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    Thursday... a pause in the thoughtfulness

    Due to my inability to juggle all my responsibilities in life, I am taking a break from Thoughtful Thursdays this week. Sawyer’s teething and allergies have increased his neediness in the evenings in the past week and that has put me behind at work. For those who don’t know how my work works, [...]

    Thoughtful Thursdays: Reduce/Refuse Foam Coffee Cups

    Why am I picking on coffee cups today? Because according to the EPA, we throw out 25 BILLION of these foams suckers every year and those cups will still be around in 500 years. Yes, 500. About 18% of garbage going into landfills is disposable food/beverage containers and coffee cups make up [...]

    Thoughtful Thursdays:

    Ok, so this week I’m sort of cheating because I blogged about this before. BUT. I LOOOOOVE it so much that I had to share again in case someone missed it before. First, let me say that children are wasteful little boogers when it comes to a variety of resources. Even if you [...]

    Thoughtful Thursdays: New uses for old clothes

    Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one’s thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

    This week on Twitter, Grey Eyed Mom shared this adorable picture of pajama pants that she made for her boys using her hubby’s old boxers.

    I thought this was such a cool [...]

    Thoughtful Thursdays: Reduce

    Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one’s thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

    I’m finishing out the Reuse, Reduce, Recycle series this week with Reduce. Now there are a LOT of ways we can reduce. BUT I’m just one little human who [...]

    Thoughtful Thursdays: Reusing!

    Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one’s thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

    Since last week I talked about recycling, I figured I would talk about reusing this week. Maybe next week I’ll come up with a reduce topic. Last week was [...]

    Thoughtful Thursdays: Recycle!

    Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one’s thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

    Before I start about recycling, I have to share that I just had a great idea. I need to somehow incorporate a new term into these weekly tips. Ready for [...]