Brita Now Comes in Green

I just got a new Brita water pitcher.  The flip-up pour spout cover on our old one had broken off long ago, and when we moved here to our new house we felt like it was time to start fresh and get a new one.

I love my Brita water.  I wanted to write a whole post about how drinking Brita water is superior to drinking bottled water, but then I found out that the Cult of Green is taking on the bottled water industry, and I hate to be on the same side as those wackos.

Recycling, Roots, and Revelry

Three Good Things for the day:

1. Gave away most of our moving boxes to a friend. 


2. Finished up with the bleach and took another pass at reorganizing the kitchen.  I can't tell you how fulfulling this is, knowing that I'll be using this kitchen for years to come.  Roots are growing.


3. Speaking of roots, I started planning a party last night.  This is a big deal for anti-social me and I'll be writing more about it in the coming days.  Maybe I'll have a chance to make some friends who actually live near me!

Mysteries

Why isn't there a cleaning service that will do things like clean all the walls in the house?  Or wipe the sticky, linty film off the shelves in the laundry room?  Or bleach all the grout in the whole house?

Buddies, Bleach, and Bananas

Three Good Things for the day:

1. I had a nice chat on the phone with my high school friend, Andrea.  She lives in California, but we try to catch up at New Year's if we've been bad about keeping in touch.  I'm happy that my two best friends from high school are still two of my very best friends, even when we don't speak very often. 


2. I bleached the grout on my tiled kitchen counters.  This might not sound like a Good Thing, but I've been dying to do it since we moved in and, wow, it looks so much better!


3. I'll never throw away a brown banana again after making this banana pudding, which really did take only 5 minutes.

A Little Thing

We've resumed the practice of making the bed every day.  It's a Little Thing that's never been high on my priority list so it fell off completely during the insanity that has been the past year and a half.  It's nice to have it back again.  It feels....civilized.

Movie, Music, and Map

Three Good Things for the day:

1. I went to a movie in the middle of the day!  What a luxury.  This whole Christmas season has reminded me what it means to relax and enjoy.  (We saw Yes Man and it was pretty funny.  Classic Jim Carrey.)


2. We bought Samantha a harmonica after seeing her play on Kyle's iPhone.  And I thought the phone-as-harmonica was a joke.


3. I was introduced to Tom Tom.  Wicked cool.

Friend, Funny, and Food

Three Good Things for the day:

1. Our friend Kyle is visiting from Orange County.  He's a teacher at the best school in the country, as far as I'm concerned.


2. Watched Dr. Horrible.  Joss Whedon is a genius.


3. Cooked and ate an excellent dinner, if I do say so myself.  Top sirloin with garlic and thyme, baked potatoes, and a basic salad.  You just can't go wrong with The Joy of Cooking.