Earth Day....

In honor of Earth Day I thought I'd share little ways in which our family tries to be green.  After moving into our new house last year, our city started a blue-bag recycling program.  You simply seperate non-recycleables from those that can be recycled into one bag.  The city picks up your blue bags once a week right outside on the curb.  MUCH easier than what we've tried and failed before of seperating plastics, paper, glass and hauling them off to the local recycle center.  We have a blue bag can right beside our trash can in the kitchen to make it that much easier.  I love watching our recycling stack up in comparison to our trash. 

Just this week I discovered reusable swim diapers.  I know what you are thinking....ugh.  With Ethan's Infant Swim classes, I realized how much money I was spending on disposable swim diapers for him to wear them for literally ten minutes.  Not to mention they really don't work for pee!  I googled swim diapers and found this washable swim diaper.  I absolutely love it.  You just toss in your washing machine and air dry.  Ethan has never gone #2 in the pool so I'm keeping my fingers crossed it stays this way.  Gives me a little bit of a different opinion on cloth diapers....just a little bit!

One of my favorite stocking stuffers of all times from my SIL, Whitney, were these Envirosax.  I love toting my groceries, Target goodies, and many other items around in them.  They roll up into a small ball to fit inside your purse so you never forget to bring your own bag.  These sturdy little bags come in a ton of different colors and prints....adorable!

I love to organize so on-line bill pay through our bank is a must for me.  I love how everything is one place.  It saves a ton of money on stamps, time writing checks, and the hassle of checking to see if those checks where cashed, etc.  I sit down twice a month and pay everyone from the electric company to our dentist.  Once you set it up...it is so easy.