AuburnChick's Adventures

On Tuesday, I got out of subbing a little earlier thanks to last period planning.  I guess that’s the advantage of subbing…no planning required (to a point).

I didn’t know what to do with myself!  An entire two hours of unplanned free time!  I headed to the grocery store.  My family has been barely subsiding on odds and ends.

I don’t know of you’re like me, but when I get back from a big shopping trip, I find myself clearing out the old stuff from the fridge.  What a chore, but necessary.  I’ve often found offender of various odors lurking deep within its shadows.  Yesterday proved no different.

As I took the garbage outside, I was amazed by the waste.

And a view from the top…

I don’t like throwing things out…especially food that should have been eaten.  I haven’t discovered a sure-fire way of avoiding it though.  If I don’t buy as much, we don’t have enough, but if I buy it, nobody eats it all.

And the plastic containers…a thorn in my side.  My city does not have a recycling program.  There is a charity, which I plan on calling soon, that will come and pick up some of the items; however, recycling is not mandatory here.  When we moved here from south Florida, I was shocked.  It rubbed me the wrong way to throw paper and plastics in the garbage.

Perhaps the only way to avoid this is at the store where I purchase my items.

Sigh…

A small weight on my mind.  How to be a better steward of this beautiful world that God created.

Filed under: This-n-That | Tagged: recycling, trash |