Soyagera journey into healthier living

Okay, so why 1950? I really just chose that year because it seems like a good estimate. I’m sure chemical cleansers and petroleum-based products really became the rage following the war, with all the new-fangled technology to clean and polish. And as I’ve figured out, chemicals must make things disintegrate faster…

I’m in the middle of a huge cleaning job. (I’m taking a needed break by blogging. Don’t tell Hubs. He’s still cleaning the basement…heehee.) Hubs and I leave for our cross-country trip in a week. We’ve got a few errands left to run, a few days of work left to bear, and a few items left to buy. Today is CLEANING DAY EXTRAORDINAIRE. And since we gave up chemical cleansers months ago, we’re finding out that we need to increase a few variables in our (natural cleanser x H20) + (elbow grease) = Clean equation.

The proper equation should be
(natural cleanser X H20)+ 100(elbow grease) =Clean!

I’m not complaining. I just now see why women of the working class always had incredible arms. So far today I’ve:
-cleaned out a cooler that was getting mildew-y
-scrubbed my outdoor basement stairs and cement pad (Thank you wet Spring for the mildew you’ve brought. It’s so pretty green!)
-scrubbed my kitchen floor with a rag and a scrub brush
-scrubbed my carpeted stairs with castile soap, water, and borax using a scrub brush

And I’m worn out! I know my back will kill tomorrow. One thing that will not burn, though, is my lungs. Neither will my heart (with the pain of tossing chemical compounds into the water supply).

I suppose I should get back to work.  I’m moving on to my bathrooms and bedroom. A scrub brush is sort of a necessary tool for me, I’ve found. Do you have any natural cleaning tricks that you find magical?