Being Green = Saving Money? New Lawn Mower

Hey Guys!

Our lawn mower broke this past week and lets face it, it was going to cost more to fix everything wrong with it than to just buy a new one. so thats what we did... 

We had been talking for a long time about buying a push reel mower. Lets just say I am in love.

  AB was unsure of the purchase bc he didn't know if it would work well or if I would actually help out. I was the first to try it and I immediately loved it... Shocker right AB could not believe I did the entire front yard but I did gladly. It was a totally new experience for me. I love it because I can mow while KT is playing and not have to worry about not hearing him. I can also now mow during nap time (if the weather is nice) and not worry about waking him up. It was so relaxing. Even with it having been my first time mowing I was able to put my brain into auto pilot mode and just veg out. It was exactly what I needed after my first Avon campaign. I had 20 orders!!! But more about that later. 

So with this purchase we will no longer need to purchase like $20 worth of gas every time we need to trim the grass. We also won't have to buy fuel filters, belts, oils and stabilizers, air filters, and spark plugs. We will have to replaces and/or sharpen the blades but that is only once a year and seeing as you are supposed to replace them that often on a motor mower that is no extra cost.

Once again Being green is saving me so much!!! 

I'll post again soon about our trip to Montana! 

Mykah Bri

Being Green = Saving Money? Cloth Diapering

Hey Guys!

Um, so why didn't anyone ever tell us that being "Green" could save our little family A LOT of money. Hmmm? Yea thats right I'm talking to all you other greenies out there. So ever since AB and I figured this out we have been slowly going green. Yup thats right we are jumping on the green wagon. Now keep in mind that yes of course we love the planet and want to help save it but lets be honest we started this with the purpose of saving money. Does it really matter why we started it or that we are doing it? Oooh. Look at that I made you guys think huh?
This will be broken up into 3 separate posts.

These are the things we do that are "green":
-Recycling
-Reusable Containers, Water Bottles, and Bags
-We also will eventually Cloth diaper

Cloth Diapering- 

So this one has already been a little difficult and we haven't even conceived number 2 yet. The people that I thought were going to be supportive have not been. I mean really guys. Its not like I am asking them to do it right? On the plus side some unexpected people have been super supportive. CDing has a ton of negative hype so I expected the worst when it came to telling people our choice. Let me explain it to you.

This is all research based because I haven't CDed before.
We approached this in the beginning strictly for how much money it will save us. Do you know how much money we spent on disposables for KT? Way, way to much! On average you spend like more then two grand per kid on sposies. Now idk about you guys but I don't have that kind of money to be spending on something that my child will poo in.

Now you can do CDing expensive but you can also do it super cheap. We have already started our stash. We have 8 gDiapers, 5 pairs of Baby Leggings, and a box of Bummkins flushable liners. All of which was either on sale or I had a killer coupon! Now while I have spent like $175 already on CD's and accessories I stand by my choice because I will be able to use this with all future children! So yea that $175 doesn't seem like that much now does it? There are also tons of different types of cloth diapers too but I won't go into all that yet.

So not only are they way cheaper but they are so much cuter!!! Plus it just makes sense to me to do it. I am a SAHM and I have no reason not to try it and again I just want to repeat the fact that it makes sense to ME! I'm not asking you to do it and I'm also not asking anyone to put them on themselves either! Sorry I got a little grouchy there for a second lol.

Anyway thats what is going on in my head about that.
Talk to you guys soon.
Mykah Bri

Being Green = Saving Money? Reusables!

Hey Guys!

Um, so why didn't anyone ever tell us that being "Green" could save our little family A LOT of money. Hmmm? Yea thats right I'm talking to all you other greenies out there. So ever since AB and I figured this out we have been slowly going green. Yup thats right we are jumping on the green wagon. Now keep in mind that yes of course we love the planet and want to help save it but lets be honest we started this with the purpose of saving money. Does it really matter why we started it or that we are doing it? Oooh. Look at that I made you guys think huh?
This will be broken up into 3 separate posts.

These are the things we do that are "green":
-Recycling
-Reusable Containers, Water Bottles, and Bags
-We also will eventually Cloth diaper

Reusables-

Another way we have been "going green" is reusable containers, water and bags. We have been buying them up like crazy! From everywhere and anywhere that we can find a really good deal.

We use mostly glass at home but have a lot of plastic. I use the plastic when I am taking food places or when I don't necessarily want it back. I have been saving all the glass jars that food come packaged in to store leftovers in. Now I love glass jars for all my leftovers but when we are on the go I use my plastic skip*hop containers. I love them so much and it super duper helps that I got them at consignment for $10. It also helps that they have there very own little cold bag and ice pack. No more giant lunch box for just a couple snacks. Yay!

I  have been buying a lot of reusable snack and sandwich bags. Not only are they adorable but they are saving me TONS on ziploc bags because I use ziplocs for everything and I mean EVERYTHING! Keegan also looks really cute carrying them around. I also love them because between Ebay, Amazon, and Zulily, I can always find a good sale on them.

I also have a bunch of reusable water bottles. I'm serious I have a ton. but how can I not with all the free ones businesses give out at pretty much any kind of event. Out of my whole collection my favorites are my Contigo brand bottles. We have 4 of the ones with straws. I love those because of how thick the straws are but, I recently purchased one of the Auto-seal ones with the button. I'm in love with it! It has so much more flow than I thought it would. I just all around love this brand. I'm going to buy KT one soon. I can't wait. Wow lol that almost turned into a review.
Now KT has a collapsable water bottle that he absolutely loves. I don't love that i feel like I can't put anything but water in it but I do absolutely love that he loves it so much. He drinks so much water now! I love that! He loves to drink it flat! He is getting so much more hydration then he was.

I have purchased like 10 but, hand-me-downs have supplied me with around 50 reusable grocery bags. I got so tired of them just being stuffed in a bag and never used. So I did the obvious and started using them lol. I can't believe I waited so long. I love, love, love not having to recycle 5,000 plastic bags every month... Ok so that may be a bit of an exaggeration but it felt like that lol.

Talk to you guys soon.
Mykah Bri

Being Green = Saving Money? Recycling!

Hey Guys!

Um, so why didn't anyone ever tell us that being "Green" could save our little family A LOT of money. Hmmm? Yea thats right I'm talking to all you other greenies out there. So ever since AB and I figured this out we have been slowly going green. Yup thats right we are jumping on the green wagon. Now keep in mind that yes of course we love the planet and want to help save it but lets be honest we started this with the purpose of saving money. Does it really matter why we started it or that we are doing it? Oooh. Look at that I made you guys think huh?
This will be broken up into 3 separate posts.

These are the things we do that are "green":
-Recycling
-Reusable Containers, Water Bottles, and Bags
-We also will eventually Cloth diaper

Recycling-

It all started with recycling. I just got so tired of having so much trash! We were having to take the trash out two times a day! Yea thats right and there are only three of us! It was to the point that we were about to drop $75.00 on a second outdoor trash can! Is it just me or is that a little ridiculous? It started with just recycling the minimal amount, then it totally took over my tiny kitchen! It was a mess. So I started looking at all the thrift stores and consignment sales for some kind of shelving system to put under my car port right outside the laundry room... and I looked at just about every kind trying to find what would work best for us. It may have taken 3 of 4 months but I finally found it! One of those metal utility shelves for $30.00! Yea thats right I'm awesome lol. I knew if I was patient I would find something good and I refused to pay full price. I looked at Home Depot after I found the shelves and I would paid like $90 +tax for the same shelf! So now that I have the space I have started recycling everything possible! We are now recycling plastic, cardboard, tin cans, and are about to start paper!

I was going to do glass but the recycling place closest to my home does not do glass yet. So I had been washing (even taking the time to get all the labels and glue off) and saving them for who knows what reason... I had quite the little collection when I realized that I hated my plastic containers for use at the house. They stain and hold onto smells and you can't microwave them or it makes it all worse. Now I still use them to transport food and things to family functions or parties and such but unless I don't have a glass jar big enough I do not use them at home.

Now I know this idea is not really saving us that much money in the long run but I'm counting it because we saved $75 on not having to get a new trash can and we saved around $60 on the shelving unit. Although I didn't intend to look like I'm trying to save the planet but it does feel good.  I know this is not exciting to everyone but I am a SAHM and I get excited about random household things lol.

Talk to you guys soon,
Mykah Bri