Green Guilt...

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I have to get something off my chest...I've been feeling a little guilty for a while...

Since the 2007 release of Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth," everyone has taken a much greater notice of our Mother Earth and how we've been treating her...Which is great. Awesome.

I'm all for Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.

And cue the green guilt:

We don't eat organic. {No where even close, actually.}

My 5 month old daughter doesn't sport cute cloth diapers, and I don't make her pureed food. She also doesn't wear organic onesies, or sleep on an organic mattress.

We both drive a Toyota, but not a Prius, that's for sure. {And we both have over a 30 minute commute!}

Sometimes, we're known to drink our water from a plastic bottle! And when I go to the grocery store, those nice, eco-friendly totes that I have bought {I promise!}, are left, forgotten at home on the counter or under the sink.

We don't compost. {Even though we've discussed it, since we'd like to start a garden next summer.}

I may wear Bare Escentuals, but that's about as far as my green beauty routine goes...Even though I do love some Burt's Bees every now and again.

In saying all of that, I do try to contribute at least some...Those plastic grocery bags {I can hear the gasps} that I inevitably come home with every week, are stored up and then returned to the store so they can recycle them.

I'm also working on using up all of my household cleaners to be replaced with greener alternatives, such as Clorox's GreenWorks line of cleaning supplies. I've even tried the baking soda+vinegar mix of cleaning our tub, but my hubby didn't appreciate the smell too much. Or the fact that I also cleaned out his lunchbox with this concoction...

I guess I've just been feeling a little guilty while reading about how so many others are choosing to go green, and doing a fantastic job at it.

So, forgive me, Mother Earth. I'm doing the best I can, dang it!