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13 Cupholders and other Minivan amenities

If you have been reading along you know that we recently added Gabriel to the family and he is now just over two months old.  In that time we have done a fair bit of driving.  The four of us.  And just the four of us because that is all we could fit in the [...]

June 27th, 2011 | Category: General Granola, Purchases, Simplifying, Tough Choices | 4 comments

Granola or Rude?: Kid’s Parties

Here begins an occasional series I am going to call “Granola or Rude?”

My wacky left of center self sees the materialism of society as rooted in marketing…not what we need or even want.  I want to pass on to my kids that things are of limited value and that experience, time, and personal connections [...]

June 15th, 2011 | Category: Better Foods, General Granola, Inner Granola, Purchases, Simplifying | 10 comments

Our Other New Addition

The last few posts have been very parenting centered – strollers, diapers, childbirth…  Well, here is something for anyone who enjoys hot water – and isn’t that everyone?

Our house was built in 1999, ancient in the newly developed Las Vegas South suburbs.  Overall, houses in Vegas aren’t made to be heirlooms…quick and dirty construction, [...]

May 31st, 2011 | Category: General Granola, Learn, Purchases, Reducing Chemical Exposures, The Environment, Waste not | 2 comments

A Tan/Green nursery

Our actually tan (wall color!), conceptually green nursery.

I have joked that education is our theme and that we have no theme…but really we have managed put together a second fairly eco-conscious, but still budget friendly, children’s bedroom.  Here’s a brief tour…

First, the most important part of any bedroom…the bed.  This is Pumpkin’s crib.  [...]

April 11th, 2011 | Category: Detoxify, Purchases, Reducing Chemical Exposures, Simplifying | Leave a comment

The Other Side of Yard Saling

As I have written about here, I take great joy in bargain hunting and especially yard saling.  I love finding off beat items, things I have been looking for at a single digit portion of a retail price, changing money with another individual not a corporation…

This weekend was our turn – we held a [...]

April 3rd, 2011 | Category: Detoxify, Purchases | Leave a comment
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