Bathroom demo…let’s talk trash…

Normally I wouldn’t devote an entire post to trash, but when you’re doing a renovation (big or small), you generate a ton of it and you really need to plan ahead about where all of it’s going to go, especially in a green city like Portland, Oregon.  Since I try to live a relatively “green” life (and believe me, it’s [...]

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It’s not easy being green+saving green: Numero Uno

Observe the following conversation between myself, L-blogger extraordinaire (insert guffaw laugh here!) and one of my BFFs: BFF: Oh, L-blogger, you’ve totally drunk the Portland Kool-Aid! L-blogger: (*innocently*) What do you mean? BFF: Ya know, the recycling, the composting, etc, etc. L-blogger:…..(*tilts head to the side a la dog to think*… silence) BFF: I just feel [...]

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It’s Not Easy Being Green: How hard is composting…really?!

Since we planted our vegetable garden, we’ve been getting a *lot* of questions about our compost.  This is actually pretty exciting because even *we* were super surprised at how easy it ended up being and, honestly, we didn’t do half as much work as some people and we were still pleased as punch at how it [...]

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It’s Not Easy Being Green: The first round of changes!

OK, I admit it, I am on a green kick lately!  It may or may not have involved me accidentally mixing Ammonia and Bleach when I ran out of one toilet cleaner and swiped the next bottle in line to create some pretty noxious chlorine gas….oops!  All I can say is that it was a [...]

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It’s Not Easy Being Green: Re-usable Grocery Bags

Kermit was right – it’s not easy being green!  But I’ve figured out one way that it’s *super* easy to be green!  Re-usable grocery bags!!  Yes, I have finally *finally* purchased re-usable grocery bags to cart my goodies home from the store and it’s as easy as….well….easier than being green!  I know, I know.  I’m a [...]

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