Reuse: It’s been hot here in Texas, 113 today, and so I’ve been using my son’s swaddle blanket to cover the front seat the sun is shining on. These are great to keep in the car. My now 6 year old will use it as a blanket when he’s cold, as a swaddle for his…
My exercise regimen this morning was tree trimming at my son’s school to clear the sightline exiting one of the parking lots and litter pickup at my church, Memorial United Methodist Church. My church is on a major road so there’s a lot of “it blew out of the car” litter (like fast food waste),…
When I think of event coffee, like at church or a class, I think of either Styrofoam cups or to-go coffee cups. Coffee comes in a variety of types: brewed on site and stored in carafes, single-serve to-go gallon servings like from Starbucks, or in Texas, plastic jugs of cold brew. Sometimes there are sweeteners…
Photo: on the left is the original black silicone band for a FitBit Inspire 2, along with my pink and blue blue shark 4ocean bracelet (retired) in front of an open field of grass and trees. In the middle and on the right are my fabric replacements. The middle is teal and pink in an…
My reusable clip-on name tag I’ve had for four years finally broke. My son melted chocolate on it and I cracked the seam while trying to wipe the chocolate out. I really don’t like the clip-on style it turns out so I decided I would make a lanyard hanging style. Even with a safety pin,…
Background MoveOutATX helps students donate unwanted, gently used items at temporary donation stations in West Campus [in Austin, Texas]. The program helps avoid the mess while putting items in the hands of organizations that can use them, rather than sending them to a landfill. For the second year, MoveOutATX is also hosting a Free Furniture…
Featured image from https://www.asbestos.com/exposure/handling-disposing-asbestos/ The Mesothelioma Center reached out to me recently and proposed I add information on proper handling of asbestos to my Where Do I Donate/Recycle? page. Turns out asbestos can be recycled, and it really needs a lot of proper handling to keep people safe. I wrote a short bit for my…
We’re going to do some painting this week! I have plans for signs and posters at church and we’re going to make squids. $4.87 for this fun haul of washable paint, foam brushes, and big notebook from Austin Creative Reuse. No butcher paper though. I had to go to the art store, Jerry’s Artarama for…
Ask you shall receive. I’ve been meaning to add chopsticks to my compost education board of items that can be composted. All food-related wood can be composted: popsicle sticks, kabob sticks or skewers and chopsticks. I don’t have any in the house and I wasn’t sure I had any in my utensil collection bin from…
Drop off this household hazardous waste at the Recycle & Reuse Drop-off Center, where it will be safely disposed of, recycled or reused. If brought to the Recycle & Reuse Drop-off Center, oil must be in containers smaller than five-gallon capacity. [This is a one-gallon coconut oil bucket. Costco’s Kirkland salted peanuts come in a nice…