November Goals / Out Darn Stuff

[calzephyr]

November goals

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It's so nice to see the list shrinking from when I began it!

So, October’s big win last week was putting the last full of recycling into the blue cart and recycled the box itself and threw out a full bag of garbage.

This seems like a small thing, it it’s a big milestone. It means I’ve gone through every part of the house and recycled/tossed as much as posible. It’s weird when you start looking at things with a fine-tooth comb and start really examining why you have it and what (or if) you’re going to do with it. Now I just have to get granular and find new homes for more things.

One surprising culprit for clutter was cleaning supplies. I thought I was seeing things, but we had two half-full Windex bottles, and a ton of other half-full bottles of gels, foams, and sprays. I have no idea how they accumulated. Some of them are pretty old! I’m going to try hard to use them up so I can go to simpler methods such as vinegar, baking soda, and plain dish soap. One of my favourite cleaning tips right now is adding a sprinkle of baking soda to a squeeze of dish soap (fairy soap in the UK). It really works wonders!

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[seewildflowers]

I used dawn dish soap with vinegar to clean our gross shower and it worked pretty well! I can’t use harsh chemicals to clean cause they make me super sick. I can’t even really go down the harsh cleaning chemical aisle at the store because it’s too strong for me.

[calzephyr]

For sure, that aisle can get pretty whiffy! My granny loved used assorted Lysol sprays and going to her house was literally suffocating at times :-P I've always avoided a lot of that stuff because it's unsafe for birds.