Eco Friendly Fridays

I have decided to share with you guys once a week different ways that we have been making our home more eco friendly. Most of my friends knew that we were already "green" before Christophe arrived but having a baby puts a whole new perspective on making sure the planet is there for our kids and because of this I am always looking for small ways to be kinder to our planet.

This weeks topic is eliminating some paper products. We no longer buy paper napkins or paper towels; instead I have a bag of rags and a pile of cloth napkins. Both of these we already had but just never used.

To keep my systems working I have a bag hanging in my broom closet labeled rags and in here goes any old towels, dish cloths, clothing ect. that make good rags. I then have 2 other bags hanging in the corridor to the laundry room labeled laundry and rag laundry. The "Laundry" bag is for our napkins, dish towels, and dish cloths. The "Rag Laundry" is for the rags. When you wash your rags you do not want to wash them with the rest of the laundry for sanitary reasons. At the end of the week I do a load of laundry for each bag, to ensure the germs and smell are all gone I add a cup of vinegar during the rinse cycle.

We have now been doing this for a few months now and I do not miss either the paper towels or the paper napkins.

More presents up...

I designated the bottom shelf in our bathroom to baby, that way all his little things will be handy. Like towels, washcloths, soap, shampoo ect. Thank you to everyone (Annette, Gerry, Shawn, Rebecca, Sharon, Nev, Stefan, Lisa ) that contributed to these items in the form of gifts for baby Wiseman.

For any mom to be out there check out Babywrappers. These are baby towels with a rope so you attache them to you (mom or dad) then pick up your child. They are suppose to help keep you dry. can't wait to see what baby Wiseman thinks. They also make coordinating washcloths, very important to make sure everything matches :-)