Update...Excuses!

In an attempt to follow through with at least one portion of my goal to create less waste (the documenting portion) here is an update...

Last week I was quite successful, my cans went out and they were full but I threw out a only a bit of uneaten food. On the other hand this week has been a disaster...my fridge is full of see-through plastic containers filled with good-intentions and a complete lack of motivation...what a bummer everytime I open the fridge to be reminded of what should've been done-but was'nt-.

I am considering getting a piglet-at least the waste then turns into shit I can use-but would I do that either-hmm?

I have plenty of good excuses for NOT concocting some fabulous meal out of everything on the brink of growing mold-

I do have 4 kids ALL with their own excuses for not turning in 5 assignments and it was the last week of the term-(oh sorry I forgot...they were stolen by a little green troll that lives in the broom closet at school)- I do have a job, which incidentally really kicks my a#$ sometimes leaving me with no desire to cook anything, I do have a house of my own which is a never-ending pit of clutter and dust bunnies growing under beds, I do have a husband who-leave it at that-i DO have a husband, AND to top it all my vacuum broke.

THE VACUUM STORY: last Saturday 1 minute in to a 3000 sqft house my vacuum made a most horrific noise-my mother came to the rescue! Later that evening I tore it apart and found what I thought was the problem-a bad roller brush-of course my ma knew of a vacuum store and for $30 I got a new belt and brush, installed it and smiled with joy- FIXED- An hour in to work on Tuesday (where a vacuum was essential) it began to smell like burnt rubber and was only sucking on one side-shit-as I again took it apart I could smell death, and it was clear that no amount of encouragment could repair the broken bracket!! With no 'new vacuum' in the budget this week, I first fixed up the shop-vac with attachments, worked fine despite the crook in my neck-no big deal the floors were clean-. Friday morning I set off to the DI with a load to drop off and crossed my fingers that someone out there who is far nicer to vacuums than I had gotten a new one and cast off their old one. Guess what- it was my lucky day! $12 later I am the proud owner of a Hoover Windtunnel, and the DI has one clean rug- I had to make sure it really sucked :)!

I will try harder this coming week!