Library visit! So much good stuff at the Southeast Branch Austin Public Library! This location has an enormous Spanish section and large kids area. It’s also bri ght and has a large equitable focus! I usually grab the featured books for my son that the library puts out and my 7 year old is loving everything…
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…
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…
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…
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…
In the midst of vaccinations hangover (so tired from flu and Covid vaccines) I felt like mending so I went through my little pile that needed the sewing machine, which is pictured here. I ripped the hem on my pajama bottoms, an arm seam burst on a t-shirt, my husband busted the armpit on a…
Shopping locally keeps more funds in small business hands, reduces shipping costs, and is fun! Plus air-conditioning! My son and I love to visit Terra Toys, the largest toy store in Texas. We have mom and son dates playing chess (we don’t really know how so we make up our own rules), eating a locally…
If you have the option and ability, a fresh pineapple is going to be cheaper and greener to process than a precut one in a plastic container. I have found that using a great bread knife works the best. Here’s what I do. Grab your kitchen compost collector because there will be a lot to…
My son is going into 1st grade next month so we don’t need our nap mat anymore. I tried keeping it around to use in building forts and such but he didn’t use it so we both agreed to post it on Buy Nothing. I actually didn’t have any parents who wanted it. A grandmother…