Comments for stupidhippy.com http://stupidhippy.com now without the big orange cat Wed, 28 Jul 2010 05:19:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc Comment on Five days of nothing, and now this. by Aimee http://stupidhippy.com/2010/07/five-days-of-nothing-and-now-this/comment-page-1/#comment-1366 Aimee Wed, 28 Jul 2010 05:19:44 +0000 http://stupidhippy.com/?p=1391#comment-1366 Sure thing, Maria! I like the knitted dishcloths because they wear like IRON, they scrub well but aren't rough, I wash and dry them every week and the only time they fall apart is when something weird happens, like a certain man doesn't notice one fell down the drain and turns on the garbage disposal (and actually, we still use it, it's got a couple of slowly growing holes, hahaha). I've seriously had some of them as long as Becca's been alive. Sure thing, Maria! I like the knitted dishcloths because they wear like IRON, they scrub well but aren’t rough, I wash and dry them every week and the only time they fall apart is when something weird happens, like a certain man doesn’t notice one fell down the drain and turns on the garbage disposal (and actually, we still use it, it’s got a couple of slowly growing holes, hahaha). I’ve seriously had some of them as long as Becca’s been alive.

]]> Comment on Five days of nothing, and now this. by Maria http://stupidhippy.com/2010/07/five-days-of-nothing-and-now-this/comment-page-1/#comment-1365 Maria Wed, 28 Jul 2010 05:04:38 +0000 http://stupidhippy.com/?p=1391#comment-1365 I don't know when it was we stopped using paper towels, it's not a big deal here. We tend to use the dish towels for everything in the kitchen. I've started using the receiving blankets that I saved from when the kids were babies. They work well, forall kinds of things. (puppy pee included!) The knitted dishcloths are sounding pretty cool. Would you be willing to knit some for sale? My mom LOVES them. She buys them at the craft fairs, and I'm thinking I should get a few myself. :) I don’t know when it was we stopped using paper towels, it’s not a big deal here. We tend to use the dish towels for everything in the kitchen. I’ve started using the receiving blankets that I saved from when the kids were babies. They work well, forall kinds of things. (puppy pee included!) The knitted dishcloths are sounding pretty cool. Would you be willing to knit some for sale? My mom LOVES them. She buys them at the craft fairs, and I’m thinking I should get a few myself. :)

]]> Comment on BP’s tree fell on my lawn by Aimee R. http://stupidhippy.com/2010/07/bps-tree-fell-on-my-lawn/comment-page-1/#comment-1361 Aimee R. Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:37:05 +0000 http://stupidhippy.com/?p=1403#comment-1361 One word. Money. One word. Money.

]]> Comment on New favorite thing. by Annette http://stupidhippy.com/2010/07/new-favorite-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-1360 Annette Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:58:03 +0000 http://stupidhippy.com/?p=1395#comment-1360 *snort* *snort*

]]> Comment on On Finding My Mother by Annette http://stupidhippy.com/2010/07/on-finding-my-mother/comment-page-1/#comment-1359 Annette Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:57:19 +0000 http://stupidhippy.com/?p=1400#comment-1359 You are very brave - no wonder I heart you so much :-) You are very brave – no wonder I heart you so much :-)

]]> Comment on Five days of nothing, and now this. by Aimee http://stupidhippy.com/2010/07/five-days-of-nothing-and-now-this/comment-page-1/#comment-1354 Aimee Sun, 25 Jul 2010 18:06:40 +0000 http://stupidhippy.com/?p=1391#comment-1354 Yeah, I don't know. We did used to hang out with a family we haven't seen in a few years, but I remember being sort of stunned by her casual use of one-use disposable products. She went through zip-locs like they were free. And she used paper towels for *everything.* I watched her feed the kids a snack once, some cheese, crackers, fruit and juice in sippy cups. She must have used at least 6 paper towels to clean up during/after the snack. And every time she reached for the roll, she'd tear off two. A cloth towel works so much better anyway, right? *shrug* Yeah, I don’t know. We did used to hang out with a family we haven’t seen in a few years, but I remember being sort of stunned by her casual use of one-use disposable products. She went through zip-locs like they were free. And she used paper towels for *everything.* I watched her feed the kids a snack once, some cheese, crackers, fruit and juice in sippy cups. She must have used at least 6 paper towels to clean up during/after the snack. And every time she reached for the roll, she’d tear off two. A cloth towel works so much better anyway, right? *shrug*

]]> Comment on Five days of nothing, and now this. by Andrea http://stupidhippy.com/2010/07/five-days-of-nothing-and-now-this/comment-page-1/#comment-1352 Andrea Sun, 25 Jul 2010 12:27:59 +0000 http://stupidhippy.com/?p=1391#comment-1352 I don't get what people are using all these paper towels *for*? Messes in the kitchen? Isn't that what dishtowels & dishclothes are for? huh? I still buy paper towels, but I keep them in the cleaning cupboard, so I forget they're there. Mostly we use them for: - cleaning around the toilet seat - cleaning the pellet stove window (obviously not in summer) - draining greasy food. and honestly, when you take in the "i forget" factor, I'm usually draining greasy food on flyers or newspaper. (That makes it sound liek we have grease-tastic food daily, but no.) I don’t get what people are using all these paper towels *for*?

Messes in the kitchen? Isn’t that what dishtowels & dishclothes are for? huh?

I still buy paper towels, but I keep them in the cleaning cupboard, so I forget they’re there.

Mostly we use them for:
- cleaning around the toilet seat
- cleaning the pellet stove window (obviously not in summer)
- draining greasy food.

and honestly, when you take in the “i forget” factor, I’m usually draining greasy food on flyers or newspaper. (That makes it sound liek we have grease-tastic food daily, but no.)

]]> Comment on Five days of nothing, and now this. by Aimee http://stupidhippy.com/2010/07/five-days-of-nothing-and-now-this/comment-page-1/#comment-1351 Aimee Sun, 25 Jul 2010 01:49:46 +0000 http://stupidhippy.com/?p=1391#comment-1351 Lol, that's what makes me laugh, the idea that using cloth is somehow so crazy. Lol, that’s what makes me laugh, the idea that using cloth is somehow so crazy.

]]> Comment on Five days of nothing, and now this. by Aimee http://stupidhippy.com/2010/07/five-days-of-nothing-and-now-this/comment-page-1/#comment-1350 Aimee Sun, 25 Jul 2010 01:47:31 +0000 http://stupidhippy.com/?p=1391#comment-1350 Yeah, if I had a puppy, I'd be a paper towel using fool, too. She won't have so many accidents forever, though :) Yeah, if I had a puppy, I’d be a paper towel using fool, too. She won’t have so many accidents forever, though :)

]]> Comment on Five days of nothing, and now this. by Emily Roysdon Sigman http://stupidhippy.com/2010/07/five-days-of-nothing-and-now-this/comment-page-1/#comment-1349 Emily Roysdon Sigman Sun, 25 Jul 2010 01:35:30 +0000 http://stupidhippy.com/?p=1391#comment-1349 We have used cloth pretty much exclusively for ... hmm ... two or three years, I think. I have a little blue bucket beside the sink, and we put towels, washcloths and table napkins in it. I usually have a roll paper towels around in case we're, say, frying latkes or something, but I find cloth easier than dealing with a roll of paper towels, particularly when I need to clean up a mess in a hurry. People sometimes react like we're eschewing electricity or something ... We have used cloth pretty much exclusively for … hmm … two or three years, I think. I have a little blue bucket beside the sink, and we put towels, washcloths and table napkins in it. I usually have a roll paper towels around in case we’re, say, frying latkes or something, but I find cloth easier than dealing with a roll of paper towels, particularly when I need to clean up a mess in a hurry. People sometimes react like we’re eschewing electricity or something …

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