Eco Posh Trainers

These trainers hands down are the ones I am most eager to try. Earthy Crunchy Mama I think is the same way.

I got these in the mail late last week. To prep these honeys they recommend you wash them five times. I know your thinking ahhh hemp you have to be kidding me. No these are a bamboo and recycled water bottle blend. I know what the heck. I need stock in this company. This is the most Eco friendly trainer I have yet to use.

They are close to the softest fabric I have felt. I want under ware for me. The only super funky part I had trouble stomaching is the inside liner is brown. I can't find them on line except carried in stores already. I was told they are the same company who makes my beloved Joeybunz. They run about $15 a pair. I am fortunate in receiving two. A medium on Declan who is 30 pounds and a large on Sonny who is just shy of 40 pounds. Both boys have some room.

Declan after our photo shoot took a nap. Three hours. Touching the outside of the trainer it was dry. Inspecting this lining it was soaked. Pulling the trainer off of him nothing dripped on me. Pretty cool.

Sonny I let run wild in his. He climbed trees and rolled in the grass and gave them an awesome durability test. They got dirty but did not snag, pill, ride up or sag. Sonny is potty trained more or less. Has an accident once in a long while if he doesn't go potty before bed. He pulled these up and down like a champ. No trouble at all.

Once Preschool tells me there option of these awesome trainers I will let you know. Think Monday night early Tuesday. I am dying to see how they like them. Yes both boys will be wearing them.

Little things make us who we are

Have you ever looked at something and said to your self this is probably why I am who I am? Here's my little rant. I clean and water my chickens every morning with our garden hose. Today there is a full bucket of water sitting next to the faucet. I knew it was there before I went out because my son asked if he could dump it. My natural response was no we can water the plants. This morning sitting there looking at the bucket I remembered the buckets we kept in our shower as a kid growing up.
I moved to the Bay Area when I was 1 from Southern California. My earliest memory was a drought when I was very young. Not flushing the toilet unless number two, timers in the bathroom to limit the shower time, dried grass in every yard on the street. The drought didn't last for ever but our behaviors did. My parents collected shower water to water our lawn. We had three five gallon buckets in the shower. We never ran major appliances like the washer, dryer or dishwasher until after 7pm or before 6am. We walked to the grocery store even though we had a car. My mom used cloth even when disposable diapers were available. We patched holes in our clothes.We reused containers like butter tubs and glass mayonnaise jars. This was all normal for me growing up.

I look around my house now and think about how I could live a little cheaper. Well I'm not doing nearly what my parents did when I was growing up. I hardly walk any where. I don't reuse water for plants, I run the appliances all the time. I'm not nearly are Green as they were without ever knowing it.

One of my goals this year was to reduce. I'm failing miserably at it. I read a very inspiring article on a blog I follow called The Zero Waste Home. It was about living Zero waste as an artist and getting rid of things that aren't used inspiring more creativity. We'll my hubs complains all the time about how he can't work at home because it's always a mess. My excuse was always that we have five kids. When in reality I could be a little more ambitious with my goals and get rid of things we never use. OK a lot more ambitious. Five kids in a three bedroom home really is junk busting at the seams. So today I'm feeling a Craiglist giveaway of stuff. It's long over due and time.

Who knows I may just set up a  rain barrel and throw a bucket of two in my shower.

What did you do today?

Today I finally set up a simple recycle center in my kitchen. I have been dying to stop giving our local trash company a nickel for every soda, energy drink, bottled water or beer we drink. I think if I'm putting down that deposit I should be getting it back. We have seven people worth of beverage and I'm sue we can at least get a couple bucks back in a month or more. I'll have to tell you how it goes.