Natural Dish Liquid & a Safer Insecticide Alternative

I have been washing Rossi gal's bowls, utensils, knife, scissors and cutting board for holding & processing her meats with vinegar. But somehow, other than vinegar, I feel a need to use some other form of washing agent to wash them, especially when I slice through fatty parts of the meat with the knife or scissors. The knife or scissors can get quite oily.

I have also been using vinegar to clean the floor since Rossi came home 4 years ago. Vinegar is a cheap, natural and a quite effective cleaner. It was recommended to us by our frens, who was using it to clear off the markings made by their dogs while they were still pups. I used it for this purpose as well.

While it is fine for us to use the regular dish liquid (for eg. Mama Lemon Dish washing liquid) from the supermarkets, I do not feel so comfortable using it on her stuff. Therefore, I decided to source for a more natural dish liquid just meant for her bowls and such. 

I have been using the laundry wash of the same brand (Seventh Generation) to wash her towels & toys + our clothing with satisfactory results. We are now into our 3rd bottle of the laundry wash. So far so good. Thus, I decided to get the dish liquid under the same brand for washing her bowls, etc.

One thing I like about this dish liquid, is tat it is odourless, doesn't have tat thick consistency like the regular dish liquids and washes off quite easily.

Lately, Daddy had been toying with the idea of getting insecticide to terminate some peskies in our place. I told him No, cos the fumes from the insecticide could be harmful to our darling. I do not want to risk it, so I told him that we will go source for a safer alternative. And we found this:  

There is another brand available for the same purpose, but the sales lady told us that this brand is more popular of the two. Many of their customers bought this one. So after some consideration, we went ahead to get it.

As per the indication on the bottle, it may be used around food, humans and pets. It can kill and repel peskies like ants, roaches, fleas and mosquitoes. Looks safer than the regular insecticides.

Daddy started spraying it around where it's needed. There are some mini peskies flying around, which is likely due to the construction that is going on directly opposite our place.

The smell of the spray reminds me of essential oils. It doesn't have that strong chemical smell emitted by the insecticides. After using it, we noticed that the number of peskies have reduced significantly too. We are quite happy with the spray. :)