Category Archives: Green Living

Green Cleaning Part 5 – Laundry

By Elise | Published: April 9, 2012

Laundry is my favorite.  I’m not sure why this is, but I figure it’s best not to question weirdness such as this.  I just enjoy doing laundry. Interestingly enough, it’s not at all hard to do laundry without harsh chemicals.  I think I expected dingy stinky clothes, but I was quite happily surprised with all [...]

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Green Cleaning Part 4 – The Rest of the House

By Elise | Published: March 29, 2012

 I spend most of my cleaning energy on the bathrooms and kitchen.  Sometimes, I feel the rest of the house must feel neglected – like the proverbial  middle child.  So, I have recently been expressing my gratitude to my living room and bedrooms for not needing so much attention.  Luckily, this lack of dirt lends [...]

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Green Cleaning Part 3 – The Kitchen

By Elise | Published: March 27, 2012

My family and I sure spend a lot of time in our kitchen.  (See above.)  I love to prepare and share good food with my family.  Yes, okay, I love to eat it all too.  Ha! As a Feng Shui lady, I can’t help myself but gently suggesting that you try to keep this area [...]

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Green Cleaning – Part 2 – The Bathroom

By Elise | Published: March 23, 2012

Originally published March 16, 2008 I used to hate cleaning bathrooms, but now I think of this arduous task as giving myself a present.  Using my own homemade, environmentally and budget friendly products makes me feel like a super-hero.  Plus, doing it to a hot, Latin rhythm is fun! There are a ton of resources [...]

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Green Cleaning: Part 1

By Elise | Published: March 22, 2012

Originally Published March 10, 2008 This is the first in a series of four articles on Healthy Home Cleaning. In this first installment, I will talk about my thoughts on cleaning and using intention. Part 2 will focus on the bathroom and contain step-by-step instructions. Part 3 will be on the kitchen. Part 4 will [...]

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Green Living Lessons

By Elise | Published: February 28, 2012

For years, my hubbie and I have lamented throwing away the plastic/nylon netting that clementines, apples, garlic, and some potatoes arrive in.  We kept thinking there must be some amazing use for it, but just could not figure it out. This past weekend, one of my extremely cool neighbors, (I’m so fortunate to have many) [...]

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Feeling Guilty

By Elise | Published: October 27, 2011

Do you know what I found out this week?  Be warned – it is really sad. I found out that the major chocolate companies like Hershey and Cadbury and Mars get their chocolate from cocoa plantations in Ivory Coast that have child slaves do the work.   Seriously?  WTF?  That is so flipping uncool, and yet, [...]

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Green Guilt – Tissues

By Elise | Published: September 2, 2011

I do not buy recycled tissues.  I like the kind with lotion on them so that our noses stay happy.  I also very much like to pitch my family’s snot. Last week, I bought a book for my hubbie by Amanda Soule called The Rhythm of Family.  He digs it.  In fact, he wants to [...]

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Non Toxic Homemade Ant Killer

By Elise | Published: April 5, 2011

I hate ants.  I really, really hate seeing those nasty little suckers in my house.  To me,  ants in the house means my failure as an adult – unable to keep my home clean enough that ants stay away.   I have heard rumors that ants look for dry nesting sites in the spring, especially [...]

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No Shampoo Update

By Elise | Published: March 24, 2011

An update on living without shampoo

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