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It's Raining It's Snowing, The Baby is Sleeping

Oh, I know he's not really a baby baby anymore, but he's my baby and he still calls himself baby. Don't even try to call him Bupcake...he's "not bupcake...baby".

Anywho, it was raining and now it is snowing. It was bound to happen. The forecasters actually predicted this one correctly. When the UP gets 60s and even a couple 70 degree days in April, the cold air needs to have it's say once or twice more(hopefully no more than that).

Bits and I fed the crows left over macaroni and cheese (which they swooped in for quickly) and took time to put on froggy boots (Bits, not me) to get a bit of splashing in before the sprinkles transformed into cold, heavy white drops. Lift your chai tea in a toast to snow in May in the UP.

Oh, one more note. The transfer station where I take my recycling is currently no longer accepting recycling. They may start up again in the fall. My options are as follows:

a) pretend I'm a resident of Ironwood and drop it off at a designated location behind the police station

b) pretend I'm a resident of Hurley, WI and find where to drop it off there, or

c) find crafty uses for all my recyclables

Let's just say, I'm a crafter, thrifter, reuser, and repurposer through and through, but really, how many juice carton bird feeders does one person need? Heads up , don't laugh when some of you receive your Christmas gifts wrapped in cereal, pasta, and cracker boxes...I'm trying to save the environment here people.

The Baconator Hugs Trees so You should Too

Its off to the recycling center today! The last two times I went, the plastics section has been locked and closed, so I had the joy of bringing two boxes full of recycling back home again. Cross your fingers that it'll be open today. Not too many people recycle up here (even though it's free!). We have the fortune of thousands if not millions of trees growing all around us in the U.P., and maybe don't think about things like how the air looks (and smells-especially along 75, downriver) in Detroit, or the big garbage mountains in Watervliet.

I've been slowly trying to "go green" (although, I don't really like that saying so I'd rather say "be more conscientious to the environment"). I'm trying to use homemade household cleaners. It's more economical, definitely better for the environment, better for you, and will make you trendy among your friends, "going green" and all.

Here's a recipe for fruit/vegetable wash: mix 1 C. white vinegar, 1 C. water, and 2 T. lemon juice in a spray bottle. Leave the spray bottle by the kitchen sink and spray down those fruits and vegetables before using, follow by rinsing off with water (rinse your hands too so you don't smell like a pickle).