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Beyond Recycling – Reuse those plastic utensils
June 23rd, 2009
Reuse plasticware that you use
Bring home those plastic forks, knives, spoons and sporks to reuse before you recycle them. Just keep a plastic container in the car to store the dirty ones until you get home to wash them.
Being proactive
I got the Recycline recycled, recyclable plasticware and keep them in my car to use when I’m eating out at a place where they only have plasticware. I just go into the back of my car, where I keep my canvas grocery bags, and get out my container of plasticware to bring with me into the restaurant.
Putting it all together
Despite the fact that I keep some in my car, I do wind up accumulating more, sometimes because we took my husband’s car and he doesn’t have any. So, I just bring them home, wash then and put them in with the ones I bought. Also, sometimes the ones I bought get lost or left somewhere or someone throws them away so it’s a good idea to bring home the ones we used because it keeps the supply going without trying to.
Pep Talk Phone Sessions
April 1st, 2009
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If you ever wanted to sign-up for my more intense (and more expensive) Living a Harmonious Life in Body, Mind, and Spirit or Helping You Find the Next Step on Your Journey Coaching sessions but, for whatever reason, weren’t ready to make the leap, I’m now offering 30 minute phone sessions where you get just what you want, for $25 a session. And it’s not just a warm body on the other end of the phone, I can actually help you shift the energy of where you are and whatever is happening for you so you can move along more freely in your life, toward your goals and dreams.
Benefits
The benefits of spending time talking to someone who’s really listening (listening with the whole body, as Eckhert Tolle talks about in The Power of Now) can help shift your energy, release unresolved emotions and move you toward wholeness. Besides that, it feels really good!
How I got this idea
The other day I was thinking how nice it would be just to have someone to talk to for 30 minutes to discuss an issue I was having and then it hit me, the Universe was suggesting that I become the "someone to talk to" and be there for other people! Well, sometimes things just have to "Dawn" on me. 
Recap:
30 Minute phone session
Talk about what you want
Get the response and feedback you ask for
$25 for 30 minutes
$40 for 60 minutes
Email Dawn to schedule your 30 or 60 minute phone session and bring more light into your life
Changes That Would Work – End Daylight Saving Time
March 8th, 2009
Changes that would work
Following Neale Donald Walsch‘s lead of there’s no right and wrong, there’s only what works and what doesn’t work, I would like to suggest we reevaluate…
Daylight Saving Time
Get rid of daylight saving time. It was started for many reasons but many people think its usefulness is questionable. It seems to punish those who are early risers and encourage people to sleep late. I find it very unsettling and it’s really hard on children for whom a one hour shift is a big deal.
An unexpected advantage of daylight saving time
One advantage that I do see in keeping daylight saving time is, in it’s discomfort, it can shift someone’s consciousness from "psychological time" to "clock time". This is something Eckhart Tolle suggests as a means to be more in the moment: use the clock, "clock time" to schedule rendezvous but live in the NOW which eliminates "psychological time". I set pop-up or audio reminders for meetings and the like so I can live in the now, NOW, and know my calendar will be my "clock time" for me.
Beyond Recycling – Frost off the Windshield
December 9th, 2008
The situation
As the weather gets colder in the northern regions of the world we’re tempted to warm-up our cars until they are warm and cozy and the frost has melted off the windows.
The problem
I read somewhere that it only takes one minute of the engine running for the oil to be warmed enough to run the engine efficiently (for those of us where it doesn’t get below zero, I think) so running the engine for 10-15 minutes to warm it up uses more gas than is necessary.
The solution
Get a scraper and wear a coat and gloves. A good scraper will effectively get the frost off your car windows without using gas to heat them up. Gloves and a coat will keep you warm while driving as the car does get warm enough to be cozy.
Save a little gas, save a lot for our children’s futures.
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How to Return Creamy Nut Butters to a Creamy Consistency
November 17th, 2008
The Problem
Ever notice how the oil has separated in the nut butters you buy off the shelf at the health food store? I always try to stir mine up and mix the oil back in but the nut butter at the bottom of the jar is always drier than the top and there are invariably clumps which just aren’t fun to bite into, especially for young children who are very sense oriented.
The Solution
One morning it struck me that I could blend it in my food processor so the oil was again evenly distributed throughout the nut butter and it was creamy again. It worked and now I blend the nut butters in the food processor and put them in the refrigerator so the oil doesn’t separate again.
How cool is that?
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