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Bundle of Joy & The Great Cloth Diaper Change

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have any of you diapering parents heard about The Great Cloth Diaper Change? In conjunction with Earth Day, a Guiness record for changing the most cloth diapers at one time is being attempted on April 21st.

I wanted to become involved somehow but since Darla is no longer in diapers i thought i’d just have to sit back and watch the results. that is until i thought about using the opportunity to toot the horn of our old cloth diapering service via the wonderful magicness that is the internet.

Our old service, Bundle of Joy, is offering a promotional deal to MomJeanz readers who sign up before April 21st. I think the simplest and most time efficient way to relay this deal is to cut and paste our correspondence. here goes:

i’m a former customer and writer of MomJeanz. i was wondering if you would be interested in doing a readership offer for any new customers who join your service between now and April 21st for the great cloth diaper change?  I wanted to become involved with the Great Change but no longer have a child in diapers. I loved your service and thought offering a deal for my readers would be an excellent way to bring new customers to cloth and get rid of a small percentage of those disposables!

Bundle of Joy reply:

Good afternoon!

We would love to participate in your promotion for the great cloth diaper change! The offer we would like to promote is to sign up for a month of service, and we will waive the two start up fees (which is $35.00 for the start up kit, which includes the pail, liner, Snappi and deo disks and then another $35.00 for the first month of diaper cover rental). If they sign up from reading your blog, we will give them 10% off of their monthly service fee for the first six months as well!

Thank you,

Bundle of Joy
Diana McCartney
(O) 614.335.4828
(F) 877.993.4273
www.bundleofjoydiapers.com

There you have it Columbus. If you’ve been thinking about making the switch you might as well do it now with such a great deal. I’ll do a few follow up posts about our positive experience with cloth diapering and some tips.

The website has directions for signing up. A form is to be filled out and emailed so make sure when you call AND/OR email you mention MomJeanz to get the fees waived and 10% off your service for the first six months.

feel free to email me as well if you have any questions elaine dot tucker at gmail dot com.

Why Should I?

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Just sign up for it. it’s good. trust me. stop wasting your life in the grocery store.

Green Bean Delivery for Indianapolis, Ft. Wayne, Columbus, Dayton, Cincinnati, and Louisville. $15 off your first order with the promo code “MomJeanz” (case sensitive) and Elaine Tucker in the referred by section.

how i work it

i bet you thought this was going to be a post about how i keep this figure all nice and trim. no, silly. it’s about how i work the green bean delivery system for our house.

i do our green bean delivery on a every other week schedule. the minimum delivery order is $35. everyone spends at least $35 on groceries every two weeks so this service could be applicable to everyone. except train hobos.

green bean has several different options for bin sizes and delivery frequency – once a week or bi-weekly – but we get the smallest produce bin every other week. then i add milk – either snowville or hartzler, – eggs from a local farmer and the cartons get returned and reused, and then i get something protein related. i have always loved the quality of meat we get from their partners and lately i have been very into the luna burger selections.

by covering our produce, milk, eggs, and protein once every other week i have greatly reduced the time spent in the grocery store.

now, it does take a few minutes of your time to customize your order online, but i have to say it is considerably less than what you would spend in the store. especially if you have a little lassie who is asking you for cookies, fruit snacks, graham crackers and a balloon all simultaneously.

Be sure to sign up for Green Bean delivery and get your first order by next week at $15 off! Use “MomJeanz” in the promo code and my name in the “referred by” section. Be sure to let me know which system has worked for you.

nutrition in your jeanz

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this is the first of many subsequent posts to try to talk you into subscribing to Green Bean Delivery Service.

i first want to state that i approached Green Bean about offering readers a discount. I did this because i really, truly love what they provide for our family and i wanted to back them up. simple.

this service saves me time going to the grocery store. This service provides me with a network of farmers, grocers and local artisans that I can purchase from and have goods sent directly to our doorstep. Really. It’s there every other week. on the doorstep. Darla loves to help me go through it and see what surprises we have awaiting us. So, there is the entertainment factor.

this service has introduced me to new foods that i never would have picked out for our family of my own volition. Can you believe i had never had an acorn squash before green bean? i could never live without them now. the items that come in your delivery are completely customizable but sometimes i just like to go with the surprise on the chance that i’m going to really fall in love with a new item. sometimes i go in and substitute out the things we eat less of for something i know we’ll love but most of the time i like to use it as a challenge to expand horizons. to each his own, right?

this service saves me from impulse buys and has changed how we snack in this house. the bottom shelf of our pantry used to house a variety of chips and crackers. i thought that because i was buying whole grain and organic options that it was still ok. but now that shelf has been empty for quite a while. we are now snackers of peppers, cauliflower and broccoli.

this service supports local commerce and has a commitment to sustainable grocery shopping. the bins are reusable. items come packaged in recyclable brown bags when possible and anything that needs to be in a plastic bag comes in a biodegradable corn-based bag.  these are really important pieces of the puzzle for me.

i could go on and on but i’m stopping here b/c it’s 12:33 am and i’m tired. plus, this isn’t the last you’ve heard from me about our dear green bean…

*to sign up and get $15 off your first order type MomJeanz (case sensitive) into the promo code and Elaine Tucker into the “referred by” section. welcome to the luxurious produce lifestyle.

Green Bean Delivery discount offer for MomJeanz readers!

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i am really excited to announce the first (only? who knows?) discount offer for MomJeanz readers.

if you are a regular reader of MomJeanz, which you should be, then you are well versed with my obsession with our Green Bean Delivery. I love it for all of the above reasons: it simplifies my life, saves me trips to the grocery store thus shielding me from impulse buys, provides us with local, organic foods and has significantly improved our nutrition and variance of diet.

I would like you, dear reader, to have these same benefits in your life. The wonderful people at Green Bean are offering a $15 discount off your first order for anyone who signs up as a MomJeanz reader.

Here’s how to get the discount: visit greenbeandelivery.com. choose your region, click “sign up now” button on left hand side of screen. fill out your information and use my name – Elaine Tucker – in the “referred by” section and the Promo Code: MomJeanz (case sensitive).  after you have submitted all your personal information you will be directed to the store to customize your bin and browse food selections.

i’ll be posting further this week on different benefits of Green Bean Delivery and how i make their system work in our household. thanks for your consideration and i hope many of you will join the Green Bean Team.

grant us peace and serenity

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my mind has been in editorial mode all day but since darla is with the grandparentals i have the practical part of my brain screaming at me: “you have tons of chores and projects to get done. don’t waste this time in front of the computer. to do. to do.” i kinda gave my brain the bird and sat down to type, but i made a compromise. here’s my little work environment today.

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i’m sitting down with to do lists, projects, books to re-read, edamame & luna burgers and a beer to drink. because that’s what a lady does when she has just a little bit of time to herself.

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this hell or high watermelon beer by 21st amendment brewery is seriously the bomb. best warm weather beer. the hint of watermelon is very slight and not fruity at all. it instantly transforms all surroundings into a picnic. there may or may not be a ukulele player at the picnic. you decide. this beer is supposed to be for a ladies weekend trip starting tomorrow but it’s so good i couldn’t resist breaking into it early.

i’m finally going to get our new year’s cards out. husband, don’t you look at your computer screen like that! it’s laughable at this point but these puppies are going out. everyone look out for some wrucker goodness in their mailboxes next week!

IMG_2309all things must pass currently has me in a very good place but it’s only a matter of time before this next one gets put on. it’s inevitable. both albums are applicable to any day, mood and situation.

IMG_2310happy friday! wishing you all a most enjoyable and productive weekend.

love,

momjeanz

milk rotation

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as if i don’t have enough on my plate i seem to think it is a good idea to over complicate things by having a schedule for our milk buying. yes, a schedule. it’s a dilemma people.

here’s our milk rotation:

snowville creamery – gets delivered to us in our green bean delivery. pros are that it is local, grass grazed, less pasteurized, very tasty. cons = not organic, packaged in cardboard which is not reusable even though it’s recyclable, a bit on the pricey side, and only available in 2% and whole. we lean towards 1%.

stay with me. it gets better.

hartzler dairy – this used to be our go to in the grocery but now our closest store doesn’t carry it since we moved. but i just saw that hartzler was added to green bean so now things are going to get even trickier. pros = grass fed, local, extremely tasty, packaged in glass deposit bottle that is reused. no waste home friendly. cons = priciest option and out of the way to obtain. also not organic. only available in skim, whole, and 2%. rats.

wait for it…

nature’s basket 1% and soy milk – this is what we now pick up when we run out in between our green bean delivery. i just juggle back and forth between cow’s milk and soy. i can’t make a decision. which one is more ethical? which one will save the world the most? which one is better for our bodayyyys? i can’t handle the pressure!!!!

ok anyway i’m bored with typing all these pros and cons out. you get my drift. you now see how this is completely insane that i actually put mental thought into these choices but sometimes i feel like the weight of the next 7 generations depends on which milk jug i choose. why? because of that damn 7th generation slogan, that’s why. and because i care goshdangitalltohell. because i really do believe that the products i buy today will effect tomorrow.

you know that lady who’s been standing in the milk aisle for 10 minutes just staring at the rows and rows of milk. that’s me. if you see me, for the love of Jove, please just pick up the carton closest to you and put it in my hand and then push me onward to more pressing matters.

this life of trials and tribulations is not for everyone, but it’s the path i’m destined to walk. don’t cry for me, Argentina.

*obviously this is a first world problem and i’m providing this little write-up for proof and parody that this way of life is insane. and i’m insane. we’re all insane. yes, even you. now go forth an do good deeds. be bold and mighty forces will come to your aide.

Mardi Gras Pardi

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in the spirit of “yes parenting” i threw a small mardi gras party here last night for darla and our burkeybuns clan. it was an all-you-can-eat-junkfood night. the kiddos were in heaven. adam’s first words when he came through the door were “we came over to your house to eat just junkfood.”

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just look how excited those kids are to stuff their faces!

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and it didn’t seem to affect a little girl who wanted to fall asleep in her kitty cat bed.

i’ve decided we’ll give up sweets and sodas (for mom, darla doesn’t have sodas except rare occasions like fat tuesday) for lent. i think the practice of denying oneself some indulgences would be a good thing for our household to get back to. darla seems pretty ok with concept of no sweets until easter. as of now. she asked me this morning about some candy sitting on a shelf: “mommy, can i have some of that candy in my easter basket?”

wish us luck. so good so far but i know it’s only the first day. there’s still 39 days to give in and just shove chocolate in my single-parenting face.

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turning it all around

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today has had a much better aura. i discovered a few things out of place that have seemed to put the house more in balance:

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finally got my invocation of hestia up on the mantle. hestia is the goddess of the hearth and home. my invocation reads:

dear hestia, please grace this house with your presence. Grant us peace and serenity within these walls. 

and i realized our sad absence of music. husfriend is usually mixing the music and i hadn’t realized i’d been overlooking that bit of our normal home atmosphere. today we’ve been spinning:

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tennis – getting geared up for their show in 2 weeks. eeek. and my old faithful. rumours literally saved mealtime. as soon as “you can go your own way” started i suddenly didn’t care anymore that darla wasn’t eating her meal.

we’ve had a lot more nice, quiet moments to enjoy like this one.

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