April 22 is Earth Day but how we commemorate the occasion shouldn’t be a once a year thing. This year I’ve teamed up with Ice River Green Bottle Co to challenge you to make some sustainable changes to how you live. When people said green plastics were unusable, Ice River Green Bottle Co said “challenge… Continue reading Earth Day Challenge with Ice River Green Bottle Co
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Neatly: a sustainable way to clean
A few months ago, I got to test out Neatly, an eco-friendly multi-purpose cleaner. It comes as a concentrated jelly that you drop into warm water and - voila! - you’ve got a cleaner that will work on wood, ceramic, appliances, marble, granite, glass, quartz, plastic, and leather. It comes in a beautiful recyclable box… Continue reading Neatly: a sustainable way to clean
5 Things to Know about CBD Products
Cannabidiol (CBD), the second-most prominent-cannabinoid in the cannabis plant behind Tetrahydrocannabinol, the compound that is known to get users "high," has seen a dramatic increase within the wellness industry. That comes thanks to its long list of purported medicinal benefits without causing intoxication or coming with severe side effects. In a 2019 Gallup survey, 14… Continue reading 5 Things to Know about CBD Products
Mortgage calculator
Have you ever used a mortgage calculator to help you make big financial decisions?
Coding Trains with Robobloq
Robobloq, a leading STEAM robotics company dedicated to creating smart and educational robotic toys for children worldwide, was kind enough to send us their Coding Express. The smart robotic train can be played both on the track and off the track. You can set it to roam freely around the track, respond to whistle blasts,… Continue reading Coding Trains with Robobloq
Valentine’s Escape Room
There’s nowhere to go this Valentine’s Day so I essentially devised a way to lock the kids in a room while their dad and I snuggle on the couch for a hot minute. jk, they’ll be asking for help with this adventure. But a mom can dream. Since there’s no date night to be had,… Continue reading Valentine’s Escape Room
Sustainable Meat
If you’ve ever looked into how you can reduce your carbon footprint you’ve likely heard time and again that the best way to do this is to reduce how much meat you consume. But what if you don’t want to? Can you still include meat in your diet sustainably? I stopped eating meat almost 2… Continue reading Sustainable Meat
The Happy List
This is my third blog. Fourth actually! There was Birch & Bubbly with my girlfriend, Tuesdays Child where I wrote weekly updates on my daughter’s first year, and the one that started it all was Martha In Training. This weekend I searched through my old posts to find a cornbread recipe I made once that… Continue reading The Happy List
In the time of Covid
Hello again! I had great plans to keep this blog up to date but, as it has a way of doing, life hit us with a few curveballs and blogging fell by the wayside. And what a spectacular curveball Covid-19 has been! If you didn’t know already I’m a Registered Nurse and I work primarily… Continue reading In the time of Covid
A Very Merry (Sustainable) Christmas Gift Guide: Bathroom Edition
Whether you deck the halls the second October flips into November, or you wait until closer to the big day, the winter holidays are approaching and the gift guides are coming out. For the past few months, our family has really embraced a zero waste journey. We're nowhere close to zero waste, but we've already… Continue reading A Very Merry (Sustainable) Christmas Gift Guide: Bathroom Edition
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