Yeah, admittedly I used to forget to bring my eco-bags along but these days, I really can’t afford to do that any more or I’ll be lugging my groceries piecemeal to my car and that certainly won’t be pretty . Initially some stores were kind enough to give out free recyclable bags with purchases exceeding a certain amount. But not any more!

With so many businesses on the verge of going green, 2010 seems set to become the year for investors to turn their attention to energy efficiency companies. If you’d like to launch a profitable business in the energy saving sector, you can get more information from the engin blog where there are detailed discussions of the wealth of opportunities out there.

Meantime, the idea is to try and find ways to recycle and reuse stuff instead of throwing it someplace where it’ll clog up the environment.

I guess it must be a great feeling to finally be able to get out of the house into the fresh air and sunshine again. Hope you haven’t forgotten you have a garden out there . You’ll probably want to get a bit of work done to chase away some of the cold weather blues from your garden and make it an ideal place where your kids can run about and you can invite a few friends over for a barbecue or something.

I hear that Wickes are the people to call for your garden landscaping needs. They can install a shed, deck or a summer house, or a fence for your added privacy. They carry a whole range of tools and products for maintaining your garden. Whatever you have in mind, you can just talk it over with them and I’m sure they’ll be only too happy to work something out for you.

This morning, I was like a child in a toy store. I had so many things on my list especially clothing. But clothing is probably the hardest to buy since I’m quite picky and the lines are long at both the fitting rooms and at checkout. So I ended up spending on every other thing but clothing, which wasn’t how I’d planned it!! But so be it. At least I enjoyed the retail therapy.

She was telling us about her course and her new job, showing us photos of her at work conducting her rounds and so on. And what really surprised me was the clothes she was wearing which don’t resemble anything a doctor normally wears. Man, those koi uniforms are in bright prints and ever so chic I would never have known she’s a doctor!

Apparently these days, medical professionals have turned fashionable wearing these brightly colored koi scrubs at work. Even the koi scrub pants are in bright plain colors. I’m shocked and impressed! They look like something you would wear to lunch with a girl friend, not to a medical job, know what I mean?

It’s almost revolutionary, I say, seeing as how we’ve always equated medical professionals with rather drab colors. Obviously I was curious as to where she gets this fashionable attire and she says she and her colleagues get their stuff from Scrubs and Beyond. So yeah, it’s all good!

If my kitchen sink should break down, I know just the place where I won’t have to pay through my nose for undermount kitchen sinks! Mr Direct does same day deliveries and they’re a trusted source for their brand of kitchen sinks.

I’m just happy I found out about them so I can keep them on file just in case. Working from home means I have a tight budget to keep so whenever I find a great source for stuff I might need, in it goes into my favorites folder .

There was such a lot of catching up to do and there seems to be an never-ending stream to new members of the family who’ve just joined us. Anyhow we met a few relatives we never knew we had and that was really fun.

I can’t say I’ve ever done pottery, I hope to one day, but I’ve tried my hand at various crafts like jewelry making, t-shirt painting and basket weaving. Now whenever I walk into stores, hotels or restaurants, I’m constantly on the lookout for craft decorations like pots and vases.

Pottery looks like a lot of fun and I’d really like to try my hand at it. There’s a very good site at AMACO/Brent that’s just a treasure trove of information about pottery, and which offers everything from lead-free sculpting compounds and pottery supplies to teachers offering to teach you the craft.

With the classes that AMACO/Brent offers, you can learn all about how to work those texturing tools and develop your skills at your own pace. I guess you could teach yourself pottery too but I personally prefer to work in a group with a teacher.

With guided instruction, I find I can learn more and quicker that way. By now, I’m sure you can sense my enthusiasm and impatience at getting started soon.

And my car ends up half-flooded from all the water brought in from the rain. Not to mention the number of traffic lights that had gone bust. And trees having toppled down from the sides of the roads onto cars that were stuck in traffic. It took us hours to get home!