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I have a confession to make. As much as I love the Earth and green living, one of the biggest motivations to going zero waste is because I’m lazy. It’s true. I’m a total homebody and I hate driving. Or going places. I may be the only mom blogger in America that can’t stand Target. […]

For the most part, I operate a zero waste home. My grocery shopping rarely includes anything in non-recyclable packaging, I try to make as much as possible at home rather than buying pre-made items, and most of the time we shop secondhand for clothes and furnishings I don’t make. However, I do bend the rules […]

Keeping a backyard flock of chickens is becoming more and more mainstream with each passing year. I’m reading about folks who have them everywhere from subdivisions to New York City backyards. You’ve probably heard of the massive Avian Flu outbreak earlier in 2015, where over 50 million birds were “depopulated” due to the illness, causing a […]

You may be thinking, “What? Who keeps a year’s worth of food in their house? Only total weirdos and preppers. Why in the world would I ever do that?” Outside of the Mormon religion, there isn’t much emphasis in our society on keeping a food supply at home. It’s considered fringe behavior at best, and […]

One of the hardest parts about transitioning to a single mom has been learning how to let go. And not just the big heavy emotional things, like the life I had envisioned or the family I pictured in my future. The daily things. I have to balance what gets clean in my house, how long […]

Let’s take a break from all the heavy emotional stuff and talk about something much more fun, green living! Zero Waste isn’t necessarily a new movement, but it’s been gaining popularity thanks to Bea Johnson and her advocation of her zero waste lifestyle. The basic principle is to generate zero waste flowing to the landfill; however […]

Quick Recap: I found out I was pregnant hours before my husband told me he made plans to move out. I shelved the pregnancy news while I contacted a lawyer, as Texas has laws that can prohibit divorce for pregnant women. We had started a separation agreement, told the kids, and he moved out. Then […]