Giving In but Keeping Up

Well, I gave in... I am now the proud owner of an iPhone. But in my defense, I had good reason!! Our internet provider went down and could get a signal to us. Homeschooling and being trapped in the house with 3 kids all day warrants time to socialize and sometimes all I get is a few minutes on facebook and a few emails to satify this need. So after nearly 2 months without internet, I found a deal and my hubby and I are back online and carrying cell phones again.

But even though we gave in and got cell phones, we have found that doing without trash has become easier and easier to deal with each month. We have a great recycle center and a friend that allows us to use one of his recycle bins, since our town doesn't offer recycling, and the little bit of trash we do generate, we drop at my in-laws or in a public trash can when we get gas. What makes the no trash service thing even easier with a new baby is our cloth diapers. This is the first baby I have attempted this with and I am loving it. It is actually "fun" to cloth diaper! As crazy as that sounds, it is! All the cute covers to choose from and not having to add the extra money to my grocery budget each month to buy disposables and then paying to dispose of them makes it so worth it! It really isn't as gross as so many think!
We started out using simple prefolds with a PUL cover that i bought online at Sweet Little Blessings (www.sweetlittleblessings.com). The covers come with snap in inserts that I use also. Then we tried Thirsties duo wraps pocket diapers. So far I like the prefolds, but have found the pocket diapers to work almost as well. I found Sweet Little Blessings through a blog I read 'Keeper of the Home'. It teaches a simple way of life and the different ladies contributing easch have a new perspective on raising kids. I have found it extremely helpful!

With all that said, having three boys has made life interesting and introduced us to so many new things. I am still trying to adjust and figure out how to handle it all in public and get it all done at home, but with the help of other blogs, an awesome husband and God, I am handling things quite nicely!