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	<title>fotzepolitic &#124; living green in orange county &#187; home</title>
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	<description>"No fear. No distractions. The ability to let that which does not matter truly slide."</description>
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		<title>If Only I Could Sew</title>
		<link>http://www.fotzepolitic.com/2007/11/22/if-only-i-could-sew/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2007 06:12:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I saw this on Craftzine today and I want &#8216;em. I may know how to knit, crochet, and make soap and lotion,   but damn it, I can barely sew on a button.
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		<title>Garden Envy</title>
		<link>http://www.fotzepolitic.com/2007/06/10/garden-envy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:33:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I have a not-so-secret desire to be a gardener. (Or at least not kill every single plant I try to raise.) With the fact that I now have two houseplants that are, surprisingly, still alive, I&#8217;m gaining more confidence to carry on. One of the two has actually been alive for over a year! So [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ants!</title>
		<link>http://www.fotzepolitic.com/2007/05/22/ants/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2007 20:30:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A couple of years ago, we had a pretty bad ant problem in our (then newly painted) house. It was one of those scenarios where the poor cat couldn&#8217;t get to her food or water bowl because it kept getting overrun with ants. We ended up calling in an exterminator who got the job done. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cleaning and Insomnia</title>
		<link>http://www.fotzepolitic.com/2007/05/05/cleaning-and-insomnia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2007 18:44:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I have this &#8216;lil problem where, even after a very stressful time at work and my entire being is just exhausted, my mind keeps going and I just can&#8217;t sleep. This is usually the time when I find myself freaking out and for some odd reason, I just have to clean the bathrooms. Seriously. Last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bug Off!</title>
		<link>http://www.fotzepolitic.com/2007/04/17/bug-off/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2007 16:50:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Kill bugs dead with &#8230; SOAP! OK, fine. Ideally, you&#8217;d want to let little buggers live, but until someone starts saying that the ant population is dwindling, I&#8217;m gonna keep showing no mercy when I see them steal the cat&#8217;s food. I bet Dr. Bronner&#8217;s would work well. Read about Low Tech Insecticide at Curbly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Energy Use Record!</title>
		<link>http://www.fotzepolitic.com/2007/03/30/energy-use-record/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fotzepolitic.com/2007/03/30/energy-use-record/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2007 19:15:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I just received an email notifying me of our latest energy bill from Southern California Edison. (Hint: if you still receive paper bills, switch to paperless billing for better green karma!) For our February 2007 bill, I was quite stoked that we were able to reduce our usage to under $100 (515KWH) since we hadn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Even the Cat&#8217;s Going Green</title>
		<link>http://www.fotzepolitic.com/2007/03/05/even-the-cats-going-green/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2007 06:39:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This past weekend I decided to switch our cat&#8217;s litter to something a bit more natural. We had been using clay clumping litter for years, and I&#8217;ve always hated the thought of inhaling the dust whenever I&#8217;m cleaning the stuff. Thing was, it&#8217;s easy to get a 14lb jug of clumping litter for under $5. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Greening the Cleaning</title>
		<link>http://www.fotzepolitic.com/2007/02/25/greening-the-cleaning/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Feb 2007 22:21:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[So I&#8217;m still in the process of greening my household cleaning supplies and methods. Paper towels have been almost completely replaced by microfiber towels, of which I have a nice supply of so once they&#8217;re all dirty, I can throw them all in one small load in the washing machine. (Cold water, non-toxic detergent, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More CFL Hunting</title>
		<link>http://www.fotzepolitic.com/2007/02/11/more-cfl-hunting/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fotzepolitic.com/2007/02/11/more-cfl-hunting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2007 04:52:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[While I&#8217;ve managed to change some of the bulbs at home to CFLs, the two most-used lighting fixtures are still sucking down energy inefficient incandescents: the dining room chandelier and the lights in the kitchen. The problem, as I mentioned in the last post, is that one is on a dimmer and the other is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seeing Things From a New Light</title>
		<link>http://www.fotzepolitic.com/2007/02/08/seeing-things-from-a-new-light/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fotzepolitic.com/2007/02/08/seeing-things-from-a-new-light/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Feb 2007 05:27:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Quite literally, actually.
I stopped by Target after work tonight to pick up some compact fluorescent lightbulbs. I&#8217;ve warned my husband that I&#8217;m planning to replace all the lightbulbs in our home with CFLs, which he normally groans about in response, due to the fact that they&#8217;re more expensive than regular incandescent bulbs on store shelves. [...]]]></description>
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