reduce, re-use, recycle

i have such a hot little tip it amazes me that it took so long to hit me!!!

it involves frozen juice containers...



here's how it works:

reduce: we are REDUCING the amount of plastic used for our juice by buying concentrated frozen juice. what's the difference in frozen as compared to ready to drink? besides the size of the plastic containers, the ready to drink juice has the water already added!!! how hard is that for me to add my own tap water? BONUS...i water down my kids juice by cutting it with water anyway so now i just save myslef some time in the long run and add extra water while making it

re-use: if your making juice chances are you have kids, how many times do your kids ask for a bowl or bucket or cup to play in the sandbox, pool or even when rinsing off in the bath...RE-USE those cute little juice cups for just these purposes

recycle: when your child is finally done using the cup...after about 6yrs!!!! just pop them into your weekly RECYCLE bin!!!

see...quick no brainer tip. and besure to look for 100% and organic juices...they can be found ;)

trumpette and mullin square on sale!!!

come and visit us at pretty little pumpkins and save 25% off ALL trumpette and mullin square items!!!



new markdowns are now in effect and items are arriving daily!!!

word association

i found this fun little word association at lady banana

1. Thug :: bully
   
2. Slurp :: annoying
   
3. Alley :: dark
   
4. Sweater vest :: winter
   
5. Targeted :: audience
   
6. Snazzy :: sharp
   
7. Oy! :: oh no!
   
8. Jury duty :: YUCK
   
9. Low fat :: no flavor
   
10. Responsibility :: i need a vacation
    

check out Unconscious Mutterings for more fun things!!!

my new toy

yay me!!!

every year for my FABULOUS birthday my in-laws give me money...yay them...so i can pick the perfect gift for myself. this year i took part of it and bought an AWESOME bike trailer. this may seem like a strange thing to by for my perfect present but consider this...



christmas 2006 my dear husband got me a great mountain bike so i could ride on the tow-path along the delaware canal, well a year and a half later the bike has sprouted cob webs and the tires have deflated!!! all because we have 3 little girls who cannot ride a bike for more than a house. not that that is a bad thing but they are to little to go any distance, so we are STUCK! we love, love, love the jog stroller but lets be honest some times you just want something different.

this puppy seats 2 (up to 100lbs) and handles like a dream (did i really say that?!?!?) we hooked it up to my bike today and babies 2 and 3 hopped in and away we went.

oh the freedom!!! of course daddy still needs to be around to keep an eye on one of the kids, but it was so nice to be able to get some exercise, and have 2 of the girls out in the fresh air!!!

it really was a pleasure to use and very simple, i never wanted one of those bike seats...they scare me and even more since two summers ago i was driving down the road and saw a woman with her bike on the ground and a toddler in the seat, i stopped because i was so worried about them and she had apparently lost control of the bike and crashed, thank god the little girl had a helmet on!

maybe if i ever get the chance i can pop up some hot little pics of me and my crew out for a cruise!!!

have a FABULOUS friday!!!

strawberries, raspberries, blueberries...oh my!!!

Yay!!! I am so looking forward to this weekend...though the weather people keep saying rain, the last 2 days the temperature has been in the mid 70's and today was HORRIBLE...the sun kept hiding here and there!!! :)

The pumpkins and I are planning our gardens and plantings for this year, we decided that because we love fresh fruit so much and the farm market stands are sadly disappearing quickly in our area that we would try our hand at planting some of our favorites to pick fresh.

Last year Quentin and I put in some strawberry plants and we were lucky enough to have quite a few berries sprout. Sadly though we would see plump, round, white berries on the vine excited to have edible berries awaiting us the next morning only for him to awake every time, run out to pick the fruit and GONE! The (rein)deer (as the girls call them) did it EVERY time. I cannot even begin to tell you how many flowers we have lost to the deer and bunnies, a drawback of living in such a beautiful area. So needless to say a topic VERY soon will be regarding safe, all natural deer deterents...be on the look out.

This weekend we are planting some blueberry bushes and red raspberry bushes.

As well as adding to the beauty of our yard, we are looking forward to some natural barriers to keep the girls out of the neighbors yards and enjoying the healthy, organic, tastey fruits...HA!...of our labor.

If any of you have natural recipes for jams, spreads or various other uses for these fabulous berries please send them right over, we may not have enought this year but we are looking forward to in the future

A few great places to find fuit as well as many plants are:

Cottage farms (I buy through QVC)

Spring Hill Nurseries

Have a FABULOUS week!!!