Because natural isn't always possible — or easy.
Posted in Emotional development, Shopping, clothing on Jun 24th, 2010
Quick! Which underwear do you have on? Are you wearing the old ones? The ones that you bought on eBay (new, of course) and have owned for more than a decade? Or are you wearing the really cute (yet still cotton, of course) hip-huggers you bought at Aerie? The ones your husband says look adorable [...]
Posted in Emotional development, Shopping on May 29th, 2010
This is a quick one. We went shopping tonight. My husband’s mother babysat. We went out to the outlet stores. My husband needs new dress pants and shirts. After almost 20 years of listening to my shopping mantra — only buy things on deep discount — he is used to shopping at Macy’s or Kohl’s [...]
Posted in Cool sites, Environment, Favorite Things Friday, Pop Culture, Reduce, Shopping, Sustainable on May 21st, 2010
This week we spent the early evening at Brooklyn Bowl, which, to me, is really just a club that happens to also have bowling lanes. It was a launch party event for Yo Gabba Gabba’s live show. My big girl has watched the show. My baby, who won’t turn two until the end of June, [...]
Posted in Environment, Favorite Things Friday, Going Green, Organic, Shopping, Sustainable on Apr 23rd, 2010
I spent Friday in the city at the ASJA Writer’s Conference, which took place at the Roosevelt Hotel. Great conference, I was excited to see all the people I talk to on Facebook and on our online forum. Once I left the hotel, though, and made my way down 45th Street I was really excited. [...]
Posted in Environment, Going Green, Reuse, Shopping on Apr 20th, 2010
Remember my promise to spend and consume less this month? This weekend I was weighing that promise and my commitment to reduce against a desire for my kid to look like everyone else. Katelyn is on a soccer team. Way back when she first joined we ordered her uniform at the local soccer shop. When [...]
Posted in Favorite Things Friday, Going Green, Reduce, Reuse on Apr 16th, 2010
Anyone who has been reading for a while knows that when I get hurt it’s usually in some weird, obscure way. Something that prompts an insurance letter being sent out. The letters always want to know if someone else is responsible for the injury. Because hey, how else could you get a black eye and [...]
Posted in Consumer Packaged Goods, Dental care, Going Green, Health, Safety, Shopping on Apr 13th, 2010
I subscribe to a bunch of e-newsletters. One of my must-reads is from the Environmental Working Group (EWG). I got my latest email newsletter yesterday and opened it right up. The first item was a link to the organization’s Healthy Home Checklist, a two-page PDF that details all the actions you can take to make [...]
Posted in Consumer Packaged Goods, Environment, Going Green, Organic, Sustainable on Apr 7th, 2010
Yesterday Seventh Generation posted a great blog by one of its contributors: More Voices, More Votes. The post equates making green and healthy choices with casting votes. Every time you choose a home-cooked meal over a fast food one, every time you bring your own bags to the supermarket, every time you recycle instead of [...]
Posted in Siblings on Feb 19th, 2010
It’s been a recycling/reducing kind of week, so it’s only fitting that I am dedicating today’s Favorite Things Friday to cool products and companies that can help us reduce waste, improve recycling rates, and reduce the amount of plastic in our world. What do you think? Willing to give them a try? Ecologic packaging. I [...]
Posted in Consumer Packaged Goods, Cool sites, Food, Shopping on Feb 3rd, 2010
Over the past 24 hours we’ve had three instances of customer service via Twitter and all I can say is WOW. First, a little background: We own a Kenmore stainless steel refrigerator. It’s about eight years old, but it’s in nice condition. About a year ago it started running all the time. We have an [...]
