of tuna has been consumed. The cupboards and the freezer are almost empty. This is at the same time both good and bad. Although I know we are leaving in less then a month, I still can't shake that slightly manic feeling I have when the shelves are bare, and I have no car to get to the store....or maybe its late Saturday or Sunday, and even if I could go, the stores would be cleaned out of merchandise or closed.
I wonder how long it will take me to re-adjust to U.S. store hours/ availability/ convenience when I return. I know it will probably take longer than two weeks, because during our visits back I still had bouts of "DK grocery store panicking".
And if you're a bit eco-nuts like me, check out this link that has a calculation for converting energy used to CO2 amounts.
As I walk around here, it seems the majority of people line dry their clothing. Energy is expensive, space is sometimes too tight for a dryer, plus an average model will run you at least $1000. I have a dryer here, but I use it to fluff. I'm planning on continuing to do this when I get home.
But I have to wonder - what will the neighbors think. A while back a facebook "friend" of mine commented on how quaint it was to see his neighbor's laundry out on the line (in MN, on a nice sunny day). His friend's responded with remarks about hillbillies and such. Why such a negative reaction to something that isn't *bad*?
Doesn't 80% of the world line dry their cloths? I was listening to The Gestalt Gardner on Mississippi public radio last night, and he said that if people are not forced to do the right thing they just won't. Like this new composting law in San Francisco. Its doable - so why not do it.
We were the second neighborhood in the City of Minneapolis to be able to get these same sort of composting bins that they would haul away weekly. I could put just about anything in these - food, bones, milk cartons, frozen food cartons, pizza boxes. At first my husband protested about having to decide which garbage can to throw things into. But he soon caught on - and then it was no problem. When we left and the house sitters moved in, they quickly abandoned the compost bin. Too much effort to separate out the compostables from the non. Really? So I guess I have to agree with the Gestalt Gardner.
I guess the thing that always sticks in my mind is a t-shirt I saw on a young girl here. It said - Think About My Future.
And I do.
2 comments:
You're moving back to US? Awww
I dry my clothings on a tørrestativ as well. It saves a lot of energy since our dryer is not that efficient.
Yes we're moving. It had always been planned as just a temporary stay.
My dryer is so inefficient that if I throw in a wet load, it will stay on for hours and hours.
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