Low budget napkins - going green

I’ve been reading 2 magazines and how they say to go green as much as you can in your own home.

We have decided to buy 100% cotton table napkins for us (when we have guests come over, we’ll use paper napkins/tissues).

Normally, we buy a whole pack of short size 3000 1-ply Kimberly-Clark dispenser napkins from Costco that costs $12.69. I have no idea of how long that lasts us (probably 2 packs per year) but we do use a lot of napkins.

We purchased 6 cotton table napkins (they cost $1.99 each at Century 21 department store – after checking all other napkins online and in this department store, this one seem to be thin (easy to dry), reasonably price and I prefer cotton over polyester) so that my husband and I can test them out and we intend to wash them after each meal. They are thin cotton napkins and they take about 2 hours to dry. It works pretty well so far. We will try for a week or two and if they are working well, we will get a few more napkins just in case we get too busy and unable to wash them right after dinner (after all dishes are done).

The Bachelor Show

I’ve been watch the bachelor show since the season where that guy didn’t pick anyone at the end. That was probably 2 years ago or so?

Whether the people go on the show for fame, for love or for both, they are exposing themselves to the world…hoping one way or the other can find some kind of fame or love.

This season, the bad experience these women experienced reminds me of those good old dating days. Only afterwards, one will learn if someone smells like someone they used to date, RUN!!! Don’t waste anytime and energy. Most of the time, when you are in the situation, you don’t see it and you hope that things will change if you give it a little more time. And then more time was given and nothing changed. Then you realized “oh my godsh, what am I doing? I need to snap out of it and get on with my life even though this is going to hurt really bad.”

Balancing Life

I come across an article (from the Martha Stewart's body+soul magazine Feb 2010) on balancing one’s life by writing down the categories and then check them on a weekly basis so that at the end of the year you wouldn’t wonder what have happened to you…that you didn’t spend anytime building your relationship with your friends or extended families etc…

Here are the categories one reader listed.

Exercise & nutrition:
Spouse & child(ren):
extended family:
friends:
community:
career:
dreams & goals:
home organization:
Learning:
exploring:

I also particularly like what a few other readers write:

A. instead of crashing in on Friday night, do all chores like laundry, food shopping and organizing so that you have the entire 2 days of the weekend to do what you please to do. I might do this once in a while and not every weekend.

B. take a day in the middle of the week off or take a long weekend once in a while to spend time with family or to catch up with other things in your life. I particularly like to take Wednesdays off so that I get a break in the middle of the week.

C. Learn to say no to plans that other people have.