Green Cleaning for Beginners

Green Cleaning is the new rave with everyone. If you are still using bleach and other harsh cleaners in your home, especially if you have children, you can get lashed out at at every turn. Your friends are doing it, maybe even your parents, the people you know at church- now it's your turn. It's time for you to jump on the green cleaning bandwagon and see where it takes you.
So how do you get started in the age of green cleaning.? First you have to pick your products. I have lots of friends who have joined me in this brave new green cleaning world- and we all have different opinions on what works best. Long ago, about 2 years to be exact, in my former life, I was a bleach junkie. Yes I admit it- I love bleach. I like the smell and the gratification that comes when it instantly removes that red juice stain from my counter top. When I decided to start green cleaning, I needed something that would provide at least a smidgen of that instant gratification I get while watching the bleach work it's magic. I have yet to find a replacement that works as fast as my long lost bleach- but there are solutions out there that work. You have to find and choose what works best for you.
If your a chemical junkie, like I was, turning your home over to the ways of green cleaning won't be easy. I think to many of us, the chemical smell associated with our cleaning products defined what we determined to be clean for so long, if we don't have it we are unsure of how clean things really are. It took a while, but I have since learned the error of my former ways. Just because something doesn't smell "chemically," doesn't mean it doesn't clean well. In the past, I would take it as a compliment when someone walked into my home- hit with the smell of bleach- they would say, "some one's been cleaning" or "sure smells clean in here." Now, when you walk into my green clean home you smell chocolate chip cookies , cinnamon, orange blossoms, or whatever smell I decide to cook up that day. When your house doesn't smell like a chemical plant it can smell like whatever you want. I've learned, pretty much anything is more welcoming and inviting than the chemical plant smell.
If you've made the decision to trade in the bleach- or whatever your chemical of choice was- for something safer and better smelling, then good for you! Welcome to the world of green cleaning. It's a brave new world- one I'm sure you'll find both fascinating and frustrating at times. But it is worth it!

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