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Fire Your Maid Service and Get Your Family Cleaning

Admittedly, I wouldn’t say no to maid service, if it was free that is. Since it isn’t I have to rely on myself and my family to do the cleaning. Getting three kids to clean is a chore in itself, even when just has to do with cleaning up after themselves. Still, I’d rather have train the family to clean than pay for a maid. Plus, this way, my kids get some valuable real-life lessons, thrown in. Routine is Everything Establish some cleaning routines, and cleaning won’t take up so much time. It is easier to do a quick wipe … Continue reading →

Clothes Cleaning Conundrum

I love my daughter more than life itself, but, oh, the laundry that kid creates. Never in my wildest dreams did I anticipate that parenthood would make me a slave to my washing machine. Then again, I never dreamed that I would one day have to padlock my laundry detergent in order to keep my kid alive. Apparently, convenience comes with a price. According to doctors across the country, those new mini laundry detergent pods could do more harm than good, especially if you have curious, young children at home. The Associated Press recently published an in-depth report on the … Continue reading →

Self Cleaning Clothes

How would you feel if you never had to do laundry again? That sounds too good to be true, after all disposable clothes would put quite a strain on our landfills and our wallets. Fortunately it’s not disposable clothes. Recently two Chinese scientists developed cotton that washes itself in sunlight. They use a coating made of titanium dioxide, one of the most widely used chemicals in the world, which will also stay intact after washing and drying. This is not the first time self cleaning cotton has been made but in the past it required a lot of ultraviolet light … Continue reading →

Cleaning Out The Closets

The change of seasons is a good reminder to clean and reorganize your closets. I always rotate clothes with the seasons, this gives me more room in the closet and allows me to see what I’ve really been wearing. First you need to pull everything out of your closet, not all at once, one thing at a time. Ask yourself these questions: 1. How often did I wear this? If the answer is less than twice in six months, it should go in a give a way bag. 2. Do I feel good when I wear this? If it makes … Continue reading →

Spring Cleaning is a Family Affair

Well, my obsession with spring cleaning is finally being noticed by the rest of my family, especially my husband. I approached the subject yesterday and mentioned how this year I really needed the whole family to pull together to get it done. While I normally handle the bulk if not all of the spring cleaning myself, this year it has to be different. We’ve been in our new home for almost two years now. Much of the cleaning and repairing time has been ongoing since then. The first few months saw a flurry of cleaning, because the house had been … Continue reading →

Time to Celebrate! Cleaning Out Your Closet After Weight Loss

How exciting! You have just lost a substantial amount of weight and now it is time to celebrate. Do not wait until you have lost all of the weight that you desire and have gotten down to your goal weight. This will only make it too easy not to be careful about regaining what you have lost. Many of us who are trying to lose quite a bit of weight have clothing in several sizes so this could take some time. Start weeding out your closet after you have come down a size. If your goal is to lose more … Continue reading →

My Spring Cleaning the Master Closet

The closets in your home can hide many interesting things. This week, I am taking the time to go through all of the closets in our home to de-clutter and organize these spaces. And does anyone need a nice suede skirt or a collection of scrunchies from the 80s? The first closet I attacked on my self-appointed mission was own own master closet. This closet is not only the keep of the clothes that belong to my husband and the clothes that belong to myself, but it is also the keeper of a number of other things, such as the … Continue reading →

Home Chore List: Daily Cleaning Chores (1)

In the previous Home Chore List article, I talked about how having a home chore list can help you be more organized and keep you on track with maintaining and cleaning your home. For this article, I’ll talk about some of the cleaning chores that should be done on a daily basis, along with some that can be done for extra credit, if you really want to be on top of your game. As I mentioned in that other article, these lists should serve as a guideline for your household. You can try them out as is, but I won’t … Continue reading →

Do It Yourself and Save

Today there are more and more specialty services. You can pay money to have someone do anything for you from putting up your Christmas lights, to mowing your lawn, or instructing you how to lose weight. For this next year, examine the conveniences that you are paying for and try to find just one expense that you can rid yourself of. Many times, a few extra minutes of our time and perhaps a few dollars in supplies can save us quite a bit of money overall. I am not asking you to cancel the pool guy, the landscaper, and your … Continue reading →

Randy Travis- Losing It

You know, a lot of country singers lived their lives like country songs. Hank Williams died in a car on the way to a gig in Virginia at the young age of 29. George Jones’ wife once took his car keys because he was drunk. However, she didn’t take the lawn mower keys and Jones drove it 8 miles to get his hooch. Some might say you write best about that which you know and if that’s true, country great Randy Travis must have a really big hit brewing up inside of him. Travis has been in the headlines a … Continue reading →