The past week has been extremely busy. A lot has happened and life has been good!

A week ago until now…

Tuesday- Toby finished his last day of school. My baby has completed one year of school. Are you getting this? My little boy is growing up! (For some reason this makes me cry)

Wednesday- My mom arrived and A had her last day of school. We were all so happy for both!

Thursday- We went to Chuck E Cheese and had a fun day with Nina.

Friday- Ty had his last day of school. I am almost certain that the smile on his face in this picture was due to him knowing he never having to go back to this class again. The last few months have sure been a struggle to get him to attend school.

Saturday- Ty learned to ride his bike with no training wheels! I have a picture coming to me, as my mom’s camera was used to document the momentous occasion. He was so proud of himself (as the rest of the family was/is too!)

Sunday- We said goodbye to Nina (what the kids call my mom) and headed on over to celebrate A’s 10th birthday. She had a good time at her bowling party (this cake is supposed to look like a bowling ball). I am not comfortable posting too many pictures of A (due to her bio-mom being uhm well, just being) and not having her friend’s parental ok to post pictures of their kids.

Monday- Grilled out and played with kids.

Tuesday- started our summer homeschooling. Day One, Success!

Now back to our regularly scheduled programming…

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It never really fails. Walmart that is… I go in for a few items and leave with a few head shakes and a laugh. I try to avoid going there, but sometimes, I am lazy and to save time, money and gas, I dive in and then walk out saying it’s the last time. This was the case the other day. I needed material, plants, and a new shower liner. Where else can you get all these items in one place? I saw the usual suspects and was quite impressed that my quick visit was so uneventful. As I checked out with the garden cashier she commented on my canvas bag. She complemented me on bringing my own and mentioned she had a few other customers that do the same. I was so happy to hear that other people were cutting back on the plastic bag epidemic, that I almost missed her next comment.

“trying to save trees, huh?”

“uh- well, kind of. I mean plastic is really difficult to…”

“well, that’s nice but all those trees are getting burned down, so it doesn’t make any sense to do this (as she picks up my bag) does it?”

“huh?” (literally in shock)

Does this lady honestly think that these plastic bags come from trees*? When she first mentioned the trees I just thought she was referring to “saving the trees - tree hugger” type of comment. I am not sure if she was just really stupid and ignorant or what? And furthermore, if all these trees are burning down, shouldn’t we try to save those which we still have? Honestly I am still boggled over the entire exchange.

On the flip side, I went to my local Sweetbay this weekend and after spending over $200 in groceries, I packed all my item,s besides my eggs (put those in a canvas bag), into my new bags and got many positive comments. The nice teenage cashier was even so impressed with my 2 bags that she got all the information on them so that her mom could order a set for herself. I had several customers come up and ask me questions and comment on how cool these bags were.

SO, check them out. They are a great price, carry A LOT! and are very sturdy. I would highly recommend them. They make the multiple trips back and forth to from the car to the house a thing of the past.

Moral of these stories? If you break the norm and use canvas or your own bags, be prepared for comments- weird or positive. In the end, though, you can feel good about cutting back on clutter and waste.

*I am aware that SOME plastics can be made from a small amount of wood pulp product.

Update: I have just found out that the origianl link has these bags possibly back ordered. I have found that these appear very similar or these appear to be the same.

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