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Staycation
As of today I will be taking a short staycation: a vacation where I won’t be blogging and I’ll be sticking pretty close to home (low carbon emissions during this vacation!) for a few days. During my staycation I’ll be spending time with my three lovely boys before the back-to-school frenzy hits hard next week. We have a few things to accomplish while we’re staycationing:
We will be getting much needed haircuts.
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We will be trading in our highwaters (they came in handy this week during flooding from Hurricane Irene) for pants that actually fit.
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We will be brushing our hair for possibly the first time all summer. I’m anticipating this task will take a minimum of one to two days to complete. Our hair looks something like the one on the right (our lips look nothing like either pair of lips).
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Before signing off I wanted to share two interesting and important articles that were recently published. Take a look when you have a chance.
- Mail Online reported [5] : Scented laundry products (dryer sheets etc…) could be releasing cancer-causing chemicals when clothes are tumble-dried.
- The New York Times reported [6]: The anti-bacterial chemical, triclosan, raises safety issues. Triclosan is commonly found in anti-bacterial soaps, kitchen cutting boards and even a best-selling toothpaste, Colgate Total.
Although I won’t be posting much for a few days, there will still be a few not-to-be- missed things happening at Groovy Green Livin :
- Don’t forget to enter the GIVEAWAY for a Kids Konserve reusable lunch sack [7] with great coupons inside for free products. Entries will be accepted until midnight, August 30, 2011 and 5 winners will be selected. I will announce the winners on September 1, 2011.
- JOIN ME FOR A TWITTER PARTY: Want to learn some tips and tricks for non-toxic living on a nickel? Join me on Thursday, September 1 at 6pm PST/9pm EST for a Twitter Party with Healthy Child Healthy World [8]. I will be a panelist along with Paige Wolfe “Author of Spit That Out”, blogging at spitthatoutthebook.com [9] , Rene of Budget Saving Mom [10], Emi The Cloth Diaper Report [11] and Easy Peasy Japanesey. We will be discussing how creating a cleaner, greener, safer home does NOT need to cost an arm and a leg (really!).
We will return to our regular scheduled programming after Labor Day. Have a wonderful few days!
[Photos used under Creative Commons from Jeff Turner [12], D.Sharon Pruitt [13] and Saffy [14]/Flickr]