Gabriella Hewitt

Archive for April, 2007

Sunday, April 8th, 2007
How do you like your eggs?

Today is Easter and like most plans or life with kids it didn’t go as expected. Ds#1 woke up with a fever. So though the Easter bunny brought chocolate, the egg dyeing has been postponed. Not sure that’s such a bad thing. Then again they’ve got some cool kits nowadays. I picked one up that lets the boys paint, color or use stickers to decorate their eggs. When I was growing up it was vinegar, food dye and fingers that turned purple! Remember that?

I also say a kit that lets you suck out the insides with a straw (or … Read More »

Wednesday, April 4th, 2007
13 Ways I Am Green (or Trying to Be)
Thirteen Things about Being Green
Major reality check the other night when I saw a news report on the drought in Melbourne, Australia. They showed a family in which each person could hop in the shower for only three minutes, then out. The shower curtain was hung over a bucket to catch every last drop. Water from the gutters on the house was recycled in a tank. And around the neighborhood, officials with vests sporting Water Patrol across the back checked to see that everyone followed strict curfew rules or slapped residents with a fine.

In my city, they started

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