Green Cleaners: Buying Instead of Making

If you'd rather buy your household cleaners than make them, here is some information you should look for when choosing to find products that are good for the earth:

• All-Purpose Cleaner: should be chlorine-free, ammonia free, solvent free
• Window & Mirror Spray: should be ammonia-free with no synthetic fragrances or dyes
• Liquid Dish Soap: should be plant-based, biodegradable, with no synthetic fragrances or dyes.
• Dishwashing Detergent: should be plant-based, biodegradable, phosphate free, chlorine-free, with no synthetic dyes or fragrances.
• Oxygen Bleach: should be chlorine-free.
• Stain Remover: should be plant-based, biodegradable, chlorine-free, and solvent free.
• Toilet Bowl Cleaner: should be plant-based, biodegradable, chlorine-free, and ammonia-free.
• Surface Scrub: should be plant-based, biodegradable, chlorine-free, with no synthetic dyes or fragrances.
• Concentrated Cleaners: should be plant-based, biodegradable, with no synthetic fragrances or dyes.

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Husband vs Wife Decorating

They make some awesome new tv stands for the HD flat-screen televisions, don't they? I'm being stubborn though.

For years, I wanted a big armoire that looked antiqued, with doors that closed the television inside. With so many kids, any help closing up clutter is a necessity!

About four years ago, I finally got it. Now I won't give it up for a flat screen television. So, we just slid it inside! It's not the ideal situation to get the full sound effects from an HD flat-screen but for now, it's all I'm willing to give up for my husband to have his flat-screen!

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Take a Hike!

BRRR! Why does it feel SO cold? I usually love Autumn but it seems like it's been colder than usual (shouldn't be a surprise because the summer was definitely cooler than usual too). Winter depresses me so this cold is for the birds! It can take a hike!

We are adding to our vacation wish list. Our destination additions are Salem, Massachusetts and Asheville, North Carolina. Not that we have a vacation planned (who can afford it right now), but it's nice to have something to look forward to anyway.

Hopefully after winter graces us with its presence and then gets the heck out of here, we'll have family visiting again. My sister and sister-in-law plan to travel in their RV so hopefully they make a stop near us on their travels for a visit. Traveling by RV seems like it'd be fun (much better than putting 4 - 6 kids in an automobile and traveling). All we'd have to do is ensure our rv insurance is updated, stock up on food, and hit the road!

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Green Cleaning: Non-Toxic Toilet Bowl Cleaner

Non-Toxic Toilet Bowl Cleaner:

Ingredients ~

• 1 cup borax
• 1/2 cup white vinegar

Here's what you do with it ~

• Flush the toilet to wet the bowl.
• Sprinkle borax around the toilet, then liberally apply vinegar on tip.
• Let sit for 3-4 hours and then scrub.

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