How to Conduct Your Own Home Energy Audit
on Nov 16, 2009 in Challenges saving energy Green Moms Carnival saving money How to home improvement green Unlike some areas of the United States, my local gas and electric companies do not offer free home energy audits to their customers. After much digging on my gas company’s Website, I found a link to...

6 Recycling DIY Ideas for Non DIYres
on Nov 5, 2009 in cleaning and organization Pekingese dog DIY saving energy Green Moms Carnival saving money reuse/recycle How to green It only takes a short drive to go from my city that has a formal recycling program for glass, paper, metal, and plastic to tiny rural town America that tried and failed to make their city...

6 DIY Recycling Ideas for Non DIYres
on Nov 5, 2009 in cleaning and organization Pekingese dog DIY saving energy Green Moms Carnival saving money reuse/recycle How to green It only takes a short drive to go from my city that has a formal recycling program for glass, paper, metal, and plastic to tiny rural town America that tried and failed to make their city...

Candyland Cake
on Nov 3, 2009 in kids Worlds Most Fabulous Aunt decorating DIY kitsch humor saving money craft recipes Little Mr G. had a birthday. Birthdays mean cake. No crappy grocery store bakery cake for this kid. Mr G’s mom made a cake from scratch, plunked it on a clean and reused cake...

Practically Green
on Nov 1, 2009 in cleaning and organization reviews saving money reuse/recycle craft How to recipes health and beauty green When I got my free review copy of Micaela Preston’s book Practically Green Your Guide to Ecofriendly Decision-Making  I devoured it in almost one sitting. Yeah, I liked it that...

Decorate Your Pumpkins with Stencils!
on Oct 29, 2009 in tools DIY humor kitsch reuse/recycle craft holiday green kids decorating Worlds Most Fabulous Aunt life in general saving money Husband wanted to carve pumpkins this year for Halloween. Intricate carving with stencils kind of pumpkins like the Bruce Campbell/Evil Dead pumpkin our friend carved last Halloween. I wasn’t...

Blitzkrieg’s Balloon Boy Costume!
on Oct 27, 2009 in Pekingese dog life in general kitsch humor dog sports reuse/recycle craft holiday green Blitzkrieg needed a costume for the Capital Area Human Society’s Halloween Pet Parade but what do you do if you dog hates costumes? Hmmmm…Think. Think. Think. After watching way too much of the...

Reverse Trick or Treat: Green or Just Mean?
on Oct 23, 2009 in kids life in general holiday green I’ve tried writing this post for two weeks. The subject turns one of the happiest times of my year into a depressing stress ball of emotions. I’m talking about Reverse Trick or Treat. Here’s the...

I Have a New Friend, Her Name is Alice.com
on Oct 21, 2009 in cleaning and organization reviews saving money health and beauty green Alice.com is a web store where you can buy household cleaning and sundries online and have they shipped directly to your door. Their free shipping has appeal. I thought it was a great idea but I...

I’m an Outlaw, a Craftin’ Outlaw That Is
on Oct 19, 2009 in sewing humor kitsch linky love reuse/recycle craft holiday green health and beauty kids decorating life in general saving money Last Saturday I went to the Craftin’ Outlaws craft fair. It's a far cry from the doily covered craft fairs I went to as a kid with my Grandmother. Many of these artists use reclaimed materials,...