Kermit Was Right!

You know the song--It's Not Easy Being Green. Well, Kermit was right. I'm not a particularly "green" person. I drive an SUV, even though its often just me going down the road. But then, it does have to hold Coop, too. Every week when I go to the grocery store, I always feel so guilty coming out with 8-10 blue plastic bags. Even though I do use them to throw out cat litter scoopings (ewwww).

I did replace all the regular bulbs in my house with those energy-efficient, curley-q types. And I have made it more of a point to turn off the light when I leave a room after I heard Donald Trump explain that he does this because he recognizes electricity comes from coal which is mined by people doing a very nasty and dangerous job. So he figured it was his duty to make sure every bit of it went to a good use. And while that's the only intelligent thing I ever heard come out of that man's mouth, it did cause me to change my own behavior in that regard.

So here I am, a not so green person. I made a minor New Year's resolution to try and do better. So when I spotted a new product at the store last week, I decided to give it a try. What, you ask? Toilet paper made of recycled paper. I always thought it was a disgusting waste of forests to make toilet paper, so this seemed a great alternative.

Maybe, just maybe, I should have considered the fact it was a generic product. But I didn't. I picked up a 4-pack and, being that I was out, I put it to immediate use. How well did it work? This week when I went to the store, one of the first things I did was to head back to the paper aisle and pick up a 4-pack of good, old Charmin. The extra soft kind. And my next purchase? A new tube of Preparation H. OK, how many of you just went, "TMI!!"

I haven't figured out what the heck to do with the recycled paper stuff. Maybe I can save it until next Halloween and TP a neighbor's house. I thought about setting it out in the spring to see if any of the birds want it for nesting material, but (a) I think the babies need something softer and (b) it probably would turn into paper mache after the first rain.

And so for being the crappy product of the week (sorry for that pun), toilet paper made from recycled paper is today's dog pile!