Tackle it Tuesday - Water Bottles

This Tuesday, I've decided to tackle my growing stash of plastic water bottles. I've been recycling the caps into pincushions and it seemed wrong to not use the water bottle... so they've been building up around the house. I've decided it's time to start putting them to good use.

Last week I had posted about some onions that had sprouted in my neglected kitchen. Nora was so kind to respond and let me know how I could take advantage of these new sprouts. I didn't have any vases or jars the correct size. Just one plastic tea cup left over from my daughter's many tea parties and plastic bottles.

I did the plastic cup first and within a a few days, there were roots growing. Yay! So, I was motivated to find something to put my remaining two onions in. The plastic bottles were perfect.

I happened to have a lot of the Arrowhead ones which contour in slightly in the middle. I cut it off with a utility knife about 1/4 of inch below the label. I filled it with water so that the bottom of the onion would sit just slightly in the water... and voila! Okay, so these would probably look much nicer in a nice glass vase or something... and they would look nicer set in front of a clean window. But I haven't been feeling well lately and cleaning the window is just a bit beyond my current potential.

I also didn't waste the top part of those water bottles. The tops are now scoops in the button boxes (yes, I now have two as I've combined ALL of my buttons and it was too much for just one box). I freely admit that I have a button obsession... and I'm comfortable with that.

Being GREEN on St Patrick's Day!

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A Fun Filled Mother's Day

I'm not sure how much my kids would agree... but it was my day and so my kids were a little more willing to do the things I wanted to do. My first request... thrift store shopping! Ya, they were less than thrilled. We have a thrift store - next to a Value Village, that has all their clothes for just .99 every Sunday! Of course, you have to be willing to go through clothes that are sometimes a little icky. But, I found some great deals! I got tons of t-shirts (that's the laundry pile pictured to the right) that I will hopefully be transforming into new, fabulous and useful items. I'm very excited about this new obsession of mine. We cleaned them all last night and this morning I got to work! I hope to have things posted in my store no later than the end of the week.

After a few thrift stores, I suggested ice cream (I had been craving Baskin and Robbins for a few months now). This time, the kids were on board. Kasey and I indulged in our own sundaes and Robbie had a bowl of peppermint ice cream covered in gummy bears (mmmm). Kasey and I have decided that the sundae was something that we could never repeat. It was insanely huge... covered in hot fudge and caramel... and sprinkled with heath bar pieces. I'm still feeling guilty about it.

After the huge sundaes... we came home, the boys played a few video games and I got a little work done. We finished the day with the kids modelling for me a little bit. I am still playing with he new lights. I also have found (by accident) that "kids and pets" is not the camera setting to have it on when taking pictures of them inside under the bright lights. My pictures were a bit yellow. Live and learn! I look forward to another shoot with them cooperative. I'm sure it will be a while.

But overall, a fabulous Mother's Day. Not exactly a traditional Mother's Day... but a perfect one for me. Many thanks to my wonderful husband and my awesome kids.

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