Sometimes you just need a new friend. Meet Turtley and Burtle. My son and I needed turtles a while back. It’s always fun to get yourself something when you buy a present for someone else if you can. These sea turtles from Wild Republic are made from recycled plastic water bottles. Our family does not…
Hi Everyone! Turns out I never posted on 4th of July this year! Oops! It always seems like it will be a lot so i procrastinate. Totally being honest here. The featured image is of me at my table at Mueller Neighborhood Association‘s 4th of July Parade and Festival. What was at my table? Questions…
This was my Austin Creative Reuse (ACR) haul on July 30. I had a list for Vacation Bible School (pictured below) and then my son and I needed a few things. My favorite find was a purple G2 pen. G2s are my favorite pen from when I was a contract administrator and I still use…
Cut your trash open just in case something blows away or falls out of trash. We never know what will get popped out of the trash truck, blown around at the landfill, ripped open coming out of a dumpster, or blown away in travel. This can be tags, hair ties, six pack rings, etc. This…
Reuse an oven tray as a trivet. This oven rack is from three toaster ovens ago but it has feet so I kept as an excellent trivet for muffins and cupcakes to cool off. The feet raise the rack up to allow air to circulate under the muffins and cool the bottom down. This post…
I found this little guy, who is an octopus, tucked away in the closet. The tentacles blow in the A/C or the fan so I had put him away as the rustling was irritating me. I’m a little sensitive to certain repetitive sounds. My son is fortunately over him and while he’s cute, but we…
These are some of my favorite frames to us around the house. For some reason a lot of my coloring sheets, I love to color sheets with pencils, end up being squares. I like to hang up my own art and my family’s art around the house rather than prints and paintings, though I do…
I’m catching up on blogging with reusable dishes! I’m having a green tea matcha latte and lemon bread at Brentwood Social House blogging this morning. They wash the dishes and I will compost my napkin at home. This is a great local place to get coffee, tea and food. It’s near my son’s school and…
Attending a pizza party? Bag up the boxes and compost them! Austin Recycles will pick up lawn and leaf bags of pizza boxes for you with your curbside compost and the bags are a great way to bring them home. They fit in a passenger seat or the trunk very well. I can fit about…
Here’s your candy/Halloween quick tip sheet: Candy bags go in the trash. This is the big bag that all the little candy comes in. There is usually a No Plastic Bag How2Recycle label on the back. Pretzel bags/Candy wrappers in trash. This box the pretzels came in can be recycled in single-stream recycling/blue carts. Happy…