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Would You Rent a Dog?

November 11, 2009 3

I love, love, love my dogs. They are a very important part of our family. We call them our girls. I really can’t imagine our lives without them. I think that pets can have a wonderful impact on a family. Since, I work at home I am able to spend a lot of time with them and we try to take them with us whenever we travel. But, what do you do if you really, really want a dog but aren’t able to give a dog the full attention that it deserves? What if you have a job that requires that your travel alot or for other reasons are away from home from extended periods of time? What about individuals who live in communities that don’t allow pets?

Did you know that you can rent a dog? I know, right? Super neat.

FLEXPETZ is a service that provides people who are unable to have a dog with local access to a variety of dogs. All of these lovely dogs have been rescued or rehomed, which is my favorite part of the service. These dogs are very lovable and fully trained. You can choose from a wide variety of breeds and sizes. Can’t you just see yourself playing with Pirate for the afternoon or weekend?
How much fun is that?

Would you rent a dog?

Earth Friendly Etsy: Upcycled Medicine Bottle Cap Ring Giveaway

November 11, 2009 17
I love anything recycled or upcycled and these fantastic rings from Sypria caught my eye immediately because of their great colors! Sypria is a jewelry shop with a flare for taking outdated jewelry from flea markets and found objects and giving them new life as beautiful and unique conversation pieces.

One of my favorite jewelry pieces are the medicine bottle flip cap rings. She uses medicine bottle flip caps, that would usually be tossed in the trash and transforms them into these conversation starting rings. Fantastic!
One lucky ready will win a flip cap ring. To enter:
* Tweet about Sypria ‘s Etsy Store and follow me.
* Become a fan of Sweet Greens Fan Page on Facebook.
* Make a purchase from Sypria Etsy Store.

Then leave a comment on this post telling me which one you and also leave a way for me to contact you.
Contest ends March 11th @ Midnight EST. Winner will be chosen at random and announced March 11th @ 7 am EST.
*Update: The lucky winner is Shelly. Congratulations!

Green Your Thanksgiving With Recycled Centerpieces

November 10, 2009 4

I am trying to decide what type of table, centerpiece and name plates I want to set this year for Thanksgiving. We are having a full house (11 people to be exact) so I need a centerpiece that is simple, sweet and won’t take up too much room. I am in love with these adorable little flower arrangements in mismatched salt and pepper shakers from Sunday Suppers. Wouldn’t these be lovely with fall colored foliage, berries and flowers from my garden in them? A trip to my fave thrift store for shakers is an absolute now.

How are you decorating your Thanksgiving table?

Fall Family Old Town Stroll

November 10, 2009 4

Hello, Friends. How was your weekend?

Saturday afternoon when the mister returned home from work, we headed out to spend the entire evening strolling around Old Town. Our Old Town is full of lovely restaurants and adorable boutique shops and thrift stores and is one of the perfect ways to spend a fall afternoon.

It was really, really lovely. We were able to enjoy our early dinner on the patio, we thought we should definitely eat outside since winter will be upon us soon enough. Then we visited all of our fave shops and enjoyed walking around looking at all of the holiday decor.

Each year Eben is given a bird ornament as a gift, since he has a deep love and appreciation of birds. While visiting all of the decorated trees at our local home and garden boutique, Eben chose to spend his entire allowance on a bird ornament. It is adorable and now every night he wonders aloud when we will be getting out the holiday decorations so he can see his other birds.

When we left the boutique, the mister giggled and handed me a box. Come to find out while I was helping Eben decide on bird ornament, the mister was picking out a beautiful handmade necklace and a pair of earrings for me, just because. This is one of the reasons that I love him so much, he does things ‘just because.’

While looking around, I found the perfect little gift for Eben. At his school the 3rd grade students have started to journal and he is completely into it. He came home a few weeks ago and told me all about it and wondered if he would ever have his own journal to write in at home. It immediately went on my list and I found the perfect one for a boy, it is covered with different types of dogs. I am so excited to watch his face as he opens it.

All in all, it was the perfect afternoon. It was so nice to walk around in the cool crisp evening, see the twinkling lights strung through every tree, hold the hands of my two favorite people, support my local community and enjoy a bite of a fresh, warm sugar cookie directly from the oven on our way home.

Does your town have an Old Town?

Green Your Back to School: Curiosity Quest Goes Green DVD Giveaway

November 10, 2009 9

Television has never been a big thing in our home. We only have one which is only used once in a while to watch a family movie or maybe a great family program on PBS, Animal Planet or Discovery. When we do watch a movie or program together, it is usually educational or something that we are really curious to learn about. We really enjoy checking out the Nature Series on PBS.org. Our favorites so far have been: The Loneliest Animals and Frogs: The Thin Green Line.

Eben, the mister and I recently watched an episode of Curiosity Quest Goes Green from PBS and we were immediately captivated. The episode that we saw was called Curiosity Quest Goes Green: Students Go Green. Curiosity Quest is a nationwide PBS television show that is fun while being educational at the same time. The program takes viewers on an exploration of all types of different and interesting green quests. Each of these “quests” will take the audience to a new location for some hands on experience and answer questions such as “What happens to rain water?” and “Where do our recyclables go?”. The Curiosity Quest Goes Green series includes quests on subjects such as Vermicomposting, Food Composting, Green Toys and E-Waste. In this particular episode viewers’ were taken on a quest to a California elementary school that has gone green.

This would be the perfect addition to your home or classroom library. Curiosity Quest Goes Greens is the recent winner of a 2009 Telly Award and would also make a great gift for the upcoming holidays. You can find out when Curiosity Quest will be on your local PBS channel here.

I am giving away ONE copy of Curiosity Quest Goes Green to one of my wonderful readers.

How to Enter
1. Subscribe to Sweet Greens (if you haven’t already) and confirm the subscription in the email from FeedBurner.
2. Visit Curiosity Quest Goes Greens and tell me which other episode you would like to see?

Additional Entries
please leave a separate comment for each that you do.

Rules for Entry
  • Please leave a way for me to contact you if you win.
  • Contest ends August 28th @ 12am EST. Winner will be chosen at random using a random number generator and will be announced the following day. (I will announce the winner, if I do not hear from you within 72 business hours, I will pick another winner.)
  • You must leave a comment telling me which item you love in order to qualify.
Good Luck.
 
UPDATE: WINNER: Julie #9. Congratulations.
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