Monday Moments... and an Eco-Tip

If it wasn't for Kai, I would hardly remember to take my vitamin or give Kai his.  Everyday, without fail, he leads me into the kitchen with his favorite sentence, "Mommy, let's go!", points up to the shelf where the vitamins reside and says, "Mommy, take vitamin, now!"  I'm sure his consistency and determination must come from a strong enjoyment of the strawberry flavor of his "candy" vitamin... but I like to think he just knows mama needs a little reminding sometimes.  


Plastic Bag Eco-Tip

I try my very best to avoid plastic bags at all costs.  I always bring my own grocery bags, produce bags, and bulk food bags to the store or farmer's market, but sometimes they can't always be avoided.  It's usually the bread bags that I end up with. So, when I do find myself with plastic bags, I try to reuse them by bringing them to the store for my produce or for storing veggies in the fridge.  But, I always used to find them so annoying to clean and dry.  No matter what I did, they always seemed to stay wet with little drops of water throughout; and where to put them to dry was always an issue too.  A couple of years ago a friend showed me a great trick.  Simply turn the bag inside out, place a magnet inside, near the bottom of the bag, turn upside down, and attach to side of fridge.  It'll dry in no time.  I guess it kind of seems like a no-brainer, but had someone not shown it to me, I probably wouldn't have thought of it!  Also, this is a good way to put to use those advertisement magnets that sometimes come in the mail.  My grandma gave me an idea to cut them up into smaller magnets.  I made four magnets from one unneeded Domino's magnet, and now I use those ones for my bag drying.