Being subversive and controversial again. Imagine that.
I wonder... can you guess what project I'm up to this time?
So we have fabric cut into squares with rounded edges, hmmm. Ok. Maybe it's dryer sachets? No. No it's not.
What's this? A bag of some sort. Could it be an icky bag? But what could I possibly be putting in there? No. No way. I've crossed over to the dark side.
Yup. It's really happening - cloth toilet wipes. I'm not going to go into the logistics of setting up such a system, it's been done. It doesn't need to be covered yet again by me. I know this may gross some of you out, shock some of you, maybe make you stop talking to me for fear it's contagious... but it also might inspire somebody. It really wasn't hard. I haven't forced it on anybody else in my home, it's just me, flying solo in this little endeavor. But it's making a difference.
This is an example of how much TP I would use for a trip to the toilet for a simple #1. I've always been wasteful and grabbed too much off the roll, I've never been able to successfully curb that habit. Just for fun, I counted the sheets. SEVEN sheets... for some pee. Talk about wasteful. If your average roll from Costco has 425 2-ply sheets, that means I was only getting about 60 uses out of a roll just for peeing. I'm about to enter the TMI zone here, but you should have expected that from a post about cloth bathroom wipes... I go pee anywhere from 5 to 10 times a day. I pee A LOT. So I was using about 1 roll a week, all by myself, simply for plain old #1. I'm only using the cloth wipes for those kind of bathroom trips... I haven't been brave enough to venture into #2 territory. It would require a totally different receptacle and routine, something I'm just not up for right now. Maybe once we have two bathrooms and I'd alienate less visitors. For now, saving one roll a week feels pretty damn good.
Also, I've started collecting cloth napkins and am trying to get us all in the habit of using them instead of paper napkins or paper towels. So far, so good. I've also started keeping an extra kitchen towel or two hung over the bar on the oven so that I reach for paper towels less to clean up with. Throwing a small microfiber rag over the paper towel holder has helped too: I grab it instead of the disposable option. One small step for man, one giant leap for earth, yo.
8 comments:
bwahaha Welcome to the dark side!
We haven't bought a role of paper towels in AGES. Once they are gone you don't even recognize it. We have lots of rags and dishcloths and I can't imagine any other way.
It's addiction really. Soon enough you'll be fully converted to cloth everything and be firmly planted in the too-crunchy category with me. ;)
~Tara
Cloth is yummy! I literally loathe paper products now - I'm just not used to them.
Are you going to keep some regular TP around for your guests? Or do you have guests?
Kelly - I keep it around because the boys have no interest in making the switch... and for guests... which I literally have like... one friend come over about once a month. Heh, hermiting FTW!
Tara - Unfortunately we bought an 8 pack of paper towel rolls at Costco RIGHT before I started cutting back. So it'll be quite awhile before I run completely out.
Ok, thats the dark side for me. I admire your dedication but i just couldnt.
Working on making some cloth wipes for my sicky foster child. Would do i if he stopped being sick enough for me to get my machine out.
Very admirable, indeed! You are a better woman than I, that's for sure. Good for you! (But I'm still sitting here, shaking my head, wondering if I could forgo tp. Nope. Don't think I could do it. But I admire those who do. Well, not the ones who use their hands, but you know what I mean!)
And now I'm sitting here giggling at the title of your blog. No pun intended, right?
I'm still feeling like I "just couldn't" about using them for poo... but for just pee (which is totally sterile) they work great. And I end up feeling like some kind of queen who is being fed grapes by hunky dudes (James Purefoy and Henry Ian Cusick would do nicely, thank you)... I'd also have somebody fanning me all Cleopatra style with one of those big fans. It's really pampering. Heh.
I also forgot to mention that I totally made my cloth wipes two-ply, so there's literally no mess. It's so easy to throw them into a load of socks and underwear and be done with it.
I've already been contemplating buying some cloth napkins the next time I'm at walmart...kid free of course cause it's all I can do to get out of the toy section. I think what you're doing is cool...there is some ick factor to it...but at the same time I believe toilet paper is one of the most over used things people have...I had to teach the little girl I babysit that she only needs 2 pieces when she pees and she looked at me like I had 5 heads.
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