Green Living

{This is a guest post brought to you by one of our favorite bike riders.} I love my bike. It’s a serious problem. As a kid, I lived on my bike. I used to pretend the mailbox was a gas station where you could “purchase” 20 rotations of the pedals to ride around the neighborhood [...]

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If you are anywhere near Philadelphia this Saturday afternoon you need to stop by the Philadelphia Zoo and check out Cradle to Crayons 1st Annual Spring Greening Fundraiser to help local kids and the planet. Bring donations for children and be granted admission to the zoo for $7 (and that will include a beverage, a [...]

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Just over a year ago two friends in the UK sat in a backyard and watched a herd of bicyclists zoom by. These two friends were of the betting type and one of the friends liked to brag that he could make anything ANYTHING out of wood. You know where this is going, right? Michael [...]

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{The following is a Guest Post. Read this if you are interested in submitting a guest post to WWTK.} Here is how to make your own homemade laundry detergent, if you are so motivated to make your own laundry detergent. Why should you make your own laundry detergent? Well, it is cheaper than store bought [...]

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I was at a significant disadvantage in high school when it came to prom. For the first two years of high school I went to an all girls school and for my junior and senior year I went to a small performing arts school. I don’t remember there being any mention of a prom my [...]

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Happy Earth Day!

by Lindsay on April 22, 2011

It’s Good Friday and Earth Day. Check out our green living posts, and add your favorite earth friendly tips in the comments.

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Top Five Quick Tips!

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by Shelli on April 14, 2011

1) Put parchment paper down on the cookie sheet before making fish sticks or chicken nuggets – you will be amazed. 2) Popcorn made easy: 1/4 cup popcorn kernels, splash of olive oil, sprinkle of salt, paper bag. 4 tiny folds, nuke on popcorn setting. Never buy microwave popcorn again. 3) Never buy cookie cutters [...]

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ALL this for $10.15.  as in TEN DOLLARS AND FIFTEEN CENTS. So I kind of cheated, I went to Unique’s 50% off Veterans day sale.  But I stood in line to pay FOREHEVEH!  So that’s got to count for something, right? Red cotton shirt for Eemah, HANNAH ANDERSSON DRESS for Malka, skinny jeans for Malka, [...]

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I have to admit, I wasn’t a big thrift store shopper before I had a child.  I didn’t like Marshall’s, Ross, or any big store that didn’t seem well-organized and necessitated looking through racks and racks of clothing.  Nordy’s, Gap, Banana Republic were my favorite places to shop, and I have to admit to loving [...]

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We, like many others (and possibly our whole county) decided to take our trip to the thrift store on Veterans’ Day, when the chain was having a 50% off everything sale. It was pure and utter INSANITY, and I’m not sure we’d do it again, as they have specials most days of the week where [...]

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