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Two shopping trips later
I thought i posted the results of my initial foray into shopping without purchasing plastic, but i guess it vanished into the ether.I can't believe that typepad lost my entire post!Argh.And it was my most clever, witty and insightful post ever.I can say that because you'll never get to read it.

Anyway, i forgot my bags in the car on the first trip, but retrieved them while leaving my cart under the watchful eye of a very confused cashier.She got even more bumfuzzled when i handed her the mishmash of bags i had brought with me(Trader joe's insulated bag thanks kate a cloth bag and a large plastic bag).Even though the cashier competently bagged the groceries of the people who were in front of me, she became an idiot when presented with nonstandard bags.She proceeded to put bread on the bottom of the heavy duty bag, followed by paper towels, then put all the heavy canned goods in the flimsy plastic bag.Oh well.

I switched out a few things that i previous purchased in plastic but that also came in boxes or paper bags, like bread, cat litter Pandora Charms UK and dishwasher detergent.There are some things for which i can't find a substitute.Remember when bleach came in glass bottles?Me neither, but i hear it used to.However, now it's plastic only, just like nearly every cleaning and personal care product.I'm sure that cuts down on the number of spills due to breakage, but it would be nice to have a choice.At least nearly all of those products come in containers that i can include in our recycling bin.

I suppose i could give up cleaning chemicals, but then how would i get the soap scum off the tub without damaging the enamel?Life sure is full of compromises.I do use fewer manufactured chemicals for cleaning than most people i know.Frequently i use vinegar(Which again only comes in plastic! )As a cleanser, especially for wood floors and windows.I have a bathroom cleaner for aforementioned soap scum, and i use dishwashing liquid/powder.I keep mr.Clean with febreze for the tile floors, but only use that about twice a month, using vinegar between times.Cooktop cleaner for my ceramic cooktop and laundry detergent round out my chemical arsenal.There are no special cleansers like 409, no glass cleaner, no toilet bowl cleaner, no wood cleaner like murphy's oil soap, you get the picture.It amazes me sometimes at how many different cleaners people use and how much of it gets put into the water system.Although i'm not a rabid environmentalist, i do think a day of reckoning will someday arrive for our wasteful and chemical dependent ways. (Gosh, i sound like a rabid environmentalist. )I won't be around to see it, but i want to reduce my contribution to this problem.I'm taking baby steps, but hope to keep moving in that direction.

Last night was garbage night, and for the first time in months, Ralph Lauren Outlet my garbage and recycling cans were about equal in volume.I want that trend to continue, with a reduction to 1 bag/week(Excluding cat litter)In a month's time.That's still a lot of garbage, but i'm not sure how much more i could reduce without drastic changes.
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Olympic committee follows the pattern it set at the 2006 winter olympics in turin, italy, one wall of its headquarters at the summer olympics opening this week in beijing will be covered with the familiar names and logos of its corporate sponsors and licensees.

There'll be mcdonald's and cocacola, nike and panasonic, general electric and.Uh.Extended exposure?

No, it's not a strip club, but rather a small st.Paul company that peddles customdesigned photo albums, scrapbooks, journals and several dozen other items that founder jamie flynn calls"Memory products. "

Flynn's olympic marketing license and a bagful of other sales coups so far this year are expected to hoist the company's 2008 revenue to nearly $500, 000, up more than 30 percent from $380, 000 last year.

"And we'd have been a lot farther along if i hadn't had three kids in the past five years,"Said flynn, 41, who is the company's principal sales and marketing whirlwind.

The olympics is but the latest addition to a creative list of niche markets that flynn has come up with since she started the company in 1998.

She began with a focus on national parks, which she figured gave her a nice, taxdeductible reason to"See the country, to visit all the national parks. "Then she expanded to state parks, ski and lake resorts, zoos, aquariums and art galleries, with all of her products customized to carry the names, logos and images connected with specific events, locations and attractions.

And babies or no babies(The youngsters are 4, 2 and 1), Flynn has had her share of sales successes this year:She has added yosemite national park and five caribbean resorts owned by hospitality purveyors inc.

Oh yes, she also has signed as clients the governing bodies of a dozen summer olympics events ranging from swimming and diving to softball and water polo to fencing and rowing.

"I was looking for a photo album with the glacier park name on it, and i couldn't find one,"She said.Subsequent visits to the grand canyon, mount rainier national park and canada's banff national park yielded similar results.

But it was 10 years before flynn decided to take a shot at entrepreneurship.In 1998 she persuaded a friend who was a graphic designer to come up with a customized glacier park photo album, which she proceeded to sell to five glacier park stores.

The expansion to state parks was a natural, as was the addition of resorts and other attractions.She's even found a corporate market for her customized products, which are offered as gifts for employee recognition and similar events.

A few years ago, as she pondered potential markets that might fit her niche concept, the 2006 winter olympics quickly climbed to the top of her list.Olympic committee headquarters in colorado springs to present it.

The resulting license agreement, of course, meant that she had to climb on an airliner to spend six days in turin networking at the winter olympics.And it appears to have paid off, given her quick acceptance as a 2008 summer games licensee.The license covers sale of her products at the games, where she will spend six days starting saturday, and sanctions her use of the olympic logo on products sold into retail outlets.

Over the years, flynn has expanded her offerings to nearly 40 lines that go well beyond the original photo albums, scrapbooks and journals to include everything from coasters, clocks and coffee mugs to trivets, cutting boards and picture frames with laserengraved words and images, all customized for the clients.

And then, for the summer olympics line, she applied the olympics symbol to a lineup that includes water bottles, travel mugs, tote bags and even frisbees and pandas.

Flynn markets her products at trade shows and through trade associations, plus"A lot of cold calling,"Which she said she enjoys"Because of the challenge and the action. "She has one other sales technique going for her, however:Relentlessness.

For example, she spent five years pushing her products at yellowstone national park officials, who finally capitulated in 2003;One of her contacts told her that"I've never seen anyone with so much persistence. "And it took her seven years to sign hospitality purveyors, the caribbean resorts owner.

Flynn honed her sales skills as a rep for kraft foods' food service division, calling on restaurants in the st.Paul area.In five years there she won the company's"Trailblazer"Award twice for adding the most new customers.

Then her first husband was killed in an auto accident in 1996.Unable to face the attention of sympathetic clients, she resigned to take a job as coordinator of volunteers at catholic charities.