Make this Memorial Day/Weekend --Earth Friendly!

Memorial Day/Weekend Coming Up!!

 

Eco-Friendly Holiday Tips:

Get ready for the BBQ season cook-off as many families are firing up the grill. 

In the market for a new grill? 

Which type stacks up more green?  

Propane vs.charcoal.

 

Light the walkway for guests with:

Solar pathway lights & Recycled Wine Bottle Tiki Torches (a favorite of mine)

 

Green your tableware:

Choose BPA free, sturdy plastic tableware for re-useable entertaining. 

Dress up outdoor tables in red/white/blue tablecloths that can be used again for other patriotic occasions. 

Don’t forget the cloth napkins too. 

 

Leave nothing to waste:

When the get-together is over, encourage guests to take leftovers home.  Waste not!

Food scraps send to the compost bin to enrich your garden at a later time!

 

After the last “good-byes”…It’s green clean time:

Wash your tableware, serving trays, pots and pans in Brightly Green Hand Dish Wash. 

Throw your table linens/napkins in the wash with Brightly Green All Natural Laundry Wash when finished, line dry. 

Need cleaning supplies?...click: Brightly Green Home Store

 

There is something wonderful about spending time with friends and family

 while being kind to the environment in the process! 

Enjoy the holiday and live simply green!

 

--from Brightly Green All Natural Cleaners

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To Repair or to Replace? That is the Question.

Living simply green is not always simple.  Our actions often have to be weighed in light of issues greater than our immediate concern or pleasure.  

Living simply green means in part, thinking futuristic—how will the actions I take today affect tomorrow?

One such issue a person committed to living simply green takes into account is whether to repair a possession or replace it.

Thoughtful Thursdays--on Perspective

“Some people walk in rain,

others just get wet,"

                  --Roger Miller

 

Food for thought from…

Brightly Green All Natural Cleaners

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Greening Your Memorial Day!

As this holiday is in honor of our military, might we suggest that you expand your Memorial Day cookout, guest list to include a local, single veteran who lives in your neighborhood?  Invite him over for dinner and honor him for the service he has given.  No veteran should be alone and un-noticed on Memorial Day.  You may even develop a special relationship by doing this! 

If you do not know of any veteran in your neighborhood, honor them by going to a community Memorial Day parade and also donate money as a family to the local VFW in your town/city or make a donation to Wounded Warriors Project.  Teaching your children the value of the service our military men and women have given and are giving is an important lesson. 

Sometime early next week; prepare your cookout celebration by staying true green as you celebrate the holiday.  Reduce, Reuse, & Recycle where possible.

Brightly Green -Clean the grill grates with Brightly Green’s sustainable all-purpose degreaser.  Non-toxic and safe to use on grill grates (and outside of grill too)! 

When you are finished grilling and the grill cools down, take half an onion and use it to wipe off any remaining food from the grates.  Brush the grates with olive oil so the next time you grill your food will not stick. 

Brightly Green –Clean the outdoor patio table and chairs with Brightly Green Glass Cleaner  (for the tabletop) or Multi-Purpose Cleaner. Wipe down metal or plastic chairs with Brightly Green Multi-Purpose Cleaner and a clean old rag or microfiber cloth. No rinsing required.

You don’t want to use chemical cleaners inside your home, and the great outdoors certainly doesn’t need toxic chemicals floating onto plants and grasses.  Brightly Green All Natural Cleaners are 100% plant-based and pose no threats to the environment or to people. 

Once your outdoor pad has been green cleaned be sure to have available for your guests recycle bins next to the trash bin. 

Think “Reuse” and set out your reusable tableware and festive cloth napkins.  Brightly Green All Natural Hand Dish Wash and Brightly Green All Natural Laundry Wash will take care of the clean up afterwards! 

With green-clean preparations in order and eco-friendly  party supplies all set--enjoy the day!

 

 

From our family to yours...

 

 

May your Memorial Day celebration be safe and green!

 

 

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Putting Your Home on the Market??

 

Maybe you need to put your home on the market this year; if so, what would it take to get your home ready?  The trend is going toward energy efficiency, as well as toward making our homes more environmentally friendly.  Before doing major home improvements consider the following…

Thoughtful Thursdays--on Motherhood

“The mother-child relationship is paradoxical and, in a sense, tragic.  It requires the most intense love on the mother’s side, yet this very love must help the child grow away from the mother, and to become fully independent.”

--Erich Fromm

 

 

…Thoughts on motherhood

From Brightly Green All Natural Cleaners

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Mother's Day is Five Days Away!

Are you ready?  Have you made plans to treat your mother right?

Dad’s do you have a game plan ready for you and the kids?

The day can be prepared with three simple areas to consider:

Give mom the day off: 

Free her up from preparing meals and from doing any clean up!

Spend TIME together:

Create memories that last.  Perhaps start a special tradition on Mother’s Day if you haven’t already.  Whatever you do together, make sure it is centered on what mom would like to do; after all, it’s her day!

Give mom a soothing, tangible gift:

100% essential oils are great for:  relaxation, bath soaks, re-energizing the mind, and much more! 

 

On Brightly Green’s Home Store you will find Harmony Essential Oils.  Choose the best oils for mom and surprise her this year with something different!

(As with any essential oil—read & follow usage directions)

 

Happy Mother's Day!!

--from Brightly Green All Natural Cleaners

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