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What products do you use to clean your home with? I’m interested in things like dusting, kitchen counters, bathroom etc. Have you tried “natural” cleaners – those that don’t have chemicals?

Besides eating semi-organically, I’ve started paying attention to what I use in my home. In recent years, my allergies have made a turn for the worse, compliments of my thyroid, and one thing that I noticed gave me a stuffy nose on a regular basis was a lot of my cleaners and air fresheners. I began doing some online reading and decided to not replace my usual cleaners once they ran out.

For centuries, women did not use store-bought cleaners or those that contained harsh chemicals. (By the way, have you ever read the warning label on some cleaners? Makes you wonder if you need a haz-mat suit while using it!) Yet, I imagine that homes for the last few centuries weren’t exactly filthy.

Here’s what I

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I know many of you were praying for us on Tuesday, the day of the worker’s compensation mediation. Some things were accomplished. Some were not.

The mediator had an extremely busy schedule so was not able to effectively ‘mediate’ the case. The bone scan that we’ve been waiting for since April was authorized – that’s the only thing that happened in 53 minutes. We’re still arguing over whether some gas mileage reimbursement is due us. And comp is protesting about a visit to another orthopedist.

The protest over the orthopedist has everyone (attorneys included) puzzled. The current two treating physicians and the physical therapist have said that another ortho visit is necessary especially after the MRI results. And none of those three will continue or recommend treatment until an ortho expresses his opinion/diagnosis again. The previous two orthopedists have said they can no longer help; the injury is out of their realm of expertise. In July comp

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No, I haven’t dropped off the planet. Life has been crazy with the holidays and the usual stuff. I apologize for missing some of my promised posts – Editor’s Words of Advice being the most important. One of these days I will learn to set a schedule and stick to it.

Of course, this week my schedule would have been completely destroyed anyway! Our 4-wheeler decided to fall apart, meaning the back section detached from the front. We spent a couple of days investigating the possibility of purchasing a new one since this one is 8 years old. For the time being we decided to purchase the parts to fix it. The parts store, which is actually considered local, is approximately 35 miles away. In good faith, I assumed my husband knew exactly which parts he needed. And, yes, he promised that he did….until we got home with the parts. So, three

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