No more playing around. This is serious. I am infatuated with vinegar!
I don't use it on food. That's disgusting. But I use it for just about everything else. I'm beginning to be obsessed. I'm always going online to find out what else I can do with it, trying to figure out which products in my house can be replaced with it. I love throwing things away. If I could throw everything else away and just have vinegar... well, not everything.
So how do I use vinegar in everything without ever putting it in my food? Easy. I use it when I clean my bathroom. I no longer use any products with bleach in them for sanitizing because bleach is gross, and vinegar can kill germs too. So after I've cleaned the tub and sink and toilet with natural all-purpose cleaner and baking soda, I spray vinegar on the surfaces that could still be germy and leave it to dry. Germs die!
Then I use it in my laundry, too. Since we moved to Keizer, we've had a lot more static electricity in our clothing than we used to. I refuse to use dryer sheets because those are gross and chemically. So I did some research online and discovered that you can add vinegar to the wash load as a fabric softener which reduces static electricity. And it works!
I also remembered reading that you could use vinegar to deodorize things that stink. Well I have shoes that stink, so I thought I'd try it out. I pulled out my stinkiest pair of shoes, sprayed some vinegar into them and left them out to dry. Afterwards, they still stank, but... not as badly. It did help a little bit because, like I said before, vinegar kills germs, and germs make stinkiness. Germs die!
My new favorite way to use vinegar? Hair. That's right! I have gone hippie for my hair! I stopped using shampoo and conditioner; now I wash with baking soda and water and condition with vinegar. Love it, love it, love it! Craig was really skeptical about this one. He was just sure that I was going to get all stinky and greasy and gross after I stopped using normal hair products. But he was so wrong! I don't stink! My hair looks fine, feels fine and is completely free of chemicals. Chemicals be gone!
Oh yeah, I just remembered one more! I just started putting some in my dishwasher along with the detergent. The same hard water that leaves my laundry staticy also leaves hard water spots on my glasses. Vinegar to the rescue! I just washed a load of dishes today. Let me check them real quick to see how they look........................................
They look pretty good. Perfect? No. But far fewer spots than before. Once again, vinegar is a life-saver!
You're not trying vinegar yet? I dare you to!
