My New Best Friend

Lately I've been trying to "go greener" and have been looking into natural cleaning products and other fun stuff like that. The problem for me is that a lot of the "green" cleaning products that are available to buy are just a little too expensive for my cheap self. So, of course, I did a little on line investigation into natural cleaners. Many different sites and people talked about using baking soda, kosher salt, vinegar and a few other things to clean. On Saturday, I was cleaning the bathroom and was out of bathroom cleaner, so I decided to give baking soda a whirl! It worked so fabulously, I almost didn't believe it. And the bathroom smelled good and clean, not chemically. I was an official convert to baking soda. Last night as I was opening a bottle of grape soda it exploded everywhere. And I mean everywhere. It was a lot of fun....grape soda & white cabinets make for an amazing combination. Anyway, this morning I realized that the soda had stained our light laminate counter top. Out came the baking soda and poof! the stain was gone. Then the excitement really began. I used it on our glass top stove. It's next to impossible to get every little thing off of a glass top stove, but you should see how it shines now! The stains that didn't come off initially were covered in a paste of baking soda and water and left to sit for a while. Then I scrubbed just about everything off the stove. It looks like new.

Yes, I know, I don't get out much. But you'll appreciate this one day when you have a stain that you don't know how to get out or run out of cleaner. At least that's what I tell myself in order to publish this post for all to see.