Jul 28, 2010 | No retail shopping |
Let me start by saying I’m not posting a photo of my garage. It would scare people. I did decide to start cleaning it. I do this process about once a year, but I’m pretty sure that the stuff is multiplying like rabbits. My house isn’t too big...
Jul 27, 2010 | No retail shopping, Recycle, Salvaged, Save $ |
I’m always yapping to people about my blog and the challenge, but most people will not remember the website name or think about visiting it. I would like to eventually turn this into a resource of ideas, from easy to radical, on making life changes to become...
Jul 26, 2010 | Dumpster diving, No retail shopping
We had our light painting photo safari last night. If you want to entertain a bunch of kids, give them a box of toys and some flashlights. If you want to entertain a bunch of adults, give them the same stuff, but add a camera. So what does this have to do with trash...
Jul 25, 2010 | No retail shopping, Save $
I have a small contain spice garden in my very small backyard. I had every intention of making a garden this year, but I ran out of time, money and space. Time, I could make time if I really wanted to. Money? Probably would have paid for itself many times over....
Jul 24, 2010 | No retail shopping, Read the fine print, Save $, Thrift store |
Houston, we have a prob… challenge. It’s time to buy school supplies. The boys dad is buying their new shoes, which is good, because I have had a difficult time finding used ones for them. I suppose it would be helpful if I knew what size they wore! I...
Jul 23, 2010 | No retail shopping, Recycle, Salvaged |
I found this listing under ‘free stuff’ on craigslist.org. It made me smile. This is a great example of being mindful about our resources. Reply to: sale-qathe**********@craigslist.org for some reason i own 2 blue fuzzy lined little boys crocs size 9....
Jul 22, 2010 | No retail shopping, Save $, Thrift store |
“What if nobody bought new stuff? What would happen to the economy?” This was a question asked by Thom yesterday, and I might add, a very good one. First let me say that I appreciate the people that have enough money and are willing to pay for new items....
Jul 22, 2010 | No retail shopping, Read the fine print, Save $
Grocery shopping is the only shopping I’ve done lately, and really the only shopping I’ve had any desire for. I went to Sprouts last night, as I have a few select things I like to get there. Tuna steaks and kabobs mostly. Their seafood is not smelly....
Jul 20, 2010 | No retail shopping, Thrift store
I decided to go to the thrift store yesterday. I was hoping to find some shoes and shorts for the boys. I made them look for shorts individually, which did not go well until I forced them t do it together. They found 3 pairs and I found a fourth so now I...
Jul 19, 2010 | Abandoned places, Ideas, No retail shopping |
This is a photo story from an abandoned house I visited yesterday. Yes, sadly, trash society includes houses. I do love to take photos in abandoned houses, as all of them have an untold story. It’s like reading a suspenseful book, but being right there in it....
Jul 19, 2010 | No retail shopping
iDecided to take the Apple logo off the back of my car. iWent outside after church, going to my car and saw a guy taking a photo of the sticker on the back of my car. It made me think about transition of propaganda to advertising over the past few decades and what...
Jul 18, 2010 | Ideas, No retail shopping, Recycle
Doing this challenge, my kids seem to have more money too. Just yesterday, Cole paid Joe to clean his room. You know, if his room gets clean and that’s how he wants to spend his money, I’m good with it. Here’s what I found in Joe’s clean...
Jul 16, 2010 | No retail shopping
Our Nikon D5000 camera was our family gift a few months ago. It was an open box deal at Best Buy and I got screaming deal on it. The only problem? All of my Nikon accessories don’t work with this model. I need the wireless remote to be able to use this for...
Jul 15, 2010 | No retail shopping, Save $ |
My son, Cole, needed 2 AAA batteries for the remote control at the church. With all of the equipment we have up there that require batteries, nothing requires that size. After we had lunch, I told him I would stop at the store if he wanted to go in by himself and...
Jul 14, 2010 | No retail shopping, Recycle, Salvaged, Thrift store
No shopping yesterday AND I managed to avoid the grocery store. :) My kids and I went to see the Sno-cone Lady, then went to the library, and they actually wanted to sit there and read for a long time. Wow, that was nice. Much better than being in a store hearing,...
Jul 12, 2010 | No retail shopping
I was at a staff retreat all day today, so no time to think about shopping. I did, however, do a behavioral style assessment through idynamx.com, and the results were quite interesting. I really enjoyed this process, not only learning more about my behaviors, but...
Jul 11, 2010 | No retail shopping |
So 45 days into this, and how’s it really going? I think it’s going well. Here’s a few situations and challenges I’ve run across over the past couple of weeks. Superstores… :( Even though I can buy groceries and toiletries in retail...
Jul 10, 2010 | No retail shopping, Save $, Thrift store |
I made a purchase. It was within my guidelines of “it must be used or come from a thrift store”, but let me confess, I didn’t need it. Here’s the short story… Once upon a time, many years ago, a girl with ADHD and a love for colorful...
Jul 9, 2010 | Ideas, No retail shopping, Read the fine print, Recycle, Save $, Thrift store |
Just when you think you’ve seen it all… My friend E got an amazing espresso machine for Christmas last year. It takes little pods (they call them capsules), similar to the Keurig machines. E needed to stop at the retail store to buy some more pods. Now...
Jul 8, 2010 | No retail shopping
Homeless people are in EVERY city, some you may see, some you may not. Want to help, without giving cash? Carry some fast food gift cards with you. I had a couple of $10 cards and was able to give one to Jim.
Jul 7, 2010 | No retail shopping, Recycle
I got to tour a private island yesterday. The owners are really wonderful people and the island is absolutely beautiful. After seeing the rocks, the landscape, the ocean views and the beach, if I had to guess at what I would see next, I would have not guessed in a...
Jul 7, 2010 | No retail shopping
Today is my field trip with Dave! We’re going to the local hardware store, also known as Grover’s. Okay, so I’m a little odd, but this place looked so awesome when we drove by. Now I know I’m not shopping for a very long time, but it’s...
Jul 4, 2010 | Abandoned places, Book reviews, No retail shopping, Thrift store |
Just to make things fun and chaotic, I’ll make this post from 2 non-sequential days. I visited this awesome little used bookstore. I would have photos to show, had I remembered to put the memory card in my camera. Luckily I didn’t take too many photos...
Jul 4, 2010 | No retail shopping |
I was hanging out with some incredibly cool people last night and heard a wonderful story… A couple of weeks ago, Mike and Steph went out to dinner to celebrate Mike’s new job. They had an entire evening planned, dinner at a nice Italian restaurant and...
Jul 2, 2010 | No retail shopping, Recycle, Salvaged, Thrift store |
Okay, I had a desire to shop, but at a really fun little place on the side of the road. As Elizabeth calls Ed’s Stuff, “…it’s the little place that looks like a lot of yards sales threw up on the front lawn.” Ed is nice, not like the...
