How am I already shopping for tween girl gifts? Holiday shopping was so much easier when the kids were younger. I could get them books, toys, clothes, anything and they’d be happy. Now that we’ve hit the tween years and technology is all consuming in our daily lives, choosing gifts that don’t involve a screen […]
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Not All Produce Needs a Plastic Bag, I Promise.
When you grocery shop, does all your produce go in plastic produce bags? Stop The Madness, Please! Every time I go grocery shopping I see someone putting bananas in plastic produce bags. My earth loving heart can’t take it. Why on earth do bananas need to go in a plastic bag? They’re already attached together […]
6 Gifts for Environmentally Conscious Hostesses
It’s that time of year, time to stock up on hostess gifts for all the parties and gatherings you’ll be attending this holiday season. From Thanksgiving through New Year’s, parties and gatherings will be nonstop so take the time now to prepare. More often than not these days, people are concerned with product ingredients and […]
13 Ways to Use Pumpkins after Halloween
Halloween is like the Thursday Night Football game of the holiday season. There’s a big lead up to it because it’s the first official holiday of the ‘holiday season’. If you have kids, you will probably go to a pumpkin farm of some kind and spend hours trying to find “the perfect pumpkin” to carve. […]
Easy Ways to Reduce Food Waste at Home
Homemade spaghetti sauce and there’s just a bit left in the pot. Don’t throw it away, freeze it for later. Food waste is such a problem in our country and it’s costing us gazillions of dollars every year! Well, that might be an overstatement but you catch my drift. You may remember I talked about […]
5 Easy Upcycled Halloween Decorations You Can Make Without Hitting The Store First
Halloween comes every 365 days, that’s a fact! Except maybe in a Leap Year but that’s too much math for me. Why is it, I can’t ever plan far enough in advance to actually get some nice Halloween decor items and not be scrambling at the last minute. I’ve never been one to put […]
How to Make Eco-Friendly Tailgating Easy
Are you a football fanatic? Some teams have quite the dedicated following. Do you travel to all the games to cheer on your favorite team? Are you a tailgating aficionado? Tailgating can be loads of fun and carry quite a tradition but it can also leave behind quite a mess. An eco-friendly tailgating event doesn’t […]
Over 9 Places to Find Quality Second-Hand Clothes
Have you ever shopped at Goodwill or any type of second-hand store? If so, you know what a goldmine those can be. The first time I shopped for second-hand clothes was when I was in college. I think I was putting together a Halloween costume. Shopping at second-hand stores has come a long way since […]
DIY Cork Projects in less than 15 minutes
DIY Cork Projects That Take 15 Minutes or Less Here’s the scenario, you’ve had a bunch of friends over to celebrate surviving the week or someone’s birthday or whatever and now it’s time to clean up. Wine bottles go in the recycling bin but what about the corks? They go in a drawer (not the […]
Treating and Preventing Adult Acne Without Harsh Chemicals
How to combat adult acne without all the harsh chemicals Oily Skin, Hormones, Stress, Why Is Treating Acne So Hard Oh the joys of being a teenager, I remember those years, maybe not so fondly. My kids are at the age when hormones and puberty start so we are in full on acne combat mode […]