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EcoSmart Natural Insecticides Review and Giveaway
Summertime is officially here.
And along with the warm weather, family vacations and picnics at the beach come ants, wasps, and mosquitoes.
But before you reach for a toxic chemical based spray to remove these pests from your summertime fun why not try a non-toxic, pet and child friendly option.
EcoSMART is an organic pesticide and natural insect [...]
Vinegar, Baking Soda, and Lemons. Oh My.
When you start talking green cleaning 3 little words come up all the time: Vinegar, Baking Soda, and Lemons.
When I was younger I remember my grandmother placing caps of vinegar around the house (specifically behind pictures so they would not be seen). She told me that the vinegar soaked up odors (I didn’t believe her).
I [...]
Baking with Splenda. A sugar substitute that diabetics can use.
Right before the fourth of July our loganberries start to ripen. Just in time to be used for loganberry cobbler. MMM.
This year when I proudly laid the cobblers on the table and pronounced, “These are the best ones that I have ever made” I saw the sad look in our friend’s eyes. Just days before [...]
Set a Guinness World Record with your Jeans
Help Set a Guinness World Record™!
Summer is fast approaching which means out with the jeans and in with the shorts. It also means the end of another school year which = lots of out-grown over-worn blue jeans.
Wondering what to do with all those jeans?
How about donating them to National Geographic Kids: "Send us [...]
Clenched Teeth: A Sign of Stress
Many times throughout the day I find myself clenching my teeth. This use to be an occasional occurrence for me but lately I find myself doing it more and more. So much so that it is starting to hurt my jaw.
It turns out that clenching my teeth is my unconscious response to stress (one of [...]
Reduce your laundry’s environmental impact
Did you know that the average American family washes ~ 400 loads of laundry a year? Considering how often I do laundry for my family of 4, this stat does not surprise me at all.
When I start to think about everything that goes into washing and drying a load of laundry (water, electricity, detergent, wear [...]
Kids Konserve reusable product review
Did you know that one child generates an average of 67 lbs of lunchtime trash per school year!!
Now multiply that by the number of children in just one school and you get a whole lot of trash! One of the best ways to decrease the mounds of lunchtime waste that is generated by children is [...]
Seventh Generation’s Healthy Home Starter Kit Winner
Thank you again to Seventh Generation for providing such a great giveaway package and to all those who entered. I wish that I could give all of you this great starter kit but since I can't…
Congratulations to Lore, "Ewww….I had no idea that air fresheners fill the air with toxins and chemicals" winner of the [...]
