http://www.happygreenbeings.com Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:19:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en While reading Michael Perry's book Coop, it struck me that our goal to grow blueberry pies in our yard may require much more work than I'm willing to do for that far off benefit. No, I don't think that genetic engineers can produce a bush that fruits whole wheat pie ... http://www.happygreenbeings.com/2009/08/24/chicken-tractor/ Here comes Fall. That 2002 Chevy Prizm sitting in our garage was rated 41mpg highway and 36 city back when we bought it, and now has 107,000 miles on it. Following collisions with other vehicles, insurance funds paid to have it fixed, worked upon, hopefully it will be fixed for ... http://www.happygreenbeings.com/2009/08/10/can-a-new-car-be-greener/ Since our computer began playing possum early last Spring, we've been searching for green alternatives to nursing along the old desktop or just giving in and buying a whole new system. Compounding the problem has been the wife's departure for a month of clinical training taking her laptop with her. ... http://www.happygreenbeings.com/2009/08/09/downsizing-the-computer-may-make-sense/ The 30 day pass is handy, and encourages me to keep a car parked when I go to work. I keep experimenting with places to get on or off the bus. My latest route cuts my commute down to an hour from the original route I was taking. The funny ... http://www.happygreenbeings.com/2009/02/14/bike-and-bus-with-kids/ Since I began going to work without a car again, I've been able to do it with a bike and the bus system in comfort and without any major concerns. I even made a couple of bus commuting rookie mistakes without any significant loss of time thanks to a friendly ... http://www.happygreenbeings.com/2009/02/01/valley-transit-preparing-to-join-google-maps/ I'm on the brink of a car-lite transition. By selling a car, we would be better off financially by about $4,000 right away according to the blue book, and then enjoy steady savings when it comes to gas, maintenance, and parking. We aren't all convinced of the practicality though. How ... http://www.happygreenbeings.com/2009/01/24/bikebus-winter-commute-planning/ We've used the special shampoo everyday.  We used the hair oil a couple of times at the beginning.  And I used the hair tonic when we were in a bit of a hurry and needed to get the combing done rather quickly.  I just spritzed it on the hair so ... http://www.happygreenbeings.com/2009/01/07/with-a-fine-toothed-combdays-8-through-14/ It's getting easier now, we have this combing routine down pretty well.  We did miss one combing on the morning of the 4th day when I got called to a birth.  When we combed that night, we thought we'd find lots, but we really didn't. The boys in our house consented, ... http://www.happygreenbeings.com/2009/01/06/with-a-fine-toothed-combdays-4-through-7/ After the thrill of having the school nurse declare us nit free, I made the mistake of thinking we could back off a little bit.  So, yesterday evening we delayed the combing procedure a little longer than we should, and then discovered a few more nits than we had seen ... http://www.happygreenbeings.com/2009/01/05/with-a-fine-toothed-combday-3/ Well, we got a clean bill of health from the school nurse this morning.  She seemed rather amazed that she found no live lice, and not a nit on my kids.  We're not out of the woods, yet.  The recommendation is using the nit comb on each person twice per ... http://www.happygreenbeings.com/2009/01/04/a-fine-toothed-combday-2/