing in the same driveway that you should probably put up a barrier.  Or at least sit in the area that they would run over you first instead of at the back of the driveway free and clear from incoming vehicles.  Why was no one horrified of this happening???

Two New Adventures

I haven't been blogging for awhile.  But I am starting on two new adventures and wanted to share them with people.  So in the coming weeks I will be starting up my blog again.  This way I can see who is reading it and make it available to others that I want to see it.  Hope you all are having a great day.

Electric Bills

Has anyone ever really looked at all the dumb stuff they charge you for on your electric billing my National Grid bill and wanted to understand what all the crazy charges are that I'm paying. One says transition charge: company payments to its wholesale suppliers for terminating its wholesale arrangements.

I didn't ask them to terminate their arrangements! Why am I paying for this? Am I understanding this? It sounds like the $275 your cell phone company makes you pay. But I don't tack that on for someone else to pay! What gives?

Reduce, Reuse, Repurpose

Okay everyone, I know most of you on here don't  care about how much trash you throw away each week , never mind recycling, but I do.

I think though, that I've started to get a little crazy about it.  Some people might just say that I've always been crazy about trash and recycling, so those people will think I've become a lot crazier.  I just think I've become more creative with the process.

I try not to throw away more than one small bag per week.  We pay about $3 per bag, even though I use to only throw one bag away when it was "free" trash pick-up.  So when my husband opened the new bag of dog food I told him NOT to throw it in the bag because it would take up too much room.  So he left it on the floor.  

This morning I went to cutting it in little pieces to make it fit better in the bag.  Now mind you, not little, little pieces.  I'm not THAT crazy. Then I noticed that it had 3 layers.  The inside and the outside layers were plastic coated so those had to be thrown in the trash.  But then there was a middle layer that was just paper.  So I got so excited that I could recycle it.  Now I'm thinking that the next bag of dog food I get, we can actually use the inside paper as wrapping paper.  It seems as strong as shipping paper and such a waste to not be used.

So next time someone gets a gift from me wrapped in shipping paper, it just might be from a dog food bag.

And soon I would like to be able to have only two small trash bags per month and not that much recyclable.  Because its not just good to recycle, it's also good to not have any trash or things leftover to recycle.

Does anyone have any cool things they reuse?

Handicap Bathroom Stalls

Is it okay to use a handicap stall if you're not handicap? Or is it like the parking spots that you should never use?

It's different than parking because you have to wait in line to use a bathroom. And would someone that needed that stall really cut the line?

And is it still okay to call it a "handicap" stall? Isn't it handi-capable?

I was waiting in line the other day and didn't go into an open stall until the lady behind me told me to.

What are your thoughts on this? Are there rules?