i'm all about taking care of the planet. i love to garden... i grow things. i try to stick to whole grains and natural or "organic" foods at the grocery store. i look forward to the advances we are making towards chemical-free food processing, recycling, and conservation... but there's got to be a balance.... a happy medium between hemp-toting, straw-house-living hippies and the everyday american mom.
i have bricks in my commode, open my windows on cool days, recycle some things, collect rain for my plants... heck, i've even pulled out tote bags to carry with me to the grocery store in lieu of the evil plastic bag.
however... it dawned on me that my son most likely contracted pinworms on our last visit to the whole foods headquarters in austin. i would guesstimate that the largest concentration of the unmediated and unvaccinated frequent such places... it's not my intent to judge that decision, however i choose steer clear of the disease carrying masses.
it's a personal choice, and as with anything each person has to be happy with their choices made. i love the environment... even moreso i love a sanitary environment. i need lysol and clorox. so don't judge me because i will not be trading in my germ-demolishing chemicals for apple-cyder vinegar and corn starch. i will continue to scrub my tub and toilet with bleach... and leave the lemon juice and baking soda for my poppy-seed muffins!
5 comments:
Oh, my. I will never have to talk to my children again. All we need is for number 2 to get a blog. Holy bloggerville, Batman. BTW. Great writing. Loved reading it all.
GREAT post!! you're doing so much more than the average person (ahem, me) to save our environment, so bleach away. bleach away.
now if you'll excuse me, i've got some batteries and aluminum cans to put in the garbage.
lol
Carrie, you are a GREAT writer!! Seriously.
Carrie, this is an awesome post, as are all of the others I just read!
I posted about this issue not too long ago.
I'm fed up with being hit over the head with it.
ps. do you know my real identity??
heeeheeh. ask steph, if she hasn't already told ya. ;-)
I'm a paranoid blogger. chalk it up to being married to a computer science dude.
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