Line Dry Yours Clothes-Save $ and the Earth

Inspired by my green friend KDK I have decided to line dry my clothes. Unfortunately, I only have one clothes rack so I am only able to do about half our clothes right now but that is better than none. When I stopped to think about it, isn't it ridiculous to be running the dryer when it is 90 degrees outside? It will be neat to see how much money this saves us but even more important it is a great way to conserve energy and be green-thanks KDK for the great idea!

Cloth Diapers

I've made the switch. Yes, the thing I always said I couldn't do. We are now using cloth diapers! Yes, I know I'm a little late since hopefully the kids will be potty trained in the next 6 months but hey, I was a tough convert. My friend Alison won me over. She has been awesome about answering all my millions of questions and loaning me stuff.
Now there are 2 main benifits of cloth diapers. First and most important to me is the enviornement. Do you know it takes 500 years for a disposable diaper to decompose??? That means those diapers will still be around when my great-great-great-great-great-great grandkids are born! That is convicting. Since I had kids I have become much more aware of the environment and how I want to leave the planet for my children. We have made a lot of green changes this year and this was always something I thought we should do but I just couldn't. I felt so guilty throwing those diapers away so FINALLY I thought I'd give cloth diapers a try. You know what? They aren't that much more work and it isn't messy. My only regret is that I didn't start 2 years ago.
The other huge benifit is saving money. You will pay about $2,000 for diapers from birth-2 years old. Cloth diapers cost about $1,000 and each additional child is practically FREE. Now that is a bargain! Might as well have a bakers dozen. If you want to check out the diapers I bought click here.

Green & Frugal Parties

Often times being green and frugal go hand in hand. For Princessa's birthday party we used our regular plates, cups, silverware ect. instead of using throw away stuff. Really, if you have a dishwasher it is not that much more work. So, for your child's birthday why don't you give them a gift that will last forever and take care of the planet they have to live on for the rest of their lives? In my effort to live greener this year I have also decided I won't buy napkins/paper towels but use cloth napkins instead.