Pictures from Housekeepers' Luncheon

Here are some pictures from the Housekeepers' Luncheon on Tuesday:

Living Simply in a Dumpster

Check out this Huston-Tillotson University professor's experiment in economical, sustainable living!

 http://www.theatlantic.com/features/archive/2014/09/the-simple-life-in-a-dumpster/379947/

Thanks to Charley and Beth FW for the link!

Pictures from Cindy's Retirement Parties

Thanks to Callie for the photos!

Local Styrofoam Recycling!

Here are two places to take your Styrofoam:

First Friends Church  on Friendly Ave. (before you get to Friendly Shopping Center).  Drive into the parking lot on the side and you will see a little shed-like structure on the side attached to the main building with two louvered doors on it.   You may put your Styrofoam in there.  Please put CLEAN food and packaging material in the separate designated containers.

First Lutheran Church on Friendly Ave. (Corner of Holden and Friendly).   Drive into the semi-circular drive at the side doors.   Go into the church and turn right.   Enter the recycle room through the second door on the right.   Please separate CLEAN food containers and packaging containers as requested.

All eligible Styrofoam should be marked with triangle and #6.   No peanuts.   The S shaped peanuts can be taken to the UPS store at the corner of Battleground and Cornwallis if they are clean.  The Shipping store at Friendly Shopping Center across from Five Guys (3125 Kathleen Ave.) takes them and shipping boxes and bubble wrap too.

 

 

How to tie your shoes

You may not know it, but I bet most of you have been tying your shoes incorrectly your entire life!

If you'd like to know a more effective way to tie your shoes, I encourage you to watch this short T.E.D. talk by Terry Moore. While it may seem silly, not having to spend time retying your shoes throughout the day can add up.

I've tried his method and can attest that it works great!  Give it a chance and see if it works for you.