It has been a while since I/we have blogged.  I have been a little behind on my research on going green.  I want to get back into learning how to be a greener consumer.   For now, we will not have the same format as we originally planned.  Ben has a lot of projects he is working on, so I will be doing some research/writing for a little bit until we can get back on track.

Did you have a Green Christmas?  I originally intended on making all of my Christmas gifts, or finding gifts at Thrift Stores that I can reuse.  I didn’t do that as I planned.  This Christmas season came up so fast that I just didn’t have time.   However, I did make some last minute gifts (truffles) and I had purchased some cute jars with a clip top that I gave as gifts.  They were unique and reusable.  The gift recipients will be able to use the jars again for whatever they would like, so there is really no waste on those gifts.   Throughout this year I will be working on making gifts that I can give this year and I will blog about my progress.  I still intend on making my own paper from all of the wrapping paper scraps that we have from 2009′s Christmas.  I am proud to announce that from the 2009′s scraps, I was able to wrap all of my gifts this year with just what I salvaged.

There are also things that I want to accomplish this year.  First, I want to make all of my gifts this year.  This may be difficult because I have a niece and nephew that may not appreciate homemade gifts, but would prefer toys.  I also have male family members that will be hard to make gifts for.  I will see this as a challenge I will overcome.    Second, I want to help one friend recycle.  I already talked to my friend about this idea and she will get back to me.  To me, recycling is really important for our future generations.  These things that we recycle not only become new items, but also reduces the amount of garbage we bring to the landfill-thus releasing less methane into the atmosphere.    Third, I would like to create even less waste than we already do.  I want to do this by really focusing on packaging on the products that we buy.  If you think about it, packaging may actually add cost to the items we buy.  Reducing packaging may help us save money.  I will keep you up to date on my research here.

I guess a few of these things will become my resolutions.  Do you have any green resolutions.  I would love to hear them if you can leave me a comment below.  Thanks for coming back to our blog.