Zen and the Art of Toilet Bowl Cleaner

[twilight33]

The other day I was pondering why I don't clean as often in the winter as I do in the summer, and the answer finally dawned on me. I open almost every window in the house in the summer because I can't stand the smell of most cleaning products. With the price of natural gas there's no way I'm doing that and wasting heat in the winter.. hence, I avoid cleaning as much as possible. Part of it could be the fact that I am a partially hibernating lazybutt, but I digress.

I now have a new obsession for the new year: Mrs. Meyer's lavender biodegradable cleaning products. I literally sat on the bathroom floor last night for at least 20 minutes inhaling the calm goodness emanating from the porcelain and marble. I never knew a clean bathroom could lead to aromatheraputic enlightenment. They also work pretty well on the usual soap scum & grime, and another go-round with the toilet bowl cleaner might remove some hard water stains that significantly lightened yesterday.

So maybe lavender will mess up the Puget Sound fish just as cinnamon & vanilla do, but surely the lack of chlorine & phosphates makes up for it?

Comments

[nlguy.livejournal.com]

This is why I love method products so much. They smell great and are biodegradable. I've heard of the Mrs. Meyer's products though; if I see them anywhere I'll try them next!

[twilight33]

Ooh those sound good too, strange that I haven't heard of them before!

FYI - Andys Produce Market, Whole Foods - Sebastopol & Fiesta-Pacific Market ;) I had a twinge of nostalgia for the Oliver's listing in Cotati, the only place that's ever tried to card me for buying root beer ;)

[northwardbound.livejournal.com]

method products are cool - I can't seem to find them up here but I used to buy them at the Northgate Target :) So Mrs Meyers doesn't have the nasty cleaner smells? I might have to try that - I've seen it for sale here in a few places :)

[twilight33]

Nope, they're lavender, lemon verbena & geranium scented... since I'm a lavender freak that was a given ;) The all purpose cleaner is the easiest to sneak a sniff of but super concentrated. You might be able to unscrew the top off the countertop spray bottle (which is essentially the all purpose cleaner in the right dilution plus something added) without looking too suspicious though :)