I've had a harder and harder time throwing away plastic containers because I really don't want to contribute to landfills more than I have to so I've been coming up with creative uses for the bottles I've emptied or that contain products I don't want to use.
I've been reusing vinegar jugs by filling them with the laundry soap I make and sell. I've also used them to make Emergency Funnels and "WHERE-IS-MY-FEED-SCOOP OH-MY-CRAP-THE-ANIMALS-ARE-GOING-TO-STARVE-BECAUSE-I-AM-SUDDENLY-UNABLE-TO-THINK-OF-ANY-OTHER-SCOOP-CURVE-BOWL-TYPE-THING-FOR-FOOD-GETTING" Scoop.
*sigh*
I just love reusing vinegar jugs.
Vinegar IS the only surface cleaner I use so not only do I end up with lots of free jugs, I don't have to pay a big truck to burn diesel into the atmosphere getting another one to an area near me and then burn gasoline to go pick it up..
AAAAANNNNND
...I'm keeping it out of a landfill...
AAAAANNNNND
...it's already cleaned! With vinegar! All by itself!
Vinegar is my hero.
Back to what sparked the return of my blog writing (I've decided that the photos will land where they feel like it and I know you're polite enough to try and understand or pretend to understand the issues I'm having blogging via mobile and won't mention it if they're wonky) which was using my vinegar cleaner on my bathroom mirrors this morning.
You see, I had been given a body spray and although I liked the smell, I coveted the small bottle & pump far more. Also, I really don't wear "Smelly Stuff" (husband speak) that often.
I live on a farm.
I'm a farmer.
With all of the odors here, trying to combat them or balance them with a more pleasant one is like trying to do something really hard.. like coming up with an analogy when you've barely had 1 cup of coffee and one of your eyes isn't even open yet.
(O_e)
So I had this bottle which was in my bathroom amidst the other Smellies and it hit me... VINEGAR!
It is much more efficient to keep vinegar in the bathroom (and a great visual reminder to pick it up and use it) but not great to have a gallon plopped right out in the open, all awkward like a coworker at your bachelorette party, everyone wondering why its there.
"Hey, why is Deborah from accounting here?"
Nobody knows.
The solution: I poured my vinegar water (50/50) into the rinsed out bottle and now it hides inconspicuously betwixt the Smellies. Its a great way to hide it, to remember to use it, and also to waste less of it.
Speaking of spraying being more effective...
PUT YOUR RUBBING ALCOHOL IN A SPRAY BOTTLE!
And speaking of spraying in general...
SPAY AND NEUTER YOUR PETS!
*Neutering as soon as possible has been proven to prevent 2 out of 3 cats from ever spraying!
*In a study conducted by me over a period of 12 years.
-Chubby, Bobby, and Fion were not harmed in the study-
