Thanks to the Hollywood writer’s
strike, I have time to clean out my TiVo and watch some old shows. The
other day I watched an Oprah rerun called “Going
Green 101: Resources for your Family.” Oprah’s guests had a call-to-action
to encourage families to change how they live in an effort to protect the environment,
including
- Reuse
aluminum foil- Turn
off the water faucet while brushing your teeth- Limit
showers to 10 minutes, use warm water instead of hot water- Unplug
appliances when you leave the house- Turn
down the thermostat at night- Donate
old clothes and shoes instead of throwing them away
Honestly, when I heard these tips, I
laughed out loud. I grew up in a house that practiced each of these suggestions
because we needed to save money, not because we wanted to save the Earth. Wow,
looks like my mom is not a cheap-skate after all, she is an environmentalist
who was way ahead of her time!
Mom, I apologize for all the
eye-rolls and back-talk when you made me rinse out the Ziplock bags so we could
reuse them… especially now that I am practicing what you have always
preached.
Just trying to squeeze in some television between mothering, working and crashing.
