Antibacterial = Pesticides
This morning I was going through my email and I got my mass email from The Nest. Every once in a while I like to look around that site, it’s a guilty pleasure. I clicked through to read an article and starting browsing around. Thumbing through articles on being green and came across this.. What’s...
Keeping Your House Cool Without Air Conditioning
This week summer finally arrived. Yay! Well kind of.. This is my first summer in a couple years without central air and it’s definitely an adjustment. The major challenges to keeping the place cool are #1 We’re on the 3rd floor #2 South facing windows #3 No shade from other buildings to keep the sun...
61st Street Farmer’s Market
After many months of anticipation farmer's market season is upon us! Yay!
I have my list of markets to check out and at the top of the list is the 61st Street Farmer's Market. It's one of the independently run markets in the...the challenge
So the idea of going without buying anything made in China isn’t something I came up with on my own. It’s been a couple years in coming. My parents constantly complain about how it’s so hard to find things made here in the United States. Then there’s all the recalls, lead paint in children’s toys,...
We are made to the measure of our times
Snow. Snow. Snow. Snow. Snow. Snow. We have gotten so much snow this winter. This is the most I’ve seen since I was a kid growing up in Wisconsin. It’s nice though. Winter is supposed to be snowy not just gray and cold. Snow makes it fun. We finally found out that we got our...
The History of Scaffolding Has Been Dismantled
As the end of the year approaches I’m thinking about New Year’s Resolutions and getting my agenda for the coming year in order. We are buying a condo and closing on it in February, yay! I’m really excited about it. I love the place and am excited to explore a new neighborhood. The place is...
Less is much much more..
Over the past week I’ve been thinking a lot about possessions and why I feel this urge to keep acquiring things. A few months ago I bought an iPhone. It’s a really cool gadget but not so great at being a phone. I like the look of it. I like the features mostly. Being able...
We have no more to do with heavy stones and hard lines.
A quick update before I get back to work… The grocery experiment went well. Overall the total for the week was a couple dollars under our normal budget. I think it was $2. Not bad though. I thought for sure it would be more expensive to shop like this. I did go to Jewel once,...
You Can Lose Yourself in Hardware
The pup is doing much better. The idea of ‘quiet’ has gotten into his head and it’s great. On the hubby’s suggestion, this week we are doing an experiment in grocery shopping. Instead of doing the usual big trip to get things for the whole week we’re going to get all our food for the...
Can We Save the World by 2015?
I was reading some random articles on CNN’s website and landed on this page… A good start would probably be to not buy a giant SUV like a Toyota Sequoia..