Roll up the rim to win?

I recently wrote about those red and yellow coloured Tim Horton's roll-up-to-win cups: www.ecomuse.ca.

I don't want you to think that I don't like Tim's. But I'd like to emphasize that habits (little on-going actions) have a big impact on our environment and our health. I went to Cornwall with my family this past weekend to visit family. And in Cornwall, there is a HUGE Tim Horton's coffee and food culture. Everywhere I went I saw people drinking from landfill cups, or I saw landfill cups and paper bags on the streets, lawns and in public garbage areas. It sounds like people have an addiction to coffee (and their cups) as I did to potato chips (I still do enjoy chips, BTW).

Well, I am openly admitting to you that I bought three bagels and a donut this past weekend from a Tim Horton's. I hadn't had a donut for a very long time, and it was a very nice treat albeit unhealthy. After the first bagel, Little S asked for "more bagel" so I decided that we should go get another since we weren't allowed to eat such things around Little R. I brought the paper bag back, but the worker there just gave me another bag. The next day, I made sure to specifically ask that they reuse the bag I brought.

I felt my conscience on me after eating and participating in the Tim Horton's culture. What were people going to think of my actions??? First, I ate a donut (which I would not recommend to others), then I participated in using the paper bag one time. On top of all that, I was teaching my daughter that in order to eat bagels we have to sneak out to Tim's. In doing so, we were supporting a company that promotes quick waste (single use cups, in particular). What kind of example was I? And on top of that, I enjoyed the sinful donut!

Okay, this goes to show you that I'm far from being perfect (and I never will be). I do enjoy some bad things once in a while, but I have to make sure that my habits are as clean as possible. 100% is very difficult if at all possible to achieve, but I can always strive to be 90%. There's no sense in immobilising myself for little things.

Seeing landfill cups bother me all the time, but I can't control people to not use them. However, I can be disapproving. And people know this when they come over. Anyway, two or more landfill cups had been sitting on my kitchen counter and in my car (not mine!). Finally, DH urged me to take them to a Tim Horton's for recycling. Well, I spent about half and hour walking to one during a lunch hour that I decided to take to go recycle these cups and lids. When I got to the shop, the worker didn't even know that the municipal recycling program did not accept these cups! Alas, their shop and the other Tim's shop that was close by didn't offer the landfill cup recycling program. So, now I have two of these cups in my car just waiting to be "taken care of."

Bye-bye, cats

E and H Cats have a new home now. It's still sad every time I think about them. I miss them a lot, but I believe they have a new owner who has time to dedicate to them. March Break was emotionally draining with all the changes in our household.

According to me, E and H Cats will always be a part of our family. They were our first babies. We were going to keep them until they were old. Alas, if ever their present owner needed to find them a new home, I hope that we would be in the position to welcome them back.