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Once again I am sick with intestinal badness. Do not want!
I feel oddly alert and energetic, though. I cleaned our bathroom--seriously, like a lot. I even soaked the shower curtain in vinegar to remove its soap scum (which mostly worked), scrubbed the tub, toilet, and sink, and cleaned the floor (it was already pretty clean, since![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
glaucon mopped it the other day). I'm also washing all of the rugs in the house, and I swept and mopped the kitchen floor.
My stomach (by which I mean my actual stomach, as distinct from my intestines) is starting to hurt, though, so I think I'm going to lie low for the rest of the afternoon. I don't know what I ate but my body didn't like it. Fortunately, I don't have to be anywhere today, and I've accomplished something, so I can feel good and right about doing quiet, stationary tasks for the rest of the afternoon.
There is something about a good bout of fixture and floor scrubbing to make one think about things. Like chemicals and paper products. We ran out of paper towels the other day, and I am very much inclined to just let this state of affairs ride. I have been thinking for awhile about using cloth napkins instead of paper towels, and maybe now is the time to make the switch. I am also starting to lean toward using more basic household chemicals (vinegar, baking soda, ammonia, borax, bleach and plain old soap) for cleaning rather than commercially prepared over-scented crap with its mysterious "proprietary" ingredients, and its overly task-specific marketing. I mean...do we really need a spray-on mildew remover, a spray-on soap scum remover, and a spray-on "daily freshener," all for the shower? I might even knit a few dish cloths out of some cotton yarn I have, and stop buying cellulose sponges. I want things to be washable and re-usable, with minimal packaging and no fillers. I don't want to waste things or to throw things in the trash.
P.S. DUDE! I just read a comment on a discussion forum I belong to (it's on ravelry.com)...reminding me that thrift store sweaters can be unraveled, their yarn recycled. Ugly cotton sweaters could be mined for dish cloth yarn! (I have already been thinking about recycling wool sweaters for sweater yarn--I don't particularly like wearing cotton sweaters, so all they'd be good for, IMO, is dish cloths.)
:::sigh::: I have to confess that I have been known to make fun of dish cloth knitters, but I am starting to see the wisdom of it. Dish cloths are quick to knit and super cheap. It depends what yarn you use, of course--but you can get a full pound of coned, worsted-weight cotton yarn for like $10 (from Lion, Lily, or Pisgah), or even cheaper if you buy mill ends; plus there's that whole cotton sweater recycling thing. They'd make for good bus knitting.
I feel oddly alert and energetic, though. I cleaned our bathroom--seriously, like a lot. I even soaked the shower curtain in vinegar to remove its soap scum (which mostly worked), scrubbed the tub, toilet, and sink, and cleaned the floor (it was already pretty clean, since
glaucon mopped it the other day). I'm also washing all of the rugs in the house, and I swept and mopped the kitchen floor.My stomach (by which I mean my actual stomach, as distinct from my intestines) is starting to hurt, though, so I think I'm going to lie low for the rest of the afternoon. I don't know what I ate but my body didn't like it. Fortunately, I don't have to be anywhere today, and I've accomplished something, so I can feel good and right about doing quiet, stationary tasks for the rest of the afternoon.
There is something about a good bout of fixture and floor scrubbing to make one think about things. Like chemicals and paper products. We ran out of paper towels the other day, and I am very much inclined to just let this state of affairs ride. I have been thinking for awhile about using cloth napkins instead of paper towels, and maybe now is the time to make the switch. I am also starting to lean toward using more basic household chemicals (vinegar, baking soda, ammonia, borax, bleach and plain old soap) for cleaning rather than commercially prepared over-scented crap with its mysterious "proprietary" ingredients, and its overly task-specific marketing. I mean...do we really need a spray-on mildew remover, a spray-on soap scum remover, and a spray-on "daily freshener," all for the shower? I might even knit a few dish cloths out of some cotton yarn I have, and stop buying cellulose sponges. I want things to be washable and re-usable, with minimal packaging and no fillers. I don't want to waste things or to throw things in the trash.
P.S. DUDE! I just read a comment on a discussion forum I belong to (it's on ravelry.com)...reminding me that thrift store sweaters can be unraveled, their yarn recycled. Ugly cotton sweaters could be mined for dish cloth yarn! (I have already been thinking about recycling wool sweaters for sweater yarn--I don't particularly like wearing cotton sweaters, so all they'd be good for, IMO, is dish cloths.)
:::sigh::: I have to confess that I have been known to make fun of dish cloth knitters, but I am starting to see the wisdom of it. Dish cloths are quick to knit and super cheap. It depends what yarn you use, of course--but you can get a full pound of coned, worsted-weight cotton yarn for like $10 (from Lion, Lily, or Pisgah), or even cheaper if you buy mill ends; plus there's that whole cotton sweater recycling thing. They'd make for good bus knitting.
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