Green Living Cleaner has Rosy Results

"Your kitchen smells so clean!

"What is that beautiful smell?"

"It smells like grapefruit in here!"  

Get used to comments like these if you use FOR EVERY HOME's Green Living Multipurpose Cleaner and other products. I've always been a fan since their introduction in 2010, but last night when my daughter had the stomach flu, I gained an even deeper appreciation for Green Living Multipurpose Cleaner. 

Not only could I clean up the mess with the cleaner, it COMPLETELY neutralized the putrid stench.  Research has proven pleasant smells increase a person's mood and productivity.  While cleaning up vomit wasn't exactly a pleasant experience, the light citrus mixed with delicate mimosa-flower made it bearable.

I am a believer. 

It's no wonder Green Living Multipurpose Cleaner has topped FOR EVERY HOME's charts as the top-selling product.  Pink Mimosa flower-scented Green Living Cleaner, introduced November 2012, is expected to do just as well. Both 27-ounce cleaners contain only the safest of cleaning ingredients.

Cleaning and disinfecting without harmful chemicals!

Green Living Multipurpose Cleaner was developed when FOR EVERY HOME's founder, Becky Anderson, asked her FOR EVERY HOME development team to come up with a cleaning product that was safe and natural for her infant grandson, William.  William had been diagnosed with Kawasaki Disease (KD).

While the doctors couldn't say exactly what causes KD, they urged Anderson's daughter to remove all chemicals from William's environment and replace them with natural cleaning solutions. The resulting Green Living line of products have not only kept William's environment healthy and clean, they have added a new dimension of environmentally-friendly cleaning to thousands of homes.

FOR EVERY HOME's Green Living Multipurpose Cleaners are just that: multipurpose!  Uses include:

Counter: Spray on counter tops and let sit for a few minutes to clean and disinfect.  Wipe with a dry cloth.
Surfaces: Spray and wipe with a cloth.  For disinfecting, allow the cleaner to sit for a few minutes before wiping. Because of its natural citrus content, test a small amount of Green Living on an inconspicuous portion of stainless steel before cleaning.
Bathrooms: Sinks, counters, toilet, tub. 
Windows and Mirrors: The cleaner will foam more on mirrors than you are probably used to, but will provide a beautiful end result. (Not to mention the beautiful, fresh, non-irritating smell!)
Other Uses: Floors, walls, and cars are other applications for Green Living Cleaners, though the Green Living Dish Soap is ideal for mixing in a bucket of water.  I've even had customers say they clean their dogs with Green Living Multipurpose cleaner!  And why not? It's perfectly safe for people and their pets.

Ingredients:
FOR EVERY HOME's Green Living Multipurpose Cleaners have ingredients including coconut, lemon, lime, mandarin extracts and eucalyptus oil with disinfecting properties.  November also brought another addition to the Green Living Multipurpose Cleaner ingredient list: patented Odor Absorbing Molecules (OAM), making Green Living a cleaner/disinfectant AND air freshener. (Think: no more aerosol air freshener cans with toxic warnings!)

A 27-ounce bottle of Green Living Cleaner is $15 plus tax and shipping and can be purchased at http://www.stacie.foreveryhome.net. It comes in original Pomegranate Blossom scent or newly introduced Mimosa Flower.

Gifts: Small, Simple, and Necessary

It's easy to start to feel tired, worn-down, frustrated, maybe even down-right resentful at this time of year.  The pressure is put on us to buy, spend, and even borrow to make Christmas day the ultimate day of the year.  Christmas is a time to celebrate Christ; it is also a time when charity and love for our family, friends, and fellow travelers on this earth meets merchandizing. This time of year I always have a hard time figuring out how the two fit together.

On the one hand, shouldn't Christmas be simple?  What happened to the days my Grandmother talks of where each child got an orange--a rarity in Central Utah during the depression--and maybe a nickel? 

On the other hand, if the wise men themselves started the tradition of gifts at Christmas it couldn't be all bad, right?

I am a chronic over-thinker when it comes to Christmas.  My most notable calamity happened a few years ago when I decided that every gift I gave should be unique and perfect for the individual.  A fine idea when it comes to soccer tickets for my husband and the ideal garden book for the in-laws, but  I cramped half-way through the season, however, when I found myself  shopping for used, discontinued Tupperware for my mom and buying a Brian Regan CD for my eighty-five-year-old grandmother. 

There are some times when a generic sweater or fruit basket is not only acceptable, it is preferable.


This year, my six-year-old is the first one to have wrapped presents and put them under the tree. Her packages are about the size and shape of a Scrabble tile.  In a fit of creativity that passed once we left Michael's, we'd purchased resin tags to customize and make into luggage tags for her dad.  I got busy grading finals and she took matters into her own hands with scissors and bright green wrapping paper. She wrapped five the clear, uncustomized tags by herself. She very carefully fit the recipients' names across the tiny packages: no small task for unwieldy first grade print.


Four small packages sit under our tree.  The fifth has already been delivered to Ms. Hirst, her first grade teacher, who surely ooohed and ahhhed over the perhaps puzzling, but certainly heartfelt gift. I know first-hand what Ms. Hirst's reaction might have been because I was mom helper on one day when she received a gift from another student. She opened it at the first of the day, during "rug time," when the twenty-five six-year-olds sit on the floor around Ms. Hirst's chair.  She carefully unwrapped the present--a Santa door hanger--and smiled.  She said how excited she was to have it and how she would keep it at school and then at Christmas break she would take it home and hang it in her house.  She was sincere and the appreciation she emanated made me wish I'd been the one to give her the door hanger. 

I should learn from my sweet six-year-old and her teacher: to give--and receive--from the heart. They seem to have the spirit of the season figured out in first grade; they know it's about the excitement of giving, not what's in the tiny package, that counts.  And, that gifts at Christmas are important because they are the reflection of the greatest of all gifts.

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Five Ways to Simplify Christmas

 It is easy to get caught up in the search for the best deals. I am guilty on this front.  I said I wasn't going to go shopping on Black Friday and yet found myself standing in a line that snaked half the perimeter of Kohls.  Everyone has their price and mine is apparently bath towels for $2.99.

Kohls knows what they are doing when they stack great deals in the middle of the aisle within captive line standers' reach. By the time I got to the clerk, a sweater, a building set, and a toy digital camera--all killer deals--had joined my towels.

I am now ready to put Black Friday behind me and gear up for a Simple Christmas Season and put cringe-worthy YouTube clips of "Black Friday at Walmart" out of my mind.

And so reformed, I offer...

Five ways to simplify gift-giving and hopefully steal some quiet time for yourself and the important people in your life:

Stop and Regain Focus. Just because it's on sale doesn't mean you need it.  Most likely, you didn't even know you wanted it before you saw it advertised.  Impulse buys can add a few hundred to your Christmas bill if left unchecked.

Consider the Real Costs. Just because you've pinned 40 amazing, simple handmade gift ideas to your Pinterest board doesn't mean that making them will be simple or inexpensive.  Consider your time, sanity, and how  extra trips to the craft store add up to extra time and money.

Remember the Reason. Gifts are symbols to represent you care about relationships in your lives.  For Christians at Christmas, gifts represent the ultimate gift Jesus Christ gave: his life and example.  Giving gifts in this spirit can simplify Christmas.

Plan Ahead. Having your shopping done early leaves more time to focus on your relationships with people rather than material gifts. 


Have Extra Gifts on Hand.  Situations always come up where you need an extra gift: a co-worker you forgot on your list, a sub-for-Santa donation, a hostess gift for the dinner party you were invited to, a new neighbor.  Having several pre-wrapped gifts on hand eases last minute stress.

Thankful

Can a Smell  Change YOUR LIFE?

Probably not...but maybe.   A smell might not get you a new job...but your perfume can have a subtle impact. A smell won't clean your house...but it can make your house feel like home.   A smell won't solve your math homework...but it can make concentrating easier. A smell won't take away your stress...but it can make your surroundings more pleasant. Studies have shown that pleasant smells can reduce stress and help relax you. Citrus scents especially can help increase focus and attention. Smells bring back warm memories.  But most of all, pleasant smells create a nice place to be.  So, while a smell won't change your life drastically, it can help make the journey pleasant... ...and isn't that a change for the better?

Candy Corns

Who can resist the cheerful fall colors and creamy-sweet taste of candy corns? These sweet autumn confections have been a festive fall staple for over 100 years. Here's a few sweet facts about America's favorite fall candy:

More than 35 million pounds of candy corns will be produced this year. That's nine billion individual candy corns!

Candy corns were originally invented by George Renninger of Wunderlee Candy circa 1880.

In 1900, the Goelitz family began making “butter cream candies” or candy corns.

Because America was an agrarian society in the early 1900s, the corn shape of candy corns was an instant hit.

The three-colored candy was a novelty and the public literally ate them up.

Four generations latter, Herman Goelitz, Sr. started making jelly beans. His family company became Jelly Belly.

Individual candy corns have, on average, 6 calories each, and no fat.

A simple 30 minute walk will burn off 15 candy corns.

Better yet, enjoy the rich smell of CANDY CORN with zero calories!  I love the candy corn candles and candy corn cubes from FOR EVERY HOME.  This year, FOR EVERY HOME has even come out with candy corn OAM Gels and candy Corn OAM Sprays!http://www.stacie.foreveryhome.net

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