Entries from August 2008

August 29, 2008

Going Green: 5 Suggestions for Sustainable Water Use

Happy Pee-in-a-Bucket Day, everyone!  In an effort to explain this seemingly strange ritual as well as hoping to increase your knowledge, I’ve decided to draw on my LVC orientation resources to bring you five (relatively) easy ways to use and reuse your water:
5.  Put a rain barrel or other large container beneath your roof so [...]

August 27, 2008

Feeling Bland

Dear friends, I have not forgotten to keep you updated…it’s just that I’ve been feeling rather bland lately. I often sit and ponder what exciting things I could blog about, but I usually end up with nothing. I mean…some exciting things are coming up, that’s for sure… pee in a bucket day is [...]

August 20, 2008

Love Yourself

So ever since that life-changing personal safety workshop, it seems as though every person in my house has made a sincere effort to befriend each person we meet on the street. This method might be a little extreme in regards to what we were told, but hey! – what’s wrong with a little love [...]

August 17, 2008

WE REPRESENT

Well, I suppose another adventure has begun! I just barely had enough time to recover from camp before getting back on my feet to head to Washington, DC! I’ll be spending the next year here as a volunteer through Lutheran Volunteer Corps. (To learn more about the basics, check out the FAQ [...]