Koopman Kraziness

I've been really inspired lately.  In large part, I owe this inspiration to my friend Lindsey .  I greatly admire and respect her and the decisions and sacrifices she makes for her family.  I would really encourage you to read and comment on her blog.  She's amazing! It's not really a secret to ANYONE that our economy is in the crapper and really I don't forsee it getting any better.  If anything it's going to get worse.  Everyone pretty much already knows I coupon and do it as much as possible, but I've decided it's time to take it one step further.  We're going to start going green.  I don't think that we'll ever be FULLY green (but hey, we may surprise even ourselves!) but there are things that we can do to start being self sufficient. I thought I'd make a list of the things I plan to do and ask for input and ideas as well.  Here's what I've got so far. I tend to hoard soaps, shampoos, conditioners, cleaning supplies...  So ...

Wednesday evening my mother started having pains in her right side.  By early Thursday morning she had started having nausea, vomiting and diarrhea.  My dad wound up staying home from work that day and felt pretty confident that she had signs of appendicitis.  Mom also has several complications from long term diabetes, so she wasn't so sure that appendicitis was what was happening, so she put a call into her doctor's office.  Thanks to an office that never called, she waited another 5 hours in agony (want to throat punch someone there, but that's beside the point) before my dad decided we were just going to the ER. I hadn't been to the ER since the night Kaidi was born.  By the time we had arrived at the hospital, the main doors were locked and we had to enter through the ER. My dad asked that I ride with him so that I could wait with mom inside the ER while he parked the car.  Of course I didn't mind to do so, but halfway there I started to pan...