My freezer is getting pretty empty, of food, at least. I haven’t made the time to work on stocking it up lately and the pickings are pretty slim.

Unless, of course, I would like to feed my family a 4 course meal of newpapers and magazines. Huh?

I have mentioned before that I have a magazine addiction and have been looking for ways to effectively recycle all that pretty paper that a magazine includes. While I have been ever so slightly cutting back on my magazine subscriptions, I have added another paper waste, better known as the Sunday news.

For years I wouldn’t subscribe to the newspaper because I didn’t have time to sit down and read the thing and they are just too big to be reading in the car at red lights. Oh and they are dirty. And wasteful if you don’t read them all, which I don’t. I do however need the coupons out of the them, so I gave in and subscribed to the Sunday edition.

When trying to figure out what to do with all this paper besides stack it in the recycling bin, I remembered something my grandparents used to do. Admittedly, as a kid I thought they were so strange because of it.

That’s right. Pack it in your freezer. The more packed your freezer is, the less energy it takes to run the thing. When my food gets low, I fill it up with newspaper and magazines. This also keeps my deep freeze from accumulating all that impossible frost that it takes up space.

Another bonus is knowing that I always have plenty of paper to put down for all my projects with the kids.

Obviously, this saves me money and helps reduce my impact on the earth. You know that is what I all about. Easy. No grating, no mixing, no secret potions this week. Just a simple way to use some clutter for good.

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When listening to NPR this morning, I heard that the President is going to be giving a speech to the House and Senate calling them to pass a surveillance bill. Although it is about a slightly different law, it got me thinking about a movie I watched this past weekend.

One of the reasons I choose to watch the movie Rendition, was because I enjoy Reece Witherspoon. She definitely did not disappoint me in this movie. She gave a solid performance and was encouraging to see playing a strong woman, instead of just a silly heart sick one.

At times the movie was a bit confusing as it jumped around a bit and really packed in the amount of information being covered. This also lead to at times it being a bit stagnant. The suspense was wonderful, though, and my hubby and I were constantly trying to guess how everything all fit together.

The other thing that was kind of difficult to watch was the torture. There wasn’t anything too graphic about it or anything, but I think the idea in general is hard to imagine.

Meryl Streep’s character made my blood boil. The scary thing is that there are people in our government who are similar to this character. They have been given power and are not respectful to their constituents with that responsibility.

While I do believe desperate times call for desperate measures, I also believe in the idea that our country was founded on- the balance of power by checks and balances and a right to a fair trial.

This movie clearly illustrated what can and already may have happened when we abandon those ideas that this country was founded on. If nothing else, I was reminded of how important it is to have trust worthy, and humble people run our government. (Just something to think about when we are casting our votes here in the upcoming months.)

Overall, I am really happy I watched the movie. It got me thinking and I like movies that do that. I also recommend movies that do that, which is why I suggest this movie be added to your “to be watched” list. I doubt you will be disappointed.

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