Friday, September 5, 2008

Good Idea or Afluenza Out of Control

Jason and I are always teasing each other about suffering from afluenza when we realize we would like to add some small new luxury to our life which we couldn't afford a few years back when we were paycheck to paycheck in LA. Our newest desire is to change all of our household cleaning products to baby safe and/or natural and/or "green" items. There are obviously many reasons to make this switch and, especially as Maia becomes more mobile, I realize now would be a good time to do it. Right now, we just use Formula 409 to clean our kitchen counters and the Clorox version of the Swiffer Wetjet to clean our floors.

So, do you guys think its worth making this change or am I just being silly because it's hip to be green these days. And if it is worth it - can anyone recommend some good natural based alternatives to the mainstream cleaners? Especially for kitchen counters and/or bathrooms. That is my first target for making this change...

2 comments:

MollyHA said...

We use Sun & Earth products - primarily the All-Purpose Cleaner. It smells like orange and is all natural and toxic-free! It works just as well if not better than 409. I definitely recommend it. We've been using it for awhile now and it just makes us feel better with Franklin.

www.sunandearth.com

Kristin said...

I am totally in love Method! I use the floor method cleaners there is one for wood and for tile... and their bathroom products are GREAT and smell delicious!! For my Kitchen I use the clorox anywhere... I dont think its "green" but I realy like it! Good luck!!