So, it’s been awhile since we did one of these round-ups. We’re due. Here’s the green we’ve been writing elsewhere that may interest Tree Hugging Family Readers.
Building, buying, or remodeling your own green home:

The best green real estate site!
Reclaimed & Salvaged Home Building Material Use
What Makes A Building Material A Green Choice?
Home Wind-Power Turbines Going Mainstream
35 Ideas for Building A Greener House
Will $100,000 Build A Good Green Home?
Green Building – How Much Would You Guess Is Going On?
Green Homes for Less Money

Home & Living:

4 Green DIY Alternative Energy Home Projects
How to Flush Your Toilet …read more

Recently, Marye from Kettle & Cup was kind enough to give Peggy and I (and Tree Hugging Family) a “You Make My Day” award.
Marye awarded it to ten people, so Peggy and I are supposed to spread the love to ten new people. We decided the best thing to do would be for Peggy to award 5 people and ditto for me. The post right before this was Peggy’s award post, and she gave out some love to some great green bloggers.
Now I get to choose some worthy winners; and I think that I’m going to divert from greenies. Just …read more

What am I reading – and what should you be reading? Well…
25 Alternative Energy Strategies from a green blog I was just introduced to, Wise Living Journal. Very homestead related, which I adore.
Hilary over at Eco Friendly Driver is in a mood this week (that’s ok, so am I). She’s got some cool rants about why people can’t just work together to get one flippin’ safety bill passed and all the whining GM is doing lately about the Volt auto.
Keetsa has the scoop on eco-friendly buses.
If Valentine’s day leftovers have you asking,”How can I reuse or recycle chalky candy hearts?” …read more

Something about me that most people don’t know is that I am seriously addicted to musicals. Seriously. Even the corny ones like Sound of Music — hence my holiday festive title.
Tuesday seems like a good time for some link love. I usually spread the love from all corners of the web but today I’m going to focus on b5media blogs because lately our network is overflowing with amazing posts. And now, on to the links…
Happy Joyful Links:
First up, maybe the most important posts you’ll read this whole holiday season are from Kate at Babylune. You may have noticed that …read more

I’ve been saving up some green link love and figured it’s hump day so I’ll roll it out…
Frequent visitor and fellow green blogger Peggy from Light Green Stairs has an interesting read about something that you may not have considered when it comes to recycling.
Long-time favorite EcoStreet has 5 of the best green and ethical social networking sites — perfect for getting your social green groove on.
The Environmental News Network has the lowdown on new resources for carbon neutral shipping — with the holidays coming you can’t afford to miss it.
Resource Shelf is reporting on everything you need to navigate …read more