Archive for the ‘Stories’ Category

Slow and Steady

Posted on April 27th, 2010 by Andrea
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This is the part Peter and I knew was coming. The part that really, there isn’t a heck of a lot of story to tell. It’s the slow and steady portion of our project.
To be honest, we expected a lot more of this and a lot less of the big media adventure.
Our story hasn’t changed [...]

Our Carbon By The Numbers

Posted on December 23rd, 2009 by Andrea
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I was curious tonight and wanted to find out exactly how much carbon this little project could add up to saving. The short answer of what I found is “a lot”.
A quick google search turned up Recycling Revolution, and Project Green as well as several other sites that state recycling one aluminum can saves “the [...]

Has It Been Done?

Posted on December 9th, 2009 by Andrea
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The results that come up when you search the web for other people that have used recycling to pay for a wedding are very few and far between. To be exact, I have found two-ish. The first is from July of last year, and talks about a couple in Fall River, MA
So, the plucky couple [...]

How This Started

Posted on December 7th, 2009 by Andrea
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Pete and I aren’t exactly your usual next-door-neighbors. We’ve got an aluminum smelting unit in the driveway, ferment our own wine in the basement, and are more likely to be found working our front yard vegetable garden than watching TV. For our second date, he took me to a medieval re-creation tournament. Long story short, [...]

1 A.M. Ideas

Posted on December 7th, 2009 by Andrea
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I’ll admit it – this was one of those ideas that started at 1 in the morning, when I should have been in bed. When Pete and I first started talking about getting married, we knew we wanted to throw a party for our friends and family, especially since he’s an only child and I [...]