DISCLOSURE: “This post is part of a social shopper marketing insight campaign with Pollinate Media Group® and All You, but all my opinions are my own. #lifeforless #pmedia http://cmp.ly/3/8vNxcO As I've gotten older, I've noticed myself doing things I never thought I'd do... stuff that only "old people" do. Like being more conscious about my trash and what I put in it and where it goes and how I can do my little part to save the earth. Did I just say "Do my part to save the earth"? Yep. I sure did. Before I had my kids, I guess I never really cared about the state of the environment, because I was young, dumb and very short-sighted and didn't really care what happened to it, "'Cause I probably won't be here anyways". {It was the 80's and R.E.M's "End of the World as We Know it" was super popular and whatever, don't judge me} Now, you can find me and aforementioned kids at our local recycling center almost every weekend... OK, every other weekend, OK, I usually wait until the pile gets so large it becomes a fire hazard by the back door, don't judge me, at least I'm recycling. We haven't gone full blown crunchy hippie yet, but we do recycle all of our cardboard boxes, plastic & glass water bottles, and magazines and I regularly donate stuff to the local Teen Challenge place down the street, instead of just tossing it in the trash and ending up in a landfill... baby steps folks, baby steps.
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DISCLOSURE: This is a sponsored post, written by me, on behalf of SheSpeaks and Coca Cola. All opinions are my own. With summer in full effect, you've probably heard the age old "Mom, I'm bored, let's go do something" from your kids no less than 350 times a day. Me too. Luckily for me {and my kids}, I live within walking distance to an amazing park. Some days I have been known to send the older ones {18 & 15} to the park, if their "I'm bored" nagging gets too bad. I am one of the lucky ones. According to a recent study only one in five children live within walking distance (a half-mile) of a park or playground, according to a 2010 report by the federal Centers for Disease Control, making them even less inclined to play outdoors, leading to more and more time spent on the computer or watching TV.
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