Making Time, Not Excuses.

Posted by on May 17, 2010 · 7 Comments 

I haven’t talked a lot about starting the chain reaction of awesome in my life, lately. While I was thinking about that this morning I noticed: I have a lot of “selp-improvement” type categories listed here. I think that observation says a lot right there, don’t you think? Like, maybe there’s a part of me hoping if I give it a category on my blog... Read More

Category A better me, Baby Steps, Greening The Zoots, Operation Half-Marathon, Operation MBA, Operation Weightloss, Starting The Chain Reaction of Awesome · Tags

Updates Galore

Posted by on November 5, 2009 · 23 Comments 

First – let me do a follow-up on yesterday’s post. You all are wonderfully amazing, truly. I felt much better about the “negotiating” thing by the end of the day. Which made me feel much better in general because sometimes I’m just not confident enough in my parenting decisions to let them stand alone without validation. And I’m aware that is... Read More

Category Domestic Me, Greening The Zoots, Newbie In The Kitchen · Tags

Project Done. THANK GOD.

Posted by on January 9, 2009 · 29 Comments 

One day. ONE DAY. That’s how long it took us to accumulate that pile of trash. If you’ll recall, we kept track of our trash for a whole week so that we could really see how wasteful we are. As you can see above? ONE DAY. Have I mentioned that? ONE DAY. I definitely learned a lot over the last week. To start things off on a positive note, I’ll start with the... Read More

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I Totally Haven’t Even Told My Husband We’re Doing This Yet

Posted by on December 31, 2008 · 17 Comments 

I’m doing something insane, guys. Seriously. Even crazier than I usually do around here. I’ve joined a challenge posed by a new Green Blog I found to keep my trash in my garage for an entire week to see how much garbage I create. And if you think that sounds crazy, consider that the guy issuing the challenge is one day away from finishing one whole year of doing the... Read More

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Defining “Green” in the Zoot Household

Posted by on August 21, 2007 · 29 Comments 

The green movement is a weird one, doncha’ think? I live in the South, home of the evangelical fundamentalist southern Baptist, yet I have never met anyone more pushy than a Green person. Either they’re preaching against certain lifestyles because they’re adding to the greenhouse emissions or they’re scoffing at the glass bottle in the garbage can that someone... Read More

Category A better me, Baby Steps, Greening The Zoots · Tags

Hi. I’m Kim.

This is my blog that I've been writing on since January, 2004. I call myself Zoot as it's a derivative of an old childhood nickname. I used to write about my struggles to have children, but eventually I succeeded and now, I write a lot about those kids. I don't use my kid's exact names simply because if someone Googles their very unique names in the future, I don't want them stumbling upon my entries about boobsweat. I mean, would you hire someone whose Mom writes openly about such topics? NO. YOU WOULD NOT.

I love taking pictures and carry my camera (almost) everywhere I go. This means you'll see a lot of photos on this site. I also periodically post recipes I like as I've been slowly (but surely) learning to cook and I like to share my discoveries. Finally? I'm an annoying pop culture fanatic so I'll periodically ramble about Hunger Games or the latest Parks and Recreation.

I hope you like it here. If not? Please don't tell me. I cry easily.
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