I hate cleaning.  Let me just get that out of the way. But since it has to be done...I decided to get some advice from the smart women I keep in touch with from the Green Moms Carnival and on Twitter.  I asked them "What's your favorite eco-friendly cleaning product."  Here's what they had to s...

Have you been to the new Seward Co-op? Get your butt over there if you haven't. I visited with child in tow so I didn't get to browse as thoroughly as I wanted to but my first impression was a......

Are your kids into Pokemon?  Mine are - big time.  Yesterday, I gave in to a little impulse purchase on the clearance shelf at Target.  A set of plastic Pokemon figurines.  I hesitated, not wanting to bring any more 'cheap plastic crap' into the house.  But these figures looked substantial and ...

I'm finding it hard to believe that this is the 3rd installment of On Being Mindful , my New Year's reflection on blogging about  adventures in living a green & healthy life.  Where has the time gone? This year, instead of making a list of resolutions like I did last year or reflecting on wa...

I'm feeling a bit like a crazy lady.  I've been hauling water in a big bucket around the house.  It's 'grey-water' from our high-efficiency furnace.  You see, the furnace  condenses water from the air (as part of the heating process) and that water drains into our laundry room sink.     I'...

This is an updated version of a post I wrote last year.  I've added Healthy Child Healthy World to my list of favorite non profit organizations that focus on green & healthy living.  There's more to giving than buying a bunch of stuff.  And there's more to living green than the daily decisi...

I'm asking because we live in such a throw-away society these days.  And we're all crazy busy.  Who has the time to patch or darn socks?  Even someone like me who is somewhat handy with a needle & thread and a sewing machine, hardly ever takes the time to actually repair things.  You should ...

Not too long ago I had a pair of reading glasses bust on me.  Not only was it a bummer to have to buy reading glasses in the first place (how can this be happening to me?? - I still have 20/20 vision!!) but now I was going to have to go out and buy more of something that I've been trying hard no...

As we approach November, the traditional month for giving thanks, I took pause to think about what I am most grateful for in my quest for living a greener and healthier life with my family.  There are many, many things of course and it would be hard to put it all into words.  But the one thing tha...

Instead of buying plastic trinkets for Liam's 4th B-day celebration at preschool, I made homemade popcorn balls for the kids.  OK, so they're not exactly healthy...there are marshmallows and candy corn involved...but I'd wager to say they're better than store-bought!  (and they'll be consumed inst...