Fay Watson

Every Sunday at New Hope East Campus is different, when I am not on IT duty I often sit in the cafe and either stare off into space or I re-listen to the sermon. Today, I am sitting with the trusty mac book and updating the www.pearlandrecycles.org website and posting to the Keep Pearland Beautiful Facebook page. The music was great as usual this week and the sermon about prayer was inspiring. A few people stop and say hello, but since I appear to be busy most just walk on by. Hey everybody! I am sitting in the lobby entertaining myself. I'd much rather be talking to you! Interrupt please...

I know it has been ages and ages since I last blogged. Work, working out, school being back in session have taken over for now. Seems like it was just yesterday that I wrote my last post, but it was not. Since my last post we have had our big fundraiser work, I competed in a Crossfit competition, Keep Pearland Beautiful moved our office and David and I celebrated our 27th anniversary! Next weekend we have our next Saturday KPB sponsored event... Texas Recycles Day. Everything seems to move a fast pace...and not everything gets done that we want to get done.

Yesterday we were at Scouting on the Kemah Boardwalk. It was great! It really in unfortunate that it overlapped with Northern Star's Cuboree. Hopefully next year we can get more participation from our scout units and really show the area what our Scouts can do!



Today we took a break and spent two hours at Frankie Carter Randolph Park with Zachary. Sometimes you just have to stop and smell the roses...or at least the fresh air!  I hope to do a better job of keeping up with my blog and other things as we head into Thanksgiving!

Zachary at Frankie Carter Randolph Park

What an awesome workout group today at Crossfit in Common.  Sharing a Saturday WOD with Crossfit Bay Area and raising moneya nd awareness for SMA!  Thanks to everyone for being encouraging and for caring enough to show up at 9:00AM on a Saturday morning. Click on the slideshow to reach my picasa web album.

KPB staff toured the Compu Cycle facility in Houston to learn about proper electronics recycling. (l-r) Linda Cowles, KPB Director, Clive Hess, VP of Compu Cycle, Jeff Michno of Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and Fay Watson, KPB Assistant Director.

It was just Monday yesterday wasn't it? I guess not, it just seems like it. This week just flew by. By the way, I am loving my job! I am learning more and more about waste, and what isn't waste. Lately people have been calling electronics that are "past" their life span "e-Waste." There is a movement in Texas to go back to the legislature and try again to make manufacturers at least partly responsible for the products that they produce.  I imagine that this program would work like the program that falls under Texas Commission on Environmental Quality's purview that requires computer manufacturers to take care of their products.

To learn more about TCEQ's program please visit www.texasrecyclescomputers.org. There is a listing of computer manufacturers and links to websites that will help you recycle their brand of computer. The manufacturer must recycle the monitor, keyboard, mouse and computer as long as the set is all branded with their name.  The consumer is responsible for protecting (destroying) their data before they "recycle" their old computer.

The only television manufacturer underwriting the take back of their product is Sony. Linda Cowles (Executive Director of Keep Pearland Beautiful) and I toured Compucycle's Houston site. Apparently the majority of their work is in recycling, refurbing, reusing parts of computers (mostly from businesses), the best part is that they are able to do this very efficiently without exporting overseas. Compucycle also takes other electronics.  The average consumer off the street can bring in televsions for a small disposal fee, except Sony TVs which can be dropped off with no charge.

We are fortunate in Pearland that our own Stella Robert's Recycling Center accepts electronics (and other recyclable and Hazardous Materials) from Pearland and Northern Brazoria County citizens. Friendswood citizens can drop off all sorts of recyclables at the center as well, but must purchase a vouchure to dropoff electronics, they can do this at the new Pearland Parks and Recreation Facility at the corner of Bailey Rd and Veterans and then head on over to the recycling center. For more details on what is accepted at the Stella Roberts Recycling Center and who has to purchase vouchures please visit the Keep Pearland Beautiful website.  As we recycle more and more we will have less material heading to our landfills.

Happy Anniversary Crossfit in Common and what a great WOD! I never have participated in a group exercise that was also a "drinking game." 100 pull ups + 100 sips (gulps) of Beer (or water in some cases) in 100 minutes... I have concluded that I would much rather tough out 4 rounds with 25 pull ups + "whatever else" - it is a much different experience to tough out! John B did an awesome job grilling! And all the cheering and encouragement given to everyone was just a great experience! I love that about Crossfit and our great BOX! The wall ball I just do not understand...but I guess I am missing that Y chromosome :-) Thanks to Keelee for taking most of these photos!

The most of this week I haven't checked the website to see what wonderful torture would be offered up to us from our wonderful trainers at Crossfit in Common. This morning I did peek and that gave me time (3 hours) to dread the torture I was going to submit my body to at NOON yes high NOON with temperatures pushing 100 degrees F. I am not a quitter. I am sometimes a whiner. I am always trying my hardest. Sometimes you just can't quite make your body do what your mind is telling it to do. Sometimes there is a physical limit. I was close to it today, and the rest of the day has been Fay at about half speed. We walked down to the 200M mark in the park and checked out the shade for doing our burpees. The mosquitoes were hanging out, and immediately attacked - I HATE, I HATE, I HATE mosquitoes. I thought for a few minutes and then decided to sacrifice and do an extra 400M run to get DEET. In retrospect, I should have just let the buggers bite me. I didn't need that extra 400M, it certainly didn't help my time for the WOD. Now I know to be prepared ahead of time...and plan accordingly. I really am impressed with everyone who showed up to do the WOD today, it was tough everyone knew it would be tough but they did it anyways! YEAH YOU!

Wes adds a new dimension to training at Crossfit In Common! IT was nice meeting you Wes. I felt challenged and stretched, I like that! Of course one of the best part of Saturday morning workouts is seeing Miles! Almeda you did a great job! Everyone worked hard, I suppose the water the face helped with motivation :-)! Click on the slideshow to get to the picasa album then you can download photos if you like.