In case anyone is wondering *ha ha* I DID clean the daylights out of the kitchen and powder room with the lavender cleaning spray and wipes from method.  (No, that's not a typo...turns out it's not supposed to be capitalized like I did it the other day...I'll go back and edit that later.)

How do I know about this typo?  Because on Saturday I received the new issue of Organic Style (a lovely magazine, by the way, though I myself rarely agree with the underlying politics of Maria Rodale's editorials) and method had a phenomenal marketing insert in it.  I say this from a professional standpoint alone...good stuff.  They must have a good marketing thinker locked away in a nice non-toxic office that smells of cucumber and lavender.  LOL

Anyway, marketing gurus aside, I'm pleased with the lavender scented products as well...but I'll warn ya, allergy sufferers will still suffer due to the amount of scent in these products.  If you are like me and have days where even your own perfurme (the same stuff you've worn for 15 years and your mom has worn since you were born) still sets off your allergies...there are gonna be days you can't clean with this, or should do so sparingly.

OR just prepare yourself to sneeze or have watery eyes while you enjoy the scents...hey, at least it's not bleach or pine, right?  I see myself "theme cleaning".  You see...when I am angry or upset (who could imagine I would be right now, huh?  heh heh) I clean.  I organize.  Then I clean AND organize.  It makes me feel in control...and in this out-of-control world everybody needs to feel that occassionally anyway.  But in my circumstances it makes me feel even MORE in control.  I changed the locks on the front door even though I didn't have to; it's a control issue.  I started buying even more organic "stuff" even though I was never specifically held back from doing so...just teased here and there and never realized how "put down" I felt 'til I was free of hearing it.  So now when I have rough patches I have resorted to organizing the kitchen and bathroom cabinets, disposing of so many books that I went from two 6' bookcases down to ONE (yes, there's homeschool curriculum in there...anybody need anything?  It's for sale!  I need method money!).

So the "theme cleaning" concept is a simple one...when I feel the need ("the need... for speed"....hahahaha..whoops sorry, went Top Gun on ya'll there) errrr, the need to clean, as it were, I will break out all the method products in ONE scent and have myself a spa-style cleaning escapade.  I'll scrub and swipe and mop until I've worn out my fury or run out of things to clean...and then I'll walk out of the room, and walk back in taking deep cleansing (no pun intended) breaths in my nice clean house. 

I wonder if I could get them to make TRUCK cleaning products.........