Hope you had fun

Hope everyone had a relaxing Memorial weekend.  The weather didn’t get the memo for nice temperatures here at the beach (although you couldn’t tell by the amount of traffic around town!), so I got to daydream of going outdoors and running through fields.  I did however score a really great table at a thrift store [...]

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Give a gift, grow a tree

With February just around the corner, instead of buying those pricy flowers that die a few days later, this year go green.  Whether your are on the giving or receiving end of a Valentine, presents have always been hard.  This year, why not try giving saplings for you to grow together.  Organic Bouquet, a flower and gift shop, offers [...]

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Green wrapping

Now that Christmas is 3 (!) days away and you have all the presents, now is the time for frantic wrapping right?  Instead of buying wrapping paper, which wastes money (kids don’t care that you spent time picking out the perfect paper, really, they don’t) and trees, this year go green.  For the last two [...]

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Tip of the Week

Having company over for the holidays?  Want your house to smell like you have been slaving away, without the slaving part?  Try boiling a pot of water and add spices to give the smell of cookies in the oven.  I’ve used cinnamon, nutmeg and all spice.  Its a quick and easy way to eliminate pesky odors! [...]

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So full of it

Every wonder how you could become more eco-friendly when it comes to scribbling on paper?  Now you can keep writing/drawing or leaving notes without feeling like you killed a million trees.  These journals are made of 100% recycled odorless elephant poop.  Yeah, you read that right.  Handmade in Thailand, you can choose from either a note box [...]

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