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Top 5 Reasons To Spring Clean

March 15, 2010

I have been at it for a couple weeks now – spring cleaning. Where I live, we ordinarily have a snow-covered ground well into April but this winter we didn’t get much snow, so when the weather crept above freezing I was thrilled to see bare ground and very little mud (as a result of [...]

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Homemade Dishwasher Detergent

February 17, 2010

A while ago I tried out making my own laundry detergent. I got the recipe from Matt Jabs over at Debt Free Adventure. I’m still using the laundry detergent and have even converted a few friends and family! Matt also has a recipe for dishwasher detergent that caught my interest when I was trying the [...]

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Ask My Readers: Homemade Cleaners

January 29, 2010

Lately I’ve been experimenting with homemade cleaners. I already wrote about laundry detergent (which I still love) and I’m about to try out a dishwasher detergent (post coming soon) but what I haven’t been able to get is an all-purpose cleaner. I’ve tried some recipes – but the thing I can’t get around is the [...]

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Washing A Shower Curtain Liner

January 18, 2010

Did you know that you can wash your shower curtain liner in the washing machine? You probably did but I didn’t. We have two showers and whenever one of the liners started getting a little icky, I’d just buy a new one. You can get a really chintzy one for just a few dollars – [...]

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Baking Soda Paste – A Stain Remover

January 5, 2010

My husband has a job that requires him to wear button-up shirts every day. His work clothes have to be on the nicer side so I do the best I can to take good care of them so they last as long as they can. There are certain spots that deteriorate quicker than others on [...]