cleaning

This giveaway is now closed. The winner is Me in Millions.

Time to get a kick start on the spring cleaning season. I’m keeping things pretty simple this year on account of my illness and reduced activity level.

My spring cleaning plan this year looks like this:

• decluttering
• moving things I do want to keep to more efficient locations when applicable
• disinfecting surfaces and things I touch
• washing all my sheets and blankets (let’s not think about how long it’s been since I’ve washed my bedding)
• washing random kitchen, bathroom, and living room stuff that doesn’t get in the regular weekly laundry (i.e. hot pads, throw pillows)
• hopefully talking Dad into a thorough vacuuming and floor mopping (a little high intensity for me at this time, especially the dragging the vacuum up the stairs part)

This past week I’ve been testing out Seventh Generation’s multi-purpose cleaner, bathroom cleaner, and disinfecting wipes. Along with the products, I got a handy recycled plastic caddy to store them in. It’s perfect since Dad has been over to help clean a few times in the past few months and always complains that I keep all the cleaning stuff in the upstairs closet which he doesn’t thing is an efficient and convenient location. I loaded up the caddy with my new products, some rags, and some scrub brushes and it’s now living under the downstairs bathroom sink (it’s also easy to move it all to wherever he thinks is the perfect location for it when he’s here).

I’m using the multi-purpose cleaner to wipe down surfaces, knobs, handles, and switches in most rooms; the bathroom cleaner for everything in the bathroom; and the wipes are absolutely perfect for wiping down my Wii Fit balance board after using it (I don’t know about you but my feet get awfully sweaty especially when I’m doing Super Hula Hoop).

Good news on the cancer front, last week I had a PET scan and no more cancer showed up on it. But I do have a mass of scar tissue where the largest grapefruit sized tumor was in my lung cavity on the left and I have a non-cancerous abnormality going on in my right lung causing it to not fully inflate at this time (more tests on that later this week). I have to say that the best part about these products is that it’s nice to be able to use cleaning products that don’t make me worry about what’s getting in my lungs while I’m already having lung issues. I only notice my lung issues when I try to take a deep breath or I cough and traditional chemical cleaning products do have a history of making my cough so the less chemicals the better especially at this time.

I have one Seventh Generation Disinfecting Cleaning Kit that includes a disinfecting multi-surface cleaner, bathroom cleaner, wipes, a copy of The Conscious Kitchen, a cleaning caddy made from recycled plastic, and two rolls of 100% recycled, unbleached paper towels to giveaway to an It’s Frugal Being Green reader.

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Entries will close April 13, 2010 at 11:59pm Pacific time. Winner will be notified via email and must respond with their shipping address within 48 hours. Winner must be able to provide a US shipping address to receive their prize.

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