Dr. Bronner’s Soap & Film
Grocery delivery – is it worth the price?
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Keeping up with the “Greens” – Personal Energy Reports
Happy weekend!
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They also showed her last year’s usage, and showed how much money she saved, which provides additional incentive to continue saving energy. $1,253 is sure worth it!
With a little searching, I found out that this is a pilot program, and these letters were mailed to 60,000 Portlanders at random. Here’s a quick news clipped where they interview the Energy Trust of Oregon about the pilot. I sure hope it turns into an industry standard!
Does your utility provide a personal energy report?
How do you think you’d compare to your neighbors?
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In this mid-week phase (especially after having a sick family including myself last week), I need a little inspiration to get through this week. While I’m more in need of wrapping up lots of tasks, Ben Lee’s Begin
always gets me going.
The video isn’t what I envision for the song, but we each have our own personal spin.
I first got into Ben Lee by listening to Pandora, a great source of free music.
Ben Lee’s Begin video:
What are you ready to begin?
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I’ve raved often of my love for Spud, for our organic grocery delivery service. So, I was dismayed to discover they are going out of business in the Portland area, effective immediately.
Ironically, this past week I had been inspired by Parent Hacks printable grocery list and started a draft of our ongoing grocery list. I had smugly colored all the items that we got regularly from Spud. Yet, before my list was even print ready, the sad news was sinking in…I’m going to be heading to the grocery store a whole lot more often again.
Naturally, they recommended two other delivery options in the Portland area – Organics to You and New Seasons.
Organics to You surely has great produce, but they lack the dairy/staples that I’ve grown to love from Spud. The other problem is that Organics to You operates essentially like a CSA – there are no substitutions for orders – if you don’t like brussel sprouts you’re still stuck with them.
New Seasons is a full service market, but they charge $10 for each delivery.
I love New Season’s, but the closest one is a 15 minute drive and I almost always spend more than I expect. I suspect that the $10 charge may be worth the savings on impulse spending.
Update:
New Seasons announces that they will soon stop their
grocery delivery service
The other problem is that time feels like money, and I have a feeling that I’m going to spending more of my valuable free at the grocery store…
For tomorrow, I know I’m now out of cream for my coffee…
Do have your groceries delivered?
Is it worth the price?
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Sustainable Family Finances
The story of a family creating an abundant and sustainable life.
It may be a bit nerdy, but Hubby and I love a good documentary. Over the weekend we rented Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soapbox from Netflix. It was a really intriguing film about the legacy of a man, and now a family.
Since my parents were some of the hippies who flocked to his “magic soap,” I’ve grown up on Dr. Bronner’s
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I’ve always loved the tingly feeling of the peppermint, and the fact that it’s biodegradable. I enjoy their lotions too, and have the lavender one at my bed side.
I remember sometime in childhood asking my Mom about the religious/spiritual messages on the soap labels…all-one seemed like a unifying belief, but I wasn’t so sure how the rest of it fit together…Dr Bronner’s philosophy blends lots of different truths to create his own unique truth.
Dr. Bronner lived a fascinating life, and was steadfast in sharing his truth. CIA files labeled him as a “nutty,” although it’s to know if his shock therapy in the “nut house” only made his preaching more emphatic. Disturbingly, he sacrificed his children for his cause, and they grew up in orphanages while he traveled sharing his gospel.
I don’t want to give away the whole film, but the trailer is below and you can start to get a feel for the zany scientist/soap-maker/spiritual speaker.
I also learned some more reasons to love Dr. Bronner’s soap:
Dr. Bronner’s granddaughter is a mom, and has a blog all about her ways of going green.
As suggested, I use it for both personal hygiene and household cleaning. I have yet to try all of the ways they suggest using it though, and I’m planning to get more adventurous in my usage. If you start using Dr. Bronner’s religiously, I promise you’ll save your family money and promote sustainable and people-friendly business practices.
Here’s the trailer to the film about the magic soap maker:
Does your family use Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps?
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