In my opinion, the word “reinvent” should absolutely be added to the “R’s” of recycling- as in Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Reinvent! Okay, I know, it is similar to reuse, but really, when I think of the word “reuse” it just implies to me that I should use the same thing repeatedly-such as cloth grocery bags….
Category Archives: Frugal Living
Cloth for Mama-Are You Crazy?
Yes, you heard me, in addition to the last few weeks talking about using cloth for your kiddos, now I want to talk about cloth for you! Alright, before you freak out and think, “Now this woman has totally lost it!” Hear me out! Shouldn’t the same reasons we use for cloth diapering our little…
Recycling Yarn For Green Knitting (And A Giveaway!)
As MacKenzie touched on in her February 5th article, knitting is a great and relatively green hobby. My mom has found a way to make it even more eco-friendly –- by using recycled yarn. Recycled yarn can be purchased, but she takes more of a do-it-yourself approach, buying sweaters at thrift stores to unravel and…
A Step Beyond Cloth Diapers
Over the past few weeks I have been doing a little rundown on what modern cloth diapering really looks like, and a few comments have been made with curiosity about how early my son potty trained. If you don’t recall from earlier posts, by 16 months he learned to pretty much exclusively go poo on…
Fighting Climate Change With Chocolate: Going Green Never Tasted So Sweet
It’s probably pretty safe to say that there are more people on this planet eating chocolate, than fighting climate change. Sad but true. A more encouraging statement would be that there are definitely a lot of people out there that want to do more of both. Although there are many brands of organic and fair…
Um, But What About The Poo?
(This is article #3 in MacKenzie’s series What’s Up with Cloth Diapering? Read article 1 and article 2.) So, after the last couple of posts on cloth diapering, you are probably wondering how you clean the sure to be nasty cloth, right? Do you have to dunk them in the toilet? Are they REALLY sanitary?…
Skeeda Giveaway Winners!
With 297! comments our skeeda review and giveaway was our biggest yet. A big thanks! to everyone who visited both here and the skeeda site to support such a great green mom-owned business. Now, onto our two! lucky winners (chosen at random) who will each be receiving a reusable skeeda bag of their choosing. The…
But I Don’t Want To Use Pins And Plastic Pants!
(This is the second article in MacKenzie’s series, What’s up with Cloth Diapering?) So, from my last diapering post you know why I decided to cloth diaper. Today I will show you what modern cloth diapering really looks like. My very first stash consisted of only 8 diapers! Yes, it can be done, although I…
The Science Behind Saving Gas
There has been lots of talk in the past and even recently about how to increase your fuel efficiency. This talk is usually associated with gas mileage, but in places like where I live, that also includes power. Our power comes from a petrol generating plant. Gross, I know. While saving gas is very important,…
Get Thrifty, Go Green (And Save Green)
It’s no secret to anyone who knows me that I LOVE to shop at thrift stores, but it wasn’t always this way. When I was a middle-schooler, I absolutely hated it. I felt like it was embarrassing, something only poor people should do. If someone complimented a thrift store item I was wearing (which did…
