You may know that for years we have composted (I guess you could call it that.).  Our town has a composting system that is a really good idea.  Each home has a little green bucket with a little green bag in it, which is made of starch. Just about anything goes in it for the city to collect and compost locally.  So leftover food, cooked or raw, paper towels, tissue, cat litter, etc. When the little bag is full you just put it into the bin outside with the green lid.

We also buy leaf lettuce with the root still on it, which means the lettuce is always really fresh.  I really like this method.

Last week we had a mission conference in Sydney.  The church has a wonderful Christmas lights exhibit at the headquarters there, just next to the temple.  There was also a life sized nativity outdoors and inside one of the buildings an art show depicting the life of Christ.  It was wonderful!   Here are some pictures of the nativity.  Hope you feel the spirit of the Christmas message.

We made it! It is wonderful, updates to come. In the meantime please enjoy this video.

http://www.lds.org/media-library/video/2011-05-01-they-gave-up-their-christmas?category=welfare