The Blissful Blueberry

Yay! My sister is here from Virginia. Wootity woot! I love the holidays mostly for the family time–and a little bit for the presents. (I might be lying about the “little”.) She and her husband flew in a few days ago and it has been non-stop driving around to the parents’ house and back to my house. So, this post I meant to do forever ago has been in my queue for a while.

If you’re anything like me, when you know someone will be staying in your house, you go a little crazy with cleaning. Now, my house is generally very picked up and clean. But, with a dog and two kitties, the floors become hairy and dirty quickly. Blech. I try to keep up with it. Try. It is nearly impossible.

When someone comes, it is such a welcome event because I’m forced to do a ceiling to floor cleaning adventure. This one included heating grates, walls and windows. It took two days to do it all. It also took a dust mask. My allergies had been acting up because of the kitties–and I didn’t want them to get worse. Dust mask! Oh.my.word.  it gets hot under it.

Because I’m a hippie freak, I like all of my cleaning products to be natural, homemade and easy. So here we go!

Wood Floor Cleaner: 

1/2 cup vinegar

1 gallon water

A few drops of essential oils. My preference for oils is Purification (or any clean-the-air type), lavender, Peace and Calming (for ambiance), and Thieves (for removing icky stuff).

Put it all in a bucket and start mopping. 

All-purpose cleaner:

2 tbs. vinegar

1 tsp. borax

Pure-Castile soap

A little hot water

A few drops of essential oils–preferably Thieves.

Shake it up in a spray bottle and go!

Furniture polish:

1/4 cup vinegar

A few drops of essential oils–any will work.

A few drops of grapeseed oil

(Can also do oil, vinegar and vodka if you’re feeling frisky.)

Window and Wall Cleaner:

1/2 tsp. pure-Castile soap

3 tbs. vinegar

2 cups water

Stir into a bucket and use rags for cleaning. (We have a “rag bag” above the dryer.)

Bonus cleaner!

Soft Scrub:

Baking soda

Pure-Castile soap

So, those are my go-to cleaners. And here’s my go-to look for cleaning. A creepy dark selfie with terrified eyes.

And here’s what the animals do while I clean:

What are your favorite all-natural cleaners? I’d love to expand mine in case any items aren’t in the cupboard. (I always have vodka though.) 😛

Our local place, the Mustard Seed, has TONS of green cleaning products that don’t require time to make. I trust them when I’m feeling lazy. I spotlight them in a previous post. Check them out, for sure!