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I’m a big fan of creative, unique gifts. I’m not a gift giver naturally, but when it has to happen, I like to make them fun to open.
I’ve [...]
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Tags: frugality·gifts·green cleaners
Welcome, spring! If you’re not from Michigan, spring may be a season that speaks of flowers, sunshine, and green leaves on trees. Around here, it’s just confusion, all the time. Case in point: Thursday, we were easily outside in short sleeves. Saturday we woke up to snow on the ground. What season is this?
Even [...]
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Tags: antibacterial·antibacterial soap·bleach·carnivals·Cleaning·green cleaners·triclosan
You would think that by my age I would have learned to follow directions. Charlie’s Soap for laundry instructed me to run an empty-ish load with two scoops of soap and a few rags. The purpose was to clean out residue from other detergents that remains in the washing machine and would interfere with the [...]
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Tags: Charlie's Soap·green cleaners·product review
I envision a future where my children’s children speak the word “recycle” more often than the word “trash”. That world will be a cleaner, healthier place than ours because of all our hard work conserving resources, protecting the environment and reducing our waste.
Mandi at Organizing Your Way is tackling various resolutions people make as [...]
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Tags: going green·green cleaners·Organizing Your Way
Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to make one change in your cleaning routine to be more kind to the Earth.
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Level of Commitment: Making Strides
I’ve been “green” for a few years in most of my cleaning with my triple threat cleaners, but I had a few areas that I [...]
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Tags: baby wipes·bleach·Cleaning·dishwasher detergent·green cleaners·laundry detergent·natural body products·personal care·soap·soap nuts
I knew for quite some time that my dishwasher detergent and my laundry soap were my two problem areas when it came to green cleaning. I was always on the lookout for eco-friendly options. I’m thrilled to finally feel like I have all my ducks in a row in those areas, but it took most [...]
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Tags: green cleaners
Your mission, if you choose to accept it (on a Friday!), is to decrease what you throw away while attempting to keep a clean house.
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Level of Commitment: Baby Steps
Watching some people clean up is like being the unfortunate witness to another mother’s child’s screaming hissy fit: I’m embarrassed and pained to watch, and [...]
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Tags: Cleaning·green cleaners·paper towel·reducing waste