I was recently visiting a friend who was cleaning out her kitchen cupboards.  It’s a bit too early for “spring cleaning” here in the Midwest, but she likes to thoroughly clean right after the holidays.  She says it’s a “New Year” kind of thing – out with the old and in with the new.

As I was sitting there, chatting away and drinking my tea, I noticed that my nose started to itch.  Actually, it started to burn a little bit and my eyes were tearing up.  I asked her if she’d gotten any…