Spring Cleaning...

 I am always looking for a natural way in which to improve a safe Eco balance inside my home  and still experience effective  home cleaning...

For those of you who likewise share these same concerns...if you are looking for an alternative to harmful, chemical laden carcinogenics found in household cleaning solutions...you will enjoy the alternative...

 

A Fresh Start: Natural Spring Cleaning

You can handle all your spring cleaning with five common kitchen ingredients.

March/April 2010

By Beth Swanson 

Enlarge Image Image Gallery Lemons are a natural bleaching agent that help brighten white laundry. Photo By Povy Kendal Atchison

A clean living space makes a house a home. But using harsh chemicals can contaminate your home with toxins, defeating the purpose of all that scrubbing, soaking, washing and dusting. Exposure to chemicals common in household cleaners can have adverse effects on your family’s health. Household cleaners can cause mild irritations; they also have been linked to cancer and asthma. They are responsible for thousands of poisonings every year, mostly of children.

Chemical-laden cleaners pollute our air and water, packing landfills and contaminating water sources and marine habitats after being washed down sewer systems. Petroleum-based cleaners and plastic packaging also help deplete nonrenewable natural resources.

Fortunately, nature provides simple, effective materials that clean and disinfect naturally, leaving your home clean and safe. Just open up your cupboards—five simple, nontoxic items can handle all of your household cleaning.
Lemons
Lemons are natural disinfectants because of their antibacterial properties. For many, the refreshing citrus smell exemplifies cleanliness.
Kitchen
• Cut a lemon in half and use it to clean wooden chopping boards or to help remove stains from countertops. Let the lemon juice sit for a while, then wipe clean. Avoid marble and granite surfaces because the acid can be corrosive. (Try club soda instead.)
• Dip a cut lemon in coarse salt and scrub copper-bottomed pots and pans. Use the same preparation to help dissolve soap and hard water stains in sinks. Throw the used lemon into your compost pile for eco-friendly waste disposal.
• Odors and bacteria can build up over time in your garbage disposal. Place a whole lemon in your garbage disposal and turn it on for a quick, easy way to clean this hard-to-reach area (chop it into chunks if your disposal has trouble processing large items).
LaundryLemons are natural bleaching agents that can help brighten white linens and clothing. Add 1/2 cup of lemon juice to the rinse cycle to brighten whites and give them a fresh citrus smell.
Salt
Good old-fashioned table salt can be used as an abrasive cleaner.
All-Purpose
Abrasive coarse salt can help remove stains, caked-on food or mildew on stovetops and in bathtubs, or anywhere scratching is not a concern. Mix baking soda with salt to whiten while scrubbing away grime.

For more natural cleaning solutions go to:
www.naturalhomemagazine.com/homemade-cleaners

I've wrapped the idea of creating a blog around my brain for over a year ...well yesterday, procrastination halted...dead in its tracks...

I jumped into the blog world with both feet...and of course it became an all day project. I must say all day and some night...

After many long frustrating hours reading tutorials...many eyeball videos later and implementing subsequent how-to's-...with retry after retry...
Success!... my 2 scrolling widgets made their debut...ya hoo!

Then I proceeded to change my layout...however...to locate the perfect template takes hours upon hours of eyeball exercise...which of course is a boring expenditure to no avail.

So my 3lbs of gray matter suggested I create a custom template by tweaking HTML...
I know what your thinking...this women has  lost her mind...
well you could be right...however maybe I'll find it later...

My desire is to create  2 sidebars... with the body for posting in the middle.  Tweak after tweak in HTML and then after many more tweaks...discovery loomed of 30 or more ways in which a favorable outcome was not to be. Subsequently numerous tweaks  brought on drowsing stress to which my eyes closed for the night.
So...this morning,

As you can see after many attempts no right and left sidebars cohesively exist as yet...however I'm not one to throw in the towel or raise the white flag... I will overcome and I will strive to succeed... I will have 2 sidebars!...

Least way someday soon ...when more hours allow.

For the moment my insides are yearning for a  2nd Venti soy milk, "organic myan black oxyx " coffee...Resistance is futile...

Bye for now...