It aint easy being green....

Thanks to the awesome website from Girls for Glaciers, going green has been on my mind a LOT. Here's what I do already for going green:

-I take Anne to the sitters on my bike. It's only a 1.5 mile round trip but what if everyone took a 1.5 mile trip on a bike once a week instead of driving? How much of a difference would this make?
-I use reusable containers in our lunches as much as possible
-I wash out freezer bags 2 or 3 times
-I hang some of our laundry to dry instead of using the dryer
-I use cloth diapers and cloth wipes with Anne about 80% of the time
-I recycle what I can and what I remember
-I clean our kitchen counters with a homemade vinegar solution and wipe the counters with reusable washcloths instead of paper towels
-We use those fancy lightbulbs in about 90-95% of our fixtures and lamps

Here are some areas I struggle with:

-I throw away and give away a lot of things because I am not a pack rat and then realize later I actually needed the item so I buy it again
-I buy things selfishly for convenience such as Gerber Graduate meals, little containers of fruit that are easier to take to a restaurant than scooping out fruit for her or I use Swiffer cleaning cloths because they are easier and quicker than getting out a mop
-I use bleach, bug poison and chemical bathroom cleaner
-I use sandwich bags when it's easier for me
-I make lots of unnecessary trips in the car just to get out of the house or simply because I planned poorly (ex, making a big shopping trip to realize the next day I forgot one thing and have to go out again. Going to the library one day to get a book, the next day to do story time, and the third day driving by it when I go to the forest preserve to run.)
-I don't recycle everything because Anne likes to play in our recycling container and I can't put sharp cans in there or bottles because she might hurt herself (mind you, I could just walk out to the garage and put them in the bin out there that she doesn't play with.)
-I leave lights and TVs on ALL THE TIME!!

Basically it boils down to I go green when it's easier for me and benefits me. Riding my bike burns extra calories, which I love. Washing baggies, using containers for lunches and not using paper towels saves me money. As soon as it's easier to do something non-green I go for it. The fruit cups....I know that it's cheaper to buy a big can of fruit but the fruit cups don't have to be refrigerated so I buy them to take out with us. It is easier to give Anne homemade soup for lunch but sooo much easier to use Gerber's soup....It is hard for me to balance the two in my head. My green part wants to stop the non green stuff, but my incredibly selfish side says screw it and do what's easiest for me.

Here are some things I'd like to change thanks to Girls for Glaciers:

-I have already bought some cloth napkins and plan to start using these instead of paper ones
-I am thinking about buying cloth tote bags for groceries instead of using plastic ones they give us. I want to only use the plastic when we run out of them at home and need them for doggy poop and garbage can liners
-I want to start using lunch boxes all the time instead of using plastic grocery bags for lunch bags
-I want to perfect my using non chemicals to clean my house
-When Anne is older, I want to start biking to the grocery store (it's 1.25 miles away) with a bike trailer and putting the groceries in there. Right now she's in a seat on the back and too small for a trailer, so I have no way to get groceries home.
-Turning off lights and TVs and other appliances when I'm not using them, when I leave a room

That's all I've got so far. Any other ideas on where I can go greener???