YAY for recycle day.. (Tues.5.5.09)

YAY is for real!!

Dad set us up with curb-side recycling and it is fantastic!! ..plastic, cans, glass, and paper... and no sorting necessary!!! ..how awesome is that!?

This was the last pile too! ...no more mountainous piles of recycling waiting to be taken!!

Saving it up and taking it to the recycle center was worth it, but this is just plain wonderful!

tamborine girl.. (Sat.4.18.09)

'How'm I doin?'

Adorable! ..with her dad's band at the Earth Day fest at TMC today..

..too cute for words!

mmm.. coffeee.. (sun. 2.8.09)

local beans from our local grocery.

..very good.. and organic! :)

green dad..

i just couldn't resist sharing this commercial-style announcement my dad has been making for the past week or more...



...he has found a most-interesting way to reduce, reuse, and recycle old paper towels.. i think you'll be impressed (and maybe even a little appalled! :)

..i love that guy and i'm so glad he's green... it's most definitely the foundation for my green tendencies! :)

homemade toothpaste...

..seems like forever now since shannon told me about this homemade toothpaste recipe, but i finally got all the ingredients together and out came this fantastic mixture for cleaning my teeth!!


had to capture my little workspace...



..i started to collect the 'toothpaste' -which is actually more like toothpowder- in two separate jars (for sharing purposes:) but then i soon imagined having to twist and untwist that lid a few times a day and thought i might better transfer it over to the mini-tupperware! ;)

so here's the recipe... (i highly recommend it! :)

*zest of one lime (let dry for two hours)

*1 cup baking soda

*20 drops peppermint oil


...i will definitely be throwing out (well, passing on) the tube stuff... it surely is like brushing your teeth with baking soda (because essentially that's what you're doing) but the peppermint oil gives it a more-than-bearable flavor and the lime zest is kind of like a refreshing pulp-texture...

i'm looking forward to yet another way to forgo the storebought stuff!! ..let me know if anyone's up for giving it a try!! <3

no more plastic...

i made it to and from wal-mart without adding any plastic bags to the collection!! (not always an easy feat!) ...yay!!

29 before thirty #29!

homemade..

here they are.. the bag i finally finished (new orleans) and a new one (hug.a.tree) shannon taught me how to do!!


..from new orleans tshirt from summer 04...


..from a walmart tshirt i used to love to wear...
(lined w/ duct tape!) <3

SP4: hair care..

Simple Pleasure #4: my new hair-care procedures..

1 tblspn. baking soda + 1 cup water for the cleansing

1tblspn. apple cider vinegar + 1 cup water for the conditioning rinse

...it's been almost two weeks, and so far so good.. :)

.....I have since abandoned this method........... the longer-term affects didn't seem so nice on the locks....

my little tree hugger...

she's starting early! :)

so really i just wanted to say 'yay' for this great new program (new to me at least) called picasa...

i guess it's just a picture-sorter type thing, but it's great!
...made by google... it's pretty fantastic! ......(that little rainbow square icon under the picture will link you to the site..)

sharing this pic has never been easier! :)


happy fall!<3

compost...

so i've been asking for a compost pile and guess what!?
...dad 'carved out' a little space in the back just for me!

i don't really know all the rules quite yet, or exactly how to maintenance it, but i'm looking forward to learning! <3