Yankee 2.0

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• Homemade cleaning products -- laundry and dishes

  I've been making my own personal and household cleaning products for a while now. I've shared some of the personal care items (the famous salty toothpaste, vinegar hair rinse, shampoo and body wash), and thought I would share these household cleaners... Posted May 10 2009, 06:07 PM by Anne Cross with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: home improvement, do it yourself, simplify, minimizing waste, reuse, recycle

• One woman's trash is some man's treasure

  I've been furiously de-cluttering my house in order to ring in 2009 in a clean and tidy house. The area I left until last was my icky (some say creepy) basement. It's dirty (half dirt/half cement floor), dark, dusty, and dank. I have some cans... Posted Dec 30 2008, 06:49 AM by Anne Cross with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: home improvement, simplify, barter, minimizing waste, reuse, recycle

• Simplifying

  As I was clearing out my penultimate remaining junk room (such a danger in a big house -- just stashing stuff in piles and closing the door to deal with "later"), I was listening to NPR and there was a feature on people who are called "the... Posted Dec 13 2008, 06:46 PM by Anne Cross with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: consumption, home improvement, money for junk, simplify