Okay, I really want to title this post How to Clean Your Dryer Vent and Not Die but that makes cleaning the vent scary and it’s not, I promise. Unless you’re afraid of lint, then you’ll have to suck it up and do it anyways. It’s important to clean out your dryer vent every six … Continue reading »
Keep Your Shoes Looking New
One day a light bulb went off in my head. I just bought these super cute shoes (see above) and the heels started attract dirt. Boo. I also have some yellow shoes I love to wear but have permanent dirt stains on the heels. To keep my shoes clean, I throw them in the washer every so often … Continue reading »
Super Orange Scrub Fail
Once upon a time, I made Citrus Vinegar and it was amazing. The leftover peels from this amazing concoction should make another amazing cleaner right? Um no, go directly to jail, do not pass go, do not collect $200. More like orange ice cream vomit that smells like oranges, go figure. I guess my thought process there … Continue reading »
Remove Cooked on Grease: The Oven
To be perfectly honest, my oven was not that bad. It had enough grease that I considered cleaning it when I finally had enough time. Saturday I decided I had enough time because I saw a homemade soft scrub on Pinterest; my motivation to do really cool projects, sometimes. Deviating from the recipe a little … Continue reading »
Homemade Cleaner: Two Ingredient Soft Scrub
I’ve been seeing ideas around Pinterest for a diy soft scrub and it reminded me of using the real soft scrub a long time ago. The one thing I remember about it was that it worked really well. So I thought to myself, “my oven is really gross, I should probably clean it.” But that’s … Continue reading »
Cleaning Experiments
Hey wonderful readers! Sorry, this post won’t be a “How To” post but it will have a funny story. I have a few cleaning experiments up my sleeve that will be ready soon. I tested a miracle whitening solution out last night, a trial run to see if I really needed all of the ingredients. I was putting the last … Continue reading »
Household Tips and Hints: Top 10 Best Vinegar Tips
I love cleaning with vinegar. I do. I really, really do. Vinegar has natural antibacterial properties and it’s acidic, making it a great natural cleaner. I have my all-purpose citrus vinegar that I use to tackle almost every mess I come in contact with, which is frequently because someone in my household has perpetually grimy fingers and … Continue reading »
4 Things You Forget When Spring Cleaning Your House
Apparently we’ve had our last freeze here in Texas so now it’s supposed to warm up for good, which in my book means it’s spring. Pretty much all I want to do now is be a pool rat because it feels warm enough in my car; *sigh* maybe in a month or so. Back to … Continue reading »
Get Stains Out Anywhere
Two Clothing Stain Facts You will spill on yourself when you wear white. You will spill at the most inconvenient time. Fact: I did both on my way to work. Maybe one day I’ll learn to not spill and stain my clothes, maybe. By the time I got to work the stain was nice and crusty and … Continue reading »
5 Things to Clean Before a Vacation
I am so excited to go on vacation next week, like really, really excited. I love traveling, seeing sights and escaping from the real world just for a little bit. But before I go on vacation, I clean the house to near perfection. Why? Because afterwards I don’t want to do anything except relax and … Continue reading »
The Real DIY to Clean a Burnt Iron {And it’s Not Salt}
Sometimes I burn things. Like dinner, clothes and most recently a while ago my iron. I iron most everything on super hot since I own a lot of cotton. Well, I was ironing some of Husband’s things and forgot to check what it was made out of and slightly burned one of his “donotirononsuperhot” dress pants. Luckily it … Continue reading »
Hey You! The One Reading This Blog
I have a small request. Just a baby, tiny one. Would you please take two seconds to check out my Pinterest, Facebook or Twitter. I’m a little new to the social media game and would love it if you followed/liked me; I’d even be happy if you just clicked over for a sec. Thanks, that’s … Continue reading »
Citrus Infused Vinegar
I’m excited. I love my all purpose vinegar cleaner but sometimes it burns my nose. I love that it cuts through messes super easy (like last night when I spilled fresh berry juice everywhere) and leaves my table nice and shiny. But the smell of pickles lingers for a while. I like pickles but not all the … Continue reading »
Fix the F21 Code- Unclog the Washer Drain
Hold onto your capes ladies, this one’s gonna be a doozie. For those of you sensitive to smells, make your husband, boyfriend, good friend do it for you and pay them in cookies. This video here shows the possible nastiness within and HORRIBLE (and by horrible I mean “HOLY BATMAN SOMETHIN’ DIED IN THERE”) smell. You … Continue reading »
5 Minutes to Clean Headlights
Don’t pay the guys at the car shop $20 to clean your hazy headlights or buy those expensive cleaners, because you can do it yourself for free in five minutes. The cleaner you need is probably in your pantry or laundry room or both. I have heard that you can do this with white tooth … Continue reading »
Weekend Organization
I write this lovely cleaning blog so naturally I read other cleaning and organization blogs like the lovely Clean & Sentsible. Jenn is hosting a link party specifically for cleaning and organizing. I’m linking up some of my posts, checking out what other awesome bloggers have to say and getting some inspiration for some new posts. (I could … Continue reading »
Vacuuming Tips for Oriental Rugs
I have this fabulous Oriental rug and it’s so soft and pretty. And to tell you the truth, there are no stories that go with this rug because we’ve only had it for 8 months. Except the one time when Husband accidentally flung gravy onto it. :) I think we have a eating-food-in-the-wrong-room problem. Does … Continue reading »
Cleaning the Shower Curtain
I consider myself to be good at cleaning, however, sometimes it takes me a while to get around to cleaning specific things. For example, the bottom half of my shower curtain has pink polka dots and not the fun kind. Does this really bother me? Nope. There are worse things in life than having a … Continue reading »
How to Get Spaghetti Sauce Out of Carpet
I did a bad thing last night. I put a large spoon in a very small bowl and looked away for a moment. This bowl happened to be near carpet and holding red spaghetti sauce and the moment I looked away the spoon flung itself onto the carpet. I looked up at the last moment … Continue reading »
How to Clean Retainers
For those of you who have kids with retainers or if you have one, this post is for you. If not, check out the before and after picture anyways, ’tis a great transformation. After the orthodontist removed the braces and handed you the retainer, do any of you remember getting instructions on how to keep your … Continue reading »
