As it turns out, I lean toward natural home and cleaning products.

Oh, I used to be a bleach and ammonia girl—blasting every countertop spot and refrigerator smudge with chemicals. It worked. It was relatively cheap. And I could get the products at my local supermarket.

But something happened in the last few years. The smell of the harsh cleaners started making me feel ill. I began thinking more and more about the environment and what those chemicals were doing to my backyard, to animals, to the ocean I live so close to. And then I had kids and grew concerned about exposing them to such toxins at young ages. (Read more…)