Green As You Can Be

posted by jax1215 on Dec 22

There’s not been much work here in the mountains for the past few weeks so my husband started a new project. He has wanted a bar down by the pool and I told him he could start on it IF he used recycled materials. He was more resourceful than I thought. He helped his friend Mike take down some old tin roofing and ask if he could take it home. (free) Next he did a screening job at Pat and Lena’s and they had some old siding sitting around. He offered to take it off their hands. (free) He had some 2×4’s he had reclaimed from our workshop. (former owners had built a lot of storage shelves we didn’t need) (free) He had been wanting a new nail gun to make the work go faster but that wasn’t in the budget yet so he traded a work jacket his friend Thomas had given him (free) for a used nail gun from his friend Larry. (free)  The only thing he had to buy was a few 2×6’s.

He’s not done yet but he is on the right track. He’s already trying out names for it.  So far it’s the “Smelly Cod” “One Hand Jax” and “Rio Bravo”

Jax

posted by jax1215 on Dec 10

Most of you have already sent out your cards but there are still a few folks like me that put off everything to the last second. For those of you who wait…go green. There are lots of cards out on the market that are made from recycled paper but personally, I think making your own would be soooo green.

Re-use your old cards by cutting off the front of the card into smaller pieces to use as gift tags.

You can also re-use an old card by cutting off the front of the card and pasting it to a blank, folded piece of recyclable cardstock.

Make this a family project. Gather all the papers, glue and other odds and ends. Set out a plate of yummy Christmas cookies, make some hot cocoa and create a new Holiday tradition.

Jax