There are a lot of things that we have been taught should be disposable, like silverware and diapers. I agree, sometimes it is wonderfully convenient and helpful to have disposable items. We took plastic forks and spoons to the beach with us this week so that we didn’t accidentally loose any of the real silverware […]
How Many Times Should You Use Your Disposable Razor?
Posted on August 15, 2014 Written by 14 Comments
Living Smaller – Make Friends With Your Neighbors
Posted on July 8, 2014 Written by 1 Comment
“Bye mom, I’m going next door!” “Can I go to David’s house to get Daddy?” “Run across the street and get a cup of sugar.” Making friends with your neighbors is generally a good idea. Life is better when you know the people who live around you and you can have a conversation with them. […]
Addicted to Electricity
Posted on June 24, 2014 Written by Leave a Comment
“My life would be miserable and I wouldn’t ever be happy, unless I had a shelf full of boardgames in my room [if I didn’t have electricity].” “If you’re not charging your iPod, could you plug in my iPhone?” “I have another cable, I can plug them both in.” Our family is driving down the […]
Upgrading Historic Church Pendant Lights to LED
Posted on June 15, 2014 Written by 2 Comments
Have you noticed that many churches have the same lantern-style chandeliers? Our church and my mother’s church both have them. Jon and I can’t help ourselves, but we notice the lighting wherever we go. We don’t necessarily notice how bright it is or how classy the fixtures are, but we do notice how energy efficient […]
Is Poison Walking Around Your Home?
Posted on June 11, 2014 Written by Leave a Comment
When I was a kid we finally sweet-talked my mom into a cat. She kept saying she didn’t want to be responsible for another thing that had to be taken care of, she already had four children. One day a cat started hanging around our house and we started to take care of it. When […]
Identifying Invasive Plants: Garlic Mustard
Posted on June 8, 2014 Written by 1 Comment
Recently I had the opportunity to go out in the woods with Eagle Eye Institute. They were teaching students from our high school how to identify invasive plants in our area and remove them. This time we were focused on garlic mustard. Garlic mustard is invasive in North America. It puts out chemicals from its […]
Camping With Friends
Posted on May 27, 2014 Written by 1 Comment
We love to camp. We’ve been camping every Memorial Day weekend with the same group of friends since long before we were married. Conveniently, some of our very good friends have children similar in age to ours, which has made continuing to have family outings together easy. Many of these outings have inspired camping posts from […]
Don’t Trust Marketing and Labels
Posted on May 18, 2014 Written by 8 Comments
I have to start by saying: I have friends and relatives that work in marketing. Not everyone that works in marketing is a lying scumbag, but some are. To start with, the goal of marketing is to get you to use or buy their product rather than another product or nothing at all. I’m not really […]
I Love Being A Green Mom
Posted on May 8, 2014 Written by 3 Comments
People keep asking me what I’m doing for Mother’s Day this year. We have been so busy and have had so many difficult things happening this past month that I’m just looking forward to spending some time with my husband and children appreciating being a “green mom”. I love being a “green mom”! I love […]
Visiting a Single Stream Recycling Sorting Facility
Posted on April 28, 2014 Written by 7 Comments
I recently had the opportunity to visit the Casella Material Recovery Facility (MRF) in Charlestown, Massachusetts. This is where they sort single stream recycling. I have always been fascinated by how they sort the recycling and I found the visit fascinating. I was also struck by the fact that the person who is currently the […]
