Necessity is the Mother of Invention – Plato

We've had a lot of fast-moving changes in our life lately. My husband recently left his job of 10 years, we bought a house which moved us about 20 minutes from EVERYTHING, summer ended and school started back, we became a 1 car family, and our oldest son, Henry, started playing football. Time, organization, resources... they've all seen better days than these. But I will...

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Choose Your Charity - Cloth Diaper Event

The 2012 Choose Your Charity Event About Our Sponsors Thinking About Cloth Diapers Every parent wants what's best for their baby, but lots of us don't have time to do tons of research. With so many great options available today, getting started with cloth diapers shouldn't have to be complicated! Launched in October 2011, Thinking About Cloth Diapers is a cloth...

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Is It The Strep Monster?

School has been back in session for 1 month and 1 week. So far Henry has missed 6.5 days from being sick. The first time it was a rotten virus, the 2nd time (just last week) for strep throat, and today because of some unknown sickness. I headed out just before naptime to pickup a few things for dinner and the school called my cell phone to tell me that Henry had thrown-up...

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Wordless Wednesday

My brand spankin' new Scentsy warmer. I'm warming Pumpkin Roll and reveling in that fall feeling, despite the nearly 90 degree temperatures expected today. It's all pumkiny, and cinnamony, and almondy. Isn't she lovely? ...

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GREENer Baking - Recipe Included!

 I love cooking and love trying new recipes, but baking is a skill that for YEARS has eluded me. I live in the south, so knowing how to bake biscuits are essentially required of a woman if she wants to wear the Southern Belle ribbon. After struggling since my teens to find a recipe that I love, my family loves, and can have it's excellence repeated I found my biscuit...

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I've Been There Too, I'm Probably There Now

Do you need a little validation today? Or maybe I'm the one looking for validation. Either way, it's Tuesday, the most mundane day of the week (except for the fact that Sons of Anarchy comes on! Yessssss!) and my morning has been anything but. I was hoping that the follies of my short morning might encourage, validate, and bring comfort to some of you. Because you're not the only one struggling. You're not the only one who feels up to their eyeballs...

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Green Giveaway Round-up

What do I love more than green? FREE GREEN! Here is a collection of Green giveaways that are surfing the net, just waiting for you to enter! Holy Cow Homesteading Sweepstakes - homesteading package... includes COW! Classy Coop - chicken coop Homesteading Know-How Giveaway - package of  homesteading books Walk & Bike to School Day Giveaway - From CLIF kids Berkey Water Filter 12 month supply Pur Absorb iron (ENDS TODAY!0 Honest...

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SW Virginia Saving Money: Guest post: Being Environmentally Friendly & Fruga...

Hop over to SW Virginia Saving Money to see my guest blog post that gives you the lowdown on homemade cleaners. There are plenty of recipes to replace all your store bought products. Enjoy! SW Virginia Saving Money: Guest post: Being Environmentally Friendly & Fruga...: I posted a short while ago about being environmentally friendly AND frugal when it comes to cleaners, eir fresheners, etc in the home.  A wo....

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Sneaky Green Tip #3

Sneaky Green Tip #3 Ditch the plastic to go green. When I first moved out on my own I would save the plastic containers from take out, yogurt, cheese... anything so I wouldn't have to spend big bucks on tupperware. After the BPA craze when companies started removing BPA from their plastics, I thought it would be fine to start saving those new BPA free containers. Then...

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Check Out Our New Bling!

Do you love the new header as much as I do?? I hope so! I hope you're having a great weekend, and Happy first day of Autu...

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Take Action For Your Health

One of the most important things I've changed for my family is to eliminate high fructose corn syrup. I know the commercials call it "corn sugar" (a name that the FDA rejected, btw) and tell us that it's no different from regular sugar, but that is a flat out LIE. Here are 5 facts about HFCS from a fantastic article on Huffington Posts website. Written by a doctor. So he...

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Sneaky Green Tip #2

Sneaky Green Tip #2 Buy frozen fruits and veggies instead of those in cans. They are the next best thing to fresh produce both in taste and qaulity, and you don't run the risk of having BPA leeched into your food from cans. By now I'm sure most of you have heard or read about the dangers of BPA, but just in case you haven't here's a quick run down. BPA, or...

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Choose Your Charity Diaper Contest

  As a follow-up to the Cloth Diapering 101 post, I wanted to let everyone know about an exciting awareness event that will be happening round the blogosphere in October. The Choose Your Charity Diaper Contest aims to get the word out about cloth diaper companies that go above and beyond in their morals, charitable focus, and giving back. You will be introduced to company...

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Class Is In Session: Cloth Diapering 101

My first big leap into the world of green was deciding to cloth diaper my oldest son. He was about a year old and I heard other mom's buzzing about the new styles of cloth diapers. They were throwing around words like pockets, stash, fitteds, longies. I was curious, but completely confused! It took me quite a while to decipher all of the abbreviations and slang terms and...

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Wordless Wednesday

Picture Courtesy of Organic Garden's "Wonky Veg" competition.What? You don't like carro...

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Facebook is a GO!

Hi everyone! I just got the Sneaky Green Facebook page setup and would LOVE it if you would "like" me. Please like me. Please. I'll be your BFFAA. CLICK HERE TO LIKE SNEAKY GREEN FACEBOOK PAGE...

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There Is Nothing Green About This Post

Not one single thing. But there are lots hilarious, quirky, and a really awesome things! I was checking out This Is Why I'm Broke and saw so many things that made me look over my shoulder for someone to share it with, but alas, everyone in my house is sleeping. So you know what that means? LOOKIE LOOKIE!! This might actually be what I ask my parents for this Christmas....

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