Condo Blues's Profile

I'm not even attempting such large and loud prints on my short 4'11" self. I sat back and watched the world go crazy when the line dropped. Very entertaining!

I don't eat processed foods and have a small family. I buy whole "ingredient" type food and cook from scratch. I use coupons when and if they are available for the things I use. I'm selective about the things I use too. I average saving 50% per trip. I usually do better with the store specials than with coupons but I am surprised that there are coupons for healthy food, some organic, and green products out there if you look. Since I'm not extreme by any means, not having as many coupons available for the products I buy, keeps me from loading up my cart every week with 87 bottles of mustard. I use the coupons as a tool to save money in one area of my food budget and put the savings toward fresh organic produce.

We're a family of two that cooks at home and eats leftovers for lunch. I run a full dishwasher every day tor every other day. I use vinegar in the Jet Dry container which I thinks works better. I don't have a problem with it smelling. However, I often remove the filter/basket and clan the gunk that collects underneath it.

Last year I sewed purses for friends who admired the purse I made for myself and pajama pants for the nieces and nephews who requested homemade gifts. This year I'm making fleece chew toys and dried sweet potato chewies for the dogs (yes they get gifts)

I painted my kitchen backsplash with chalkboard paint in that the greenest thing is what you already own. Not to mention it's cheaper and less resource intensive than recycled glass tile (which my husband & I couldn't agree on.)

I don't have a problem with chalk dust getting everywhere or on my food. I use a slightly damp rag to erase the chalkboard and that's that. As for what's written on the cupboards, well, I know that we have a lot of fun writing things like "life itself" and a arrow pointing to the coffee maker and "Please dispose of body parts here" over the garbage disposal so I wouldn't take them too seriously if they say they have a cupboard full of ashtrays or other not so green things. Or maybe they just like to collect ash trays?

My grandmother grew up on a dairy farm. She never drank milk much because the boys who helped out on the farm would squirt milk in the pail, wet their dirty hands in it and start milking the cows. Obviously that was before they had milking machines but I still want my milk pasteurized to kill any harmful dirt or bacteria that may have accidentally gotten into the milk.

And make it skim milk (what she said they didn't drink but fed to the cat!) I'm watching the cholesterol early.

As someone who frys like a vampire in the sun, I am not giving up my lip balm with spf. If you have ever had a sunburn on your lips, you'll understand.

Oxygen bleach dissolved in water will also get rid of pet stains on carpet and is environmentally friendly because it's made with hydrogen peroxide.

I got my hair cut and donated the clippings to Matter of Trust to use to make hair boons. Every little bit helps!

I have the tomato planter. It took awhile to figure out how much was too much or not enough water. Once I figured that my planter liked a wine bottle full of water a day - I had much better results. The wine bottle made it easier to water too.