Homemaker Chronicles

There was a time when Adia went around proclaiming “I. am. a. robot.” in her best 80’s synthesized robotic voice.  I guess she saw some Spongebob episode and, like the little parrot she is, repeated everything she saw.  It’s annoying when Spongebob does it, but hilarious when my 3 year old mimics it…go figure.
That actually [...]

Let’s take a few minutes and discuss this whole “cloth diaper” thing.
First of all it’s going well, thank you.
Salem’s diaper rash* is better although he had yeast breakout yesterday.  Yeast is a whole different monster and has mainly to do with Salem’s eating habits. Which consist mainly of wheat bread, potatoes and graham crackers.
Mmm!!  Yeasty!!
*Salem’s [...]

Do you know the difference between organic and conventional foods or organic and all natural foods?  Riiight…
Of course I know ALL ABOUT that.  I mean, I’m an expert at this stuff.  I spent 6 years at Harvard studying food nutrition.  Plus, I got my Masters in organic farming.
Not really. 
But I did do a [...]

You all know how I took the “NO TRASH” challenge for the month of July.  Well it’s been going well according to my standards.  However, if the trash police came to my house each day they might not think so.
We have honestly gone from taking the trash out about twice a day (in the kitchen [...]

You might have noticed I have a new little green box on my sidebar there. Well, that’s because I am PROUD to announce that Payless Shoes has gone Green!! They have a new line of shoes, Zoe&Zac, that is made out of recycled rubber and organic cotton.
If you purchase any of these shoes [...]

You guys should know by now that I’m all about some eco-friendly habits.  I would love it if I could make some major energy-saving changes to our lives and focus on recycling as much as possible.  However, when I read about this “reducing” tip it  just made me squirm a little!!
Wanna know what it is?  Keep reading…
Have [...]

My best good friend Whitney sent me this recipe and I am actually gonna givita go this week.  (It’s her Birthday today by the way!)
This is a recipe for homemade chocolate-covered cherries liquid laundry detergent.  It, apparently, costs only 2 cents per load!!  (maybe we should go ahead and eat it too…since it’s so cheap and all)
Here goes the [...]

I have a confession to make…I’ve given up!
Remember this post about washing dishes?    Well, this is what I’ve resorted to.

Yes.  That is a group of PLASTIC cups with each of my family member’s names on them.  Okay, I saw this TV show once about this family from Arkansas (which is where I am originally from), [...]