going green

7 Quick Takes: October 28, 2011 (Vol. 101)

~ 1 ~ I’ve noticed that I have been spending less time on Facebook and Twitter lately.  (Not so much on the Pinterest front though.  Still lovin’ me some Pinterest.)  In fact, my Klout score even kind of tanked.  I was glad that when I saw that, I didn’t even flinch.  I figure that meant [...]

What to Do When Your Compost Bin Smells Like Poop

Sorry.  I just didn’t know a different way to say it.  Well, I knew one other way to say it, but that was even less appropriate. We had this particular probably pop up this year with our new tumbler compost bin.  I wasn’t used to it, since we hadn’t had that happen before (at least [...]

Simplify Your Family Life Giant Ebook Sale

If you’re looking for my first day of Spring Spruce Up in the Craft Room either scroll down or check out my Spring Spruce Up post (day one) through this link. Corey from Simple Marriage and Mandi from Life…Your Way have brought together some of the top authors in the family life space with 30 [...]

7 Quick Takes: March 4, 2011 (Vol. 73)

~ 1 ~ We have continued with another week of sickness.  I’m really ready for Spring and the hopes of everyone being well again. While the kids and I were out this week, someone that I haven’t seen in probably around four years saw us at the store.  She came around the corner and said, [...]

7 Quick Takes: July 30, 2010 (Vol. 47)

~ 1 ~ So, apparently I survived the Chuck E. Cheese birthday party last week, huh?  In what was apparently a sign that we are apparently pretty social homeschoolers, we ended up with 23 children at the party.  When I ordered some lunch for myself, our party hostess (who was super helpful, especially as we [...]

Be Open (and Listening) for People Who Want to Get Rid of Things

We have several bigger ticket items that we got because we were either listening for people who wanted to get rid of those items or we at least let it be known that we were the kinds of people that would accept things like that. This doesn’t mean that we go up and tell people, [...]

An Unexpected Clothesline

I have thought about a clothesline on and off for a while. It just didn’t seem practical for a household full of allergy sufferers, and then I didn’t really love the idea of having it draped across the backyard either (not just for looks, but also because we get tons of birds in our backyard).  [...]

7 Quick Takes: March 5, 2010 (Vol. 32)

~ 1 ~ I was about to suggest to a business owner that I knew that they absolutely needed to have a Facebook fan page set up.  Then, I realized, “Hey — I don’t have one set up for Many Little Blessings.”  Sure, I have one for The Homeschool Classroom, but that’s a cop out [...]

Cheaper Solutions for Lunch on the Go

We have to eat our lunches in the van sometimes.  I like to think that’s not uncommon for families, especially those who decide to homeschool.  Although there is always the temptation to fill that lunch with burgers and nuggets (which we honestly do sometimes, I won’t lie), I also sometimes bring lunch along with us.  [...]

Flash Freezing Fruit to Save Money and the Environment

Forgive me, but I should have posted about flash freezing before our weather went to flash freezing in the blink of an eye.  However, I got to think about it while cleaning out my freezer and coming across cherries and blueberries.  So, I decided to go ahead and post about it right now anyway. Why [...]

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