Getting carried away . . .

This whole BPA thing has me thinking what other chemicals I can eliminate from my life, especially after I read pets have 2-5 times as much of common toxins in their bodies as people do. It makes sense when you think about it, as the NPR piece put it: when you walk across the floor your body absorbs some of the chemicals that are on it, when you lay on the floor for a few hours, then lick your fur, you absorb even more!

I also worry about the respiratory effects of chemicals, and wonder if Todd's cluster headaches don't have something to do with common household toxins. I have decided to take the same approach to cleaning as I do to food: if I can't pronounce it, I best avoid it.

So far, I have found two excellent substitutes for the chemicals I used to use: a microfiber mop (100 dollars on amazon; 20 dollars at BJ's,) and these handy microfiber cleaning cloths (11 dollars at Ukrops, I dont' know where you NC yokels can get some.) They both work FABULOUSLY, and, although they are a higher initial outlay, they use only water!

Edit: look how nice I am, you can get both from QVC for 30 bucks. http://www.qvc.com/qic/qvcapp.aspx/view.2/app.detail/params.aol_refer.false.tpl.detail.msn_refer.false.item.V24246.ref.GBA?cm_ven=GOOGLEBASE&cm_cat=For%20the%20Home&cm_pla=Floorcare%20&cm_ite=V24246
(it looks like amazon has a mop for 20 bucks, too, if youre like me and have Prime)

and see: method
http://www.methodhome.com/products/
biodegradable cleaners and microfiber stuff.

More new stuff . . .

we're not rolling in dough, I swear, but we have made another major purchase. Thanks to a killer deal at best buy, this guy came home last weekend to replace our side-by-side. I, personally, HATE side by sides, and having the fridge on top is practically life changing.



In other product-placement news, the stuff about BPA (a chemical found in plastic bottles (including nalgenes) as well as the lining of most canned foods) gets scarier and scarier, if you ask me. I recently changed out my beloved nalgene for a camelbak BPA-free water bottle. It was a cheap, easy change to make. Hopefully nalgene gets on the stick, soon. For those of you who eat a lot of canned foods, Eden Foods, who packages organic canned beans, etc, does not use BPA in their can linings.

look at that face

how could you not love that face?

They obviously don't have enough to talk about. . .

So I am sad that my team lost in the tourney, of course, but you can only be so upset when they make the final four. I know you all have your own opinions about my good 'ole heels, so lets move right along.

Last night, coach Williams, who coached at KU for FIFTEEN YEARS, went to the finals, and at some point he put on a KU sticker. My reaction: big flippin deal. Way to be the bigger man and support the other team. Its just a game and these are just kids and it's not like they played dirty to beat us (Im looking at you, puke.) This morning, it is ALL OVER ESPN. Sports guys are outraged, how tacky, how awful, how could he do that. WHATEVER. You go Roy, rock that KU sticker, I still love you!

In other news, congratulations to Dicky V for finally making the hall of fame. I'm hardly his biggest fan, but he deserves it.

Always a suprise . . .

Coming home to four dogs is always interesting. Even though three of them are crated (the other one can get out of her crate, always.) You never know whats going to happen. Just the other day, shea shea took a pyrex dish OUT OF THE SINK and broke it all over the floor, chewed open a cooler to get to another pyrex dish that had had breakfast casserole in it, ate an entire bag of candy she got out of my school bag, as well as some zyrtec. She is none the worse for the wear.

Today, I came home to a smell every pet owner dreads: poop!! Poor beth had gotten sick in her crate. She's done it before (she has a very sensitive stomach) and it's so sad; she gets all squished up in the corner trying not to touch it. Needless to say, she had to skip dinner tonight, and I am wracked with guilt. I know fasting them for a day is the right thing to do, but I feel so bad!!

Anyway, tomorrow is my seestur and my's birthday, and we get to spend it together!! yay!!

Martha totally stole my blog . . .

yeah, so, I kind of lost the wind out of my sails, but . . .

Nothing makes you feel like a grown up like getting excited about a new vacuum cleaner! My little green stick vac finally gave up the ghost this weekend. After facing 4 or 5 years with cats and dogs, I think it gave some solid service. No complaints.

I decided, now that we have so many furry things (2 cats, four dogs, and my husband) it was time to really invest in a good vac. I thought about a Dyson, but the reviews I've read have been mixed. Similarly with the electrolux's (they aren't the same company they were when my parents got their electrolux that probably lasted for twenty yaers, they were bought by a swedish company a few years ago.) I kept reading that Miele was the cadillac of vacuums, and after much thought, I bit the bullet and bought one.

this little guy is the latest member of the family, and I have to say, it's pretty sweet.