Natural Home

I've been away much longer than anticipated and I apologize.  Although, while I was away I've had some time to make some discoveries about some further changes that I need to make.  I can even offer advice that I hope to follow myself in the very near future.

If you constantly find yourself experiencing illnesses and you have carpet in your home, do yourself a favor and get rid of it.  Get rid of carpets and rugs.  The exception to this is washable rugs; in that case simply wash and THOROUGHLY dry them periodically.  Every single story I've heard of people getting rid of carpet, there was some claim that mold was lurking somewhere in that carpet.  I have a friend who doesn't keep her house "clean" as much as "immaculate" and even she saw mold on the bottom of her carpet as it left her house.  Even on the GAPS diet I found myself with candida overgrowth problems; albeit far fewer and milder problems than before the GAPS diet.  Still, when candida overgrowth comes, other illnesses tend to follow.  My doctor warned me that it could be something that is in the air and I suspect that it came from my carpet.

I know that getting rid of carpet isn't cheap and that may be the only thing that is stopping me right now.  There are other issues in my home that I needed to address and I'm addressing them at the cost of having this darned carpet on my floor for at least another year.  One way or another, my natural home is on its way.  We've installed the solar and I've gotten rid of so much eco unfriendly stuff, but I still have a way to go.  I hope that I can put this carpet on my cut list no later than next year.