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happy earth day: being treesponsible

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Over the past few weeks, I’ve had the amazing opportunity to learn about Majesta and their BeTreesponsible movement.

For every 1 tree that they use to make their paper products, Majesta will plant 3 new trees.  They hope to plant 1 million trees in 2010.

As part of learning about this amazing movement, our family got to try their toilet paper, paper towel and facial tissues.  And for “eco” products, they work really well.  The tissue and toilet paper were surprisingly soft.  My family definitely prefers the Majesta Soft and Green toilet paper to the kind we usually by.

But not only are the products soft and durable during their expected use, they are amazingly biodegradable.

We were give 5 sheets of Charmin, 5 sheets of Majesta and 2 water bottles.  We filled the water bottles 3/4 of the way full and added the sheets to each bottle.  Watch what happened:

Water:
Water with toilet paper:
Shaken:

Charmin (left) and Magesta (right)

5 little shakes and the Majesta had already started to break apart. Where the Charmin is still in one piece. That’s crazy!

I know that our house will be switching to Majesta Soft and Green from here on out.  

How would you like to change more than just the toilet paper in your bathroom??  What about making green renovations all over your house??

You can go to Majesta’s site to enter for a chance to WIN $15,000 towards a Green Makeover.

The $15,000 prize can go towards any ‘green’ home project, for example, landscaping or home improvement projects.

If we were to win, we’d do any number of projects around our house:

  • replace the remaining old windows
  • remove all the carpet to decrease the dust in the house
  • install “green” floors – like cork or bamboo
  • replace the insulation in the walls of the bedrooms upstairs and add insulation to the attic space
  • get all the ducts properly taped to reduce leakage
  • add fans to the ducts to increase air flow
  • get a proper energy assessment to see what else could be done to make us more energy effient

I’m sure I could go on, but I want to hear what YOU would do with $15,000!  So enter the Earth Day Makeover contest and then comment here!

“I wrote this post while participating in a blog tour campaign by Mom Central and received a Majesta informational gift pack and Chapters gift card to thank me for taking the time to participate.”

    25 minutes of cardio!

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    I did it!  I really did it!

    I got workout DVDs from the library, I put one in the dvd player and jumped around like an uncooridnated fool for 25 mintues.  In then end I was tired and sweat…so I guess it was a success!

    For the last 9 days, I have been traking my food and water intake at SparkPeople.com.  I have been able to increase the number of fruits and vegitables I eat, increase the amount of water I drink and I’ve brought down the number of calories per day.

    After 1 week of watching what I eat and drinking lots of water, I’ve lost 4 pounds!!

    As of 1 hour ago, I started tracking my fitness.

    I’m not sure what the mental block was that stopped me from pressing play before was, but I’m glad its gone.

    I FEEL GREAT!

    Oh, and SparkPeople.com has a blogging feature too, so I’m blogging more about my new healthy habits over there.  And there’s a neat feed thingy over there so you can see when I post ———–>
    But I know that you all will just add my new blog to your blog readers becuase you’re not going to want to miss a second! 

    And I know I’m not giong to miss the pounds.

    the first step is admitting you have a problem

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    Hi. My name is MG. I have a problem with my body.

    And I’m going to do something about it!

    My SIL has been telling me about Weight Watchers but I don’t have the extra cash right now so I had to find something free. Yesterday I signed up for a free account with SparkPeople.com. This is a site where I can track what I eat, how much exercise I do, my weight and my measurements.

    And on day one I ate more calories than I was supposed to. Ugh.
    And didn’t do any exercise. Ugh x 2.

    I know that I have a lot of work to do but I’m not setting any weight loss target goals. My initial goal is to see what I’m doing wrong and change my eating habits with a conscious effort to try to do some exercise. If I push my self too hard to quickly, I know that I will get frustrated and give up.

    If you wanna help me (or just laugh at me), check out my page: http://my.sparkpeople.com/MAPSGIRL75

    “I think I can! I think I can! I think I can!”
    – The Little Engine That Could

    getting close!

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    My 38 week appointment went really well.

    There was no protein in my urine and my blood pressure was normal. Yippee!!

    I gained 4 lbs in a week which I’m not happy about, but oh well, I’ll just have to work harder to lose it afterwards.

    I’m only measuring 36 weeks now but he’s not concerned. And with Munchkin being 8lbs 4 oz, he thinks that this baby could be about the same. Oh, and the heart rate was 130 bpm.

    The not so good news is that I’m positive for Group B Strep. So I’ll have to get antibotics when I get to the hospital…thru IV. Fun. But he said that I won’t be stuck in bed and I’ll still be able to walk around.

    And for the really good news…..my cervix is thinning and I’m 2-3 cms dilated already!!! Woo hoo!