[blparent] green and natural products in the home

Tue May 1 00:56:29 UTC 2012

Not bad, thanks!

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From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Brandy W
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2012 5:06 PM
To: Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] green and natural products in the home

The bio clean is around $8 for 50 loads. I pay about $6 give or take.

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On Apr 30, 2012, at 4:13 PM, "Erin Rumer" <erinrumer at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks for that info Bran.  I've got a Bed Bath and Beyond right down 
> the street so I will have to go pick some of that Baby Ganics cleaner up
soon.
> Just out of curiosity, what do you pay for the Bio Clean and the Baby 
> Ganics you get?
> 
> Erin
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
> On Behalf Of Brandy W
> Sent: Monday, April 30, 2012 11:41 AM
> To: 'Blind Parents Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [blparent] green and natural products in the home
> 
> I forgot I also use the babyganics glass cleaner too. I buy bioclean 
> in a variety of places, but most commonly our local health food store 
> because it is usually on sale, and if not there I buy it at 
> drugstore.com. I prefer the powder bioclean verses the liquid. It just 
> seems to last longer, and cleans better. Babyganics you can buy at 
> several stores the babyganics website has a list of all their products 
> and the retale stores that carry them. I buy them at baby's r Us, Bed 
> Bath and Beyond, and online at drugstore.com, and amazon. Hope that helps.
> 
> Bran
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
> On Behalf Of Erin Rumer
> Sent: Monday, April 30, 2012 2:32 PM
> To: 'Blind Parents Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [blparent] green and natural products in the home
> 
> That's awesome that Baby Ganics makes cleaners in addition to soaps!  
> I never knew that and I love their shampoo for my son Dawson so I'm 
> sure I'd love their other stuff.  Where do you purchase the Baby 
> Ganics cleaners?  I believe the latest bottle of laundry detergent we 
> have is Bio Clean.  My hubby picked it up so I'll have to ask him.  
> Did you buy your Bio Clean stuff at a big box store because I believe my
husband got ours at Target.
> 
> I also use the Simple Green as well and love the mint sent.  I just 
> wish it didn't have the Windex smell mixed in with the lovely mint but 
> it's better than a lot of cleaners.  This isn't very green I'm sure 
> but I have a window cleaner with Jet Dry in it and that stuff is 
> amazing and it doesn't smell like a lot of harsh glass cleaners.
> 
> Erin
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
> On Behalf Of Brandy W
> Sent: Monday, April 30, 2012 11:13 AM
> To: 'Blind Parents Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [blparent] green and natural products in the home
> 
> I use babyganics stuff quite a bit. I really like their grime fighter 
> an all purpose cleaner, and their tub and tile cleaner. I also use 
> their hand soap and dryer sheets. I love the laundry detergent, but it 
> is too expensive and have found bio clean to be just as good. I also 
> use bio clean dish washer detergent. I buy goats milk soap and hand 
> cream from 2 different ladies who make it in their homes with no 
> additives. I also use simple green when I'm out of the other cleaners.
> 
> Bran
> 
> 
> 
> 
> "To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled 
> out is a spark."
> - Victor Hugo
> 
> Brandy Wojcik  Discovery Toys Educational Consultant and Team leader
> (512) 689-5045
> www.playtoachieve.com
> Follow me on Face Book at
> http://www.facebook.com/PlayToAchieve.DiscoveryToys
> 
> Read my new blog at www.playtoachieveballstobooks.wordpress.com
> 
> Looking forward to helping you with your educational toy needs!
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
> On Behalf Of Erin Rumer
> Sent: Monday, April 30, 2012 11:27 AM
> To: NFB blind parent listserv
> Subject: [blparent] green and natural products in the home
> 
> Hello list,
> 
> 
> 
> I am wanting to try and use as many more natural, green, baby and pet 
> safe products in the home as much as possible and would love to hear 
> from those of you who do this as well.  What works for you?  There are 
> some things I've found that I like a lot but it's great to get ideas 
> as folks find things that work for them.  If I had lots of disposable 
> income I'd just order through Melaleuca on-line because I've been 
> given their Diamond Bright dish washer detergent and it's amazing and 
> I've heard nothing but awesome things about their other products but 
> they cost a lot.  I also am not a fan of paying a membership just to 
> be able and buy some companies products and be required to keep 
> purchasing a minimum amount each month in order to get decent deals on 
> things.  Costco is where I make this exception in paying the 
> membership because our membership fee is more than paid for by the 
> amount of things we buy their each year in interest and the gas prices 
> can't be beat which is worth it on its own.  So, to make a long story 
> even longer I'm exclusively looking for products that can be purchased 
> commercially in store only.  If you've found a green cleaning product, 
> deodorant or whatever, please share.  I've especially tried to find a 
> good deodorant that lasts that is more natural but this has been a 
> trial because everything wares off mid-day or sooner.  I really want 
> to try and be as healthy as possible and keep my family that way too 
> and if I can teach my son to be conscious of these things and not break
the bank, than this will be one of many valuable lessons learned.
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 
> 
> Erin
> 
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