Remember how we spent last year organizing our home and sorting through all of our closets and cupboards? We haven't gone back to our old ways but it has been hard passing up free piles of junk on the street corner or estate sale treasurers. The house does have more breathing room and fewer piles… Continue reading Home Organization Tips with List of Weekly Projects
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Green Living Tip 28 {Bring a Bag Along}
Today's green living tip: bring a bag along. Wherever you go, just have one handy - car, purse, backpack, or bicycle - and tucked away so that you can say "no thanks" when offered a plastic or paper bag at the store. Or be like my stylish sister-in-law who brings a basket with her when… Continue reading Green Living Tip 28 {Bring a Bag Along}
Green Living Tip 26 {Clean with Baking Soda}
Today's green living tip: clean with baking soda. Baking soda can be used for everyday household cleaning and in the laundry. It can replace numerous harsher, chemical filled products and has much less packaging. It also costs a lot less! Clean dirty dishes, ceramic cook tops, and sinks - in all the places you would… Continue reading Green Living Tip 26 {Clean with Baking Soda}
Green Living Tip 23 {Use Cloth Napkins}
Today's green living tip: use cloth napkins. By replacing paper napkins with cloth napkins, you'll reduce the amount of garbage generated from these, every single day. It's easy to use cloth napkins when your household is one or two people but what to do with a house-full of dirty mouths? Designate a specific color or… Continue reading Green Living Tip 23 {Use Cloth Napkins}
Green Living Tip 10 {Buy Staple Foods in Bulk}
Today's green living tip: buy staple food items in bulk. To save on packaging and money, consider buying staple foods - flour, rice, oats, sugar, beans, and more - in bulk quantities. This can be done by buying the amount you need from the bulk bin section of your grocery store. Or, you can purchase… Continue reading Green Living Tip 10 {Buy Staple Foods in Bulk}
Green Living Tip 9 {Use Cast Iron for Cooking}
Today's green living tip: use cast iron for cooking. It may not seem intuitive at first, but cooking with cast iron pans is extremely eco-friendly. Here are three reasons cast iron for cooking is very green and why: Cast iron is sturdy and durable. Buy it once and it will last forever. Mine is inherited… Continue reading Green Living Tip 9 {Use Cast Iron for Cooking}
Green Living Tip 8 {Meal Plan Before Grocery Shopping}
Today's green living tip: meal plan before grocery shopping. Meal planning is the process of taking a few minutes to think about what you'd like to eat for dinner, in the week ahead, scanning the cupboards, fridge, and freezer for what you already have on hand, and then making a grocery list. It takes less… Continue reading Green Living Tip 8 {Meal Plan Before Grocery Shopping}
Green Living Tip 4 {Hang Laundry}
Today's green living tip: hang laundry to dry. Think laundry dried on the line means it's going to be hard and crunchy? Try tossing it into the dryer for 10-minutes and then hang it. A short spin in the dryer, first, before hanging, removes lots of wetness. Many clothing items are practically dry with only… Continue reading Green Living Tip 4 {Hang Laundry}
Liquid Dish Soap to Use and Why
Remember when we began switching our cleaning and laundry detergents? We've gone from all of our cleaning and laundry supplies from the standard cleaning aisle, advertised on TV, and least expensive to only a handful of store bought products that are made by a few companies. The liquid dish soap was the last switch -… Continue reading Liquid Dish Soap to Use and Why
Home Organization Project 44
This is week #44 of our ongoing home organization project. This crazy weekly clean-out was our New Year's Resolution for the year. My plan was to do several projects ahead of time and then write about them. What's actually happening is that I'm completely scrambling on Fridays and spending the afternoon cleaning, organizing, and sorting… Continue reading Home Organization Project 44
Go Gingham 