Have you seen them yet?  The shelves of stores are beginning to fill up with them.  Green products. For this article, specifically cleaners.  I have to admit, I’m a bit skeptical of them.  All of a sudden when going green becomes the latest in popular trends they are popping up everywhere.

I have always been a great cleaner, in fact when the kids were still at home, I was probably way too anal about it.   I spent all kinds of money on every new cleaner that came out.  I wanted it clean and I wanted it to smell clean.  It liked to of drove Rick nuts.  He felt he couldn’t sit and relax as long as I was up running around doing things from sun up to sun down.  What could I say, I had an A-type personality.  We compromised and both gave in a little here and a tad there.  It took me years, but I have now conquered the A-type person in me.  Funny it began to happen as the kids moved away.  Each time one moved, I got better.  Now a-days, Rick finds his clean underwear on the couch.

Convenience and show; aren’t those the reasons we will buy the newest and best product on the shelf?  It certainly was for me!  I’m all grown up now though and frankly, I could care less.  With age comes some wisdom and that wisdom tells me to be practical and creative.  So my practical and creative side went to searching on how to clean greener. Read the complete Post.

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So, where do we start? I’ve always been a fan of simplicity. One of the simplest things we can do is to switch our light bulbs from the typical incandescent bulb to the more efficient compact fluorescent bulb. I know the up-front costs will be a bit hard to swallow, but if you consider that a “green” bulb is about the same cost of a cup of joe these days…well, you get the point. We (Rick and I) bought our first green bulbs at our local Sams club. The cost was around $12-14 for an 8 pack. (I don’t remember the specifics at the moment.) That equals out to an average of less than $2 a bulb. A common suggestion is to “phase in” the green bulbs by first replacing the most frequently used lights in your home and go from there.

As with everything in life there are the pros and cons to consider. So let me throw some out there that I have come to know and if you have some to add, please let me know.

Let’s look first at what the “green” bulb is all about. Read the complete Post.

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