October: Waste Guys, this month just sucked. With Trev on Sabbatical and us gone for almost 2 weeks in the middle, and then again some other days here and there....we just didn't do a good job. We decided not to plant a winter garden, we forgot our reusable bags all but one time, we did do our best to remember to recycle but we didn't do great. The good things: Being October in Southern Oregon means (usually) no heater on and no AC, so that part we did good in! We didn't buy any paper towels, napkins, baggies, foil or cling-wrap. We had to get creative for sure, but we did just fine. We won't be going back to paper towels, so that's a positive! Although we didn't buy local, I did do an amazing job with our groceries and pared our budget down even more, and we ate it all up...hardly any waste. That always feels good! This is definitely an area we can continue to improve upon and we will! November is about Stress . Jen takes time at 7 different places throughout