Category Archives: 2019 goals

How did it go? – lose weight

Posted on February 3, 2020 by deborah @ the magic jug

I’m so glad you asked.  Not at all well, as it happens. This was definitely my failure in 2019.  Though I ended the year weighing less than I began it, that was purely and simply because part-way through I realised … Continue reading →

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How did it go? – reduce single use stuff

Posted on January 22, 2020 by deborah @ the magic jug

First things first Over the past few years I have made a number of changes in how I do things that have reduced my use of single-use stuff (whether it’s plastic, paper or whatever).  What I’ve found with each of … Continue reading →

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How did it go? – reduce water use

Posted on January 8, 2020 by deborah @ the magic jug

With the end of 2019 come and gone, now is a good time to look back and see how I did with the goals I set myself a year ago. I set out my 2019 goals here.  I’m going to … Continue reading →

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Reuse, repurpose, upcycle: call it what you will, just do it

Posted on November 25, 2019 by deborah @ the magic jug

So much of this going on around here right now.  Both of us have spurts of STO*ing, and the pile of stuff moving onwards and outwards continues to grow.   We now have a basket by the front door for … Continue reading →

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Do what you can with what you (already) have

Posted on November 12, 2019 by deborah @ the magic jug

By the time you get to my stage in life (early 60s), with a life of largely good fortune and hard work behind me, I already have most of the things I could want.  I am  (well, we are) in … Continue reading →

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Plastic-free July – what I did (and didn’t do)

Posted on August 23, 2019 by deborah @ the magic jug

Reading various blog and twitter posts on ‘plastic-free July’ spurred me on to complete several things I’ve been meaning or trying to do for a while. Small changes, but like everything else, if we all make small changes the cumulative … Continue reading →

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Ditching the plastic: cotton dishcloths

Posted on August 5, 2019 by deborah @ the magic jug

Good marks for us for always using reusable dishcloths, not ‘disposable’ one.  Bad marks for us that until recently all of them were made of synthetic microfibres, which we now realise release microscopic plastic fibres into the water every time … Continue reading →

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2019 goals: half year stock take

Posted on July 18, 2019 by deborah @ the magic jug

My mum’s birthday is exactly half way through the year.  This year we marked it by visiting the bench we had placed in her memory, with flasks and home-made shortbreads.  It was a beautiful day, and the end of a … Continue reading →

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Seven (good) things on Saturday

Posted on July 6, 2019 by deborah @ the magic jug

Well you know how it goes.  This was going to be a Five on Friday post, but here we are and it’s already Saturday.  But no worries, because there are easily six good things to write about.  And then I … Continue reading →

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2019 goals: use less single-use plastic

Posted on June 19, 2019 by deborah @ the magic jug

If like me you’ve watched the first two BBC1 programmes on the prevalence of and environmental impact of single-use plastic, you’ll be wondering what more you can do to reduce your own part in this horror.  (If you haven’t already … Continue reading →

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