We are in a cornbread phase right now! We are enjoying our yellow, blue, and green corneals. We use Barton Springs Mill cornmeal in fresh homemade cornbread. I’ve been baking about one loaf per week. We modified a recipe from Bless This Mess so it doesn’t require cast iron or butter and we really love…
I was in charge of our class’ pinata for the 100th Day of School. Most of the Party City’s are going out of business and we have one near our house, which is where I actually like to get things for school so that will be sad. While getting the pinata and contents, I saw…
More sheets and jeans to Austin Wildlife Rescue from my neighbors/family. I’m also excited to share AWF started selling their shirts and kids’ workbook along with stickers at their drop-off center on MLK if you would like to support them locally when you make a dropoff of supplies or animal. One of the opportunities I…
Contact lens material (lenses and blister packs) can be recycled at Envision Eye Center in Mueller through the TerraCycle Bausch + Lomb ONE by ONE Free Recycling Program. Find a location near you at: https://www.terracycle.com/en-US/brigades/bauschrecycles… A neighbor put these in my Hard Plastics collection bin on my porch which I choose to provide as a…
$5.52 for all this at Austin Creative Reuse. Vs. $22.79 from Target So $5.52 vs $22.79 to get the exact same thing which you can’t because Target doesn’t have the small legal pads in the same quantity. Everything from Austin Creative Reuse is pre-owned and by purchasing these items you keep them out of the…
I finally broke down and ordered these Reusable Gift Bags from Grove Co. I wanted to make Christmas look a little more put together for my son instead of using our regular tan pillow cases. It turns out when I donated the magnetic boxes last Christmas I included all the wired ribbon as well so…
Here we are acorn collecting for our new stuffy, Squirrely. He’s a gray squirrel from local shop Nature’s Treasures. Squirrely is a stuffed animal made from recycled bottles from Wild Republic. Squirrely needed dinner and I wanted an outside activity for us to do together. I’m working on getting us outside more for our eyesight,…
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…