Right now I am in love with Adagio Teas.  About a year ago I ordered the TriniTEA Tea maker from them.  It is wonderful and lovely.  I use it just about every day.  It's like a coffee pot but for tea - there is a three chambered system that boils the water, brews the tea, and keeps the tea hot!  The great thing is that you can set the timer for any ( Read more... )

We've been using cloth diapers for seven months now and I still love them!  It's weird because I see diaper commercials on tv and they make it seem like you need all kinds of different types of diapers.  Special soft ones for delicate skin, extra absorbent for night, stretchy ones for when they are crawling, different stretchy ones for when they ( Read more... )

The green movement is really going mainstream and it's super exciting.  I just found out that Payless Shoes now carries and eco-friendly brand: Zoe & Zac.  The shoes are manufactured with water-based glues, contain organic cloth materials and recycled rubber, and the boxes the shoes come in are made from recycled materials and printed with soy-inks ( Read more... )

Since the arrival of Dominic in our lives I think I have been letting my green efforts slip a lot.  I'm buying stuff with lots of packaging, we have more trash, and I'm not thinking through purchases from an environmental stand point as much as I used to ( Read more... )

Before having a baby I had no idea of the tremendously large amount of clothing that such a tiny person would need!  Dominic averages 2 outfits a day and frequently has days that include 4-5 changes of clothes.  Most of this is caused by his lack of control over his bodily functions but still it's a lot of laundry for someone so small ( Read more... )