The other day I was reading a magazine and came across an advertisement for new Kleenex disposable hand towels. After I got over the initial disgust, I decided to check them out and see what Kleenex has to say about them. On their website, they state that “your hands are only as clean as the towel used to clean them.”  “A clean, fresh towel every time.”  Come on!  If you’re really that scared of germs, you need more than disposable hand towels.

Here are the problems I have with disposable hand towels:

-They consume more resources

-They create more waste

-They teach people (and children) that disposable is better

-They are pointless

It just sickens me to think that a huge corporation like Kleenex would produce and market a product like this.  With all the natural resources being consumed, the last thing we need is another disposable product, especially one that is pretty much useless and replaces something that has worked well for so many years.

Have you seen the ads for Kleenex hand towels?  What’s your opinion?

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I received an email back from the person I lent $1500 to. She basically said that they had the money, their bank account got garnished, and that they don’t have the money now. I emailed her back, told her that we could set up a payment plan and that I would be fine with that. I still haven’t heard anything back from her and I believe it’s been over a week since I’ve sent her a response back.

I’m not going to take them to court.  I don’t want the stress of that- plus, if they don’t have the money I’m not going to get it.  End of story.

I feel better that I got a response.  I’d still like my money back, but who knows if that will ever happen.  I’m more upset that I lost a friend.

I’ve decided that I’m going to make lemons out of lemonade and I’m going to make up the $1500 myself.  I’m going to do whatever I can to make that up.  I’ll help people with blog designs, maybe make some soap and sell it, and do some more babysitting if possible.  I’m going to turn this into a positive thing, even though I will have to work my butt off to make up the difference.

It’s sad that I lost $1500 and my best friend, but I’ve learned some important lessons.  I’m going to be more careful with relationships, and I’m never going to lend money I can’t afford to give any more.  I think that’s all I can do.

Anyone need a maid? I am fantastic at cleaning houses.