The Green in Me

This week the Parent Bloggers Network has teamed up with SC Johnson’s new product Nature’s Source. They both want to know how I am living more natural.

Two years ago, my husband and I were talking about how the craze on organics was growing. We were so anti-organic you would not believe. I mean, we didn’t have anything good to say about it. In fact we said we loved the taste of our pesticides, because if you have something organic, it really does taste different. It is that “natural” taste that I couldn’t handle.

I had a child!

There is some switch in women that flips when they become a mother. There isn’t a thing in the world I wouldn’t do to protect my child. I started to think about what I was eating. What is my child eating. I started buying organic fruit. I fed it to her, I fed it to myself. I actually liked it now. Yum!. I purchased more.

I had another child!!

Now we are eating organic fruit and vegetables. But what about the chemicals we are cleaning with. The chemical smell of most of them is bothersome. We watch what we clean with, now, we are even more particular. I’m not fully green or fully natural. It has been a very slow process for us to accept that maybe all of these chemicals aren’t so good for us. I find myself inspecting labels and buying recyclable containers. How green can a company be if their own materials are not biodegradable.

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Pledge Fabric Sweeper Giveaway

They say a picture is worth 1000 words. Well, I’ll go ahead and give you some words. I received the Pledge Fabric Sweeper to review and I was really excited about it until I opened up the box. I got it out and I thought, this is going to pick up my dog’s hair? I thought it would break when I tried to use it. Looks are deceiving. It works very well.

I used it on my carpet, it sucks up dog hair like a vacuum. You can see from the picture how it looks like it vacuumed. To the left there is a gray area still covered in dog hair and the middle section is clean.

Now you can see it is full of dog hair. I have a German Sheppard and they shed so much hair. Growing up we had a Sheppard too and my step mom would use tape to get all of the dog hair off of the couch. This would have been much faster and last a lot longer than tape. With tape you have to keep pulling more off because it gets full very quickly.

The Pledge Fabric Sweeper is a great new product for people with pets. It would work great on my curtains, it’s not really meant for carpet but I used it on my carpet to show the most dramatic testing. It is made for:

  • Upholstered couches and chairs—so you can sit back and relax.
  • Pillows and cushions—Pledge™ Fabric Sweeper is great for removing pet hair from throw pillows, couch cushions, and bed pillows.
  • Car interiors—great for cleaning pet hair off upholstered car seats so you can roll down the window, without stirring up pet hair.

How to use:

  • Slide side-to-side on upholstered furniture using moderate pressure. Use short strokes of about 8-12 inches in each direction (as indicated by the arrows on the sweeper).
  • Fabric Sweeper is self-cleaning! As you go in one direction, one roller picks up the pet hair from the surface. When you go in the other direction, the second roller cleans off the first and pushes the pet hair inside.
  • If pet hair builds up on the rollers, repeat the side-to-side motion a few times on a clean area of the upholstery.

The Fabric Sweeper is on sale this week at Target for 4.99 but you have a chance to win it here on my blog.

To Enter: Visit Pledge and tell me what you want to try out.

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  • This post was written for Family Review Network as part of a program by SC Johnson, who also supplied the product for review and giveaway.

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Twas a month after Christmas

Twas a month after Christmas, when all through the house
Every creature was stirring, especially my spouse;
The stocking were thrown in the floor without a care
In hopes they would go away and disappear;
The children covered the floor toys all around
While mom had visions of peace and no sound
With Windex in one hand and Oust in the other
I set out to clean and thought “Why Bother?”
When I look at the tree and the lights all a glitter
I yell pack yourself in this box or go find me a babysitter.
Away to the shed I run in a dash
To grab all the boxes before the dust gives me a rash
The clear Zip Lock bags let all my junk show
With lustre and brilliance stacked all in a row
With all the hard work the stacks finally disappear
While I’m thinking Why repeat this next year?
With the joy it brings, so lively and quick
The Glade candles still burning I should cut the wick
The family is happy and oh what a sight
The cleaning is done, I’m sleeping tonight!
The Parent Bloggers Network has started up with the very fun Blog Blasts again. If you could tell by the poem they have teamed up with SC Johnson Right at Home.
To participate this week, blog about how you are cleaning up after Christmas this year.

We had a small family Christmas, we got out the tree, decorations, and lights not too much. Well add on the stockings, dishes, and nick nacks and putting it all away is daunting. I’m not really done. I’m still at the stage of asking it all to put itself away. That’s right, I haven’t even started yet. I’d rather sit on the couch and blog.

I have promised my son I would put it away before his first birthday in March. That is the best I can do.


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