Happy Earth Day and final Earth Week Giveaway!

Happy Earth Day, everyone!  We are full swing into our day without turning on the lights (after one minor brain lapse this morning where I turned on the pantry light to find some breakfast...).  I have to run to the grocery store in a little bit, and considered walking there with Lincoln in the Beco, but thought better of it when I realized I'd have to haul not just the red peppers and butter that I need home, but also the 12 pack of soda we are getting to take to a friends house tonight for dinner.  So, that idea vetoed, I instead set to work getting my reusable produce bags ready to use for the red peppers--it was actually much easier than I thought to make them out of net bags my mom had saved from buying clementines.  I will post how I did it next week!

I have one last giveaway to bring you for Earth Week!  This one is actually for everyone--whether you have kids or not.  About a month ago, I started doing some research for reusable sandwich bags.  Lucas takes his lunch everyday to work (ok, not everyday, but most...), and we were almost out of sandwich baggies.  Instead of buying a new box, I decided we should switch to something more permanent instead of throwing away baggies everyday.  I finally discovered the snackTaxi!

What exactly is a snackTaxi?  Well, they are your new replacement for all those plastic sandwich bags you have thrown away over the years! When I think back to my years in grade school and high school (cue hazy fadeout memory), I hate to think about how many plastic baggies I tossed into the trash.  I was one of those kids who always brought a lunch (unless it was french toast sticks day...for some reason, I loved me some french toast sticks).  So, lets say minus the 4 or so french toast stick lunch days I bought a year, that would be 183 remaining brought from home lunches, with an average of 3 plastic baggies per lunch (sandwich, chips/crackers, and fruit or a cookie)... so that is 549 per year.  Multiply that by 12 and you get: 6588!  Ugg.  I knew it was going to be a big number, but I am shocked it is that big.  And keep in mind that doesn't include any baggies used on weekends, to store leftover food etc. That is just my lunch trash. 

So, I am sad I didn't discover snackTaxis sooner, but am so happy I did now!  snackTaxis are a family owned and operated business out of Plainfield, MA.  All snackTaxis are made by local sewers in their home based workshop!  Erin Kelly-Dill (owner) states on the snackTaxi website that she is committed to keeping snackTaxis a local business and will never outsource the labor.  
They are available in 2 sizes:  The sandwich size (above) is a very generous 7.5" wide by 6" high.  As you can see in the picture, your sandwich will have plenty of room and won't be smushed.

The snack size (above) is 6" wide and 4.5" high.  It holds a great amount of food, liked the bunch of grapes above, or the 1/2 a packet of Ritz crackers that Lucas takes for lunch.

snackTaxi also makes reusable lunch sacks to tote your snackTaxis in. And they are super easy to clean, since you can either hand wash them or toss them in the machine to wash and dry.  The outside print is made from 100% cotton and the inside, waterproof lining is a nylon with polyurethane coating.  The nylon they use is free of heavy metals, phthalates, PBBs, and PBDEs. When Lucas first started using them, he mentioned that he found a slight plastic-y taste on the crackers he had carried.  I mentioned this to Jill (my contact from snackTaxi) and she recommended that they be washed first before use.  When I asked Lucas if he had washed it before he took the crackers, he admitted he hadn't. After washing them, he has not experienced the plastic-y taste again, so most likely it just something from being shipped or being closed up for awhile.  So, please wash them before use =]

About the shipping--they came in a mailer made out of recycled materials and the invoice was printed front and back on recycled paper.  How great is that??

Now, to the wonderful giveway!  Jill has offered to give one reader of Our Lincoln Log a set of snackTaxis (one sandwich size and one snack size) in the pattern of your choice! (subject to availability). 

Entry Rules

(note:  if you blog, please make sure your profile is set to public with your e-mail visible so that I can contact you if you are the winner.  If you don't blog, you can still enter by leaving your e-mail address in your comments!)

Mandatory Entry:  please visit the snackTaxi website and let me know which colors/patterns you would choose if you won the snackTaxi set!  

This step much be completed or all other entries will be deleted.

Extra Entries:

1.  Tweet this giveaway and leave a link to your tweet (1 extra entry).

2.  Follow or subscribe to the RSS feed and leave a comment stating that you do (1 extra entry)

3.  If you enter today, get a bonus entry for Earth Day!  Leave a post before 11:59 p.m. on 4/22/2009 stating "Bonus Earth Day entry".  (1 extra entry).

4.  List a location where you could purchase snackTaxis in person--if there isn't a place near you, just list one that is close or located somewhere where you like to visit =] (1 extra entry)

The fine print:  This contest will close on Tuesday, May 5th, 2009 at 9:00 AM.  Comments will close at that time and a winner will be chosen via Random.org.  Winner will be announced here and contacted via e-mail within 24 hours of contest closing.  Winner will have 72 hours to reply.  If winner does not reply within that time frame, a new winner will be chosen.  This giveaway is open to US shipping addresses only.  Please refer to all rules and policies here.

This giveaway is now closed!  Please check back later for the winner!