Christmas tree

I have discovered an unusual product that has saved my sanity this holiday season!

I have two cats, and the only reason they’re still alive is that the old saying “curiosity killed the cat” is an old wives’ tale.  Every year, our Christmas tree was subjected to all kinds of abuse from the cats; they just could not resist checking out all those hanging tinsels and swaying ornaments!  Every night I had to crawl around the living room floor on my hands and knees, picking up ornaments and putting them back on the tree, only to do the same thing again the next night, and the next.  Cats are climbers, and they loved to climb up that tree and nap on the branches.  It was cute and made for a lot of great photo ops, but it was hard on an artificial tree, and even knocked the whole thing over sometimes.  I tried all kinds of advice and products to keep the cats away from the tree, but nothing was strong enough to overcome their curiosity and their cat-ness.

So, when I heard about this product, I went to their Web site and checked it out.  It seemed almost too good to be true, and I was skeptical.  Skeptical, and desperate, so I bought some of this product, tried it, and now I want EVERYBODY to know about it, because it worked.

The product is called Ecosmartplastics Repellem, and this company makes animal and insect-repellent plastics, such as tablecloths and trash bags. Hospitals and schools often buy such supplies from this company, and it seemed their repeat business was good – which is an excellent sign.  Repellem is also a “green” product, and that is very important to me, too.

My box of Repellem bags arrived in less than a week!

I just tied a Repellem trash bag around the Christmas tree trunk, covered it with the tree skirt as the Web site instructed me to, and as far as those cats are concerned, there IS no tree in the house.  Once that Repellem bag was around the trunk, the tree did not exist for those cats.

When my neighbor stopped by with her dog, I worried about the tree because, well, dogs and trees. . . . but again,  the dog did not seem to notice the tree at all.

Ecosmartplastics Repellem also boasts that their products keep almost every insect away from campsites, picnics, closets, kitchens and baby rooms.  The Web site recommends storing clothing in Repellem bags to keep moths away.  A Repellem trash bag in any wastebasket will keep ants, roaches and gnats away. 

It’s almost too good to be true, but it IS true.  I tried this product, and now I am using it faithfully.

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