Going Green

That's right, this currently popular phrase had me thinking this morning. I do love pink, but I thought maybe a green page is a little more me and will help me to remember each time I sign in to do something positive for the environment. This weekend I spent a LOT of time in the backyard cleaning it up... Eric and I live on half an acre and the horror is that it's all completely landscaped. It's so much work!!! Last summer Eric was in school and really busy with that and I didn't move in with him until August, so it pretty much got totally neglected all season long and boy are we paying the price now. However, after a few weekends of hard labor and the fact that my brothers came over and spent all day helping, it's starting to turn into such an amazing oasis. Yesterday I got a hair up my butt (it's an expression people, just calm down and no, Nanuk had nothing to do with it) to clean up the non functioning waterfall near the gazebo. So Syrena and I set about our business, even got out the shop vac and vacuumed the thing out and when Eric came out I said, "I want this to work now, what do we need to do?" About $150 later, it's working and I am so excited!! We cleaned out the gazebo and sat there last night just enjoying the yard, which I've actually never done before. Anytime I am out there, it's to work... It was a wake up call for me because it reminded me that you don't have to be hiking on a trail or camping in the mountains to enjoy nature, it's right there in your own backyard...