parenting

Ohdeeoh has another take on the family interview, giving me even more fodder for something I hope to execute this weekend. Fun!

PopATot: Ingenious or not worth the money? I feel like we could be at the perfect age/mobility range for one of these in the spring, to keep one baby safely contained if another needs immediate attention. But probably I’ll just bring the less-popular of our exersaucers outside (the one we got at a yard sale for $5) rather than shelling out $50.

crafting

Crafting a Green World is hitting all the right notes with me lately, the way that Ohdeeoh seemed to be in my brain a few months ago. This week, cute small projects with fabric scraps. Also, more organic fabric and yarn sources. Must get that chicken print! Or perhaps spend some time making rubber stamps out of shoe soles.

eating

Re-nest helps us eat local! It doesn’t seem especially accurate for my state (why would a pile of produce be available right now in Minnesota that is not available in Wisconsin?), but it does give a sense of regional best buys.

The NRDC, Natural Resources Defense Council, has an online tool that can help you minimize the amount of well-traveled foods you consume. You can plug in the time of year down to early and late part of each month, plus the state in question. Once the tool churns out foods harvested or cellared in your state this time of year, it will also offer foods from neighboring states.

I’ve been having a leftover bottleneck lately, so the Parenthacks post on the topic comes at a good time for me.

resources

Whole Foods highlights their new recycling programs: Brita water filters and #5 plastics to be turned directly into toothbrushes and other hosuehold goods.

Kelly at Almost Frugal talks about rethinking your behavior to provide new ways to be frugal, and I totally agree. It’s easy to be prisoner to ideas that maybe have worked in the past, or items that are easy and comfortable.

Mommies with Cents posts a free opportunity to fight childhood hunger, an important cause to me and countless others.

Share Our Strength is an organization dedicated to ending childhood hunger. Some food banks across the country are reporting a 40- to 50-percent increase in demand.

Share Our Strength’s “Operation No Kid Hungry” works with the Mobile Giving Foundation to raise funds for food banks across the country. By simply texting the word “SHARE” to 20222 on your mobile device, you can instantly make a $5 donation to Share Our Strength. Wireless users can choose to donate once, twice or even up to five times to contribute.