You may remember that I recently started making my own soap. I was tired of all the plastic bottles that accompanied our hand-pump soaps and body washes. Between the cost of these soaps and the ridiculous amount of packaging, I was ready for a better […]

Yesterday, we had the kickoff meeting for the spring soccer season, which just happened to be right across the street from Southern Thrift, my new favorite thrift store. So after the meeting, we popped in to the store to find some track pants for my […]

It’s time for a new type of post that I call Lazy Links, in which I link to interesting and insightful articles that I have come across over the past few weeks (rather than providing original content of my own). Some of these are older […]

Back a couple of months ago, I read an article somewhere (I can’t remember where) about using balls of felted wool in the dryer to decrease drying time and soften laundry. The premise behind this is that the balls tumble around the dryer, break up […]

Minimalism and green living go together like peanut butter and jelly. In fact, the mindfulness of a minimalist lifestyle leads to less waste, less purchasing of mass-produced goods (often generated by destructive manufacturing practices), and less stuff ending up in a landfill. However, if like […]

This post was originally published February 1, 2015. I have been sick the last few days. I stayed home from work on Friday because I felt so bad, and will be home again tomorrow because I feel so bad. But Saturday, for some reason, I […]