Zero Waste Just Got a Little Harder

Let's be honest. I am never going to be completely waste free. I'm not going to have a little jar full of trashy bits that I collected over the course of the year. Mostly because that's bullshit, I mean it's just not realistic. But I've been trying to follow the 5 Rs: Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Repurpose, Recycle. I've been working diligently on reducing my consumption, but when it comes down to it, it's the recycling portion that picks up my slack. That is, until now.

Fixing the Leaky Spigot

Fixing the Backyard Spigot

I did it! I crawled under my house, managing to not get too creeped out and fixed one of my leaking spigots. I say one because I couldn't keep the creeps at bay long enough to pull myself, on my belly, to the other side of the crawl space to fix the other spigot. (In fact, I'm already trying to figure out how to open up the brick wall in the front of the house to create a second access panel—rather than attempt to crawl completely under the house.)

But I fixed one of them! And it only took me 35 minutes and cost me $36 to do it!