Artsy Metropolitan Living In A Satire
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My obsession with laundry has been moving in the natural direction for a few years now. It started before cloth diapering and has intensified since then. I have been trying out several natural detergents and recently started using dryer balls. Your can purchase dryer balls in various materials like silicone or nondescript ‘urethanes’, but the …
If you cloth diaper or are trying to “green” your laundry routine in general, then you probably know how problematic dryer sheets can be. Filled with chemicals, they add a film to your fabrics to make them feel softer and more “fresh”, but the effect is completely artificial. The buildup of residue on your clothing …
I am one of those icky people who does not use antibacterial products. In fact, the only places I use hand sanitizer are on airplanes and all day music festivals. And I use it in those instances only because I had the misfortune of picking up a parasite once from the drinking water at a …
Well, we finished moving last week. Our new place has twice as much space as our last. And because I can, I am going to completely change my decorating motif/theme/whathaveyou. I have been schlepping the same lamps and curtains around from apartment to apartment and I am just sick of them. They are dingy and …
I have never quite felt comfortable anywhere I lived. I don’t mean the location, but the actual apartment. In my younger years it was often due to stunted(terrifying?) relationships with roommates or the fact that those early apartments were complete dumps closely resembling abandoned housing seen in horror films. (Seriously, what was that smell and …