I cleaned my own carpets last week and my dear husband is ever so grateful I’m done. I felt like a 5th grade science experiment with 5’x5′ patches of wet carpet around the TV room figuring out which one worked the best. Between the “Are you done yet? It’s loud” and the “Don’t step there, … Continue reading
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The Easy Guide to Cleaning Carpets
Having only one man in the house and a few girls, keeping the carpets from becoming thrashed wasn’t too hard, but I still needed regular carpet cleanings. I have cleaned my carpets with professionals and doing it myself at home with a machine. While I prefer to have my company come out and clean mine, … Continue reading
How to De-scale a Kettle {the fast and easy way}
I figured I should do a hot and steamy post since it’s Valentine’s Day, but I promise to keep it PG. :) I love a hot drink during the winter months to help keep me warm and cozy but I don’t love the hard water build up that comes with it. I typically dump out … Continue reading
How to Deodorize Your Carpets the Easy Way
I’m a slacker, I know but Monday is better than no-day. I’m sharing a super easy way to get rid of the funk in your carpet. Plus it’s almost guaranteed to already be in your home, although you might want to pick up some more unless you buy the giant size like me. As clearly … Continue reading
How to Clean a Leather Purse
Happy Friday! I’m so excited it’s the weekend, all of the productiveness I’ve accomplished this week made me ready for some relaxation. I finally cleaned my oven again after the turkey juice leaking incident since I wanted to cook food without it smelling like I was burning down the house… again. Then I tried six different … Continue reading
How to Remove Hairspray {From Almost Everything!}
So, I wear glasses frequently; to see stuff and read. I also often wear them while it do my hair in the morning, thus resulting in lots of little hair spray dots on the lenses. For me, this is incredibly annoying as I can see every single dot as it clouds my vision. Typically, I … Continue reading
How to Prevent Pet Stains
This past week we dog sat for some friends of ours and it went pretty well, except for the part where their dog peed and pooped on our carpet. I think he was just marking his territory or just spiting us for kidnapping him for 4 days. Luckily, I was able to get to the … Continue reading
What Does it Mean to Go “Green?”
We’ve all heard about this “green” phenomenon. But what does it actually mean? There are literally thousands of websites devoted to figuring out just what this means, and I’ve come to the conclusion that the most concise definition is: To go green is to live life in a way that is good for the … Continue reading
Ten Ways your Family Can Go Green Together
One of the most important things to know about going green, is to just be aware as a consumer (and also wear a green wig if you have one, like my daughters are, above.) But in all seriousness, going green as a family doesn’t mean that you have to completely rearrange your lives dramatically. Just … Continue reading