Non-Toxic and Cheap Homemade Laundry Detergent

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I always wonder what this world would be like if we didn’t have to wear clothes. Did I make you spit up your morning coffee? Sorry.  Seriously, can you imagine all the clothing related industries that would become obsolete if we were allowed to run around with our birthday suits on? I say this to my daughter every time I iron her khakis, and she’d plug her ears with her [...]

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Ecokaren Will Be On The Joy Cardin Radio Show

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Oh, my. I hope Wisconsinites are ready. For me, that is. I will be on The Joy Cardin Show, a public radio show hosted by none other than, Joy Cardin. What am I going to talk about? How to achieve world peace. No, I’m kidding. I mean, I could but I’d be doing Dalai Lama’s job. No, I’m going to talk about “How to save energy during winter and save [...]

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How to Make Dishwashing Liquid with Castile Soap

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As you might have guessed, I’m on a Castile Soap kick lately. I use it in my Dishwasher Detergent that makes my glass squeaky spotless clean and my wonderfully scrubby Soft Scrub. I think my upstate friend would be very jealous at how spotless my glasses come out. She has hard water and she says she has to use detergents with phosphate to make her glasses spotless. I wonder if [...]

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Non-Toxic and Cheap Dishwasher Detergent

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OK, the party is over. This middle aged, pampered, prima donna has to get back to doing the dishes after celebrating her 50th birthday. (And THANK YOU for all your birthday wishes. My “Fifty things to Remember” post received over 1100 page views! I feel so loved. ♥) And after my “AR” finished cooking – yes, he grilled this awesome Asian Citrus Salmon on my birthday and even brought home [...]

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Money Saving Green Habit Change Project and Weekend Round Up

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I had breakfast with dear old friends yesterday. Carving out an hour in a week doesn’t seem that monumental but when you have deadlines, work, car pools, house chores, and other life essential duties, it seems nearly impossible for three busy moms to get together. Sometimes it takes two weeks of e-mails and texts, just to narrow down a month that we are available. So, when a last minute day [...]

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LED Light Bulbs in My Will

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I’ve been really busy since I last posted. There is a huge Handmade for Earth Day Auction going on at Eco Etsy. I’ve been posting all the auctions and it’s been quite fun but it’s also a lot of work. I donated two items and one of them was a pillow that Cat Ivins won (YAY!) and I had to finish a Skinny Organic Scarf for next week’s auction last [...]

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Foam Soap Tutorial

Do you ever wonder how to use up all of that little bit of soap that’s left on the bottom of the soap dispenser or a refillable soap containers? Like this one? It looks empty, doesn’t it? But don’t let the outside color fool you. There’s enough soap inside to make at least another bottle of soap! Here is how. You’ll Need: Foam Soap Pump – I use old ones [...]

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Saving Money while Being Green on The Mogul Mom

I am thrilled to tell you about my guest post,  “9 ways to be green and save money at the office”, on a popular business blog called The Mogul Mom. Heather Allard, who’s behind the site, is an awesome mentor for all mompreneurs (and dadpreneurs) who want to take their business to the next level. She built a successful copywriting business, developed two best selling products and sold them at [...]

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Save money while saving the environment

I’m sorry it’s so late in the day but I had no electricity today as it’s been windy and we’ve been having kinda weird weather pattern since yesterday. But you’ll like this post as it’s about saving money AND the environment. You know how my Mom and Mother-In-Law inspired me to be a recycler? Well, they might have always reused and recycled things because they were being frugal and not [...]

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Save money while saving energy

My husband is a Mr. Gadget. He loves the latest, the fastest, the sleekest, and the coolest electronic gadgets that come off the assembly line. But utility cost and how much energy they consume are on our minds when we purchase these fancy electronic gismos. Read below and compare energy costs and how much actual energy they consume when you are considering buying them as gifts this year. This chart [...]

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