Backyard Betty: outdoor fun in and around Charlottesville

March 5, 2008

When I had my first son I began to compile a list of all the fun indoor and outdoor activities to do in and around Charlottesville with PreK kids (as a stay-home mom, there was only so much playdough and trains I could take!). After 7 years here’s the list. I think many of these […]

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Part One of the Intentional Tourist: Backyard Betty!

March 4, 2008

Join us for a series of blogs entitled, “The Intentional Tourist,” where we will explore the concept of eco-friendly travel in an effort to find balance between our personal need to “get away” or seek adventure outside our regular routine, while remaining conscious of the environmental impacts that we may create. We begin the travel […]

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Honoring your green path

March 3, 2008

We humans have a nasty habit of comparing ourselves with others. I know I’m guilty of it. Last week I heard someone praising a member of her office who rode his bike to work, fanatically turned off all the lights (sometimes in rooms where meetings were still taking place), collected the coffee grounds for his […]

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Transgression leads to new-purchase amendment

March 2, 2008

The first egregious failure in my no-new-purchase buying pledge happened last week. Luckily, I live with a scientist, so I can say that even failure is success because you learn something. It’s true. Failure invites information that is worthy of study and reflection. In truth, I cannot consider this purchase a total failure. Let me […]

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Save the date!

February 27, 2008

Betty wants you to be the first to know of an exciting social event coming up in March that everyone’s invited to! Better World Betty and Do Something Charlottesville (a new community citizen action group that wants to “do something” each month to make positive change in the ‘ville – particularly action that helps combat […]

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Give local…with Etsy

February 25, 2008

Do you have a spring wedding to attend and haven’t found that special gift yet? Or perhaps would like to find something unique for the birthday of your closest friend? Have you thought about the “greenest” way to give that special gift? Recycled wrapping paper aside, check out this idea: a local handmade craft from […]

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Carpe Donuts on a rainy Friday morning

February 22, 2008

Last Friday there was a glimmer of sunshine on that rainy day in the form of a mobile donut unit called Carpe Donuts! Matt and his colorful “Gypsy” were parked in front of the Lucky Seven on Market Street. Oh Hallelujah! I am here to tell you, you haven’t lived until you’ve tasted one of […]

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Asking for help…

February 21, 2008

Thanks to a dear friend of mine I am going to do something that feels very weird. Asking for help. I’m flying solo here and I know you all are extremely busy. But in case you are spending too much time on Second Life; or you just lost your job and DON’T need another one […]

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Top ten new uses for old socks

February 20, 2008

(Note to self: make sure they’re clean) 1-Make a sock puppet by sewing or drawing a nose, mouth and eyes. Sew yarn or string for hair. This one’s a real hit with the under 5 set2-Slip over hand and use as a dust rag3-Stuff with dried rosemary and lavender, call it a potpourri bag, and […]

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Curb the birthday insanity!

February 18, 2008

Anyone who has young pre-school and elementary-age kids, knows just how insane the kid birthday party circuit can get. My friend recently stopped by one afternoon, looking like she’d just been through the heavy-load dry cycle when, in actuality, she had just been to a birthday party of over 20 kids at the ACAC kidzone. […]

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