REDUCE THE CLUTTER and let someone else REUSE your unwanted “stuff”

May was annual “Stash or Slash” month at our house. I spent a lot of time in the closet packing up my boots and sweaters for their summer-long hibernation, replacing them with an array of sandals and tank tops. As I marched the boxes of winter paraphernalia to the garage, it occurred to me that I could no longer see the cars through the junk. I asked myself, how did that happen? Today is the day of reckoning.  Where do I begin? Certainly the path of least... Read More

TALKING GREEN WITH THE QUEEN OF CLEAN®

“We don’t need all of these chemicals to make our homes clean. The most sustainable methods for cleaning happen to be the most effective.” After digging into the dirt of cleaning products, we found that cleaning supplies most of us perceive to be the most beneficial are, in fact, the most dangerous, laden with chemicals that pose health risks seldom publicized. “As a society, we’ve fallen victim to the successful marketing and packaging of modern products,... Read More