I have a confession to make… I miss unhealthy, non green cleaning. I really do. Today I found myself in the cleanser aisle at the grocery store coveting all those wonderful, good smelling products. That nifty little disposable toilet wand, I want to try it, it looks like so much fun and the picture on the package shows a sparkling toilet. Wait, a disposable toilet brush? More junk for the land fill. All those lovely cleaning products calling to me with their pretty labels and intoxicating scents. I want my house to smell like a pine forest after I scrub the floors. Someone help me!
I’m really struggling with the green cleaning thing right now. I know it’s healthier for my family and better for the environment but I miss walking into my house and smelling the smells that let you know it’s clean. Vinegar is not exactly an exciting scent.
I use homemade laundry detergent but I want my laundry to smell like Mountain Rain or Jasmine and Butterflies, whatever the new enticing scent is that my favorite detergent has now. I miss putting on a shirt and smelling the fabric softener. I know those things are bad for the environment, but I miss them.
To be honest this green cleaning thing has made me lazy. There was a time when I would scrub my house and you could tell, it smelled so fresh and clean. Now it smells like nothing and just doesn’t give me that same feeling of accomplishment. Now the house smells the same all the time and since I’m not scrubbing with lots of soap I don’t feel that it’s clean anyway so why bother?
I’m hoping this is a temporary moment of weakness because all the new cleaning products they have are calling to me. I want to have my shower clean itself every day when I get out of it. I want to be able to step on a button and have my toilet cleaned. I want those things. I want to see scrubbing bubbles in my bathtub, smell bleach and know that everything is sanitized.
I think I may need a twelve step program because now that I’ve managed to rid my house of all those chemical laden cleaners, I miss them, and I want them back. Although I know it’s all an advertising gimmick I want my house to smell clean and sparkle, just like the commercials.