Household

Get the Best Night’s Sleep with Serenity Plush Microfiber Sheets from Private Quarters

January 27, 2012

TweetIt has been years since I have regularly gotten a good night’s sleep. With 2 young children, I know it’ll be a while before that happens. But the nights where both of them do sleep through the night, I want to get a good night’s sleep to make up for the sleepless nights. I have [...]

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Fuzzi Bunz Comfort Cloth Menstrual Pads {#GreenResolutions Sponsor Spotlight}

January 9, 2012

TweetI have been trying out several brands of cloth menstrual pads over the last few months. One brand I had been wanting to try because their cloth diapers seem to get rave reviews, was Fuzzi Bunz Comfort Pads. So I was thrilled when they agreed to send me a set to try out. Their sets [...]

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Rockin’ Green Detergent and Femme Rock Review {#GreenResolutions Sponsor Spotlight}

January 4, 2012

TweetOver the last several months, I have been testing a variety of natural laundry detergents. I got a few samples of Rockin’ Green when I was at BlogHer, but it wasn’t enough to do a thorough review, so I contacted Rockin’ Green and they kindly sent me a bag of their Rockin’ Green Hard Rock [...]

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BioBag Composting System Review {#GreenResolutions Sponsor Spotlight}

January 3, 2012

TweetOne of the many ways you can improve upon your reduce, reuse, recycle routine is to compost kitchen scraps. We have tried composting in the past, but hadn’t found a system that worked well for us. So I was thrilled when BioBag offering to send me their composting system, which includes their Max Air food [...]

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Natural House Probiotic House Cleaners Review {#GreenResolutions Sponsor Spotlight}

January 2, 2012

TweetI typically clean my home with mainly a vinegar and water solution and baking soda, which works very well. So, I’m typically a little skeptical about house cleaning products, even if they are natural. However, the fact that Natural House cleaning products use probiotics for their cleaning action really intrigued me, so I was looking [...]

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Making Green New Year’s Resolutions

January 1, 2012

TweetHappy New Year! I am expecting a wonderful year ahead for me and my family, and I’m wishing the same for you! Are you making New Year’s Resolutions this year? I typically don’t advocate making big, bold resolutions because those types of resolutions are hard to stick to since they are usually made because you’re [...]

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Buy Your Christmas Tree Locally

December 16, 2011

TweetYesterday I posted a picture of our tree, and I realized that I forgot to talk about the actual tree, and why we choose to have a real Christmas tree in our house. I feel like it has become a real debate this year about having a Christmas tree – whether it’s fake (and made [...]

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Wholesome Vegan Apple Carrot Pumpkin Bread Recipe

December 9, 2011

TweetI mentioned in this post that I was working on a recipe to enter into the Hodgson Mill Blogger Baking Contest and I finally completed my recipe over the weekend! I am trying to learn more about baking vegan goods right now, so this one took a bit of perfecting for me, but it turned [...]

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Lunapads Pads & Pantyliners Intro Kit Review and Giveaway from Reuseit

December 6, 2011

TweetI have been shopping at Reuseit for a couple years now. In fact, I bought my very first reusable hemp bags from them a few years back (and still going strong with them), so when I was asked if I’d like to work with them on a review, I was more than happy to – [...]

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Homemade, Dairy-Free Hot Cocoa Recipe

December 5, 2011

TweetWe have been trying to cut back on animal-based foods (more on that in a later post), so I am experimenting with some new recipes that will allow us to enjoy comfort foods without the use of animal-based ingredients. Over the weekend, it was really cold with all of the snow on the ground, so [...]

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