Reading, writing, and reusing

I spend time reading blogs about everything from fly fishing to throw pillows. Now that I have started writing again, I am realizing that all of the blogs I read offer more ways to spend money than save money. Screw that.

My goal of reducing our possessions by 25% by the end of the year will not happen. In fact, there is actually another consumer in our midst. So, in an effort to make some changes, I set out to reduce the disposables that Mads consumes. Our landlord was kind enough to gift us a great wreath that used cotton rags as its primary material. My cousin sold us what I thought was just another gadget/machine/thing for the nursery: a wiper heater. What the heck did we need that thing for? I'll tell ya. Hot rags on your bum probably feel pretty decent after you literally poop your pants. In a moment of obvious genius, or really just obviousness, I cut up the rags from the wreath and voila, Mads has a spa treatment every time she defecates.