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Check the Method

My olfactory sense is highly attuned and sensitive, and I actually like to clean. I like the instant gratification it gives me. I see great results quickly, which plays well to my impatient and perfectionist sides. Ever since my 19-year old self worked for Toxic Action of Ohio, (and even before), I have been serious about using bio-degradable cleaning products. What can I say. I like water and think it would be nice to keep it potable so that we can, uh, live.

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Which brings me to Method products, which I have been using and digging for about a year and a half now. They work well and smell better. The copy on their website and their design are both good, too, and with an ad-man writer as my partner, it is hard for me to ignore these things. Plus, Method is easy to come by. It seems that Target carries all of their stuff, and even Lowe’s has some of their products. As opposed to Shaklee, or some more obscure brands that are hard to get, Method’s convenience factor is crucial.

P.S. Okay. So I actually posted about cleaning products. Call me anal, but at least I am sustainably anal.

Allelujah, Praise the Stone

I have definitely morphed from an almost fully wild single creature to a tame and domisticated partner. This is evidenced most obviously by the sheer joy coursing through my veins right now due, soley, to the completion of our kitchen with the installation of our stone countertops. Make that – near completion. We still need a couple of finishing touches, like a cooktop hood, glass-tiled backsplash, pendant lights, and a cabinet finish or two, but you get the idea.

To aid you in your visual quest, I give you the before and after’s. The pic’s are presented from left to right; the one on the left, the before, and the one on the right, the after, from the same vantage points. Can you believe the difference? How SWEET is the after?

This post is getting awfully spiritual, what with the allelujah’s, possessed spirits, and the sweetness of the here-after. Plus, all the working to become complete, ever knowing that it will never be complete. Hmmmm. Maybe new kitchens are representative of Buddha. All the peace and serenity and calm and enlightenment and stuff…

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Project Green Spot

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This past weekend, my loved one helped me to create a new site, called Project Green Spot. I will be using this new site to shed light on all things green. Please read more about my intent for Project Green Spot here.

I will still be posting to msdarby, but will keep all of my “green” subject matter on the PGS site. I am hoping to also include some interviews and podcasts on Project Green Spot for some added insight to what is happening in the world of sustainable business.

Feel free to drop me a line with your feedback, as well as any “green” products you have tried or businesses you know of to be highlighted.

Love,

msdarby
darby at msdarby dot com

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